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CALDWELL, IDAHO.
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WHAT'S MATTER Of CALDWELL?
In the last issue of The Tribune
we called attention to the fact that
American Falls raised $2800.00 for
advertising purposes in twenty min
utes. That is all right. Now comes
the story that the Oregon Short Line
Railroad Company proposes to spend
$5.00 in advertising American Falls
for every $1.00 spent by the people of
that city. The same thing is true of
Gooding and some other southern Ida
ho towns. Now what we want to
know is "what's the matter of Cald
well?" Why is not Caldwell in on
this new 5 to 1 deal? This city
raiser $6000.00 to be spent in public
ity, but we did not hear of the Ore
gon Short Line coming through with
$30,000.00 to help advertise Caldwell.
In fact, the Oregon Short Line makes
a niose like a profound silence when
Caldwell is mentioned. We cannot
convince ourselves that the Oregon
Short Line is discriminating against
Caldwell. It is probably a business
proposition with that Company, but
it seems to us that it is as much to the
interests of the railroad to build up
the Boise Valley towns as it is Ameri
can Falls or Gooding. We can see no
good reason for discriminating
against Caldwell, but neither can we
see that $30,000.00. There are, in
fact, a great many things we can't see,
and that's why we want to know
"what's the matter of Caldwell?" If
the Short Line is advertising Idaho
it should treat all towns alike. Cald
well, Nampa or Payette is entitled to
the same consideration as American
Falls or Gooding. The Commercial
Clpb should investigate with a view
of co-operating with the Oregon Short
Line.
A GRtVIOUS MISTAKE
It had been running in our mind
for several months past that Bob
Farrar was making an extraordinary
good councilman. Indeed we were
pleasantly surprised every time we
looked him up. We began to congrat
ulate ourselves upon having discover
ed, him and were secretely taking
great credit to ourselves. We were so
impressed with the idea that we could
not get it from our minds that he was
our first, last and all-the-time choice
for councilman from the First Ward.
Last week we began to publicly boast
of our discrimination, and of course
experienced a rude awakening. Some
one soon informed us that in the city
campaign we had supported John
Steunenberg and not Robert Farrar.
Against our will we are forced to ac
knowledge the fact. We should have
said last week that John Steunenberg
would have done well in the council
had opportunity presented itself, but
that Bob Farrar was doing well. We
hereby correct our grevious error.
Bob Farrer is the councilman from
the First Ward. Let that sink deep
into your minds, all our statement« to
the contrary, notwithstanding. All
that we have said concerning the
present administration, good, bad and
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DEALERS IN
Fresh* Salt Meats
Game and Fish io Season
Indifferent, applies to Mr. Farrar.
He and M. A. Devers divide time in
■holding down and holding up the
honor of the First Ward. To date
they have done a mighty good job of
it. They give freely of their time to
the city, and the results are apparent
on every hand. We trust that every
body will overlook our error of last
week. It simply shows that The
Tribune is not infalliable, though
mighty near it. We admit that we
did not discover Mr. Farrar, but we
soon recognized a good thing in alder
manic garb, and lost no time in lay
ing claim there to. If you cannot dis
cover the next best thing is early ap
preciation.
BALLINGER AND PINCHOT
There can be but end to the pres
ent fight between Secretary Ballinger
and Chief Forester Pinchot. The
end will be the oblivion of the Chief
Forester. Too long has he already
maintained his sway. The end of
bureauocrocy is in sight, greatly to
the relief of the American people,
particularly those of the west. The
The Chief Forester is gasping now,
At Spokane he forsook all discretion
in his charges against Mr. Ballinger
and the "water power trust." His in
direct charges of coal land frauds in
Alaska fell so flat as to be pitiful.
The fight could end in only on«
way. Unless all sence had forsaken
the American people Mr. Pinchot had
to reach the end of his rope. Mr.
Pinchot has represented lawlessness
in the administration of his bureau.
His contempt for the law was only
exceeded by his contempt for the peo
ple and their welfare. Mr. Ballinger
believes in doing what he does in ac
cordance and in compliance with the
law. He is compelling hte Chief For
ester to do likewise. The result will
be that Pinchot will be compelled to
resign. The sooner he does so the
better it will be for all concerned.
PARTISAN NEWSPAPERS
The Capital News, in calling at
tention to the passing of the Salt
Lake Herald, and the reason that pa
per gives for its failure, brings up
the question of whether or not parti
sanship pays. It depends upon what
partisanship consists of. If partisan
ship consists in an abiding faith and
a determined conviction in the prin
ciples of a political party, then parti
sanship certainly does pay. Not only
does particanship pay, but it is a high
patriotic duty of the newspaper to be
partisan. If partisanship consists in
blindly following the whims and dic
tates of a party boss where-so-ever he
leads, it does not pay and can never
pay. That is the trouble with Demo
cratic newspapers today. The party
does not compel strong convictions,
and the Democratic newspapers in
their attempt to follow the vagaries
of their leaders and maintain peace
with their consciences, excite the pity
of each other and the contempt of the
people. There is no inherent differ
ence between the Republicans and the
Democrats in numbers, ability
wealth, and the Democrats will sup
port their newspapers to the extent
that those papers deserve support as
party organs. The Democratic pa
pers are neither independent nor par
ty organs. They are not brave
enough to be the one nor clean-mind
ed enough to be the other. The Her
ald of Salt Lake is an example. That
paper in its forty years was never
forceful newspaper. It has ever
maintained a wishy-washy policy in
politics and everything else. It has
tried to keep in the middle of the
road in the fear of making enemies.
It succeeded, but it never made warm
friends. It realized that it could not
be honest and enthusiastically Dem
ocratic. The passing of the Herald
is the passing of an independent Dem
ocratic paper. This modern fetiche,
independence in politics is a humbug
for the citizen or the newspaper.
Neither the man nor the newspaper,
can be great, unless he or it have
strong convictions and the courage to
advocate them. No man and no news
paper can be colorless in politics and
be patriotic. If one is not the latter
he will not long maintain prestige.
The Tribune commends these views to
the Capital News that it may be saved
thereby.
BALLINGER-PINCHOT FIGHT
Not many days since the press had
announcements of huge coal frauds in
Alaska in which Secretary Ballinger
figured prominently. The following
editorial from the Lewiston Tribune
throws some light on the subject and
incidentally shows up Forester Pin
chot and his press bureau, in no fav
orable light. For many years it has
been known that the Chief Forrest
ers' press bureau, and his newspa
pers were not overly scrupulous in
the report of transactions and com
ment upon men who differed from
the forestry bureau and its chief. The
Tribune says:
The so-called Ballinger-Pinchot
feud involving a vital difference in
policy as to the administration of the
public domain and its resources, ap
pears to have ramifications more far
reaching than appears on the surface.
There is one aspect of it the Tribune
thinks it ought to help clear up, as
far as its ran^e reaches, "itsterday
morning the Associated Press report
carried the announcement of great
coal frauds in Alaska and said:
"The facts pertaining to the alleged
frauds are known to Secretary of the
Interior Ballinger and Fred Dennett,
commissioner of the general land office
and they have given the word to their
subordinates to proceed against per
sons responsible for the alleged
frauds. Powerful interests, it is said,
have sought to force the department
of the Interior through financial pres
sure to patent these lands, a great
deal of which was filed on more than
two years ago. The pressure was re
sisted, however." Simultaneously,
what appears to be the Pinchot press
bureau also privately sent out to its
organs a statement "that there has
been in contemplation the laying of
charges against Secretary Richard
Ballinger either for permitting by
negligence or consenting to attempt
to hurry to patent coal land claims
in Alaska which were contrary to
law.' "
It was quite fair to have an
nounced Secretary Ballinger's unfav
orable connection with these cases, in
the event there was any such connec
tion, but after accusing the Secretary
the Spokane Spokesman Review, one
of the chief Pinchot organs, in pub
lishnig the Associated Report elimi
nates from it the paragraph quoted
above, in which Secretary Ballinger is
credited with resisting and exposing
these frauds, and leaves him in the
attitude of a party defendant, where
as in truth he is the accuser and pros
ecutor of the frauds. The motive for
this muthMfei a&i suppression of
the authentic farte is not known, but
is presumably very powerful when it
can cause such an extensive property
as the Spokane Spokesman Review to
prostitute its journalistic honor,
which the press as a rule holds above
everything else, to the furtherance
thereof. The Tribune has conceived
that the essential difference between
the Ballinger-Pinchot policies was an
honest temperamental difference, like
the difference between informed dem
ocrats and republicans, of Catholics
and protestants, but it appeals from
the testimony here given and from
countless other circumstances, that
the difference is of no such creditable
origin, but is of sordid ana sinister
import, with the Pinchot adherents
clamoring for continued lawlessness
and spoliation, and Ballinger fighting
the good fight of lawful and con
stitutional government.
GOVERNOR IS LOSING POPULARITY
The most casual observer cannot
fail to note the fact that Governor
Brady is losing his popularity with
the people. For some unintelligable
reason the Governor is not "taking".
No one intimates that the Governor
is not making a good, chief executive
in a great many ways. As a man he
is companionable, sociable and should
be popular. That he is losing his
popularity is strange. We are in
clined to think that the Governor too
greatly desires popularity. We think
that he keeps his ear too close to the
ground. The people think they like
a man who goes this way and that
way as they do. We say the people
think they like a man who is with the
people, but they don't. They may
applaud the dexterious politician who
changes with the wind, but the man
they admire, respect and love, is the
man who has the courage to tell them
to go to grass if occasion demands.
The man for the people is the man
who compels them to admire and re
spect him. Never was maiden more
fickle than the public. Public opinion
has little respect for the man whom
it thinks is seeking it.
Governor Brady had no opposition.
He should have gone into, office with
lands free and unfettered. No man
ever had a better chance to make a
good and popular governor. That he
will fail is self-evident unless he gets
next to the situation. It is not neces
sary for a governor to be even on the
band wagon. It's all right to permit
a few band wagons to pass un
noticed. Now and again it's a good
thing to make the band wagon stop
and go in the opposite direction for
awhile. The people will roar a little
for a moment and then forget all
about it, except that the man who
did it, was quite a fellow. The people
realize that the man who is always
on the band wagon is simply following
the line of least resistance. The line
of least resistance person does not
take with the people. They want men
of courage.
There is another thing to remember
and that is the people, as a people,
very seldom do anything to help or
injure anybody.
BAND GOiNG TO SEATTLE
The Idaho State Band of Caldwell
is an organization of which every
citizen of the community feels proud.
It has done a great deal to attract
favorable attention to Caldwell and
has always been a source of pleasure
to the people here. The Caldwell
band was started- and kept up for
many years by that leader of leaders,
Prof. A. T. Gordon, now of Weiser.
He came to Caldwell and alone organ
ized the band that has become fa
mous throughout the northwest. He
was the leader when the band went to
the Portland exposition and attracted
so much attention. He had a hard,
up-hill fight. Not only did he have to
train, educate and develop mu
cians, but he also had to create a pub
lic sentiment in Caldwell that would
support a band. He finally succeeded
and the present splendid organization
owes Prof. Gordon a great deal. The
band is now on a sound footing and
will maintain its prestige for years to
come. Brass bands are not made in
a day. It will be years before Idaho
can boast of another band like the
Idaho State Band.
In a few days this organization will
leave for Seattle. The advertisng the
band wll give Caldwell will be greater
than all the literature the community
has ever issued. When the people at
the Exposition listen to a band that
would be a credit to a city of 250,000
people, they will immediately sit up
and take notice. They will inquire a
bout the band and then they will in
quire about Caldwell. They will have
become interested. Their minds
will be greatly and favorably
disposed toward the community
that maintains such an organiz
ization. Not only Caldwell, but
all Idaho will be advertised
in a novel and pleasing manner by the
band. Every përson at the Fair will
be glad to listen to the virtues of soil
and climate of Idaho when those vir
tues are proclaimed by a first-class
brass band. The state will compel a
hearing. Here's success to Prof.
Snapp and the Idaho State Band.
COUNTY WILL GO DRY
Very little interest has been taken
in the campaign which will close
Wednesday, next, when the people of
Canyon county will decide whether
the sale of liquors shall be prohibited
in this county or not. It seems to be
generally conceded that the county
will go dry and as ever in one-sided
contests there is little apparent inter
est. The liquor dealers in as far a3
we know have absolutely made no ef
fort to keep the county wet. Whether
they know their cause is hopeless or
whether they expect the law to be de
clared unconstitutional or invalid, we
know not. Under the conditions, we
think it useless to make an argument
at this time. The Tribune simply
reminds the people of the county of
the approaching election and urges
them to vote as their consciences dic
tate. We have argued and discussed
the question so many times that any
thing we might say at this late hour
would have little effect.
ARE UP AGAINST IT
The political enemies of Congress
man Thomas R. Hamer, are up against
a hard proposition, in their efforts to
find some cause for complaint against
him. The only thing to date they have
found is that he supported Speaker
Cannon for re-election. About this
they are making a great to do. We do
not know whom they wanted Con
gressman Iiamer to support. Jt don't
make much difference who they
wanted Hamer to support, Cannon
would have been elected. The Tri
bune did not support Col. Hamer very
enthusiastically at first, but we are
compelled to admit that he is very
creditably representing Idaho. He has
made a better record than any other
member of the house of representa
tives.
The railroads of the United State«
have ever been famous for the great
size and carrying capacity of their
rolling stock. Nowhere in the world
are such heavy passenger and freight
trains hauled as in this country. Not
long ago a train 3,000 feet long, con
taining 85 cars loaded with 4,451 tons
of coal was hauled from Altoona to
Enola, Pa. Trial was made to deter
mine what loads could be moved over
the middle division, where the maxi
mum grade has recently been cut
down to 0.2 per cent. The train was
hauled for 124 miles at an average
speed of 17 miles per hour by a sin
gle freight locomotive.
FACTORS IN DEVELOPMENT.
Publicity and transportation are the
two essential factors in the develop
ment of a country, particularly the
northwestern country.
Without either of these there is no
prospect of development. Publicity
developed the great southwest, the
Indian Territory and Oklahoma coun
try causing the building of cities of
thousands within a few years. This
was brought about first by publicity
then by the methods of transporta
tion.
Hundreds of millions of dollars
have been appropriated by the great
railroad system for new construction
within the section embraced by Wash
ington, Montana and Idaho. The rail
road companies must have publicity
in order to make these roads pay div
idends.
Chicago has been selected as the
headquarters for the publicity bureau
and the great dailies of that city are
devoting special editions on the op
portunity to be had in the west.
Great land shows are to be held there
and every inducement will be held out
to prospective citizens. The tide of
immigration which has been flowing
into Canada will be averted and will
be turned toward the "irrigated
states." The scenes of Oklahoma in
the way of development of cities will
be repeated on a much larger scale.
The great land drawings have done a
great deal to attract attention as has
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
sition.
Publicity and transportation are
the key notes of progress which is to
usher in the greatest season of pros
perity and development in the North
west ever witnessed.—Idaho Falls
Register.
Secretary Ballinger stated that his
visit to Idaho was to "acquire infor
mation and learn the wishes an d needs
of the people." How different from
the chief forester! The latter came to
cast the bounty of his great wisdom
before a benighted people. "We want
to conduct a campaign of education,
to teach you people of the west what
for your best good," etc., all of
which was gratefully appreciated by
"you people of the west," as were his
oft-repeated "we'll grant you," "we'll
concede to you," and other patronizing
expressions so palatable to the free
and intelligent
Eagle.
westerner.—Meadows
Temperance Rallies.
A series of pre-election rallies has
been planned by the temperance forces
of the community. The first will be
held Friday evening, August 20th, at
8 o'clock in the Christian church.
Mrs. H. D. Hall, of Aurora, 111., state
organizer for the W. C. T. U. of Illi
nois, will give the address of the
evening.
The children of nil the Sunday
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accidents but will not be responsible should any occur.
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Caldwell, Idaho.
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schools of the city are invited to meet
at the eMthodist church at 7:30 and
help to make this rally a rousing one
Sunday evening at 8:30 a union ser
vice of all the churches of the city
will be held at the Christian church
Special music and brief addresses by
Dr. D. N. Smith, O. V. Badley and Rev
J. G. Cowden will make an interesting
evening.
Monday evening, Rev. C. B. Dalton
of Boise, will deliver an address along
temperance lines, which will probably
conclude the series of rallies.
W. C. T. U. Elects Officers.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union met Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. H. E. Wallace. The
meeting was devoted entirely to busi
ness, it being th3 annual electlor of
officers, those chosen being as 'ollows
President, Mrs. D. N. Smith; vice
president, Mrs. W. S. Hawkes; record
ing secretary, Miss Smith; treasurer,
Mrs. Wallace; corresponding secre
tary, Mrs. Ralph Oakes. The dele
gates chosen to attend the annual
state convention at Mountain Home
0ct 13th> were Mrs L H p a j nei Mrg
Northam, and Miss Smith; alternates,
j Mesdames Mark, Wallace and
Adams
A vote of thanks was tendered the
retiring president for faithful service
during the past two years, and the
secretary was Instructed to spread the
same upon the minutes of the union.
Plans were discussed relative to the
local option campaign and committees
were appointed to carry on certain
work.
D. M. Shuee returned Monday af
ternoon from Salt Lake, where he at
tended the National G. A. R. En
campment.