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THE BLACKFOOT OPTIMIST
MONDAYS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY OF BLACKFOOT AND OF BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO.
THURSDAYS
VOL V NO. 20
BLACKFOOT, BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1912
$2.00 PER YEAR
ROOSEVELT LIKE
BARKIS, IS WILLING
Will Accept Presidential Nomination
if Tendered Him in Convention.:—
Letter of Nine Governors Answer
ed While away from New York.
New York, Feb. 25.—"I will accept
the nomination for the presidency if
it is tendered me and will adhere to
this until the convention has expres
sed its preference," is Colonel Roose
velt's reply to the letter of seven Rep
ublican governors asking him to stand
for nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was giv
en out tonight at Colonel Roosevelt's
offices in his absence on a trip to
Boston. It was unexpectedly! brief, but
definite.
The letter is as follows:
"New York, Feb. 24, 1912.—Gentle
men: I deeply appreciate your letter
and I realize to the full the heavy res
ponsibility it puts upon me, express
ing as it does the carefully consider
ed convictions of men elected by pop
ular vote to stand as the beads of gov
erment in their several states.
Direct Primaries Wanted.
'T absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one to be decided
With any reference to the presonal
preferences or interests of any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as a whole. I
will accept the nomination for presi
dent if it is extended to me, and I
will adhere to this decision until the
convention has expressed itd prefer
ence. One of the chief principles for
which I have stood and for which I
now stand and which I have always
endeavored and always shall en
deavor to reduce to action, is the
genuine rale of the people, and there
fore 1 hope that, so far as possible,
the people may be given the chance,
through direct primaries, to express
their preference as to Who shall be
the nominee of the Republican party.
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office, five blocks of the Blackfoot Irving school house, six blocks distant from the Central school building, sod all close to residences of
E. M. Kennedy, Ç. W. Berryman, Hon. Fred T- Dubois. L. R. Thomas, P. G, Johnston and others. These lots afe 115x25 in size.
— Good water rights furnished with each lot, and a dean Title furnished. Latelycement side, walks and city wafer system has been in
' r *f .stalled within one antf one-half block, soon to be extended through property: The same are to be sold ob eàty paymeatsto right parties.
NOW HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
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living outside of town who have to SCHOOL to procure tWo of these CLOSE IN LOTS,' Build 4 small dwelling thereon and enjoy city advantages. YOUR
can trach school in from five to ten MINUTES from the locality, of these choice LOTS. For SPECULATORS therfc is no better opportunity to score TUrge profit by buying
LL^Äwvfö^ deB * *** ** GREATLY H* VAUJE owing to their location rad to the fad that ^are pïrtof^e
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Dwelling House Wül I* Given *way
to some one o f th e buy er» of the»»lot». AS TP WHOM WILL HAVE THE CHOICE ÖFTAKIMG
THE HQ )sE AMD TWO,LOTS instead of two other lots, the'BUY|ER5 of thé LOTS are to DETERMlNE among
themselves. Particulars wjjl pp furnished qpqjri request. --------------- -------------------------
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The Price of These Lob Is $12$ Each,
Good Dwelling House Free. _
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. Two LOTS sold to one person, nor m6re tbraFoUrLots to one party; The objéd heb« ip build up this addjboora rapidly as has bran done in the bail kathe mm. »
other Blackfoot property. * i
.Call atJTR$T NATIQN^L BANK and examine ,(he title, look at the Dwelling, look over (he L,OTS, and then Get in'on the
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Very truly yours.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
"The Honorable Willian E. Glass
cock, governor of West Virginia,
Charleston, W. Va; the Honorable
Chester Adrich, governor of the state
cf Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb; the Hon
orable Robert Bass, governor of the
state of New Hampshire, Concord, N.
H. ; the Honorable Joseph M. Carey,
governor of the state of Wyoming,
Cheyenne, Wyo.; the Honorable Chase
S. Osborne, governor cf the state of
Michigan, Lansing Mich.; the Honor
able W. R. Stubbs, governor of the
state of Kansas, Trpeka, Kan.; the
Honorable Herbert S. Hadley, govern
or of the state of Missouri, Jefferson
City, Mo."
The above-named governors assem
bled at Chicago two weeks ago and
drafted a letter to Colonel Roosevelt,
asserting there was a popular demand
for him to be president again and
urging him to declare himself as to
whether he would accept the Repub
lican nomination, "if it came unsolic
ited and unsought. ''
Governors Meet
For two weeks Colonel Roosevelt
cqnsidered the letter, indicating plain
ly that he had no intention of making
a hasty reply. The governors' letter
follows:
"Chicago, 111., Feb. 10, 1912—We,
the undersigned Republican govern
ors, assembled for the purpose of
considering what will best insure the
continuation of the Republican party
as a useful agency for good govern
ment, declare It our belief, after a
careful investigation of the facts,! that
a large majority of the Republican
voters of the country favor your nom
ination, and a large majority of the
people favor your election as tbe next
president of tbe United States.
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Important Meeting of
Citizens!
Every tax payer, property owner and person, both
men and women, interested in the welfare of Blackfoot, is re
quested to come to the
Isis Theatre, Monday After
noon at 1:30 O'clock.
A matter of vast importance to all will he presented for
consideration. Be prompt.
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LOOKING AFTER
SCHOOL BUSINESS
Jcbn Hansen, Ed. Wadsworthl and
S. O. Robinson, trustees cf school dis
trict No. 10, were here Monday and
Tuesday, arranging for the transfer of
the district books trem Bingham to
Bonneville county.
WANTED !
500 CHICKENS
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Highest
Merket
- Price
KARL P. BROWN
OPTIMIST OFFICE.
ILLUSTRATED IDAHO PRESENTS
A VERY BEAUTIFUL EDITION
The February-March Issue of Illus
trated Idaho is just being distributed
H. K. Silversmith, editor, and N. C.
Villeneuve, cartoonist, who recently vis
Ited the towns of tbe Upper Snake
river valley, writing up the various
districts and cartooning the residents,
arrived in Blackfoot again Tuesday,
bringing with them the evidence of
their handiwork in the shape of a twen
ty page edition of Illustrated Idaho
Vith & general account of the progress
made in all the communities. From »
mechanical standpoint, as well as edi
torially, the paper is fine and the two
rustlers who promoted the idea, are to
be congratulated for their efforts.
INCREASING WORKING FORCE
The Utah Idaho sugar company in
this city, are Increasing their work
ing force at the factory, preparing for
the ensuing campaign, which is ex
pected to be larger than ever ebfore..
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♦ "Competition is a ruthless
4* cut-thrcat method which is re
♦ sponsible for panics, sweat
♦ shops, child labor and other ev
4> ils, which has produced the two
♦ extremes-millioniares and paup
♦ ers—and which m^ans death
♦ and destruction to trade, while
♦ co-operation locks toward more
♦ staple conditions and a more
♦ equal distribution of wealth.''
ATTEMPTED JAIL BREAK
FRUSTRATED BY JACKSON
Last Saturday afternoon When Depu
ty Sheriff Dave Jackson went into the
cell room of the county jail, he found
James Sheldon and William Butler
quietly endeavoring to gopher out of
the jail by digging cut the brick wall
at the rear of the cells. They had
evidently been working at odd times
as they had about one dozen bricks
pried loose. The route they had pick
ed out for gaining their escape would
have taken them to a solid stone wall
which is a part of the big vault in
the court house, and their progress
would necessarily have been slow. The
two men are the brace of birds that
broke into Rowles store and were cap
tured by Sheriff DeKay at Pocatello.
They recently plead guilty to a charge
of grand larceny and stand a chance
of being sentenced to several years In
the stir at Boise. Both men are now
In the exclusive set at the jail, occupy
ing steel cages, entirely alone and are
having their meals served in their priv
ate apartments, where they will prob
ably remain until the arrival of tbe
traveling guard from the pen,
BILL INTRODUCTED
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Washington, February 26th.—Repre
sentative French bas introduced a
bill providing that lands and buildings
and other property •fcnnerly used as
a school for tbe Lemhi Indians of the
Lemhi reservation shall be donated to
tbe state of Idaho to be used as a
reform school.
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
THE COURT HOUSE
The ense cf the Iona Mercantile com
pany of Idaho Falls, vs C. L. Myers of
Aberdeen, was tried Mcnday. It In
volved the recovery of the price of
four potato diggers purchased from the
company by Mr. Myers. The plaintiff
was given a judgement of |50.
DEEDS FILED
Joseph D. Muir to Albert G. Hamp
ton SEVi NE% NEÎ4 SW% and lots
2 3 and 4, Sec 18 Tp. 2 SR 26 EBM.
Progress Euilding Co., to Blackfoot
Merc. Co., part blk., 31 Danilspn ad
dition.
Nora M. Jones to Chas. Young, SE
% NW>/ 4 Sec. 2 Tp. 3 SR 33 EBM.
Snake River Valley Irrigation Co.,
to Wm. Hartstack, et al, NM> SE(4
Sec. 34 Tp. 1 SR 37 EBM.
John Dick to Alice Berdshall WVfc
NW14 Sec. 35 Tp. 37 EBM
G. G. Wright to W. C. 9utall W^
NWÎ4 Sec. 14 Tp. 1 SR 37 EBM.
Malvina Anderson to Bingham county
114 acres Sec 17 Tp. 2 SR 36 E.
Northwestern and Pacific Hypo to
Marie Jensen, part of NW% Sec. 17
SR 37 EBM.
James Cobbley to A. G. Hampton, SE
% 8W14 Sec. 34 Tp. 2 SR 36 E.
W. A. Goodwin to John H. Stander
N** SW14 NW14 Sec. 12 Tp. 3 SR
35 EBM.
Edward J. Turpin to W. A. Good
win SW14 NW* Sec. 16 Tp. 3
SR 34 EBM.
Fredrick Codier to Jerome B. Brad
ley, NB14 NW% Sec. 23 Tp. 2 SR 34.
Pareon Man waring to Houston Chur
chill Co., S% NW14 Sec. 20 Tp. 2 S
R 33 EBM.
Jens C. Sorenson to Dan Williams,
part NE14 Sec. 18 Tp. 1 SR 37 E.
State of Idaho to Alf C. Coney, N-'
W% Sec. 9 Tp. 6 SR 31 EBM.
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ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS
G. H. Smith returned Tuesday morn
ing from Salt Lake, where he went on
business of an official nature for the
sugar factory.