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THE BLACKFOOT OPTIMIST
MONDAYS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY OF BLACKFOOT AND OF BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO.
THURSDAYS
VOI+ V NO. 24
BLACKFOOT, BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912
$2.00 PER YEAR
CITIZENS MEET AT NEW
COMMERCIAL CLUB HALL
In response to the call that wa"
made late Wednesday" afternoon for the
business)' men to assemble at 7:30 o'
clock at the commercial club roams
seventy five residents cf the town pre
sented themselves. The object of the
meeting was to meet Montana Divi
sion Superintendent, Armstrong, of the
Shcrt Line, and listen to the plans of
the company relative to the building
of a belt line railroad from some point
on the St. Anthony branch to Black
foot, the same to pass through St. An
thony, Heise, Taylor, Iona, Goshen,
Presto and through the sand hills to
Blackfoot. James Duckworth acted as
chairman, introducing the speaker of
the evening, and then called upon May
or L. M. Capps to first address the
meeting., Mayor Capps spoke of the
handicap existing in the country on
the northeast through lack of shipping
facilities, that a farmer could not
make a long haul, and that he) was not
prepared to store each year thousands
of tons of potatoe.s and as a result a
great percent of the products of the
country were' lost through freezing. He
also said that he had ascertianed
that during the shipping season of last
fall the Snake River valley showed
more tonnage' moved by the Short Line
than the big agricultural district in
the western part of the state. The
building of the road meant the addition
of from 12,000 to 15,000 acres of sugar
beet land tributary to the Blackfoot
factory.
Mr. Armstrong made a heart to
heart talk about his life work, that of
following the life of a railroad. He
said that the men who live on the di
vision of a road have their hearts in
the work. (He told of the Interest he
had taken in the planted area between
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WILL LOCATE IN
STERLING COUNTRY
Last Saturday the Moreland-Aber
deen. train took down a car of farm
ing implements and fifteen head of
thoroughbred draft horses for farming
purposes. There was with this car
four men from American Fork, Utah,
W. H. Gardner, J. W. Herbert, A. W.
Gardner and 1. R. Vance, all of whom
will locate near Sterling. J. W. Her
bert has been In the country for about
one year and was Instrumental in get
ting the other gentlemen here.. In
«»wring with a representative of this
country about Bingham county, they
said they had left the best part of
Utah to come to Idaho, and this sec
tion appeals to them as being the
most productive region they had seen,
in the west The four men are big,
stalwart, substantial farmers, with
pleasing personalities are the type of
manhood that Idaho or any other new
country needs.
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DOWN ABERDEEN WAY
Charles V. Fisher and F. C. Christ
a business trip to Aberdeen on
Wednesday, their object being to look
over seme land in that vicinity.
Dr. H. C. Dlpple and Dick Watson
caught a nice string of fish at Spring
field, Wednesday, going down in the
morning and coming home at night.
Rev. F. U. Newhoze and five ether
members of the German Bapt'st
church, went to Aberdeen Wednesday
for the pupose of establishing a church
in that city.
Mrs. George Wright Is in the Salt
Lake hôpital, undergeing an operation.
John R. Foulks and wife of Aber-
deen, passed through the city, enroute
home from Boise, where they spent
several days. Mr. Foulks Is creating
for himself & little democratic legisla-
tive boom.
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GOOD 8HOW AT MORELAND
Last evening a home talent produc-
tion was presented at the meeting
house in Moreland, which gave those
in attendance much entertainment
Mrs. Laura Chrlstensenl drilled the par-
ticipants in the play, and as her ex-
perience is quite extensive the reen-
dltlon was splendid.
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Remember that you can secure cash
coupons from the merchants in this
city on almost every article you pur
chase during the year, and that it will
not very long to secure a large
collection of cash coupons. You can
pay your subscription to the Gem Sta
te Rural, that big Idaho Farm Journal,
this paper and ycur choice of any ot
the standard publications with these
m U«.« start your collection today.
Pocatello and Teton since coming here
in 1908, and that be had kept a record
of the business of the stati iis since
that time., The one thing that always
appealed to him was the fact that there
never were enough houses, and that
the Snake River valley needs better
treatment. He says that every inland
town wants a spur* and it is his be
lief that a belt road would answer the
purpose betten than anything else. He
stated that he had looked the terri
tory over and now that his inspection
was completed he would ask the offi
cials to continue the survey now in
progress, to the city of Blackfoot thru
the route menticned. There are six
teen locating engineers in the field at
the present time gathering data fer I
the road. In '87 there were thirteen )
telegraph offices between Pocatello and
Butte, now there are thirtyseven, and
this as an evidence cf the developemei i
of the country made him feel more en- 1
thusiastic over the building of the pro- I
posed road than the citizens of the con»-]
munlty. Mr. Armstrong stated that
for the part of the shipping year from
June 1st, 'll to the present time there
had been 2675 cars of agricultural pro
ducts shipped from pointB north of Po
catello, and he believed that no coun
try in the United States had a better
future than this one.
Following Mr. Armstrong, Judge J.
M. Stevens, D. H. Biethan, L. R.
Thomas, T. H. Christy and W. H. Dan
llson spoke of the days past and pres
ent in the valley as they had witnes
sed the developement, after which a
general' handshaking took place and
the meeting, adjourned. Mr.> Armstrong
stated to a number cf men at the close
of the meeting that Blackfoot could
depend upon a new depot in the city
in the very near future.
COMING PREPARED TO 8TAY
W.M. Kleinsmith and George Yost
of Sutton, Nebraska, the two gentle
men who recently purchased the O'Ne il
and Williams places on the west side,
have arrived, bringing with them sev
eral cars of implements and live stock
and are moving onto their recently ac
quired property. People not Infrequent
ly are heard to ask why anyone should
come to the west, where if necessity
makes them borrow money, they bave
to pay a much higher rate of interest
than back east, and yet they come. It
Is because the great opportunities
present! themselves here, to make mom
There Is less loss from unnatural caus
es among stock than any where else.
Drought never effects a crop ip an
irrigated country, fruit crops are not
Injured as frequently here as in the
east, potatoes handled even In a half
hearted manner here will yield big re
turns and altogether a man can make
more, pay more on what would be con
sidered a long chance back in the
east, and stand a greater chance of
winning here than any where else on
erth, and these young Nebraskans who
have come among us, see the opportun
ities. Let more follow them. There
is room tor all
ANNUAL MEETING 8UNDAY
The annual meeting and birthday
celebration of the relief society ot the
L. D. S.. church will be held next Sun
day In the First Ward meeting house
commencing at 7:30 o'clock. It will
be the seventieth birthday of the or
ganization and a program will be ren
dered. An Invitation is extended to
everyone to attend and help make the
aged birthday of the society a most
pleasant one.
BAPTIST FAIR APRIL <th
The Ladies Aid of the Baptist
church will give a supper and Fair in
connection, at the V. 1. S. Hall in this
city on April <th. instead of March M,
as reported last week.
RETURN FROM WE8TERN TRIP
Mn. L. R. Aldrich and three child
ren, returned Friday from Welser,
where they visited for several weeks
among relatives, after a trip to the
coast j
MOVING TO 8PANI8H FORK
G. W. Christensen, a farmer cf the
west side, is moving to Spanish Fork,
Utah, where he will make his home in
the future.
BUYING GOODS IN 8ALT LAKE
E. T. Peck, of Brown-EMredge, Is
In Salt Lake this . week, pure baaing
goods tor Bint fixât
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BY N. E. MONTGOMERY"
♦ We came out here from Kans: s just eighteen months ago, 4*
4> And started into busine s and tried to make it go; ♦
4* We first encounter d sitknesc* and then a county tax, *
4* High rent and hi ; h living, but still we stuck like wax. 4»
4* At last we got a nibble and then we got a bite, 4*
4* And others began to notice us and said we better fight; ♦
4» So the war was started early but still we went ahead, 4*
4* We worked our bands in daytime, at night we worked our head , 4*
4* Our labors were n:t fruitless, at least they let us live, 4*
4* And we are still out in the battlefield with the best that; we can give 4*
4» At first the fight was easy, it was waged by just one man, 4>
4» But soon the city said "I guess we'll lend a helping hand." *
♦ So the dads met at the city hall and opened up the fight, 4*
4> And passed a resolution upon one Tuesday night. ♦
4» They said it is not lawful, out in our streets to stand 4*
4* And cry out loud at aucti n, and swing and clap your hands, 4*
4* So we'll make it one hundred and fifty for every month they do, 4>
4» And if they do continue, we'll have a revenue. 4>
4* The law was passed unanimous, the clerk he wrote It down, 4*
4* They said this Is no cross road store, we've grown to be a town. 4*
4* Our merchants are all weakly, ar.d cannot stand alone, ♦
4* And Its up to us to help them if we receive a bone, 4*
4* And we do not deem it proper to cast away a chum, 4>
4> And see another make it go, who came out here a bum, 4*
4* Besides he pays no taxes and probably never will, ♦
4* For if US & Co., have our way he'll do damned well to live. 4*
4* We'll boost for thoee who need it net and tramp on those who are down ♦
4* We'll have no squaking auct'oneer a bawlin' In our town; 4>
«► Our city must be qui t, it wouldn't look just right ♦
♦ T have too many gather here for fear that they might fight. ♦
4* The mail car is sufficient, it doesn't make much noise, 4>
♦ With its mails frem foreign merchants to supply our girls and boys *
4* So let this be our motto and let us keep it well, 4>
4* Protect the ones who need it not, let the others go to hell. ♦
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HON. JOHN M. HAINES
CANDIDATE FOR G0VEN0R
John M. Haines, Republican candi
date for Governor of Idaho, was born
In Jasper County, Iowa, forty-nine
years ago. His boyhood days were
spent upon the farm. He was educar
ted at Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa,
and when a young man moved to
Friend, Neb., where he was connected
with the Merchants' and Farmers'
Bank for about two years. From there
he went to Richfield, Kan., and enga
ged in the real estate business. In
1890, after a period of business depres
sion in that state, occasioned by a
long continued drought, he formed a
partnership with W. E. Pierce and
L. H., Cox for the purpose of engag
ing in the real estate business in
Boise. They were successful from the
first, and for twenty-two years this
firm has been identified not only with
Boise's growth but with the growth of
the entire state. They have spent
thousands cf dollars in advertising Ida
ho's resources and in acquainting the
people of the east with the unrivalled
opportunities that were offered here.
Mr.' Haines has had a most active part
in this work, and is recognized as be
ing one of the moçt progressive and
successful business men in the state.
For two years he was mayor of Boise,
giving the city a splendid admtnstra
tion characterized by economy and ef
ficiency. Among the commercial in
terests of the state he Is rated as a
big man, possessed of the rare gift of
great executive ability.
We take pleasure la presenting to
you the name of John M. Haines of
Boise as a candidate for the nomina
tion of governor at the Republican pri
maries, to be held July 30th, 1912.
In doing so we are not prompted by
any feeling of sectlonism, but are
wholly Influenced by our knowledge of
his qualifications. We feel that the
people of Idaho want to elect a gover
CAUGHT A SUSPECT
Monday evening when Sheriff and
Mrs. DeKay were leaving the Odd Fel
lows' Lodge rooms, the former saw a
suspicious looking man in the rear of
Christ's Jewelry store. The sheriff
told the fellow to stop , when the lat
ter began running aud finally had to
chase him to Paclffic street < The man
was taken to the court house, and
searched, but nothing Incriminating
waa found cm his person and the only
charge could be placed against
him was tbat of suspicion.
LOOKING AFTER HER FARM.
Mrs. Fined T. Dubria, of Washington,
D. C., arrived in town last Friday, and
Is spending a few days looking after
bar Harm went ot town.
nor, not with reference to what sec
tion of the state he lives in, but with
reference to his ability to give them
a much desired business admlnistratlor«
They do not want a theorist, a dream
er or an experimenter in the execu
tlvè chair. They want a BUSINESS
MAN. The more they will study Mr.
Haines' record during his twenty-two
years' residence in Idaho, the more
they will be convinced that he Is the
man to put there, for he has clearly
demonstrated that he possesses u misai
business acumen, not only because he
h&B made a great success of his own
business but because of the masterful
way in which he has conducted many
large commercial enterprises. His
name Is a synonym for capability, de
pendability and honesty.
Our state is growing rapidly, and
the task of conducting its affairs is
growing with it The office of gov
ernor requires more than mediocre a
bility. It demands proven ability. It
Is a big man's job, and Mr. Haines is
a big man. For years he has been
deeply! Interested In everything that
pertained to the welfare of the state,
and he has a practical knowledge of
ItB needs. He is fearless in doing
what he believes to be right and has
the faculty of Inspiring confidence.
In publicly announcing his candidacy
Mr. Haines said:
"If I am elected, my promise to the
people of Idaho Is that I will give
them a good, clean, aggressive adminis
tration. I pledge them my werd that
1* will be honest, efficient and bual
ness-like. I promise further, tbat to
the best of my ability my efforts and
ambitions will be directed wholly to
the uplifting, advancing and develop
ment of the whole state of Idaho, not
to any particular locality, perse n or
sets of persons. I pledge myself to
be without fear or favor, the governcr
of the entire state."
HERE FROM CALIFORNIA
James Mackle, formerly of WapeTo,
and well known among the people who
were living in Bingham county twe
years ago, is here from Santa Rosa,
CaL, where he is how living. Mr. Mac
kle expects to spend about two weeks
here. He says that while California
is a beautiful state in which to live,
land values are much too high for the
man just getting a start In life and he
would not advise people to immigrate
for that country. Raw land Is held at
from $360 to $600 per acre, and orange
groves at from $1,000 to $2,000 per
acre. Mrs. Mackies health has im
proved since her residence there. J.
H. Blethell a son-in-law of Mr. Mackla,
expacts to return to Idaho In the near
j future.
GIVE US STREET
PAVING INSTEAD
While the property value of the
block cf land adjoining the high scho I :
is such that the city could no doubt
make money, purchasing it rs a city
park, yet there are several other ne ds
cf the city, that would b nd to Increase
property values within the corporate
limits sufficiently to enalle the town
to buy a park for speculative purpos
es at some future date. Among the
things needed badly is street paving.
There are five blocks on Main, one on
West Pacific, from three to four on
Taylor and from three to six on West
Bridge streets that could be paved with
impunity or seme good paving materia 1 ,
aside from intentions which are said
not to last, and in the paving, add
thousands of dollars to the value of the
abutting property and to the property
of the town In general. Another ex
penditure fer which money could be
spent is a small piece of ground very
near the center of the business dis
trict to be used as a public hitching
ground for visitors who drive to the
city. This would do away with the
hitching racks and their at'endlng bad
summer smells. Yes, we can get along
very nicely with the unused city park
we now have. Let ns have something
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BLACKFOOT IS BOOMING
Blackfoot is laying off her winter
garb of snow, and has taken on the
spring rayment of mud, and with the
change of wearing apparel, comes the
gathering on the streets of strange
faces. Hardly a day goes bye, nor a
train arrives, that the crowd is not
added to, and trains on Mackay and|
Moreland-Aberdeen Unes carry from I
the city both homeseekers and cars of
equipment for the territory along their
lines. At a recent meeting of citizens
In the city hall It was decided to as
sist E. W. Bowman, of the CapltgP
News, in gathering data for a pa e
story of Blackfoot and Bingham coun
ty, and several thousand c:ples of the
paper will be sent to frlehds of the
Blackfoot Residents) in other districts
and tyua the crowd cf new comers will
be Increased, because - advertising i*
whit attracts them to this country, and,
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Bench- St. Anthony belt line railroad 1*
to Blackfoot. The taking over Of the |
property of the defunct commercial |
the resources hold them after their ar
rival. Public meetings are being held j
by the citizens in connection with
railroad officials fer the purpose of ar
ranging for the building ot the Egin
club and the organization of a club
of the business men. which has as its
object the creating of a Get-Together- j
Spirit of the citizens, and the dis
manipulation of a club, bear evidence
couraging of one man, blatant voiced
of a growth in Blackfoot for the next
year which the old town has net had
heretofore. Tuesday evening there
was perfected the** organization of the
Bingham County Auto-Good Roads As
sociation. an account of which appears
elsewhere. The slogan of this , organi
zation lt "Not Words Alone, But Ac
tion'' and the membership is open for
every resident of Bingham county who
wishes to join, at the meeting to be
held in the club rooms over the W. E.
Brown grocery on West Bridge street
Saturday evening, March 23. Get your
coat off, become active in these move
ments and thereby reducq the first mor
tgage security that crabldness, perpet
ual grouches and dyspepsia has had on
you since you have been a resident
HE WAS A CHEAP SKATE
A Denver jewelry man was in Black
foot recently, and had a vest pocket
pouch In which be carried $40,000
worth oj diamonds. During his visit
he had shown them to a local Jewler,
and the latter wanted to look at them
the next morning. When the jewler,
Mr. Christ, asked to see them again,
the man felt In the accustomed place
but remembered tbat he had put the
pouch under his pillow the night be
fore In a room at the Commercial ho
tel. He tore wildly to his room and
found the chambfer maid had plucked
ed the pouch and was looking for the
owner. With great rejoicing over the
recovery' cf his valuables he thanked
the girl, presented her wltt* two twen
tyfive cent boxes of candy, and closed
the Incident The same man was
touched In Salt Lake by a girl of the
frivolous class some time ago and rol
led for a nice bunch.
Ask for cash coupons at The Brown
Hart and W. E. Brown stores. ,
for cur money that will prove of gen
eral benefit. Generations have grown
to man and womanho d in. conjeäted
metropolises like Flaekfoct, Riverside,
Shelley and other cities of the sky
scraper order, and they have developed
their back and arm muscles, until they
look like real healthy people and very
few of them had park benches to lie
upon and park tree s to shade them. Be
sides there is only about three months
in the year that, a real good job of
park sitting can be carried on at
night around this altitude, while a
paved street can be werked twenty
four hours a day threei hundred and six
ty-five days in the year. It is all
right to be alive and have city ideas
about thfhgs but It would not be a
bad scheme to get a little manure off
out streets before blowing ourselves for
another park. You know the former
admistratlcn slipped the city a park
and right today there probably Is not
one half of the population knows where
It is and its a gcod bet that there Is
not five per cent of the people of
Blackfoot who have spent a minute at
that park, since it was forced on an
unsuspecting public, Nix on the park
stuff.
BINGHAM COUNTY AUTO
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
Tuesday evening several automobl'e
owners gathered in the office of W. H
Stuffiebeam for the purpose of organiz
ing an automobile club, the object of
which was to endeavor to secure bet
.ter roads fqr Bingham ccunty . Er.
w ß pat , le M temporary cha r -
^ anfl c y Fuber »^tary.
TNw were twelT „ men vroMn% Md
a I|Bt of fortyone automobile owners ht
rea „ zlng ^ tbey WOTe a* much ot
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Bingham county, was presented. Dr.
Patrle made an interesting address on
the worth of good roads to the farmer
and how the auto had figured in se
curing them. He spoke of the improve
ment that had been made in two yean
along this line, and that the farmers
who, but a few years ago did not see
the necessity of good roods, were now
an asset In connection with the farm
asgood tools or stock. County Ccm
Stuffelteam stated that
Bannock County bad expended this
year three times more money than
Bingham county wLh an auto organis
aUon behlfld lt , nd that as a result
tf)e famera were carrylng thelr ^
producta to market ^ juBt about
one half the effort and expenses as
heretofore He fltated that it was the
obJect of the county nmmltoicnoTn to
build one main road through the coun
ty as* a starter and then bui'd roads
WbutoIT to tbat one . At present
crushed rock is being shipped into
town fer the road north to the sugar
factory at & price from 6c to 6c cheap
er than graveL On moticn a commit
tee on order of business consisting of
Messen Carruth, Rich and Stuffelbcam
was appointed. The first order of
business was the electing cf a perman
ent organization which resulted In
the choice of Jos T. Carruth, presid
ent and J. H. Earley, secretary th»
temporary organization absolutely re
fusing to accept the. nomination for the
permanent organisation. On motion
the secretary was made sesretary-treaa
urer and all persons, whether owners
of automobiles or not, who are resid
ents within the county, and who
so desired could become members. The
suggestion was made that the organiza
tion should be known as the Bingham
County Auto-Good Roads Associa! Ion.
T. S. Dibble and F. E. DeKay were
chosen as delegates to the state auto
mobile convention to be held in Poca
tello on next Saturday,
March 16th.
The alternates appointed were the pres
Ident and secretary, J. T. Carruth and
J. H. Earley. A committee cn consti
tution and by-laws, consisting of Dr.
Patrle, C. V. Fisher and F. C. Christ
was appointed to report at the next
meeting to be held In the commercial
clob rooms, over W. E. Brown's groc
ery, on the evening of March 23rd.
The meeting then adjourned.
THE ARION MALE QUARTETTE
On Friday night, March 16tb, the
Arlon Male Quartette of the Academy
of Idaho will be at the high school aud
itorium. as the fifth attraction of the
High School Lecture Course. The en
tertainment will commence at 9 o'
clock, on account of the revival meet
, lags.