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®ijr lliUtho «epubliran BLACKFOOT, IDAHO, MON $3 a Teas Vol. XVII., No. 88 iY, OCT. 31, 1921 TELEGRAM SENT TO IDAHO DELEGATION * V Disposition of Water for Bancroft Satisfacto rily Settled All factors in this immediate sec tion of the state have co-operated in every detail to secure the comple tion of the Greater Fort Hall Pro ject. Prospects for the completion have never been so bright as they are today and those who have been working in connection with this pro spect state that they have every rea son to believe that favorable action will be taken. For the past few months meetings of representatives of the various communities inter ested have been held and details have been adjusted to the satisfac tion of all. A meeting of the Poca tello representatives and Bancroft citizens was held in the city recently. Federal and state reclamation of ficials were In attendance and the final details regarding the disposi tion of water for the Bancroft sec tion were satisfactorily settled. The following important telegram was sent to Idaho's delegation in congress: "The plan of development of the Blackfoot river of Greater Fort Hall project is now changed to include reclamation of all lands of Indian and white ownership susceptible of Irrigation in territories around Poca tello, American Falls, Blackfoot and Bancroft. All interests and people are harmoniounsly and enthusiastic ally supporting this plan. Blackfoot river water to be employed as far as necessary on high lands, including Bancroft area; lower lands to re ceive supply from Snake river by participation -in American Falls res ervoir. This plan will yield the greatest possible benefit to all inter ested communities and will secure the greatest economic use of avail able water supply. A comprehensive report concurred in and signed by all interests will be mailed to you Satur, day, containing data necessary to a complete understanding of project. We consider it important that Dietz and Donner be called to Washington to explain in detail plan and benefits that will accrue to Indian projects and interests thru this plan. Dietz enjoys the confidence of all people here and possesses complete detailed knowledge of entire project from an engineering and economic stand point ,and can render you invaluable service. Bancroft people are in con ference here and are wiring Senator Smoot requesting him to call on you and support this plan. (Signed) J. B. BISTLINE, President. H. M. WOLF, Secretary. D. W: DAVIS, Governor. W. G. SWENDSEN, Com. Reclamation. W. O. CREER, Empire Canal Co. —Pocatello Tribune. + TEACHERS BOOST Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Trego received the following note from one of the teachers, after returning from the Institute. Her people have been en gaged In newspaper work and that led her to visit The Republican office and that accounts for the last line in the letter. Here is the way it runs: Dear Friends: Just a note to tell you how very much we truly appreciate Blackfoot's wonderful hospitality. Personally, I can't ever forget It; the memory of that happy, profitable week will alvfftys be with me. You see what Blackfoot did when It turned the members of the insti tute at large—800 full-fledged Blackfoot boosters. Sister and I enjoyed our rides, and oh! that office! Best wishes from MARGARET KYLE. + LEAVES FOR PORTLAND E. J. Fjeldsted, secretary of the fair boa'rd left Friday evening for Portland to attend the Northwest Livestock show being held in that Mr. Fjeldsted is in charge of the beef cattle department and will judge sheep entered in the show. city. Hotel Eccles Blackfoot, Idaho See local manager for reasonable winter rates. Effective at once Cafe in connection Southard Trial is Still in Session; Re buttal Commence* The trial of Mrs. Lydia Meyer Southard still continues at Twin Falls, Idaho, in the effort to show whether or not she poisoned her hus band there last year. Much evidence has been intro duced to indicate that she has poisoned four other persons, and all by the same means, taking the poison of fly paper and placing It in the food of the Intended victims, the object being to collect the life In surance after death. In the Twin Falls case she evidently became alarmed and left the country with out trying to collect the insurance and went to'Honolulu. The defense has commenced its rebuttal and they are seeking to show that it was a case of typhoid fever instead of arsenic poisoning. + LEGIONARRIES PLAN PROGRAM FOR DAY Armistice Day Will Be Fittingly Observed in Blackfoot At a meeting of the American Legion Post No. 23 held Friday even ing committees were appointed and tentative plans formed for the Armistice Day program. A commit tee representing the Bingham county chapter of War Mothers met with the legion in regard to the War Mothers annual banquet. Among the events is an exhibition drill to be put on by members of the legion and members of troop B. This will begin the afternoon program and will be followed by a centipede race and a number of other sports that lightened the life of the soldier, sailor and marine. Following the legion's program there will be a football game held be tween St. Anthony and Blackfoot high schools. St. Anthony won from the local team Friday, but the Black foot boys are determined to show the visitors something about the game when they come down here on Armistice Day. At 7 o'clock that evening the War Mothers annual banquet for ex service men will be held either in the K. P. or Odd Fellows hall. This event takes better with the vets than any other part because they do not have to fight for a place in line and they know that even if they are a little late there will be some set aside for them. The fellows cer tainly enjoy putting their feet under the table that will carry mother's cooking. After the banquet the third annual ball of Stewart Hoover Post will be held in the Legion hall. * Finances of Cache Valley Are Kept up by Dairy Industry LOGAN, Utah.—At ft recent meet ing of the Cache valley Chamber of Commerce members, the importance of the milk and dairy industry to Cache valley were discussed. The fact was brought out that Cache val ley is in better shape financially than any section of the west, all due to the daily pay roll made possible by the milk and dairy industry. Prof. Cain, field agent of the Sego Milk Products company, stated that bankers all over the west pointed out Cache valley, Utah, as the sec tion of the country that had suffered least during the present financial depression. Prof. Cain stated that farmers from Idaho had come to him and stated that Idaho wanted to in crease the dairy herds of that state, as experience had taught them that dairying is a valuable and money making adjunct to farming. * ARMISTICE DAY FQOTBALL if On November 11 the University of Idaho football team will play the team from the University of Wyom ing at Boise, and the governor of Idaho and the governor of Wyoming will be rooting for the opposing teams from the same box. Perhaps the governor of Wyom ing will say to the governor of Idaho, "It is a long time between drinks." PLANS MADE FOR BIG OGDEN SHOW in Entertainment Commit tee Arranges Variety of Events The biggest style show of the year is scheduled at the third annual Ogden Livestock Show, which will .be held in Ogden for five days, Janu ary 3 to 7, 1922, according t6 Secre tary Jesse S. Richards. It is'nt to be an exhibit of women's gowns, hats or hosiery, but the dis play of the finest livestock. There'll be big draft horses of all breeds with their "manes in braids" a la Sis Hopkins; decked out in rib bons of all colors; and all ready for the show ring. There'll be beef cattle wtih their broad backs, and with hair all mar celled by the most particular hair dressers to be found. There'll be dairy cows with pol ished horns, big udders filled with pails of milk, and hoofs all mani cured by hovering attendants. Sheep all trimmed up with backs as flat as a table, with wool all powdered and colored, will please young and old. Hogs all scrubbed up with scrub bing bursh, oiled and polished, and rooting around in pens fillet) high with clean straw, will interest every one. "Livestock Worth thousands of dollars will be exhibited at the show this year, Richards recently. "And it will be in the finest shape, too. There won't be a person at the show who will be dressed as correctly or with as much style as the horses, cows, hogs and sheep exhibited there." Many visitors to the show .are ;iue for surprises when they attend, ac cording to officials. Rapid progress has been made in stocking the •farms of the territory with pure brld live stock, and many prize animal^ to be shown at the coming Ogden lhiesto/k show have already won 'grand championships at some of the largest and best fairs and stock shows in the country. Already enough entries have'been promised to make the show at least twice as large as the one held last year. announced Secretary Admission to the show will be free and as the entertainment committee has arranged for a variety of enter tainments, such as dancing, boxing contests, wrestling matches, and the big stockmen's banquet and ball, a great time is promised for the large crowd that will visit Ogden during stock show week.—Downey Idahoan. * Blackfoot Loses to St. Anthony on Their Field Friday Blackfoot high school lost to St. Anthony Friday by a score of 17 to 19. It was a hard fought game by both teams and it was won and lost in the last few minutes of play. The first score was made when Stephens drop kicked and this was followed by the local team's two touchdowns, short a number of players, who were out oh account of injuries and some were not in school. The hardest game of the season will be played here next Friday when the local team meets Idaho Falls. The boys lost to Idaho Falls when the teams met there this month and they are determined to reverse a 23 to 7 score. On Armistice Day they will meet St. Anthony here and another good game is expected. The old B. H. S. spirit is behind the boys and a boost from the townspeople would cer tainly be appreciated. Bl&ckfoot's line was ■4* MILITARY BALL On Friday evening the first annual ball will be giveh at the American Legion hall, Blackfoot by troop B of* the on 116th cavalry. Several hundred invitations have been sent out and the troop is pre paring for its biggest social event of the season. An invitation has been sent to Governor Davis and he has signified his intention of attending if possible and Colonel Wall and other regimental officers will also.be present. + LOCAL BOYS PLAYING Whether local boys are playing football or not can be determined by looking over the sporting page of the lptermountaln papers issued since Friday evening. Clayton Hoover played center for the University of Idaho in their game against the University of Utah in Salt Lake Friday until he was taken out on account of injuries. The Idaho school lost a hard fought game, the score being 17 to 7. ' On the . Tech field Friday John Powers exchanged victory for defeat when he replaced Keane, the Idaho Tech fullback and in the last five minutes of play carried the ball fifty-five yards and made it possible for Peyton Hurt an Aberdeen lad to carry it over the line for the game against the college of Idaho. a FEDTOAL AID WILL BE WEN STOCKMEN Arrangements are Made With War Finance Board The war finance board has com pleted arrangements by which fed eral aid can be secured in the form of loans for stockmen in Utah and Idaho. E. M. Kennedy returned the last of the week from Salt Lake City, where he was called to attend an ex ecutive board meeting to receive the details of the transactions necessary to place money at the disposal of stockmen. A change was made In the organ ization^ so that Utah and Idaho each has an independent board to handle the business. E. M. Kennedy repre sents the southeastern part of Idaho, John Thomas of Gooding, the south ern part and three others the rest of the state in the west and north. All applications for loans in the eastern part of Idaho are referred to Mr. Kennedy, and after receiving his approval they are sent to Boise, then to Salt Lake and Washington, D. C., and it is possible to get money inside of two weeks from the time the application is made. It is the purpose of this board to secure loans for stockmen, who in turn desire to buy hay and other feed for their cattle or sheep, and thus be making a sale for hay and grain and otherwise setting produc tion into operation again. A large part of the 1920 hay crop is still in the stacks and the 1921 crop added to it makes a serious situation which the war finance board is seeking to relieve. The money is available now in sums of $5000 and over. American Consul on Visit to Pocatello Surprised at Growth George N. lift, counsul of the United States at Bergen, Norway, ar rived in -Pocatello Wednesday and plans on spending several months here visiting. Counsul lift is on leave of absence. He is a resident of Pocatello and entered the consular service under the first administration of Theodore Roosevelt and has served at posts in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Norway. At the time the United tSates entered the world war Mr. lift was American consul general at Stuttgart, Ger many. He was sent out of that country with other American diplo mats and returned to Pocatello, stay ing there only a short time when he was ordered to take charge of the American consulate at Winnipeg, Canada. He was in charge of the Canadian post for four months when he was sent to Christiania, Norway. He was in charge of the consulate at the Norwegian capital during the critical days of the war and was later stationed at Christiania and Bergen. Mr. Ifft reported that he was de lighted to get back home and re marked on the wonderful growth of Pocatello. Shower of Geese Follows Lightning Flash in Washington EVERETT, Wash.—The old say ing 'raining pitchforks,or "rain ing cats and dogs," is "old stuff" in this part of the world, for Everett feels that it has set a pace that it will be a long time before it is equalled for it literally rained geese here recently. During a heavy rain there was an unusually loud clap of thunder pro ceeded by a vivid flash of lightning, followed within a few moments by the rain of geese, scores of them, which fell to the ground with a loud thud. People in that neighborhood availed themselves of the opportun ity to get a Sunday dinner which like manna "fell from the sky." None of the stricken geese showed any signs of burn from the lightning flash. They were literally electro cuted in mid-air and fell to their death. a is •K at he his ' be COURT NEWS Marice A. Staggers and Alice Greenough were granted a marriage license Thursday. Both parties are from Pocatello. Willis Thomas is working in the county treasurer's office. + NEW COACH ARRIVES Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Maddock of Idaho Falls announce the arrival of a seven pound baby boy on October 11, named Homer Lien. Mr. Maddock was formerly the football coach at the University of Utah. + H. B. Tabb Co. wholesale produce, potato buyers, warehouse accommo dations, we pay the market price, buying at all times every day. Phone 420J4, manager's office 4O0J3, Keever, Idaho.' adv. 83-8p Salvation Army to Carry on Drive in Idaho Next Month The week of November 12, 19 has been designated as the time for carrying on the Salvation Army drive for the state of Idaho. They wiBh to raise $60,000 in order to carry on the work of the army for the fiscal year ending September, 1922. Every cent of this Quota will be spent in this state where it is needed. Bingham county's share of this amount is set at $2500 and the work here is under the direction of Cap tain and Mrs. G. Houghton of Poca tello. If the public will follow the example of the ex-service men and women thruout the nation it will be a small matter for these people to raise the amount wanted in order to carry on their good work. * REMARKS PASSED REGARDING DANCES People Should not Form Opinions From Hearsay There have been some remarks that the dances given at the Ameri can Legion hall were not so well managed as they ought to be and that there was need of chaperones and regulations, or the presence of parents. There was talk that the music was furnished by "niggers" that there were improper dances and that the stairway was more or less obstructed with loafers, who smoked cigaretes and talk bad talk and that persons attending the dance had to come in contact with all this. Saturday night we went to see how improper it was, and found "niggers" furnishing good dance music and there did not seem to be anything objectionable on their part. Young fellows seemed to be agement, and everything 1 and courteous, as they pleased, but everybody's con duct and dancing seemed above criticism. A few fellows lodged In the stairway at times, but we saw no smoking and if there were im proper remarks vfe did not hear them. They all seemed to be doing as they pleased, there was no evi dence of restraint, and there ap peared to be no occasion for re straint. We suggest that parents who are worried about the way the dances are conducted shall not take here say nor press reports, but go a few times themselves and get the spirit of the occasions, musicians will play some of the old tunes, the waltz and polka and give them a chance to get into the game themselves. That will be more fun than to Stay at home and feel un easy. Do you remember that when you were of the dancing age, there were people who were convinced that you were going straight tp the dickens because you waltzed and somebody had hold of you while it was going on?, There is a dance held every month or so at the tabernacle and the high school classes occasionally hold dances at the Tech. At both these places the dances are conducted in such manner as to be beyond re proach. In the case of the dances given by the high school students the class sponsors are in charge and the students must leave the building by 11 o'clock according to the rules set down by the school trustees. le man s quiet Everybody 1 danced Perhaps the -1* ELKS DANCE The Elks lodge No. 1416 will hold a big Halloween dance Thursday evening in the K. P. hall. It will be strictly informal and for Elks only. The purpose of the dance is for the members of the new lodge to become acquainted with each other and this is the first opportunity that has been presented. The entertainment committee has arranged for many novel features and all members and visiting Elks are assured a good time at this dance. + ROPED HIS FINGER Richard T. Reed of Presto did some roping last wek and burnt his hand with the rope. After finishing with the animal he remarked to some of his companions that he burnt his fingers on the rope, and at the same time took off his glove and shook his hand as a person will when it is tingling with pain. While he did this it was noticed that he was sprinkling some blood around and one of his companions noticed that one finger was gone and called his attention to It. ' Mr. Reed looked at it and said, "Well that settles it; I will never be able to do much with a fiddle." The rest of the finger was found in the glove. GRIMM OFFICE MOVES The office of the Grimm growers hes been moved from J. H. Early's office to the warehouse by tht Mackay tracks on South Broadway. PARIS POST TELLS ABOUT INSTITUTE Organizations Co-oper ate for Success Says Press The following article is taken from the Paris Post and gives ns some idea of what other communities think of the way Blackfoot handled the institute: With every organization, both civic and religious, co-operating in the enterprise the people of Black foot became the hosts of the 800 or more teachers last week, constituting the Southeast Idaho District Insti tute. It was no small task for the people of a city of only about 6000 population to provide eating and sleeping accomodations for almost one-sixth of their own number, but thru the manifestation of a fine com munity spirit, the best and most centrally located homes of the city were made accessable for the visit ors, and at modest charges for room and board they were given such en tertainment as most of them had never experienced at institutes be fore. For the general meetings the teachers were comfortably seated in the large L. D. S. tabernacle, where there was more than enough room to provide comfortably for all. The section meetings in the afternoon as sembled at the churches in the near vicinity, so that all of the meetings were easily accessible Rarely If ever have meetings been more pro fitable. Among the distinguished speakers were Supt. Meek of the Toledo, Ohio public schools, Dr. J. W. Searson of -the University of Kansas, Pres. Upham of the Univer sity and Dr. E. A. Bryan, sfate com missioner of education. Distin guished specialists in various special fields of education were also on hand fof the section work. In addition to these excellent fea tures, the community of Blackfoot it self offered many features of educa toinal interest. Bingham county of which-it is the county seat, is one of the great agricultural sections of the state. Especially is it noted for its production of sugar beets, potatoes and Grimm alfalfa seed. To make it convenient for the teachers to study these important industries the citi zens liberally placed their cars at the disposal of the teachers for visits to the sugar factory and the potato and alfalfa seed ware-houses. These trips could not fail to stimulate within the teachers a more wholesome respect for the great resources of the section of the state in which they are teach ing and hence add to their usefulness as teachers. The attitude of the people was more than courteous. The teachers were made to feel that their visit was really appreciated and many little courtesies were extended to them that have been conspicuously want ing in other institute cities. Each morning, on entering the tabernacle the teachers were provided with free copies of the latest Salt Lake Tribune with compliments of the Blackfoot Commercial club. The same organization provided them with complimentary tickets to the Victorian Artists concert on Thurs day night. It was therefore with a great deal of pleasure that the teach ers learned that the county superin tendents had voted to hold the in stitute at Blackfoot next year. The Institute closed with the dis trict meeting of the teachers associa tion. Superintendent Wallace of American Falls was chosen president for the coming year and a vote was taken condemning the present Re tirement Fund law and suggesting important amendments to it. * EVELYN NESBIT AGAIN Evelyn Nesbit, the actress and former wife of Harry K. Thaw, who has married again and been divorced took poison Friday ip an effort to kill herself because of financial dif ficulties. She took an overdose, it was discovered right away and treat ment given, with the result that she has about recovered from it. She had failed to pay her rent, tried to raise the money and failed and tjhe sheriff was removing her furniture from the house when she took the poison. Your Eyes If defective should be carefully attended by/ one who devotes his time to that one thing, be cause eye defects can derange the entire nervous system. See Dr.H.H.Scarborough at ECGELS HOTEL BLACKFOOT TUESDAY, NOV. 1 Let him stop your headaches - t