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hé €üBwäl Stttamc VOL. XXX. NO. 2. CALDWELL, IDAHO, FRIDAY. JAUNARY 10, 1912. •VEEKLY, $2.00 PER YEAR PERTINENT NEWS OF STATE WITH OUR OWN COMMENT The Supreme Court Decision in the Capital News Con tempt Case. DUBOIS COMING BACK Idaho Apple* Selling , at High Price« in the East—Bumper Crops all Along the Line—Payette Has Can didate aU Ready for New County if Created. The decision of, the supreme court in the contempt proceeding and con clusions against Messrs. Sheridan, Broxen and Cruzen of the Capital News, has attracted attention in all parts of the state. Candor compells the admission that at first the people were inclined to look upon the pro ceedings of the court with grave con cern and not a little criticism has been made manifest. The second, sober though of the people inclines them to the conviciton that the court could not well have taken any other course than the one it did. Having taken cognizance of the editorials, articles ana comment of tne Capital News during the late campaign there was nothing for the court to do but mete out the punishment prescribed by law. To do otherwise would have brought greater than the above mentioned the court into disrepute to a degree articles even aimed at. To maintain the respect of the people, as well as its -own authority, a court must ex ercise its perogative in contempt cases only on the greatest provoca tion. However, when contempt pro ceedings are instituted the punish ment, if guilt be shown, must corres pond with the seriousness of the of fence. To maintain its dignity and respect in the eys of the public the court cannot countenance nominal fines, as adequate punishment for the crime committed. For this reason the people of this state are becoming convinced that the supreme court is to be commended rather than critic ised for the action taken. It has not come to our attention that any reasonable person has ques tioned the authority of law of the courts in this or any similar case. No sensible person has even suggested that coum be deprived of the author ity to maintain the dignity and re spect due them. There are persons, better known for the vehemence of their expression rather for any great profundity of thought, who would de prive courts of all authority. They have that quality of mind which leads them to assume a holier than thou attitude on all public questions. They many, and undoubtedly do, deceive themselves for the moment, but they will not long deceive the public as a , whole. Col. Roosevelt and other members of the Progressive party patrotic men and women but they have no monoploy on civic righten ous. They must abide by the law the same as any other people. If they see fit to disagree with courts, they can so express themselves without ques tioning the honesty and integrity of the court. If not, they must take the consequences, even as you or we. The freedom of the press doer not give a license to liebel the individual neither is it a carte blanche to show contempt or disrespect to the courts of the state. Apples High in the East. Market quotations show that Idaho apples are retailing at $2.50 in New York. These same apples were sold in Idaho for $1.00 per box, and in many instances for less. The differ ence is eaten up by the railroads and middlemen. When it is Realized that the apple that the grower receives $1.00 per box, cost htm at least fifty cents per box after growing them, * will be seen at once that tne owner is not making the profit that he should. The trouble is that it costs too much money to transport and dis tribute the products of the farm. This in fact is one of the main causes of the high cost of living. If the rail roads and middlemen eat up the dif ference between S1.00 and $2.50 per box on apples, it Is reasonable to as sume that they do about the same on the other products of the soil. Is it any wonder that the consumer pays about the same whether the crops are good or had? The solution of the problem of the high cost of living »« a very simp! one. All that must be done is to get the producer and the consumer to gether. Associations of producers nave been able to do a great deal Sooner or later there will be associa tions of consumers. When this comes about everybody concerned will be greatly benefitted. There is no reason why the people of an importing com munity cannot pet together tor the purpose of buying under the most favorable circumstances. The simple fact of the matter Is that too many people live by trade in this country. There must be more producers rela tively than there are now. The in crease in production and the élimina tion of middlemen points the wav to lower cost without a lower standard of "living. Already a Candidat* in the Field. While (he people of the Boite Val ley are in doubt as to the fate of Can yon County at the hands of the pre sent session of the legislature, the people of the Payette Valley have al ready commenced to fill the offices— not for one but for two new counties. The New Plymouth Sentinel has dis covered in Col. Branard of New Ply mouth a'n ideal man for the office of sheriff of one of the _ counties. The Sentinel is of the opinion that the peo pie of Payette, New Plymouth, or whatever county may be named, will be unanimously for Col. Branard. The Tribune is reliably informed that all the offices in two or more counties can be filled without trouble. In this connection it might not be out of place to call attention to the fact that the people of Emmett also have in mind the creation of a new countv. Already the taxpayers of the Squaw Valley and Emmett are circul ating petitions to have the legislature create the county of Butte out of por tions of Canyon and Boise counties, with the seat of government at Em mett. It is stated that the senator and representative of Boise county have pledged themselves to work for this new county. The proposed county would have an assessed valua tion of over $7,000,000. The people directly interested think that the county government can be maintained for about $30,000 per year. The towns that would be included in the pro posed county are Emmett, Pearl, Letha. Mountour, Brownlee, Sweet, Ola, Pinehurst and Gross. Idaho Has 142,000 Acres in Fruit. According to J. U. McPherson state horticultural inspector, there are about 142,000 acres of land in fruit in the state of Idaho. This is an in crease of nearly one hundred thou sand acres since 1910, when the state had 50.000 acres in bearing orchards. WATERWORKS EXTENSION PIPE ARRIVES IN CITY To carloads of wood pipe ordered recently by the city were unloaded here last Friday. The pipe will be used for building a mile of extension to the city water works system and will carry water the south part of the city. ***************** * • * TRIBUNE PROBLEM CONTEST WINNER * (Continued from first page.) Answer Last Problem: 120 positions. The winner of The Tribune * Problem Contest which was con- * * eluded in the last issue of the old * year, proved to be—but first let + Comment be heard. The problems presented were ★ * of a somewhat varied nature and * * were designed to encourage close 4 * and accurate thinking. They * * were not particularly difficult, * M but from the fact that the win- + * ner was one of a very few that + + sent in correct answers for all * the problems, we infer that * neither were they particularly * * easy. * * Vivian Whiffin wins the prize * * of $5.00 in gold. * -r* + + ****■*★* + **** FINE PRESENT FOR THE CLUB W. L. Hasbrouck, who for some time has been in the east during the fatal illness of his brother, has made valuable gift to the Commercial club. The present consists of two volumes on the apples of New York. In these volumes are shown in beau tiful color plates, more than 500 var ieties of apples, together with much information which Is sure to be of great benefit to orchardists of this community. The title of the volumes is "The Apples of New York," and the publishers, the New York Expert ment Station. CAR SERVICE IS CRIPfLEII Service on the interurban loop was seriously crippled Sunday, and the company has been unable to resume full service since. The trouble originated on the trans mission line from Swan Falls to Silver City. The line runs over a mountain range, and the high wind of Sunday blew two of the wires together, creat ing a short circuit that burned out the transformer station at Flint, and burned out one of the stations Swan Falls. The accident happened about Sun day noon, and the company transfer red the entire power load to th< Horseshoe Bend plant. It happened that the efficiency of this plant was cut down by the ice ip the canal, there fore only power for lighting was maintained until late Sunday night. The damage at Flint is said to amount to at least $1,000 and that at the Falls still more. It will require at least three months to make all the MDtir*. TWELFTH SESSION LEGISLATURE CONVENES Governor Haines' Message Statesmanlike—Keynote is Economy. CANYON MAN HONORED S. French Chosen as Speaker of House—Haines' Message Longest Ever Presented—Full of Splendid Recommendations—Dedicates Him self to the Peoples' Interests. The Twelveth session of the Idaho legislature convened at noon Monday. The evening previous a cacus decided upon the speaker and also stripped him of his greatest power—the ap pointment of committees by authori zing a committee on committees, thus following the example set at the last session of Congress. The committee on committees cinsists of one mem ber from each county. The member from Canyon county is Hon. R. W. Oakes. At the cacus held Sunday evening the chairman of the different standing committees were appointed. Hon. C. S. French of Canyon county was appointed speaker of the house by the cacus. The house when duly convened ratified the election made by the cacus. The senate organized by electing Senator John W? Hart of Fremont county president pro tem pore. The officers, attaches and chairmen of the different committees of both houses follow: Senate. President Pro Tem—John W. Hart of Fremont. Secretary—Mrs. Sumner Brown of Bingham. assistant Secretary—C. J. Lisle of Lincoln. Chaplain—Rev. R. B. Wright of Ada. Sergeant at Arms— W. H. Cable of Kootenai. Engfirossing Clerk—Florence Mur phy of Blaine. Enrolling Clerk—Hazel Smith of Shoshone. Assistant— General Committee Clerk—Lois F. Fisk of Canyon. Doorkeeper— W. E. Roberts of Latah. Janitor—A. J. Henrold of Cassia. Pages—Byron Deffenbach, jr., of Bonner and Peter J. Johnston, pr., of Bingham. House. Speaker— C. S. French of Canyon. Chief Clerk—D. A. Burrell of Oneida. Assistant Chief Clerk—A. C. Cogs well of Canyon. Chaplain—Rev. A. L. Chapman of Canyon. Sergeant-at-Amrs— H. H. Sessions of Cassia. . Engrossing Clerk—Slinor Cahoon of Blaine. Assistant—William Spongberg of Bear Leake. Enrolling Clerk—Mrs. Maude Stites of Ada. Assistant—Bessie Moore of Ada. General Committee Clerk—Irene Ward of Bonneville. Doorkeeper—J. C. Hammel of Latah. Janitor— W. H. Courtney of Ada. Pages—Harold Bradley of Canyon, and Lloyd Johnston of Bingham. Messengers—Poul Young of Ada and Robin S. French of Boise. House Committees Chairmen. State affairs, Ferguson of Bannock. Judiciary, Koelsch of Ada. Appropriations, Bowerman of Fre mont. Live Stock, Hunt of Fremont. Mines and Mining, Jones of Sho shone. _ Military and Indian, Erelbute of Kootenai. Privilege and Election, Bradly of Canyon. (Continued on last page.) O. A. R. AND A. R. C. JOINT INSTALLATION Hugh Wilson Post No. 21, G. A. R and Hugh Wilson Relief Corps, No 13, held joint installation of officers in the Woodman Hall, öaturday, Jan uary 4th. At the close of the work dainty re freshments were served by the ladies and a social hour was enjoyed by all present. Later in the day a special meeting of the W. R. C. was called for the purpose of initiation of new members FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS MARRIED Russell Merton Jacquith, who about two years ago attended the local high school, was married the last day of the year in Clifton, Colorado, to Miss Flora Harrison, of that city. Mr. Jacquith is a brother of Gail Jacquith of this city whose marriage to Mrs Henderson occurred recently For Sal*. 9-piece Dining Room set, Antique Oak, in splendid condition. Bargain. Uak, in splendid condition. Bargain Room 12, Efleiton Block. JlOtf COUNTY FAIR WILL BE GREATEST IN HISTORY Stockholders of Canyon County Fair Association Hold Annual Meeting. GAINED $1932.50 IN 1912 Secretary's Report Shows Splendid Progress Made Last Year—Pros pects Brilliant for Exceptionally Fine Fair This Year—Many Special Premiums of Value—List April 1st. Judging from th-e enthusiasm roused by the report of the officials of the Canyon County Fair Association, and the plans which they sketched for the fair next fall, Canyon County will have the biggest and best fair ever dreamed of in this section of the country. The evening being cold and stormy, only 760 shares of stock were repres ented, many of these being voted by proxy. The meeting, which was the regular meeting of the stockholders of the Canyon County Fair associa tion, was held in the rooms of the Commercial Club. Hon. H. A Griffiths, president, called the meeting to order and after making a few re marks the report of the secretary was read. The report showed that when all of the bills of the 1911 fair had been re ceived that an outstanding debt, un secured, of $6,250.00 confronted th 1912 fair managers. A mortgage of $3,000.00 left $3,250.00, which was wiped off the slate before any of the new fair bills received attention. Al together, the 1912 fair reduced the net unsecured indebtedness to $1,317.50, which the stockholders seemed to consider an extremely creditable showing. The report in full follows Bills Outstanding from 1911. Received from mortgage ..$ 3,000.00 All bills discounted and paid 3,250.00 Balance Sheet for 1912. Mortgages $12,000.00 Loans (Am. Nat. Bank).... 200.00 Commercial bank 200.00 First Nat. Bank . 200.00 Premiums not paid 385.50 Insurance premiums due .. 128.7i Capital stock issued 11,139.25 Incidental indebtedness .... 199.30 Unpaid taxes 4.00 Unpaid taxes Total $24,456.75 Estimated value of property over indebtedness 18,325.9 Grounds $42,540. Improvements 1912 241.86 Total $42,782.72 Receipts for 1912. Stock sold . . $1,704.25 Donations from Caldwell busi ness men , J81.00 Caldwell Commercial club . . 175.00 Concessions ... 626.44 Race Stalls 75.00 Season tickets JJö.UU Childrens* tickets 158-00 Single admissions Grand Stand Box seats ... Rent of buildings Canyon County Donations on premiums From loans Total 2,122.75 663.25 54.00 18.00 2,000.00 92.75 600.00 $7,178.94 Disbursements. Labor and expense • • ••$'>523.15 Ned buildings and repairs Music and amusements . . Interest and taxes ...... Printing and advertising.. Old bills paid by this fair . Premiums paid 241.86 1,674.54 1,176.70 317.43 661, dS 1,960.20 Total . $7,555.73 Net Gain of $1,932.50. From this report there appears to be a net gain of $1,932.50 for the year 1911 bills discounted and paid $3,250.00 1912 unsecured indebtedness outstanding 1,317.50 Net "Pay ain for year $1,932.50 Tour Money and Take the Prise." Mr. Nichol said that from the suc cess which he had already met w 'th> the special premiums this year would fill a large booth. Pianos, washing machines, plows, hay rakes, cream seperatois, shoes, ad infinitum already had appeared on the horizon. These were to be utilized for the most part as regular special premiums. Several, however, would be used in a new man gln the east, continued Mr. Nichol great numbers of tickets were dis, posed of in advance of the fair, thus discontinuing the dangers from un favorable wether. One day s gate re ceipts from 1911 fair were greater, he said, than the whole amount received in 1912—because of the cold, stormy weather. Mr. Nichol said that ne^t fall he would strongly advocate plac ing a number on each ticket, entitling the holder to one chance on a big prize to be drawn the dav that the ticket was good for. Children s Day would entitle each holder a child s ticket on one chance on a Shetland pony; the first day of the fair, being usually light in attendance, would naturally have a couple of P^ zes ol n«™.. j ■>-*- - — "•■■r n * R thi . th« calibre of • fine piano. By this method, enough tickets could be dis posed of in advance to insure a finan cial success. Mr. Griffiths said that when lie first took charge of the destinies of the fair that he was impressed with the idea that the strictest economy was nec essary, especially in the small items. He was of the opinion that the great est leaks had been in small expenses, of which the larger bulk of the ex penses of running the fair is made up. He felt confident, he said, that the of ficers had made a good record in eco nomy, though he deplored the fact that they had not been as successful as he would wish in getting precinct exhibits. In the next year, Mr. Grif fiths said, if the same officers were n charge, a far different tale would be told, as the experience gained would be utilized. The president then told of a con tract the directors had made with T N. Nichol, assistant secretary of the fair, by which the fair agreed to pay him $1,000.00 salary as secretary of the fair for the year 1913. Mr. Nichol agreed, and the other hand, to act as secretary, to get out the premium list by April 1st, and to pay the as sociation $200.00 for the priviledge of the advertising space on the program reducing his net salary payment to $800.00. In addition he agreed to se cure from the big manufacturing es tablishments of the country fully tht amount of his salary in special prem iums. As the contract made with Mr. Nichol was subject to the action of the stockholders, the latter at once hastened to place the stamp of their approval upon the action of the di rectors. The fair will now have secretary in constant attendance whose one thought will be the welfare; of the exposition. Economy the Keynote. C. S. Doan made a few forceful re marks anent the spirit of economy shown by the management last year He said that Mr. Griffiths was on the right track, that the small items well taken care of would mean a large success for the fair. He said that when the fair began to lose ground financially the people generally los interest; but when premiums were paid promptly and the credit of th institution was upheld that the peopl would gladly back up the efforts of the managers to make the fair the one greatest booster for Canyon County "Same Old Pumpkin, Same Old Squash." Mr. Doan said the people were tired of coming to see the same old pun kin, and same old squash. They wanted something: new. He thought the idea of Mr. Nichol's, whereby the holder of each ticket would be entitl •d to a chance on a piano, or a wash ing machine—even though they did ir.t want the prize, would prove to be I winner. "Every man." said M Doan, "would spend two bits, expect ing to carry home a niano." Wants Lecturers. _Ed. Plowhead agreed heartily with Messrs. Doan and Griffiths in the deas on the necessity of economy. H a : d that he had in mind an idea that would, he was convinced, prove very beneficial to all concerned if carrie " out. He thought that if the expert such as had spoken so well in thi city last week at the Si te Dairymens and State Swinebreedf ' conventions, would deliver lectures in the morn ings at the fair grou '.s, where the ver- best illustrations were at hand, that great interest would be aroused. He suggested that one day would be known as Diary Day, another as Swine Day, others as Agriculture and Horticulture Days, etc., the lectures being along the lines calculated to interest. IJrom the remarks over heard, the idea appeared to strike all present very favorably. Directors Eelected. ihe business of election of the board of directors was disposed of with dispatch. The board will be the same with the exception of the addi tion of J. E. Riddle. The new board is composed of Messrs. H. A. Griffiths V. D. Hannah. J. B. Gowan, T. M. Nichol, Robt. Farrar, J. E. Riddle, B M. Holt, C. H. Turner. W. F. How ard. Chas. Gamage, J. M. Royston, and Chas. Robbins. DUCK CM ELECTS OFFICERS At the annual election of officers of of the Black Canyon Irrigation Dis trict at the offices of the company Tuesday of this week, James B. New port was re-elected president and Ernest Boone treasurer. The secre tary, Mr. Wm. March, having handed in his resignation, no successor was elected. This makes the third time that the voters of the district have shown their appreciation and confidence in Mr. Newport by electing him to the highest office in the district. There was a certain element that make : determined fight against him in th recent election of directors, but when the returns were polled it was found that Mr. Newport had received a vote that was most gratifying both to Mr Newport and his many friends, elec ting him by a veritable landslide. Card of Thanks. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rice desire to publicly express their thankfulness for the many kind acts of their friends and neighbors at the time of the death of their mother, Mrs. Martha Breihears. J 10 SWINE BREEDERS IN ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION State Dairymens' Association Also Concludes Fine Meeting. SPLENDID ADDRESSES Excerpts From Several of the Papers Read Before Swine Breeders' Con vention—V. D. Hannah, the Pioneer Rancher and Agriculturist Gives His Experience of Many Years. in : 10 What the members of the Idaho Swine Breeders' association declare to be the most successful meeting ever held by their association, accured in this city, Saturday last. Men prominent in the hog industry were present from all sections of the state and decidedly interesting ad dresses by experts made the meeting of exceeding value to those who be lieve in th? Idaho Hog. A liberal state apportionment was strongly advocated looking toward the advancemnt of the agricultural in terests of the state, with especial at tention to the porker. The meeting was called to order by the president, J. M. Royston, of Pay ette. After the address of welcome by. Mayor Griffiths, the response and the annual address was made by H. L. Randall of Boise, vice president of the state association. He spoke as follows: I wish to say in behalf of those as sembeled here today that we do feel very grateful to the people of this beautiful city, and especially to the mayor, who has so royally extended such hearty greetings to us this morn ing, who has accorded us such cour tesies in extending to us the best wishes of his people. This city has the reputation for hospitality to her visitors, and I assure you, Mr. Mayor, we do most sincerely thank you for your thought of our comfort. "We, as citizens of this city and country, are mutually concerned to gether in the great future of your city and our state, and we must stand shoulder to shoulder in upbuilding our great commonwealth. So it is with "a sense of pleasure and profit that we came together here today in this city so admirably situated; sur rounded by fine farms, owned and managed by thrifty men and women, who are seeking to develop our state, and bring into fruitation its many latent resources. How well they have succeeded is evident on every side, for without that unity between city and country these things could not be. Value of Schools. "It is from your schools and col leges where many of these men and women have come from and must come to make these things possible. It is in these schools where the boys and girls are prepared for lives of usefullness. It was Chancellor Mc Lean of the Nebraska state universi ty who said one time that a man to day without an education is like a small boy hanging onto a back gate of a farmer's wagon on a very cold morning. 'He was froze out. We need men on our farms "who are edu cated in farming and stock raising. They are the men who must feed this nation and they should know how. Stock Raising Necessary. 'This city is surrounded by fine fruit orchards, where the best fruits of our day is raised, and as we go to the pastures and feed lots we there find many specimens of the breeders skill. When we remember that this young state, and not many years ago these splendid farms were an arid waste, and that these changes have only been accomplished by a deter mined people, who have realized the possibilities of our location and cli mate. This is an ideal place for agri culture and horticulture, but with these must necessarily go stock rais ing, either one of itself would be a failure without the other. "Many of you no doubt have listen ed to the talks and seen the many demonstrations at the recent Dairy men's convention and will_ go home feeling well repaid, and will take many new thoughts with you to be put into successful operation. So we, as swine breeders. have_ come toge ther in our annual meeting to study some phases of our business, ex change views and get better ac quainted. , Purpose of Association. "One year ago last October a num ber of those interested in the raising of hogs gathered in a tent on the fair grounds, at Boise, and organized a Swine Breeders' association. We have held two public meetings since, and I am sure that those who have attend ed these meetings have been well re paid for their time. Our purpose has not been for pecuniary gain or sellisn motives, but to study the needs of our breeders, the best method of feed ing, caring for and marketing our pro ducts, and I feel that we have been able to be of inestimable benefit to each other in many ways, and are do ing much to arouse an interest in the raising of thoroughbred hogs in this state. (Continued on last page.)