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VOL. XXX. NO. 36
CALDWELL, IDAHO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913.
WEEKLY, $2.00 PER Y KAR.
PERTINENT NEWS OF
STATE WITH Olli
OH COMMENT
North Idaho Paper Wants to
Know w nat 11 the Matter
With haine».
POTATO MEN ORGANIZE
Will Standardize the Spud—Moscow
Editor Throws Up the Sponge—
, Made Enemies and Lost Support
no Matter What he Did—Retires to
Homestead with kindest Feelings.
"The politicians are already begin
ning to bring forward candidates ior
state and county omce and are groom
ing at least one republican candidate
from She south end oi tne state in op
position to Uovernor Aiaines. •
"Why changée
"ihe present governor has been a
good and capable omcial. i\o tault
has been found with his acts noir with
his recommendations. 1 he men he
has appointed to state positions bave,
on the whole, proved creditable to
htm apd to &e people. And, above all,
Governor Haines bas kept his moutb
shut. He has not gone barn-storming
about* talking on every possible occa
sion about nothing in particular, as
bis predecessors have done, tie has
only been in otftce seven months, in
that time he has done a great deal ot
good work and made no mistakes Oi
consequence. Me is popular at home
and respected abroad.
"Why should any change be made?"
The Elk River bentinei ot a recent
issue contains the above, in answer
to the question Ihe Tribune can say
that the principal reason ior changing
at this time is to enable some other
deserving patriot to serve as governor
of the state. 'A here has been very lit-'
tie criticism of the Haines adminis
tration so far as we know, in north
Idaho there is a sentiment in favor
oi a north Idaho man for the position
However the people ot the north seem
unable to agree upon the man. in
south Idaho there is no sentiment
against a second term for Governor
Haines. In our opinion present con
ditions are very satisfactory for the
re-nomination and re-election of the
Governor.
Growers Standardise Product
Growers and producers of all kinds
are awakening to the necessity of
standardizing their products in order
to get the best market price. It took
the fruit growers years to learn that
better prices and surer markets were
theirs as soon as the fruit got a repu
tation for size and quality. That rep
utation is now held as the greatest as
set of certain fruit growing sections.
In order that there will be no ques
tion of size or quality in the pack
fruit growers' association are organiz
ed solely for the purpose of packing
and shipping the fruit. Usually these
organizations attend to the marketing
of the fruit but in every case they see
to the pack. The system has proven
to be a great success in fruit. Now
the potato growers of southeastern
Idaho propose to do the same thing.
A meeting was held at Pocatello Sat
urday, with delegates present from
every farmers' association in that sec
tion of the state, for the purpose of
discussing methods of standardizing
the potato. J. U. McPherson, state
horticultural inspector presided at bhie
meeting. In attendance were E. H.
Grubb, the noted Colorado potato ex
pert, W. H. Olin oi the experiment
station department of the University
of Idaho, and Manager Yost of the
Northwest Fruit Distributers' asso
ciation. The experts pointed out the
necessity far organization and stand
ardization and the potato growers
were not slow to accept their ideas
In consequence the potato crop of
that section will be pooled and han
dled through the Farmers' Society of
Equity in co-operation with the
Northwest Fruit Distributers' asso
ciation.
This we believe is the first effort
put forth in this state to standardize
the potato except such steps as in
dividual growers took from time to
time. A few years ago there was a
market for Colorado potatoes when
there was no market for the Idaho
product. Colorado dealers made mon
ey buying the Idaho potatoes, sort
ing them and selling them as a Colora
do product. In the future the reputa
tion made by the potato of southern
Idaho will benefit southern Idaho.
Tlhe Idaho potato is the best in the
world. All we need to do ia to get it
established in the marktts. A pro
duct with a reputation as always be
ing up to stnadard and with intrinsic
values will always command a ready
market.
Aa Editor Quits.
George Shields, senator from Latah
county and editor and publisher of
the Idaho Post of Moscow, has sold
the paper and retired to a homestead.
The Tribune is very sorry to see Edi
tor Shields off the job, tor while we
rarely agreed with him, we always
found him to be a fearless sort of a
eus,s intetesting and worthy. He had
a habit of getting on the wrong side
of most questions but thst is s habit
everybody has who disagrees with
The Tribune. In his valedictory
Senator Shields says thst while the
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HARRY ORCHARD WILL APPLY FOR "PARDON
Harry Orchard, the self-confessed
assassin of the late Frank Steunen
berg and author of a hundred other
crimes, will make application for a
full and absolute pardon at the Octo
ber meeting of the state board of par
dons. The advertisement setting forth
the intention of making this applica
tion appears on the legal page of this
issue of The Tribune. The notice
says:
"Notice is hereby given that I, Har
ry Orchard, convicted of the crime
of murder of the first degree, in the
District Court of the Seventh Judicial
District of the State of Idaho, in and
for the county of Canyon, and sen
tenced on March 18th A. D. 1908, to
death, the said death sentence having
been commuted by the Honorable
State Board of Pardons, July 1st A
D. 1908, to a life sentence in the Idaho
State Penitentiary, situated at Boise
City, County of Ada, State of Idaho,
will make an application to the Hon
orable State Board of Pardons at its
next regular meeting after the expi
ration of the legal publication of this
FAB HEKS FIGHT
TELEPHONE TRUST
The people of Franklin and Middle
ton have petitioned the State Public
Utilities Commission to investigate
telephone oonditions in that section.
They claim that the cost of telephone
service is altogether too high and the
price is not justified by the cost of
service to the Mountain States Tel
ephone and Telegraph Co. The fol
lowing letter and petition which were'
handed t9 The Tribune for publica
tion very fairly presents the view of
the farmers who have asked the Util
ities Commission to investigate.
"Telephone investigation asked for
by the citizens of Middleton and vi
cinity claims that the big merger of
telephone companies needs attention
of the Public Utilities commission.
"Rural citizens formally petition
that body to reduce their grievances
and assert that the Bell monopoly im
pose unjust conditions on connecting
rural lines. The people around Mid
dleton and the country and the coun
try south and east of there are up in
arms over what they assert to be the
high-handed methods of the Bell Tel
ephone company.
"This section at present has no tel
ephone service, at least no subscrib
ers; the poles and wire, (he remains
of the old Independent plant, still
stand but they do not fulfill the pur
pose for which they were intended, as
the Bell company's rates of $2.00 per
month are considered unreasonably
high, and practically no one has a tel
ephone.
"A great many of the residents of
this section came from the middle
west where rural telephone service is
obtained for from $ .75 to $1.00 per
month and some as low as 25 cents
per month, and tlhey find it hard to
reconcile tne difference in cost.
"In the middle western country
free exchange service frequently ex
tends over the home and whole neigh
boring counties and there the ex
change service is restricted to a cer
tain radius around a single switching
center, it is asserted*
"Early in the year meetings were
held around in different school houses
and public gathering places, and the
question of insulting their own sys
tem was discussed and it was decided
to let the matter stand until after har
vest, and then take up the active work
of organizing and installing a system
to connect with the Bell lines at Mid
dleton. It has developed however
that the Bell company exact a revenue
of 75 cents per month for each tele
phone the rural people add to their
own system in consideration of the
Bell company allowing the two sys
tems to connect This has srottied
the ire of the rural people and they
are out with petitions now signed
notice, ior a full and absolute pardon."
Harry Orchard in his attempt to
secure a pardon seems to have with
him the Metropolitan Church Asso
ciation, with headquarters at Wauke
sha, Wisconsin. The letterhead of
this association reads: "Metropolitan
Church Association, D. M. Farson,
president; E. L. Harvey, secretary;
Mrs. E. L. Harvey, treasurer. Incor
porated under the laws of the State
of Illinois. Publishers of the Burning
Bush. Metropolitan Holiness Bible
School, a training home for home and
foreign missionaries." The notice of
the application was sent to The Tri
bune direct by the association. The
letter contains no explanation but is
confined solely to instructions for
publishing same.
History of Case.
The case of Härry Orchard attract
ed world-wide attention. Saturday,
evening of December 30, 1906, Frank
Steunenberg, former governor of
the state, was murdered in this
city. The crime was committed at
6.3S and at the west gate of his place
on Dearborn street. Death was caused
and filed with the Public Utilities
commission asking that they make
an investigation."
The following is the text of the pe
tition presented to the commission:
"To the Honorable, the Public Util
ities Commission:
"We, the undersigned, residents of
desiring to make use of tele
phone service find on making applica
tion to the Mountain States Tele
phone & Telegraph Co., that their
rate for rural party line service is
$2.00 per month and we find further
on investigation that this rate is out
of proportion to the amount of in
vestment and cost of maintaining and
operating such lines.
"On account of the excessive cost of
such service from The Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph com
pany, we desire to construct and op
erate our own system and on appli
cation to The Mountain States Tele
phone & Telegraph company we are
informed by thein that they will make
a charge of 75 cents per month
agaipst each telephone we connect
to our system for the privilege of
obtaining connection with their lines.
"Owing to the fact that the Moun
tain States Telephone & Telegraph
Co. occupy this territory to the ex
clusion of competing companies, hav
ing bought up or forced out of busi
ness all such companies, telephone
service in our community would not
be adequate and meet the needs of
our people unless connection with the
lines of the Mountain States Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. could be es
tablished so that conversations could
be held with distant towns on pay
ment of their regular toll rate but
without the payment of the 75 cent
monthly fee or any fee other than the
regular toll charge for such connec
tion.
"We therefore petition your honor
able body that an investigation of this
condition be made and such ruling be
established as will enable your peti
tioners to maintain and operate a tel
ephone system under a just and equi
Almost 300,000
Votes ï Cast Last Week
Aak every merchant for your vote
The showing made the past week
by the B. P. Y. U. certainly demon
strate* their ability to "hustle-" By
casting over 110,000 votes this organi
sation steps into second place and are
giving the leaders a run to hold their
position. Just look at the standing
of the three leaders) 20,000 votes be
tween the first two and only a few
over 1,000 separates the second and
third contestants. No doubt the fact
that the regular first of the month
collections occurred during the past
week is responsible for the large
number of votes cast.
who had been in the city for some
time, was suspected, arrested and con
fe "® d -_J", his confession he impli
fftfd "• M oyer, president;
William D. Haywood, secretary; and
George A. Pettibone, ex-member of
the Executive Committee of the Wes
tern Federation of Miners. These
men were arrested and brought to
Idaho for trial. Application was
made by them for a change of venue
when their cases came up for trial
The change of venue was finally
granted for all except Orchard. Or
chard was tried in this county, plead
guilty and was sentenced to be hung.
The other three defendants were tried
in Ada county and acquitted. The
trials attracted wide attention owing
to the heinousness of the crime and
the prominence of all the parties con
cerined. The cases were defended by
such lawyers as Darrow of Chicago,
Richardson of Denver and Wilson
and Nugent of Boise. Tlhey were
prosecuted by Van Duyn and Stone of
Caldwell ana Hawley and Borah of
table
rate arrangement for connec
tion with the lines of The Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph Co."
RECEPTION TO TEACHERS
AND PARENT3 THURSDAY
The Parent and Teachers Associa
tion will hold a reception for the
teachers and parents next Thursday
afternoon. Sept: 11 in- the High
school gym. A short and interesting
program will be rendered beginning
at 3.30, followed by a social hour. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
public and it is sincerely hoped that
all who can do so will attend.
The program follows:
Piano solo Prof. J. M. Rankin
Address of Welcome . .Supt. Baker
The Object of the Parent-Teach
ers' association for the Coming
Year . ... Mrs. A. K. Steunenberg
Reading Mrs. P. A. Boulton
Solo Mrs F. F. Beale
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MAXSY AND SHAW ELECTED.
The school election Tuesday creat
ed more interest than any school elec
tion in the history of the district.
W. S. Maxey and E. L. Shaw were
elected trustees. Messrs. T. M.
Nichol and C. M. Nickle were tlhe op
posing candidates. The board now
consists of the following members:
Frank Breshears, W. P. Lyons, R. B.
and E. C Shaw. The retiring mem
bers are Edgar Meek and T M
Nichol.
Major Fred R. Reed, state Immi
gration Commissioner, will speak at
the Commercial club rooms next
Monday at 8 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hasbrouck
arriv ed from the east the first of the
week. Mr. and Mrs. Hasbrouck have
spent the past few months visiting
the cities of the east, the trip being
in the nature of a honeymoon. They
will soon be at home to Hheir many
friends.
How They Stand.
coupons. Some of your friends will
be after them for her favorite organi
zation even if you don't care to vote
them.
Last week
M. E. Ladies' Aid .
B. Y. P. U
Westminster Guild
Greenleaf church ..
Co. G. N. G. I
St. David's Guild ..
Idaho State Band ..
M. W. A
Rebekah Lodge ...
101.022
52,730
74,341
20,292
28.545
16,611
9,850
7,610
7,010
Today
182,637
162,883
161,240
34,717
28,695
16.661
9,850
7,610
7.010
' officials were acuqitted one after
another public opinion is still con
vinced that they were the instigators
! of the crime and should have been
convicted. Orchard's
testimony in
the trials the
the trials was the evidence upon
which it was expected to convict. This
confession was not strongly corrobo
rated in the minds of the jurors.
Frank Steunenberg was murdered,
so it was alleged, in order to revenge
the Western Federation of Miners
for the action he took during the riots
in the Coeur d'Alenes during his ad
ministration as governor. The miners
struck, destroyed property and inau^
gurated a reign of terror. Governor
Steunenberg restored order and
peace and fearlessly prosecuted the
leaders of the outrages. For his stand
at this time he was murdered several
years later.
Of course there is no way of telling
what action the board of pardons will
take, but there are few people who
will think that Harry Orchard should
be pardoned.
BOISE DEICHES
AS USUAL IN PAST
B. F. Bush, president of the West
ern Pacific railroad, will be in Boise
October 15. By that time the sur
veys for the Winnemucca Northern
railway will be completed to the
Snake river. While Mr. Bush is in
Idaho he will decide upon the route
Uhe road will take through the valley
from the Snake river and also the
northern terminus of the road. It is
doubtful whether the road will ever
reach Boise as that point is out of
the way and not accessible. At one
time the inducements offered by Boise
seemed to assure the capital city of
the railway. As ever, Boise in her
hope and assurance, become arrogant
and esurient. The capitalists of Boise
began to think that it was absolutely
necessary for the road to go to that
c 'ty. If that necessity existed they
could sec no reason for putting up a
bonus. It is ynderstood that in a mo
ment of liberality Boise offered 15
cents per head as a consideration for
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but he
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but he immediately repented of his
generosity. He now wants to know
what became of the extra 15 cents and
his demands for an accounting has
temporarily stopped all railroad
building so far as Boise is concerned.
When it became known that the pro
moters of the Tailroad might demand
an additional bonus of three cents per
head panic seized Boise business men
and they are still in a state of the
greatest dejection. It has Deen sug
gested that Caldwell put up ttoe extra
three cents for Boise. This would
amount to about $51.00 if the popula
tion of Boise, when used for taxation
and assessment, is taken.as the basis;
or $75.00 if taken on Boise's popula
tion after the state board of equali
zation has met.
Col. E. R. Place has been in Boise
for several days trying to come to an
understanding with the Boise railway
magnates and promoters. It is stated
that Boise attempted to flimflam Col.
Place and his Winnemucca associates
by ignoring them and dealing with the
Western Pacific direct. The Western
Pacific refused to be a party to any
such a deal and as a result the Boise
people will have to reimburse Col.
Place and others or else do without a
railway. It is hard to tell at this time
just which course Boise will pursue.
If experience can guide us it is safe
to predict that at the last moment the
capital city will decide to save her
money and do without the railway.
This will be perfectly satisfactory to
Caldwell as then Caldwell will be the
northern terminus of the Winnemuc
ca Northern.
SPLENDID OODY OF
LAND CAN BE
IRRIGATED
Dietrich says pumping ig Thine
For Portion ofBlack
Canyon District
19,240 A0BE8 IN TRACT
Has Demonstrated on his Own Place
»hat Pumping is Both Practical and
Profitable—Asks to bè let out of
District—Directors will Make an
Investigation.
Kr ^"i?, r d Dietrich, who lives near
New Plymouth, was in the city Tues
day and appeared before the board of
directors of the Black Canyon Irriga
tion district, for the purpose of inter
esting tne directors in a pumping pro
position in the Payette valley. Mr
Dietrich stated that there are 19,240
acres of land in the district that could
be irrigated by pumping water from
the Payette canal. This land is lo
cated in townships 6 and 7. The water
would have to be pumped 100 feet At
P re, ê<w i Dietrich is pumping wa
ter 50 feet for his own place. While
he Ihias .to pay $28.00 per horsepower
for electric power he finds that pump
ing is practical and profitable. He is
of the opinion that in case the dis
trict undertakes to irrigate this tract
of land that power can be had at a
much lower figure. Some think that
the power can be had for half the
price that Mr. Dietrich is paying, or
less. The Gem Irrigation district
•??îî? cted J or P° wer at «he rate of
$18.00 per horsepoiwer. A better rate
than this can undoubtedly be secured
as soon as the Arrowrock dam and
power plant is completed.
Mr. Dietrich has asked to have his
land taken out of the district and for
that purpose petitioned the board of
directors. Incidentally the matter of
the other lands was discussed. Set
tiers would rather that the Black Can
yon district undertake this pumping
proposition. In case the district will
not do so tJHe owners of the land will
withdraw from the district and un
dertake the enterprise independently.
It is said that there is an ample sup
ply of water at all times in the canal
for the complete irrigation of the 19,
000 acres.
NEWS NOTES FROM
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCluskey of
Peaceful Valley adopted Marie But
ler, a niece, a little girl five years of
age.
Harry Finley was appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of C. W.
Finley.
Two widow pension cases were
heard by Probate Judge Harger: Mrs.
Freda Zeyer of near Guflfey, a widow
with five small children, all under 10
years of age; Mrs. Sarah A. Stockam
of Apple Valley, a widow with four
children.
. Judge Harger settled the accounts
in the case of W. Grant Whitney on
last Friday.
The Probate Judge married Walter
W. Wilhite and Mary A. Silvers, both
of Boise, on Thursday.
Marriage Licenses.
Walter W. Wilhite and Mary A.
Silvers, both of Boise.
Robert J. Richards of Meridian and
Elvina D. Currier of Landing.
Cases Filed in District Court
Julia A. Parks v. J. G. Gartin et ux.
Foreclosure.
C. S. Russell v. Chas. A. Peters.
Debt
Wm. Watkins r. O. S. L. R. R.
Foreclosure.
Canyon Ço. v. S. T. Stratton et al.
Condemnation proceedings.
Goesip of the Court House.
Articles of incorporation for the
John Steel Orchard Co. of Parma,
have been filed in the County Clerk's
office. Capital stock $25,000.
The Joint Institute at Boise began
Monday and continues through the
week.
There were four students that took
the Eighth grade examinations in the
superintendent's office last week.
John D. BloomfieM was checking
up corporation taxes for the Nampa
School district and found that the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele
graph company had not paid a tax
on the lead cable in any of the school
districts for the years 1909, 10, 11, and
12. Application was made to have
the amount applied to the 1913 roll
Special taxes for Caldwell this year
are as follows: Sprinkling, $2525.10;
sewer, 3, $8682.72; lateral 3, $1563.09;
lateral 4, $1625.71; paving, $17,530-36;
nuisance. $91-20; total, $32,018.18.
Wm. March takes the place of
Deputy Sheriff Carmichael while the
latter is away on his vacation.
Mrs. Chas. Sanberg is visiting in
the Gem Irrigation district at the
home of A. W. Griggs.
R. E. Haynes and M. G. Riebeling
of Payette were Caldwell visitors
Thursday.
J. K. McDowall, an Emmett attor
ney, was transacting business at the
court house Saturday.
The fol lowing a re candidates for
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