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The general apathy that has been
apparent in the campaign gives evi
dence of being dispelled during the
last couple of weeks preceding the
primaries, especially as regards the
•county delegates.
Aside from the rivalary existing
between the candidates for the guber
natorial chair, the state candidates
seem to excite but little interest.
The "Drys" have already indorsed
some candidates; the Grange others,
and the "Wets" will probably follow
suit. This will have the effect of pre
cipitating a nice little scrap.
The purpose of a direct primary is
to defeat machine politics—the form
ing of a slate. This The Tribune
believes to be highly commendable
There is-plainly evident in the county
a disposition to prepare several slates,
and thereby to a greater or less de
gree vitiate the effect of the direct
primary law. This is vicious in effect.
The indorsement of a list of candidates
by and organization, if carried out in a
sane, careful manner,, is all right and
proper, but it should end there.
Let us consider before forming
slates.
THE NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER COMPANY
The entrance of a new electric light
and power company into this field
will be viewed with considerable sat
isfaction by the people of Caldwell
and comunity.
In a new country the introduction
of competition marks the beginning
of a healthy growth, the broadening
and stimulating of commerce. With
cheap power Caldwell may offer manu
facturing concerns an unusually fine
field.
The new company has made good
by depositing $5000 with the city
council, and deserves consideration at
the hands of the people. The Tribune
is unable to say just yet how desir
able their proposition is, but the one
thing that is certain is, the rates of
fered are better than those now en
joyed by Salt Lake and Denver, where
a maximum of ten cents per kilowatt
hour obtains.
If the new rail road will put in its
^appearance now, Caldwell will have
cause to crow.
CROP OUTLOOK
In passing through the country in
any direction one must be impressed
with the crop prospects which are
apparant on every hand. The first
crop of alfalfa is in the stack and the
yield is all that could be desired. In
some cases it was caught by showers
while it was being cured in the field,
but no material damage was done to
feeding value of the crop. One of the
most striking features of the crop out
look this season is the splendid show
ing for grain. Farmers are predicting
eighty and a hundred bushel yield of
wheat per acre and oats and barley as
high as one hundred and twenty five
bushels. These unprecedented yields
will hardly be realized, but it is safe to
say that with no unforseen conditions
to prevent the yield will surpass all
previous records.
In the dry farming sections the
season has been unusually favorable
for crops so that a bumper crop of
grain and hay will be harvested in
those localities. Fruit is developing
rapidly, and aside from slight damage
here and there from local hail storms,
there is nothing to prevent a bumper i
crop, and of high quality this season, j
Corn and potatoes promise good
returns this season, and the average!
is greater than last year. Several silo«
will be erected this season in which ,
to store the corn crop for winter feed
ing. One of the noticeable improve
I ments needed everywhere is more
J drainage. The low places in which
the waste water accumulates should
be provided with ditches to carry the
water away as rapltfty as it gathers,
thus preventing the unsightly cattail
patches here and there which occupy
in the aggregate large areas of valua
ble land. A little attention and some
labor at the proper time would pre
vent much of this gathering of water
to the detriment of the landscape, and
tile occupation of land on which taxes
must be paid and from which nothing
is returned.
These low lands when drained pro
duce line pastures of white clover and
blue grass if it is not convenient to
plow the land for other crops.
THE BORAH PATENT LAW.
Senator Borah is having a hard
light to secure the enactment of his
patent law which provides for the is
suance of patents to land when the
provisions of the new homestead law
are complied with, and he is working
hard for an amendment eliminating
the 40 per cent payment clause. Every
settler under the reclamation project
is vitally interested in this measure
and should use every effort to inform
any members of th e house, and es
pecially the minority leader, Mr.
Mann, that this measure should be
passed before Congress adjourns. A
personal letter will do much toward
securing this important law, and now
is the time to act in this matter.
JOHN t. MORRISON'S RECORD
ASSAILED
In a recent issue of the Moscow
Star-Mirror a very serious charge was
printed against John T. Morrison, al
leging actual connivance at crime—
the stealing of valuable timber in the
districts where the University ot
Idaho held its heritage, during his ad
ministration as governor.
The charge demands the careful
consideration of all citizens of the
county, inasmuch as it is definite,
straightforward, and sets forth dates
and verbatim testimony, all of which
count much more than epithets and
lark and mysterious insinuations in
judging the fitness of men for public
jflice.
The article follows:
Register Land Office Wants Graft
Stopped
C. L. Heitman, chairman of the re
publican state central committee,
would like to have John T. Morrison
for governor. There is a reason for
During Morrison's administration
when his agent, Wm. Dyer, was man
pulating the Lewiston land district in
the interests of Kester & Kettenbach
ind other syndicates, depriving the
chools and state institutions of what
right should be theirs, Mr. Heitman,
by his political pull with Morrison
did the same to a greater extent
the Coeur d'Alene land district in
the interest of lumber syndicates and
ndividuals. The following is a letter
wrotesting against the dishonest meth
>ds of Heitman. This letter was filed
n connection with the sw 1-4, sec. 2,
wp. 58 n., r. le., that was held by
ake settlement and trumped up con
test until the McArthur Bros., lumber
man of Detroit, Mich., had time to cut
nd ship out of the state, the very best
timber on said land. After taking all
he timber wanted, Mr. Heitman's
ieutenants had it revert back to the
itate, thus robbing the state university
>f what by right belonged to it. There
s any amount of similar cases, too
lumerous to mention, but the follow
ng is a fair sample:
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Oct. 16, 1903
Hon. John T. Morrison,
Governor,
Boise, Idaho.
My Dear Governor:—
The case of Harry Wheelan vs.
State Land Board, set for today,
was dismised for want of prose
cution. I received a letter from
Mr. Heitman saying that he was
in receipt of a telegram from the
Land Board advising him that
the state would relinquish its fil
ings upon the land claimed by
Mr. Wheelan, anc^ asking me in
case the relinquishment was not
received at this office to continue
the case until Nov. 1st, prox.
Mr. A. A. Crane was in the
office and said Heitman read a
telegram from M. Norman Jack
son, clerk of the board, saying
that he would relinquish all Heit
man's cases and 28 others, includ
ing the case of John Ryan, tried
in this office, upon which no de
cision has as yet been rendered.
This is so great a departure
from the rules of practice I am
in great doubt as to the correct
ness of the statements made. Just
■it this moment 1 am handed a
wire from Atty. Bagley saying,
"by consent of Heitman, Wheel
an case is continued until further
notice." »
It is now 2 p. m. and the case
'has been dismissed since 11 a. m
this day
This is a singular way of pro
ceding before U. S. land offices.
I had thought the rules of prac
tice were to be observed in state
cases as in other cases.
For the past two weeks I have
been in receipt of letters from dif
ferent parts of the country, ask
ing if the state had withdrawn
its claim to all lands in this sec
tion of the district, etc. This in
formation seems to have come
from the same source. Why the
Heitman cases are to be disposed
.^y the board relinquishing
their claim to the lands without
any legal testimony, or in fact
any other claims against the
state's selections, I cannot con
ceive.
The land office has enough to
do without trying any case
against the state. But as a re
publican, wishing the party suc
cess, not only during your admin
istration, as well as in the future,
I must say in all candor that the
course mentioned by Heitman's
letter and the telegram read to
Mr. Crans (which he did not see),
there is a rocky road for the party
if it has to meet the charges of a
"pull by Heitman," and whatever
may be charged by democratic
organs throughout the state.
True or false, your board cannot
lay all the blame of the state not
getting its due in the way of se
lections upon the former admin
istrations during democratic rule
in said board. I cannot believe
your board have thus laid them
selves at the dictation of one
man, no matter who he may be.
Nor can I believe your board can
trifle away the rights of the state
in the manner indicated in the
said letter and telegram.
Yours sincerely,
D. H. BUDLONG, Register.
(Editorial in Star-Mirror, June 26,
1912):
Consider the Proof
In another column is published
a piece of the most damaging
evidence ever given to the public
office in the state. It is an indict
ment that, if true, ought to make
thoughtful citizens stand aghast,
and in the coming primary bury
beneath an avalanche of votes
the man responsible for the con
dition that existed during the
time the government of Idaho
was entrusted to his keeping.
What is the meaning of this let
ter? What was the occasion for
this appeal of a United States
land office register to Governor
Morrison? What is Register
Btidlong saying?
In the Coeur d'Alene land dis
trict, where the educational insti
tutions of the state had large
grants, the timber was being
stolen. The letter published in
another column was written in
connection with a case involving
the sw 1-4, sec. 2, twp. 58 n., r.
1 e. This tract was being held by
fake settlement and a fake con
test, and was so held until the
McArthur Brothers, of Detroit,
Mich., had time to cut and ship
out of the state, the very best on
the land. And after robbing the
land, the heritage of the Univer
sity of Idaho, it was through the
manuipulations of Heitman's lieu
tenants, being turned back to the
state.
It will be noted that the regis
ter of the land office refers to
"relinquishing all of the Heitman
cases, and twenty-eight others."
It will be noted that this is by a
government official, a republican,
who is appealing to the governor
of a great state, begging him,
John T. Morrison, to put a stop
to the wholesale prostitution of
the laws and the robbery of the
state. Jt will be noted that this
land office register names Heit
man, the very man who brought
out Morrison, and is now urging
his election. It will be noted
that Register Budlong admonish
ed Governor Morrison of the seri
ousness of this outrageous
grafting, and warns him that it
means the undoing of the repub
lican party; that Morrison and
the republican party cannot hide
behind the democratic record of
Governor Hunt, when a similar
condition existed.
The friends of Morrison will
reply that Governor Morrison
himself profited nothing. This is
probably true. Morrison is a
poor man. He has never, so far
as this paper knows, personally
profited from public office. But
never in the history of the state
has any governor used poorer
judgment, or selected a more dis
creditable bunch of public ap
pointees. Dwyer is a fair sample.
And the point is here: Morri
son cannot escape the responsibl
ity for his own administration.
It was his business to see that the
law is enforced and that those he
appoints serve the state in a reas
onably honorable way. It was
his business, when graft was
pointed out, to at once investi
gate, and dismiss every grafter
and crook in his service. He did
not do it. And the Morrison ad
ministration went down in his
tory as the rottenest in the state,
with the possible exception of
Governor Hunt, a democrat.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for renomination for the office of
Prosecuting Attorney of Canyon
county, subject to the Republican pri
maries to be held July 30, 1912.
j28-tf J. A. ELSTON.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for the office
of Prosecuting Attorney of Canyon
County, subject to the Republican pri
maries to be held July 30, 1912.
j28 -tf • b. w. HENRY.
FOR PROBATE JUDGE
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for the office
of Probate Judge, subject to the Re
publican primaries, July 30, 1912.
jy 12-26 W. C. BICKNELL
FOR PK>BATE JUDGE
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for Probate
Judge on the Republican ticket at the
primary election, July 30, 1912, sub
ject to the wishes of the Republica
electors of Canyon county.
j28-tf DAVID D. HARGER.
FOR SHERIFF
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for nomination for the office of
Sheriff of Canyon county, subject to
the Republican primaries to be held
July 30, 1912.
j28-tf JOHN A. BAKER.
FOR SHERIFF
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for nomination for the office of
Sheriff of Canyon county, subject to
the Republican primaries to be held
July 30, 1912.
j28-tf FRANK BRESHEARS
FOR SHERIFF
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for renomination for the office of
Sheriff nv Canyon county, subject to
the Republican primaries to be held
July 30, 1912.
j28-tf J. W. WATKINS.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
At the urgent request of my friends
over the county I have decided
place myself as a candidate for the
nomination of state Legislator subject
to the approval of the Republican
primaries July 30.
jyS-tf A. J. ROCKWOOD.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for the office
of Representative from Canyon
County, subject to the will of the Re
publican primaries to be held July 30,
1912.
jy 12-26 FRANK CREIGHTON
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
I hereby .announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for Repre
sentative, subject to the Republican
primaries to'be held July 30, 1912
C. L ROBMNS
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for County
Commisioner from the Second Dis
trict, subject to the Republican prim
aries to be held July 30, 1912.
jy5-tf w. B. MITCHELL.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the. nomination for the office
of County Commissioner, subject to
the Republican Primaries, July 30
1912.
iy '2-26 JOHN PIPHER.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for the office
of County Commissioner, subject to
the Republican primaries July 30, 1912.
jy 12-26pd H. A. PARTRIDGE.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the nomination for County
Commissioner, subject to the Demo
cratic primaries, July 30, 1912.
JOS. E. BIRD.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
To the Republican voters of Canyon
county:
At the solicitation of a number of
my Republican friends in Payette
valley, I hereby announce my candid
acy for the office of county commis
sioner for the third district subject to
the approval of the Republican prim
aries July 30th.
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