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The Blackfoot Optimist

Location

Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1915

Page

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Blackfoot Dairy Ad Offers Modern Milking Plant Near City

Three miles east of Blackfoot on the old Fort Hall road a modern dairy showcases sanitary milking with automatic machines, rubber tubes, and a dustproof milk can. The operation milks twenty-three cows in forty-five minutes to an hour, with a clean wash house, cement floors, and a deep-well water supply. The Merrells built a brick barn to house thirty-one cows, featuring a patent head stanchion, a cement floor with two drains, and a loft for fifty tons of hay. The herd includes Jersey and Durham cows thriving on abundant green pasture and water. one Durham cow yields up to six gallons daily, Jersey milk tests at five percent butter fat.

Blackfoot Merrell’s Jersey Durham Jerseys

Council Approves New City Publishing Contract

The Blackfoot Idaho council meets to approve a two year city publishing contract with Byrd Trego for free publication of ordinances and notices. Trego objects to liability terms, while the council designates the Idaho Republican as official city paper and plans a special session on a new lighting system.

Hess Peck Roy DeKay Byrd Trego Trego Blackfoot Idaho Byrd Trega Tidak Republican Thahe Slit City Sai Byrd Rego Party Secanl Tika Republican Murer Ortila Idaho Republis Sid Idaho Republican Tn Witnens City OF E. T. Peck Kilpatrick Chalmers Maud Cherry Hughes Southern Talo Water Power Co Uiulerwood Mey Ty Theau TA Fivespan Aloveral Ti. M. Cayips Bart Main Street Chapmane Maple Street Mackay Tracks Ed. Watson Law and Order Committee Solong Gr John Taylor R. L. Sewell EB. Smith Abe Scott Arthur Smith Clyde Keasny Lewis Taylor Ira Taylor Frank Koontz J. F. Wright Q. J. Jones Pearl Fisher W. T. Brown Idaho Water Power Co W. A. McVicar Geo. Jolley Jr Stephens HL. A. Mowrey

Bingham Co. Wins in Land Taxation Ruling

Washington D C June 1 The Supreme Court holds lands in Carey act irrigation projects are taxable once patented to the state even if settlers have not yet received state patent. Glenn R Bothwell v Bingham County Idaho affirms Idaho and follows public land taxation rule that beneficial ownership triggers tax liability despite government title.

Washington, D.C Supreme Court Glenn R. Bothwell Bingham County Idaho Peterson Idaho Supreme Court

Perseverance Drives Great Works Over Strength

A concise reflection highlights that enduring effort, consistency, and persistence, not sheer power, forge lasting achievements. It emphasizes steady progress, repeated practice, and long term discipline as the keys to excellence.

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Miles RED Cross North Main Street Ackfoot First National Bank Attest, Roy Dekay Masury Nomar Neil F. Boyle & Co Standrod & Co. Bank D. W. Standrod & Co. Bankers
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