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ribtttie VOL. XXX. NO. 30 CALDWELL, IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913 WEEKLY $2.00 PER YEAR PERTINENT NEWS OF STATE «ITH OUI OWN COMMENT Dr. E. O. Sisson, professor of edu cation at Reed college in Oregon, has 'been appointed commissioner of education for the state of Idaho. Dr. Sisson is a graduate of the Agricul tural college of Kansas; has taken the degree of plhilosophy at Harvard; has studied in England, Germany and France. Before going to Reed col lege he was profession of education at the University of Washington. Dr. Sisson is well known to several of the leading educators of the state, all of whom speak of him with the highest praise. The last legislature created a board to govern and control all the state institutions of learning and to super vise, govern and control the public schools of the state. This board con sists of five members, and in addition the- state superintendent of schools is ex<!pfficio member. The board was given all the authority that was for merly vested ill the Board of Regents of the University and in the Boards of Trustees «if the other state educa tional institutions. The law also em powers this board to appoint for such terms and at such salary as it may designate, a commissioner of educa tion, and upon the recommendation of st;ch commissioner may appoint such idther specialists, assistants and clerks as may be required. The salary of the commissioner was plac ed at six thousand dollars per year. As tlhe members of the board of edu cation receive only their personal an<l traveling expenses and an honorarium of $100.00 per year, it necessarily fol lows that the real work will devolve upon the commissioner appointed by the board. They will decide upon the policy to be carried out—upon the things that are to be done—and the commissioner will carry out his in structions. When it is realized that the board of education has almost un limited powers, has six educational institutions under its direct ocmtrol and in a large measure the supervi sion of the public schools, the fact that a man of character, ability and resource is needed is at once appar ent. To get such a man an attractive salary must be paid. The board wise ly decided to offer a salary at the very -beginning that would attract men of the right class. It seems that they got the „very man at the beginning. This is well because upon the first commissioner will depend in a large measure the future usefulness and permanency of the office. The New Mormon Counties. The fact that Minidoka county is apparently unable at tlh* present time to stand the cost of maintaining a county government, because the greater part of the county consists of unpatented land, affords the Lew iston Tribune an opportunity to cen sure the last legislature for the man ner in which new counties were cre ated. The Tribune says that the bills creating them were passed by both houses without opposition, and that these bills were bills that should not have been passed under any circum stances. A deep significence appears attached to the passage of the 'bills. It continues: "The significance lies in the fact 1 that they were Mormon bills, that the Mormons wanted- more legisla tive power, wanted more offices and soft places for distribution, and hence there was none to resist or Do question their demands in the legis lature of Idaho. No other county bill did or could get through the last legislature, although valid reasons ex isted in specific instances for enacting such bills. But any bill, whether Sood, bad or indifferent, carrying tfhïe (ormon seal, oould and did get through and without such seal no bill could get through. That is the political situation in this state with which The Tribune is concerned and to which it intends to address its en ergies, in such measure as opportuni ty for service is afforded, whether such opportunity be much or Httle. Sudh! being the situation, of what avail is it to declare that the Mor mon* are good people, that they are thrifty, peaceable, religious and well , meaning? It that any reasort why they should be allowed to impress their distinctive mental, economic and creedal characteristics upon this great state through the exercise of a sec tarian power such as is unthinkable in any other church except that one church whase organization is so pe culiarly distasteful to all the rest of the world? The exercise of this pow er has been of slow and cautious growth, made possitye through an in tense partisan spirit that has divided the state in the past, and that has easily and iftevitably thrown the de ciding and controlling vote into the hands that -were eager to seize so ripe an opportunity." The self respect of the people of Idaho forces them to take steps to free the state from Mormon dictation and control. That is fhle conclusion arrived at by the Lewiston paper. However it fails ta point out the steps that can be taken. If the people of Idaho would combine against the Mormons results could be very easily accomplished. We fear that there is little ltklihood of the combination be ing effected. The interests of Canyon and Nez Perce county in this respect are identical but what two communi ties are farther apart and less known and understood to each other? There is no solidity among the non-Mormon counties suc!i as e*ists in the south eastern counties. Even north Idaho Republicans cannot get together upon a senatorship. What can they do in a mlavement which means that not only Republicans but Democrats anil Progressives as well must get togeth er? We can see no relief for the peo ple of Idaho. They are up against a condition. The only hope is through the education and development of the Mormon people themselves. It may be tihat in time this peculiar people will become imbued with the spirit of this country and its institutions. That in time they will dirift away from church influence and permit them selves to really enjoy and exercise the rights and privileges of a republi can government. Until they reach this stage there is little to be done. The Utilization of the Credit of the State. The Richfield Recorder has again and again advanced the idea that Ida ho is not making the best use of hier opportunities. The Recorder be lieves that the state should help it self. The manner in which this is to be done is by utilizing the credit of the state for the purpose of promot ing the development of the state. A bond issue sufficient to build roads, reclaim arid, swamp and logged-off lands, erect and develop power plants and possibly to build railway systems is the idea advanced. It is pointed out that this would relieve the state make harmless to Idaho the failure from financial flurries o n Wall street, make 'harmless to Idaho the failure of eastern promoters and capitalists, and ward off all possibility of panic. Along this line it is suggested that the state create a fund of $5,000,000 to lend .to farmers, and that as fast as possible the land holdings of the state be converted into cash which could be used in promoting this de velopment. A great many of the leading busi ness and professional men of the state are thinking along this line. They can see no reason why the state should own land while citizens of the country are seeking homes in foreign lands. They cannot see why the state should remain undeveloped while it has the means at hand to do'' the deveopment work. They cannot see why we should await the pleasure and convenience of the eastern capi talist while our credit is ample to ac complish what needs to be done. They cannot see in short why we should depend upon others. The Re corder, Wisely advises that before this scheme is entered upon in its entirety that the people already here should be taken care of. The Recorder says; "If, for instance, the state were to adopt the same expedient of a big state bond issue, setting apart a cer tain part, say. $5,000,000 for farm loans, it would give a working capital on the farms that would make the dif ference between profit and constant loss on most of the new tracts in the state. It costs so much more to open a new irrigated farm than most men ever dreamed—erroneous notions foisted on thtem by land sellers who wanted only a sale contract and did rft>t care how they trifled wtih the state credit in making golden prom ises—that few of the irrigated-land settlers hive enough capital to work their farms. Five thousand dollars spent on the land, if one does not have another $500 t<v buy profitable stock, is a dead investment; tfie own er, harassed by land and water pay ments, is little more than a pauper, if he can not get the extra money to put on stock to make a profit. Small loans would give t|iis working capitftl, and would bring prosperity. To try to sell these state lands to the people already here, who have invested their all in lands, would not help the state; indeed, for every acre /so sold it would leave two or three acres of irri gable land untitled. To try to sell it to outsiders and to induce.a confi dence in Idaho that no one could have who has followed the Carey Act laws, would be folly; it would be a wasted effort." Mineral Products in 1912. The people of this part of Idaho «re apt to forget at times that mining is one of our leading industries. We are so wrapt up in agriculture, hor ticulture and kindred pursuits that the immense wealth produced annual ly by this state is seldom thought of. In 1912, according to the United States Geological Survey, the total mineral wealth produced by Idaho amounted to $21,466,521. The miner als produced were: gold, 66,816.23 fine ounces valued at $1,381.214; sil ver, 8,294,745 ounces, valued at $757, 316; copper, 7,492,152 pounds, valued at $1,236,205; lead. 284,185,525 pounds, valued at $12,265,657; zinc. 13.905,502 pounds, valued at $959,479. There was an increase in the production of all metals in 1912 over 1911. While the increase in copper and silver was only small in quantity better prices made the valuation much higher. The production of lead increased over 4 per cent and about the same was the increased production of zinc. Shoshone county is the leading mineral producing county of the state. In fact Shoshone county pro' duces about six times as much min eral wealth annually as all the rest of the state put together. TOe min erals produced by Shoshone county in 1912 were valued at $18,313,604. Lem hi is the second county with a valua tion of $1,221,048; Custer third with $632,880. Boise county, which leads all other counties in placer yield, pro duced $508,100 last year. There were 408 producing mines in Idaho in 1912. Of these 173 were deep mines and 235 were placer. Dr. Henry of Notus was in Cald well on business Tuesday. COUNTY VALUATION MA) OE RAISED John D. Robertson, the tax expert on the public utilities commission, was in Caldwell Monday for the pur pose of checking up the 1913 assess ment roll. After a thorough investi gation he is of the opinion tfhat the assessed valuation of Canyon county is from 30 to 50 per cent too low. It is believed that when the commission meets the valuation of the county will be raised to the jxtent indicated. Mr. Robertson bases his calculations on the 1912 assessments. Last year the assessments made passed the state board of eualization with but few changes. It was the general opinion that the realty assessments last year were too high. The valuation of the county was placed at $32,000,000. This yea rit will be from $5,000,000 to $8, 000,000 less, ad the cut in realty valua tions is responsible for the decrease. The heaviest cut was made on the valuation of orchard lands; the trees of full bearing orchards (exclusive of land) were assessed in 1912 at $25 per acre, while the same class of prop erty this year was listed at $100. Personal property in the county will, it is said, show a substantial increase over last year. OLD FOLKS CONCERT MEETS WITH SUCCESS The Old Folks concert given under the auspices of the D. A. R. was one of tlhe most entertaining and laugh able evenings on record. When Mr. Blatchley started the Heidelberg march, the performers marched se dately up the aisle, wearing costumes beautiful, old fashioned and quaint. The program was announced in sing song fashion and everything done ac cording to old, old style. All num bert were heartily encored, the male chorus of Johnny Schmoker being one of the most popular. Dr. Boone's violin solo, entitled "College Medley," was a great treat, as was also the quartet, "Jerusha Put tfhe Kettle On." Mrs. Stone tend Mrs. Stalker delighted all with the "Idaho Song," which they sang with a great deal of feeling. This song was com posed by an old man up in the moun tains and has never been published. The air was simply committed to memory and harmoinzed by one of the ladies. The song and minuet drill given by the four little girls was beautiful and greatly appreciated. The concert throughout was most pleasing and as a number were heard to remark afterwards, "One of the best things ever given in Caldwell." LIZARD BUTTE. Clark Stites and wife and Mrs. King Brown and children have gone to the mountains in search of relief from that most distriessing com plaint, hay fever, which Mr. Stites atid Mrs. Brown have been suffering from nearly all summer. The Work Bag club was very pleasantly entertained by Mrs. Sam Waller last Wednesday. The after noon was passed with music, sewing and visiting. At 5 o'clock Mrs. Wal ler served one of her famous suppers, after which the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. has. Stephenson next time. Those present were Mesdames Ardhie Johnson, Ray Myers, Chas. Williams, L. Rickabaugh, Chas. Ste phenson, A. M. Cushing, L. White* man, and Mrs. Waller's mother, Mrs Whiteman. Mrs. Rickabaugh is recovering nicely from her injury, under the ex cellent care of Dr. Kaley, and is able to be around on crutches. * Miss Martha Dugdale is visiting across the river at her uncle's. Mrs. Stewart, from Nebraska, is here visiting her mother, Mrs. Hiler. She like< the looks of Idaho. Mrs. Whiteman and Mrs. Waller called on Mrs. Wtn. Johnson Monday afternoon. SECRETARY LANE MAY NOT VISIT BOISE Secretary of the Interior Lane has notified Senator Borah that he prob ably will not be able to visit Idaho this summer, as he had planned, and thinks Montana will be as far west as he will be able to go However, if he does not get to Idaho himself he promised Senator Rorah to send a personal representative to the state to take up various considerations af fecting irrigation projects, the St. Joe homestead entries, and other matters which he himself said he intended to investigate. PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO FORM ASSOCIATION There will be a meeting ^t the high school Thursday, July 3i. at 3.30 for the purpose of completing an organi zation known as the "Parent-Teach ers association." to which all who are interested in the welfare of tlhe schools are invited. Parents and teachers especially urged to be pres ent. Mrs. Neil McFarlan and two chil dren, who have been visiting Mrs. A. K. Steunenberg for the past six weeks, left Tuesday morning for Se attle and the coast. Miss Isham entertained at her home Friday evening in honor of Miss Pauline Quast of Boise. Henry Quast and his bride are ex pected to return to Caldwell Wednes day. ALLEUED FIEND CONES IN MONDAY Joseph Callahan, who is alleged to have assaulted the 12-year-old daugh ter of Peter Theil Friday evening, gave himself up to the officers Wed nesday. Callahan denies that he is guilty of assault upon the girl in question. He says that Oie did not know that he was wanted until Wednesday when he immediately came to this city for the purpose of surrendering to the sheriff. He states that he returned to the Theil ranch Friday evening a little the worse for liquor. The girl and two other children were playing about the barn. In order that he might go to sleep he drove them away badly frightening the girl. Rather than have any fuss he left the ranch and went to Nampa. The next day he secured work cutting weeds on the irrigation ditches near the Deer Flat reservoir and has been there ever since. Callahan was taken to Nampa Wed nesday and taken before Justice Blunck. He was committed to the county jail awaiting his preliminary hearing on a dharge of assault. DIVORCE IS GRANTED MRS. ELLA M. MARTIN Ella M. Martin was granted a di vorce in the district court Monday, from her husband, F. C. Martin. The couple were married at Cambridge, March 14, 1907. It was alleged that the defendant had treated the plain tiff cruelly and had refused to live with her. A settlement of communi ty property had been made prior to the action for divorce. Twenty-five dollars a month was awarded Mrs. Martin for the support of the only child, a girl of four years of age. Mrs. Susie R. Ballantyne was given a divorce from Charles A. Ballantyne Monday. Tlhe charges against the de fendant were drunkenness and failure to support. The district court adjourned sine die Monday evening having disposed of all the cases on the calendar for this term. Court will not convene in this county again until September. Wednesday Judge and Mrs. Ed L. Bryan elft for the coast where they will spend the remainder of the sum mer DEER FLAT. Lawrence Davis left Saturday for Washington and Oregon points where he expects to remain during the summer. Lester Harris was a Boise visitor over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Rowen visited with relatives in Fargo Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Crook was a business visitor to Horseshoe Bend last week. Mr. and Mrs. Foreman and chil dren returned to their former home in Nebraska last week. They expect to remain. Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper enter tained at dinner Sunday, Mr. Stewart of Oregon, Mr. and Mrs. Flemmons and Miss Margaret Rose. Messrs. A. W. and G. W. Smith and sisters entertained Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Culter and Miss Harper at Sunny dinner. Ernest Selby left recently for Port land and Seattle. He expects to make his home on the coast. Mr. fnd Mrs. Aubrey Cooper visit ed with their parents at Midway Sun day. Ben Vopt left last week for a visit with relatives in Nebraska. Mrs. Chas. Oelleian spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. Clemmons near Caldwell. The sewing bee at the church an nex Thursday of last week was very much enjoyed by the 16 ladies who were present. A basket dinner was served at noon. By invitation the ladies took their sewing and spent the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Flemmons, where Miss Celia Flem mons favored the ladies with several musical numbers. The affair was a most pleasant one socially and a great deal of needle work was finish ed during the day. Miss Pearl Parsons of Pleasant Ridge was a Sunday guest of Miss Wessie Sinover W. H. Davis lost several head • of hogs because of the excessive heat Tuesday. Miss Thurza Culter is expected home today from Santa Anna, Calif, where she has been teaching school. Rom, to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Miller, Tuesday morning, a daughter. Notice of Sale for Feed Bill. To Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Ellis and to whom it may concern: Notice is herebv given that I will sell on Wednesday, the 6th day of August, 1913, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m., at my feed and livery stables at the corner of Kimball and Blaine streets, Caldwell, Idaho, one brown Coach stallion, named Albe, about 12 years old, being the .property of the above named parties. Said sale is made for the purpose of paying feed bill on said animal from the 22d day of January, 1913, to the 22d day of May, 1913, at the rate of $12.50 per month, and for costs and expense of this sale. Jy25-al P. E. ENGLE. AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon will be, "Christian Persever ance." Union services in the evening at the M. E. church. D B TITUS. Minister PAYETTE-BOISE WATER USERS PICNIC JULY 31 The third annual picnic of the Pay ette-Boise Water Users will be held at Fair Acres hall, Thursday, July 31. Arrangements have been made by the committees for a most enjoyable day. Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane has been invited to address the settlers. At the time we go to press word has not been received from Mr. Lane and it is not known whether he will be able to get here. Governor Haines, Project Engineer Bliss and President Dean Carlyle have signified their intention of attending the picnic. They will address the meeting which will be held in the morning. Ad dresses will also be made by Hon. Walter Griffiths and Editor A. E. Gipson. Vocal and instrumental mu sic will be one of the features of the morning session. The afternoon will be devoted to outdoor sports and athletic games. There will be a baseball game, tug of war and races. The merchants and business men of Caldwell have offered suitable prizes for each and every contest. The sports in the afternoon promise to be most interesting. A basket lunch will be served so that all who attend will be amply provided with refreshments. The committees in charge of the picnic have advertised the event ex tnsively throughout the project. Ow ing to the success that attended their past efforts they believe that several hundred people will attend the picnic this year. A cordial invitation is ex tended to every one. The people in the towns and the people on the farms are asked to take part in the affair. ROYAL ARCH OFFICERS REGULARLY INSTALLED With the impressive ceremonies of the Royal Arch, Caldwell Chapter No. 19, R. A. M., was formally ushered into being Monday evening by the grand chapter officers. . Henry Leimberger of Boise, one of the best informed Masons of the state, was deputized to act for the grand high priest. L. W. Ensipn. grand secretary, Edward Smith, grand treas., and Frank D. Winn, grand lec turer, all of Boise, had charge of the ceremonies after the chapter ha/ been called to order by W. C. Bicknell. On account of the weather, only a fair attenadnce was had, and for the same reason the delegation from the Capital City was not as large as was expected. What" was missing in nu merical strength was amply account ed for in the character of those pres ent. Among the Boise delegates were Messrs. A. A. Jessup, Sylvester Gaunt Jas. A. Pinney, T. C. Coffin, Perry Marshall, and Fred Bosner. The following officers were regu larly installed: W. C. Bicknell, E. H. P.; F. M. Cole, Scribe; W. P. Lyon, P. S. ; D D. Harger, 3d V.; E. D. Potter, 2d V.; Dan Banks, 1st V,; M. L. Walker, treas.; W. C. Postlethwaiite, secy.; and Guy C. McGee, sentinel. The Caldwell chapter has grown wonderfully since its inception and the granting of the charter by the re cently convened grand chapter is ex pected to give additional impetus. COUNTY TREASURER MAKES GOOD AS TAX COLLECTOR The constitutional amendment mak ing the county treasurer the tax col lector is working out most satisfac torily and particularly so in Canyon county. Treasurer Monk has taken advantage of the law in every man ner possible with the result that he has saved considerable money to the county, the cities and the school dis tricts. As fast as taxes are collected warrant call are made and considera ble sums in interest are saved. The present law, like a greai many others, is an instrument which may be used to the advantage of the people if the right kind of men are in office. While the law is a good one it is not self operative. Much still devolves upon the county official. As an instance of how the law works it may be cited that County Treasurer Monk turned over to the city of Caldwell the city taxes col lected, seven days before he was re quired to do so by law. The city treasurer was enabled to issue a war rant call that much sooner. This was done with every city in the county. The county was also enabled to call in warrants at least ten days sooner than would have been the case under the old system. The saving made in each instance while not a great deal, will amount to a considerable sum in the aggregate. The local officials and the taxpayers are well pleased with the new method of collecting local taxes. In the past the county asses sor had too much to do and the coun ty treasurer too little. Under the new plan the work is more equitably divid ed to the advantage of both offices. METHODIST CHURCH. Next Sunday the Rev. Wm. D. Wal lace of Wooster, O., wil preach at 11.30 a. m. Mr. Wallace is an able and interesting speaker and all who can attend are cordially invited to hear him. He will also deliver the address at the union service to be held in this church at 8 o'clock in the evening. The strong union chorus .is furnishing inspiring music at these union services. It is worth white for all to attend. Sunday school at 10.30 Prayer meeting Thursday night. R. EMORY BUCKEY, Minister. Dr. and Mrs. O R. Meredith, of Nampa, spent Sunday afternoon with Rev. and Mrs. Titus and attended the union service in the evening. HAINESFAVORS SALE OF STATE UNDS AT EARLY DATE ^ The Farmers' day exercises at Gooding were a great success. There were 4000 present from the different sections oi southern Idaho. Those who attended the meeting of farmers were instructed in the work being done at the experiment farm conduct ed by the state and national authori ties at Gooding. In the afternoon the exercises started with an open air concert by the Gooding band. There were speeches by Governor Haines, President Carlyle of the university, Eugene 11. Grubb, the national pota to expert, A. D. H. Hollenbeck of the Farmers' Union, Don H. Bark of the Reclamation service, J. U. Mc Pherson, state horticultural inspector and ex-Governor Frank R. Gooding. Altogether the program was most in teresting and instructive. Governor Haines opened his ad dress with a splendid tribute to the farmers of this section of the state. He congratulated them upon having converted a desert into one of the fin est farming communities in the state. He showed what the state government was trying to do for the farmers in providing the right conditions under Which they could live and prosper. In his address Governor Haines touched upon two subjects that are of the greatest importance to the peo ple throughout this section of the state. The subjects are thé Irrigation Securities commission and the sale of state land holdings. As Governor Haines very ably presented his views on these matters we quote his address in full in so far as it touches upon these two subjects. "A most important work is being done by the Irrigation Securities commisison which was authorized at the last session of the legislature. Its purpose is to investigate and re port upon all matters connected with irrigation development in this state and to recommend such changes in our laws and in the provisions of our Constitution, if found necessary, as will serve to give our irrigation se curities a much better status in the money markets of the country. This investigation will be of special inter est to the people who reside in any part of the state which depends upon either irrigation or drainage in order that farming may be successful. When the first contracts for water rights under the Carey Act projects were made the idea was generally prevalent that in order to find a mar ket for irrigation bonds it was neces sary to promise a quick return there on. The mistake was therefore made of providing that payments for water rights should be made in ten annual instalments, the first falling due at the time the water was ready for de livery. It requires no argument to convince you that in most cases this provision of the contract has placed a burden upon the settler which in justice and reason he should never have been expected to carry. In many cases he has been unable to meet his obligation and the security of the bond purchaser has thereby been im paired.. The result of all this has been that irrigation securities have been for some time practically a drug on the market and when sold at all it has been only at an enormous discount which has added an additional bur den to the enterprise selling the bonds. Of course this burden '.has to be borne in the end by the settler. It is the purpose of the Irrigation Securities commission to make a thorough study not only of the irriga tion laws of our state but of the irri gation and drainage laws of other states and countries, and of all other laws under which any government has assisted in any form of industrial de velopment, no matter what form such development may have taken. The search for helpful laws, in order that their principles may be studied has covered r. wide range, not onl/ within the United Statss, but in Canada. Aus tralia and perhaps other countries. It is our hope that some plan will be found which will result in placing irrigation securities where they right fully belong at the head of the list of securities issued in western states We are seeking a plan under which sudh securities would run for a long term of year, say 25 or 30, and at a low rate of interest, the first payment not to begin until such time a» the setter has had an opportunity to es tablish himself upon his laud, bring the same into cultivation, and be able to produce something aSove the bare necessities of life. Soin? manner of guaranteeing the payment of principal and interest on such bonds is being sought, but just wha t form the îe (Continued on page 5.) The members of the P. E. O. and their families enjoyed a picnic supper at Lake Lowsll Monday evening. Homer Rice and Ben Vanwyngar den visited Sam Foote last week at Middleton. _ Mrs. Goldsmith entertained at a Kensington in honor of Mrs. Sinsel Wednesday. Only a small number were invited but the afternoon was a delightful one. Bess and Cecil Steunenberg were guests at the J. H. Lowell home last week and attended the Parma-Ros well picnic on Thursday. Harold Williams is enjoying a vis it from his mother who lives at Boise and his sister, Mrs. Shea and baby, of Jordan Valley. J. P. Congdon of Boise was a guest at the Beldher home Sunday.