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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
4
A timeless guide suggests building a frame house with a small garden and perhaps chickens to cut living costs. Renting hinders this plan. start with a few rooms and expand as family grows, aiming for a sturdy, respectable home and pride for parents.
Sterling M A Drisell visits Pocatello while Dug Blain family and Willis Hays from American Falls visit relatives. Blackfoot visitors L D Aldrich and A D Quantrell come Friday. Recent rain boosts crops and irrigation needs. Local baptisms take place at Boon Creek by L D 5 church. Karl Brown stalled near Rochell needs horse power to be pulled out. Old Maids convention yields colorful names such as Body Cow Puncher Watson and Stubble Face Joe. Sterling ball team loses to Rockland two to three in a stirring match with good sportsmanship. Rockland praised as fine players. crowd enjoyed peaceful game.
Idaho Day celebrations advertised with excursions to Franklin Idaho on June 15 and travel via Oregon Short Line on June 14 and 15 from Nampa and eastern Idaho and Brig ham Utah and northern points. The limit is June 17 for rates and details, see agent for particulars.
Mr and Mrs Eldra Hubbel of Blackfoot and Mrs and Miss Jacobs of Salt Lake were Sunday visitors at the Just Reid ranch. Dr Darrah the chiropractor of Pocatello was up last of the week to assist or observe activities.
Mrs. Elihu Highley is very ill with appendicitis. Prescott Burrell and his sister Mrs. Wilkie of Firth attended Industrial Institute commencement at Weis er last week. Burrell plans to stay in Welser seeking a new location. Mr. and Mrs. James Just visited Salt Lake earlier in the week. Martin Yergensen, caring for the Patterson farm, suffered a serious wrist injury sharpening a shovel last week and returned home to Kimball.
Excursions to Franklin Idaho depart June 14 and 15 from Idaho Points Nampa and east and Utah points Brigham and north via Oregon Short Line for Idaho Day Celebration. Limit June 17. See agents for rates and further particulars.
H C C Rich made a flying trip to his ranch the last of the week while the river remained high and rising. Mr and Mrs The Brown and Mr and Mrs John Brown visited Blackfoot on business last week. Peter Felstead leads a large road crew at work on the Tilden road west of Gold Point. June 5 marked W G Davidson’s 73rd birthday. fifty years in Idaho and voting in every election were noted. Guests included Mrs T C Yates of Dallas and local kin from Blackfoot Rich Campbell Campbellville Rich.
June 18 to 22 and June 25 to 29 include trips via Oregon Short Line from Idaho and Oregon stations for Idaho State Chautauqua and Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias meeting. Limit July 1. Agents can provide rates and details.
Riverside reports strong crops and a favorable outlook for harvest. The Riverside band rehearses twice weekly aiming to provide plenty of music by July 24. A wedding reception honors Eugene Cobbley and Esther Wray, with Willard Dance and H. C. Rich Jr. visiting missionaries. A committee plans Saturday half day sports, horse and foot races with entry fees, while plans to stop ball on Sundays gain support. Next Saturday Riverside and Wapello teams play, with amusements for children and horse racing.
Dave Thomas of Beaver Utah visits his mother Mrs J W Thomas while a newborn girl joins Mr and Mrs Jack Sistrom and another girl is born to Mr and Mrs Owen Greeman. Thomas residents invite Blackfoot merchants to celebrate July 4 with hospitality and contests prior achievements funded prizes. Cleanup of Thomas amusement grounds continues with fifteen teams. work resumes Thursday June 13 to complete a baseball ground and grandstand beer site. local women provide meals at the hall.
List of uncalled for letters at the Blackfoot Post Office for the week ending May 28 1912. Names include Anderson Chas Anderson James Brouillette Mrs A Brown W H Jones 8 Koik Heinrich Marto Mrs J S Palmer James T Smith Dr J C Smith Evelyn Smith Helen Tomas Mr A D. Callers should request these letters as advertised.
Manager Green of the M S T and T Co toured the area seeking support for a valley line. Engineers will estimate costs this week but the project hinges on every subscriber joining in. A cross desert span is expensive yet crucial for emergencies and community communication.
D H Belthan returned Tuesday evening from Chicago and Indianapolis where he purchased furnishings for the new post office building. He says Idaho looks more prosperous than ever as he passes toward the boundary, while corn has hardly begun to grow due to constant rain and cold. residents feel discouraged yet Idaho seems poised for a bountiful harvest. Woodmen of the World excursions to Rexburg Idaho on June 19 and 20 via Oregon Short Line with rates and details through agents.
A Basalt resident owned a cow and two calves. The cow broke a leg but stayed productive until the owner killed her and sold the meat locally. The meat proved to be from a fevered cow, prompting scandal and talk of retaliation in the district.
In Basalt on the fourth, Rastmus Freemen wed Selma Croney Nescar White married Elsie Croney and Edna John-1 80n tied the knot with Gorgee Lyons. The village hosts a small wedding wave as three unions take place in one day.
The post office will be closed on Saturday June 15 1912 for Idaho Pioneer Day. General delivery registry and stamp windows open 10 to 11 am. City carriers on duty during the same hour to deliver mail to city delivery patrons who call for it.
The state Sunday school convention will be held in Pocatello at the Methodist church on June 25 26 and 27 a large delegation from this place will attend. The program will be published later.
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