The Caldwell tribune. [volume], June 25, 1915, Image 4

About The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928

Image provided by: Idaho State Historical Society

                
THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE
Established December 7, 1888.
Sworn Circulation Over 2500.
Published by
THE CALDWELL, PRINTING CO., Ltd.
Tribune Building
811 Main Street.
Subscrip tion »2 00 Per Annum
Advertising Rates on Application.
Entered the Postofflce at Caldwell. Idaho, as 2nd class matter
WORKING TOGETHER.
For the first time in quite a while all members of the
city administration are working together. The city en
gineer, the street committee and the superintendent of
streets are all giving the matter of road building intelli
gent consideration. Before anything is done these men
meet and consider the matter. The best way of doing the
thing to be done is decided upon and then followed out
systematically. The result is that Caldwell is building
better streets at less cost than ever before in the history
of the city.
The time and attention Messrs. Forbes and Lilly are
giving to their committee work speaks well for the suc
cess of this administration. We understand that the other
councilmen are giving the same thought to their com
mittee work. Mayor Boyes did well in making his com
mittee assignments.
HAINES WAS THE MAN AFTER ALL.
The Tribune has pointed out that Senator Borah and
Mr. O. V. Allen were once candidates on the same ticket.
At the time Mr. Borah did not find Mr. Allen an unworthy
yokemate. Indeed Mr. Borah found nothing the matter
with Allen until after his public exposure. Long before
the exposure of Allen Senator Borah informed State Chair
man Day that in case Governor Haines was re-nominated
he would not set foot in Idaho during the campaign. Thus
we see that this little politician was perfectly willing to
stand by the notorious Allen but would sacrifice his party,
in so far as his ability permitted, in order to injure Gover
nor Haines.
The developments so far show that Governor haines
was one of the cleanest men who has ever been governor
of Idaho. Not a taint attaches to his name and reputation.
In spite of his record, to serve a personal spite, or per
haps a jealousy, Mr. Borah went out of his way to injure the
leading candidate on the Republican state ticket. This is
the duck who thinks that he is a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for the presidency. If there is any
thing big, or broad or brave about William E. Borah we
have failed to see it. We can readily believe that this
man is satisfactory to Col. Roosevelt. Why shouldn't he
be?
THE VINDICATION OF GENERAL PETERSON.
The attorney general is not guilty of looting the state
treasury. That in effect is the verdict of the jury. As a
matter of fact no one ever thought he was guilty. He' was
indicted by the personally conducted grand jury of Ada
county for politicial reasons only. His trial, while a vin
dication of General Peterson, was an indictment of his
political enemies from which they can never escape. They
have established the fact that for political advantage they
are willing to resort to the most damnable methods known
to law. They hesitate at nothing. There should be a way
of reaching men in high office who prostitute their posi
* THE OBSERVATORY +
The first auto vehicle I ever saw
was in 1861 when, steam-propelled, it
used to pass my home on the way to
one of the training camps of the
"three-year soldiers." It was rigged
on buggy wheels, small, iron-tired,
which sut deeply into the sand or
mud; of course it had a boiler and
fire-box, with piping and a small
water tank; all this with a pump, cyl
inder, one or more, created weight
and with its narrow wheels made its
propulsion hard; the drivers would
stop at some convenient well or brook
to renew their supply of water, and
when passing a wood lot, stop and
collect last winter's big pine, maple
or oak chips, for fuel; of course every
body stared at it, the children ran
after and the horses away from it;
and of course all drivers of horses
cursed it; to get power enough to
successfully drive it was a problem
and to keep the weight down for the
power was another problem; it must
be kept as simple as possible, and
vexed its owners by its vagaries many
and strange; with the departure of
the regiments it ceased its visits and
passed into the limbo of forgotten
things; then in 1864-6 came the velo
cipede, with its seat on the bar be
tween the two wheels, with iron tire,
then rubber; this thing the surgeons
speedily condemned, when the bicycle
high up in the air with a little wheel
in front or behind, at first with hard
rubber tire then later tubular; the
seat had been adjusted on springs,
and the rider was almost as high up
as the back of a horse, and taking
"headers" from those was common
and commonly unpleasant. I have a
vision of one rider running into his
own dog, going sprawling into soft
mud ahead of his wheel, breaking his
glasses, getting up very red in the
face, sputtering mud from his mouth
and shaking his fist at his dog and
saying: "You, you rascal!"
Along in the 80's came th e "safety"
bicycle; it was designed for elderly
and timid people, and "cyclists" gen
erally scorned to ride those "squat"
things. But the perfection of the tub
WHY NOT 9
K C is pure. K C is health
ful. It really does make
lighter, nicer biscuits, cakes
and pastry than the old
fashioned single acting
baking powders.
And you pay only a fair price for it.
No baking powder should sell for more.
ular tire and ease in mounting and dis
mounting soon commended them.
Then came the present auto, and it
is multiplying fast; and our horses
are fast adjusting themselves to it.
But—it becomes more and more evi
dent that we are far from hearing the
last word regarding its use and abuse
of roads privileges. I enjoy riding in
a good one and undoubtedly should
enjoy owning and using one; and 1
am glad for every one of my friends
who can afford and enjoy one; but
one fact I have noted, and it is not
confined to our region; it is the same
"back east" as out here. Some who
get one are at first timid, then care
ful and soon careless; and some, I
am sorry to say, reckless; it seems as
though after a little such persons get
to acting as though the highway be
longed to them; that they had first
rights, because of more expensive ve
hicle; or perhaps they have forgotten
true politeness.
1 was driving north of Caldwell,
crossed the Boise river bridge and
turned up the canyon road, when I
had my first meeting with an auto; I
had an old horse whose former frights
could not be overcome, and it was
too late to turn back as I always did
when I met a traction engine; it was
right at the narrow point where the
edge juts out towards the river, r.nd
before I got past that machine I was
dragged over the jagged rocks and
lamed for weeks. Soon after the
county commissioners put up a large
sign boards forbidding autos in the
canyon; most of their owners recog
nize the right and propriety of keep
ing out of it; and when such a man as
Judge Fremont Wood, when hurry
ing to Caldwell for court learned of
the new regulation, he ordered his
auto driver to turn back and go over
Canyon Hill; and since then one of
the finest pieces of road for autos
has been made at large expense from
the Middleton road along the crest of
Canyon Hill and down to the river
bridge; tha( road through the canyon
is pokerish to many persons driving
the steadiest of horses; but what when
a skittish animal comes face to face
with a panting, smelling auto on that
road, then what! 1 know the terms
of the auto law passed by the legis
tion in order to wreck the reputation and impair the use
fulness and influence of political opponents.
The grand jury which has been in session in Ada county
was used from the beginning as an instrument to work
vengenance. It has been manipulated by Governor Alex
ander and his tool, Attorney Givens, to work the spite and
jealousy of the governor.
NOT MUCH OF A CHANGE EITHER WAY.
People naturally divide themselves into two classes. The
one deplores the degeneracy of the present and looks
back with reverance upon the past. The second class
glorifies the present and looks back upon the past with
contempt. As a matter of fact there has been but little
real change in any respect in the past forty or fifty cen
turies, and about that time writers were deploring the
past or eulogizing the present as in this modern day. There
may have been progress but it is not noticable. We are
still fighting the old temptations with more or less noise
and .no success. The same problems are here for solu
tion.
This unamiable condition would be quite distressing were
it not for the institution of modern legislatures. The legis
lature, now-a-days attends to all of this. Evil is simply
legislated out of existence. Evil annihilate is the aim of
us all. What is easier than the enactment of a law?
Nothing, except to ignore it. We go out and raise a great
fuss about legislation. A campaign is inaugurated. The
legislation is cnactcd; the orators retire in great feather:
the reformers are applauded; the world is regenerated;
and each and every one of us go about our sinful lives
much the same as ever.
We are all happy because at no expense and little trou
ble we have accomplished a great reform. This has been
going on for a great many years but he would be a most
reckless man who would say that the human race is
any better, any happier, any nobler, than it was some fifty
centuries ago.
THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET JULY SEVENTH.
After many maneuvers, delays and conferences, the Re
publican State Central Committee has been called to
gether. The committee will meet at Boise July 7th. The
stage has been set for a great regeneration of the party.
We understand that Chairman Day will tender his resig
nation and that his successor will be elected. After this is
accomplished the 1916 campaign will be inaugurated. We
trust that all these activities on the part of the politicians
of the party will not conclude, as in the case of Louis XIV,
in a festula.
About the most important thing for the committee to
do is to ascertain exactly where some of our leading poli
ticians and officeholders stand. This will be hard in the case
of Senator Borah but we think the others will show little
hesitancy in stating their position. After the politicians
have stated their position and thus given us a sence of
public sentiment, we may know whether it is worth while
proceeding with the next campaign.
Let us assume that the Republican State Central Com
mittee is convinced that there is good and sufficient rea
son for the Republican party to place a ticket in the field
in 1916, or to put it differently, that the party stands a
chance to win at the next election. This assumption brings
us to the desiderative of all political parties, viz: the
method or plan by which success may be achieved. We
believe that it will be admitted that the party needs to
be well organized. Some Republicans need to be dis
ciplined; others need to be enthused, still others need to
be wiped out politically. The politicians can be handled
easily enough as soon as the organization is perfected. You
lature three years ago, and that it
gives a right to an auto to use any
and every highway and traveled-way
and lane; but I also know the con
stitution which confers police powers
on the county commissioners, and if
they can, as they have for years, for
bade loose stock of all kinds through
the canyon surely they can forbid
autos, which are ten times more dan
gerous. This is the legal aspect.
There enters also that of politeness
and fair play. The auto if properly
driven is not going to rare, snort and
jump, overturn the rig and tip all in
-o the river; the auto is speediest and
can afford to slow down, stop, take
the round-about road, and the driver
should be a gentlemen above all else.
Until recently autos have stopped at
either end of the Boise river bridge
until the horse rigs on it have got
ten off; it seems to me that every
gentleman should do so; but within a
few days I have seen several rush
right onto it without regard to horse
rigs; when I saw one auto with two
fellows in it with faces so firey that
it might have been dangerous to put
a match too near, I did not wonder
at their thoughtless discourtesy; but
others who ought to know better arc
doing it; when some sad day some
fractious horse jumps the railing and
somebody is injured, then some other
somebody will be sorry. There is
plenty of open space at both ends of
the bridge in which to turn out and
wait.
But I have something more to say:
since the running down and killing of
"Uncle Billy" Kincaid much bitter
feeling against autos has been ex
pressed: the exceeding bitterness of
some of it has startled me; let me
assure my auto friends that it is deep
and strong: I have before heard bit
ter expressions; most of it is harm
less, and the present wave of it in our
region will die down. But we all
know how many a man "packing a
?un" has under sudden passion used
it, and lived to regret all the rest of
his life that he had that gun with
him at the time. I have heard some
deep and most bitter denounciations
of reckless and thoughtless auto driv
ers, exceedingly bitter. If some dull
ranch man should see his frail wife
nervously upset, a loved child thrown
out on the rocks, a valuable horse and
rig upset and tumbled into the river
from canyon road or river bridge, and
should suddenly use his gun, even
with only slight damage or injury,
the public would have much sympathy
with him: and if it should be a serious
matter and get before an average jury
he would be dealt with tenderly.
Horses are getting used to the auto
and humans also; but there is a wide
field and big opportunity for the prac
tice of the Golden Rule. American
sense of fair play and western kind
liness. H ox.
* PROVERBS AND PHRASES *
My designs and labors and aspira
tions are my only friends.—Long
fellow.
True friends appear to b-; less mov
cd than counterfeit.—Horace.
will not find Mr. Borah strutting about in defiance of the
organization once there is a man at the head of the or
ganization. He will again clothe himself in that meekness
and humility with which he worked with Governor Frank
R. Gooding at Pocatello; with that self -effacement with
which he deals with Col. Roosevelt; with that modesty
with which he confers with John W. Hart; with that pa
tience with which he awaits the verdict of the public. He
and others will throw off the arrogance they have shown
during the past two years, and submit gracefully to the
mandates of the party. A man at the head of the party
will compel attention. The choice of a state chairman
is an important matter. The man who is selected must be
lieve in the party, and in the party organization. He must
be tireless in his industry. He must have the time and
means that will enable him to perfect the organization. He
must have a talent for organization. At the present time
there is but one man with whom we are acquainted who
tills the specifications. He is Hon. M. B. Gwinn of Boise.
We understand, that in spite of the fact that Mr. Gwinn
is an honest man, sincere Republican, and courageous
leader, he is acceptable to Mr. Borah.
*The election of the state chairman is probably the only
important business the committee will transact. The ap
pointment of the right man means a great deal to the
party. We trust that the members of the party will ap
proach the matter in hand with the sole purpose of pro
moting the best interests of the Republican party.
BATH TUB AND PIPE ORGAN.
Nels Darling, the Chautauqua town building expert, in
Iiis lecture Saturday rather strongly intimated that in some
instances, the spiritual welfare of a community might be
better promoted by the installation of a bath tub.than by
the purchase of a pige organ.
There is no question but that common sense bears out
Mr. Darling. The people of this country have taken up
with the fripperies of life. They have evolved a pseudo
culture. In their politics, education and religion they seek
the outward manifestation rather than the inward realiza
tion. This is shown by the haste with which they seize
upon and adopt counterfeit reforms; by their reliance upon
legislation rather than upon education. The people of this
country are lazy intellectually. The great theory is to get
by and no matter by what means. Bluff has taken the place
of real worth. Intellectual perfumery has taken the place
of mental cleanliness. Show is substituted for substance.
What is the use of using fine gold when gild will pass in
spection? That is the question we ask ourselves and the
answer is always that there is no use. Too frequently the
mind is not even well gilded. We veneer because it is
cheaper and quicker.
Most of us are better fitted for the music of a jewsharp
than the harmony of a pipe organ. A good bath would
do most of us more good than either.
A FICTITIOUS PROSPERITY.
Writers on industrial conditions are calling attention to
the fictitious prosperity that is coming to certain manu
facturing plants on account of the European war. They
point out that factories which under ordinary conditions
turn out the implements of peace are now manufacturing
the tools of war. Munitions of war are needed and price
is no object. In consequence certain industries iti this
country are enjoying a hot house prosperity. The Tribune
has no desire to reflect upon this prosperity. It, ; n fact
any kind çf prosperity, is most welcome at the present
time and under present conditions. No one can hope that
the industry of making shot and shell upon the present
scale can be permanent. After the war American indus
Friend of my bosom, thou more than
a brother,
Why wert thou not born in my
father's dwelling.
—Charles Lamb
-K**************-**
* STORIES OF THE DAY +
**********.J-******
A Victim of the War.
"Madam," said the tattered and torn
supplicant to the benevolent lady who
answered his timid rap at the d^or,
"have you any old clothes you can
spare for an unfortunate victim of the
European war?"
"I think I have, my poor man! But
how does this happen? You cannot
have been in this war, surely?"
"No, madam," humbly replied the
sufferer, "but my wife has sent all my
clothes to theBelgians."—Kansas City
Star.
Regrets Too Late.
Wifey was in tears and hiibby look
ed gloomy.
"Oh. dear! Oh, dear!" moaned lit
tle wifey. "I wish I had taken poor
mother's advice and never married
you!"
The man swung around on her
quickly.
"Did your mother try to stop you
marryino- me?" he demanded.
Wifey nodded violently.
A look of deep romance crosse«]
hubby's face.
"Great^ Scot!" he cried in broken
tones.^ "How I wronged that wo
man!"—New York Evening Journal.
Quo Vadis?
"Drive like the duce!" shouted
Smith, springing into the taxi. With a
lurch the car darted forward and awa •
they went like lightening. Crash!
1 hey took off the wheel of a passing
wagon. Hi, Hi! Thev missed flatten
ing out a small child by a hair s
breadth. Clang! They upset a milk
cart. People shouted, traffic officers
held up their hands as the taxi dash
ed up one street and down another
taking corners on two wheels and
threatening every lamp post with
destruction. At last, after half ,:n
hour's furious racing, they slowed up
in a narrow thoroüghfare and Smith
poked his head out of the window.
"Are we nearly there?" he asked
breathlessly.
The chauffeur turned in his seat and
shouted. "Where did you want to ?n
sir? —Philadelphia Ledger.
A Beautiful Defendant.
"I want you to make the outfit for
my trial.
"Let trie see," mused the experienc
ed modiste. "You'll want a direct
testimony suit, a cross-examination
gown and something dainty and cling
ing to faint in."—Kansas Citv Jour
nal.
WHAT HAPPENED TO TONES
AT THE BUNGALOW
The Bungalow has secured the
wholesome gripping story "What
Happened to Janes" for Monday
June 28. '•
The story relates how; Ebenezer
Storage Coal
Remember that we are making an espec
ially good price fust now. Ii you are inter*
ested we will be very glad to come around
AND TALK COAL TO YOU
Keep in mind that we guarantee our coal
'iree irom Slack or Clinkers.
Hiawatha or K emme rer No. 5
Caldwell Lumber & Coal Co
Goodly, professor of Anatomy, con
ducts an academy for young ladies. He
and his wife, two daughters and sis
ter-in-law are looking forward to a
long-promised visit from the Profes
sor's brother, the Bishop of Timbuctoo.
It is thirty years since the Professor
has seen his brother and none of the
family has met him. Secretly, how
ever, lie has been making love, by
letter, to Alvina, the Professor's thin
and homely sister-in-law.
Cissy Vandergouhl, an Iheiress,
comes as a pupil to the academy and
on the train has encountered Jones,
a wide-a-wake travelling salesman,
who deals in Bibles and Playing-cards
and they have been immediately an
mutually attracted.
The Professor's youngest daughter,
Marjorie, is engaged to Dick Heather
ly, who is supposed to b e a model
young man. When leaving the Pro
fessor s house however, he drops a
t - l ?/ ^mission to a Prize Fight.
. . e I rofessor finds it and accuses
nim. After a heated argumein, Dick
persuades the Professor—in the inter
est of science—to accompany him
During the hght. the police make a
raid. Dick and the Professor escape
by crawling over a stable and down
a water-spout. They are followed by
Jone», the travelling salesman, who
a' 5 , 0 . at »he prize light. Jones
I ® L- y mau '.çd by the police and
oses his coattails in the scrimmage
but by the use of "uppercuts" gets free
He hnds refuge in the professor's
academy and frightens Cissy Vander
gould by disturbing her in her bath
î'n tiî" rUptS . a * tr enous pillow-tight
.n the >oung ladies dormitory.
I he Professor and Dick try to eicct
under threat f ,nand * their protection
" ce A n e *» )os ' n ? 'hem to the
riv. fi I I W SUIt of cl "H>es has ar
,7™ .? c - ex P l ' c ted Bishop. Jones
Yl 'vin- ' e I*'!! a " ( ' ' s se ' /ct ' tipon by
AKina and the rest of the family as
the dear Bishop". He forces the
I rofessor to appoint him a teacher in
the academy and makes violent lovë
try must once again turn to the arts of peace and the sup
ply of those arts. The present industry in this country
should show the people the desirability of building up
home industry. They should lay aside their prejudices
and partisanship. If a protective tariff will build up in
dustry and develop trade a protective tariff oolicy should
be the policy of all political parties.
The war in Europe today should teach the people to lay
aside as policies of government the dreams of pacifists
and the theories of the academicians as their academicals
are laid aside when they go out into real life and lake up
the struggle for existence. A theory, unsound, is as much
cut of place in practice, as is a cap and gown in the
trenches. _
Acting Governor Taylor wants to know the number of
people in Idaho who know the name of the lieutenant gov
ernor of Montana who appointed W. A. Clark United
States senator. While Mr. Taylor is gathering his statis
tics he might also ascertain how many people in Idaho
know the name of the governor of Montana at that time
or even at the present time.
A prominent K. of P. in an interview published in the
Lewiston Tribune name not given, states that Montie B.
Gwinn has come to the rescue of the Capital News in
times past when the Boise paper needed financial help. If
the prominent K. of P. is right Mr. Gwinn should never
be elected chairman of the Republican State Central Com
mittee.
The annual municipal joke of cutting weeds is now on.
This weed cutting probably provokes more cussing, causes
more dissatisfaction and does less good than any other
activity of the city. Some day some administration will
apply the scythe to the joke itself.
Corruption in the Republican party is enabling Alex
ander to build up a private politicial machine so the Demo
cratic press informs us. The first time in history that a
politician has gone outside of his own party for the neces
sary corruption.
The free coinage of silver, imperialism and the trusts
have each served as the paramount issue. Next year it
will be peace-at-any-price if the greatest American since
Barnum has his way.
The Hollister Herald says that The Tribune is a "stand
pat-for-anything Republican newspaper." Others say that
•The Tribune is not even Republican. There is no account
ing for verdicts.
The Chautauqua is over and the Fourth of July will soon
be here. It is about time to clear the track for the first
real state fair ever held in Idaho. This fair will be held
at Caldwell.
M. I. Church is being urged by his frineds to become a
candidate for the Republican nomination for congress.
Why not? McCracken was so urged and landed.
We note that Jake Horn says the people of south Idaho
are for Borah for president. The people are undoubtedly
Jake Horn, Senator Borah and Shad Hodgins.
Like a great many others Mr. Dewey has found that
the friendship of Mr. Borah works only one way.
West Virginia dry and busted hasn't much on Idaho.
to the heiress, Cissy. The real bishop
arrives and they hustle him up to a
bedroom and undress him and take
away his clothes and lock him in the
room.
A lunatic, who is wrapped in a
blanket, imagining he is an Indian, es
capes from a neighboring sanitarium.
1 he Bishop makes his escape from the
window also wrapped in a blanket and
is seen by the officials from the sani
tarium and chased all over the neigh
borhood.
Jones sees that things are getting
too hot so he persuades Cissv to elope
with him. They start for the railway
station and are pursued by the lunatic.
1 hey elude him and reach a clergy
wh ° *' cs the cor.jdgal knot.
I lie Bishop explains matters at the
scnitarium and is restored to the aca
demy and is glad to be welcomed to
the protection of Alvinia's skinny
arms.
BAPTIST CHURCH
'Broadening Our Horizon" will he
the theme in the morning. In the
evening the long-delayed sermon in
the series on heaven will be delivered,
1 lie hntitc Starry Universe the Fu
ture Home and Empire of the Saints"
being the subject. If you are inter
ested in knowing where we are to
spend eternity, you will be inspired
by this sermon.
1 he bible school of the church will'
be held at lCh.TO a. m„ and the voting
peoples meeting at 7:00. The youinf
people will have a meeting that you
will enjoy.
July 4th the Governor will speak
lor us in the morning, the service be
ing held at 11:00 o'clock in order to
accommodate him. This will neces
sitate holding the Sunday school at 1"
oclock. These are the hours that the
services ought to be held all the time.
Keniember the change and try to be
on time. You'll get no seat if you do