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THE PRESIDENT'S GREATNESS.
"In regard to Mexico, the President
of the United States has shown an j
element of true ereatness by frankly
announcing that lie has changed his
mind," says the Washington Post. If
frankly announcing that he has chang
ed his mind is an evidence of true
greatness it must be conceded that
President Wilson has few equals and
no superiors.
He has not only changed his mind
once, but he has changed it twice in
regard to the Mexican situation. In
May, 1914, he declared his intention
of securing the removal of the de
facto head of the Mexican government
and of interfering in Mexican affairs in
other respects, particularly in the
control of the public land policies of
that government. A few months la
ter, in his speech in Indianapolis, he
frankly stated that he had changed
his mind and asserted that there must
be no interference and that Mexico
must work out her problems without
the assistance or influence of this
country. Now he just as frankly an
nounces that he has again reversed
himself and proposes to exert an
active and agressive influence in con
trolling internal affairs of that afflict
ed country.
But it is not with regard to the
Mexican problem only that President
Wilson so frankly announces a change
of mind. A few years ago he was
writing books in which he denounced
the initiative and referendum. When
he became a candidate for President,
he frankly anounced that he had been
mistaken, that he had changed his
mind and that he advocated those
principles of popular government.
Since his election, however, he has
evidently returned to his former opin
ions, for his voice has not been once
raised in advocacy of direct legisla
tion. Prior to his election he was a
devout advocate of the Presidential
primary law. but in recent months he
has made known his opinion that leg
islation of this kind is impracticable.
On the stump, when he was seeking
the votes of the American people, he
was an out-spoken advocate of free
tolls for American coast-wise shipping
through the Panama Canal, but soon
after he had come into a position of
power he frankly announced his
change of mind and forced through
congress a law repealing the free tolls
provision.
As a candidate for the favor of the
electorate, he was a champion of
civil service reform and for manv
years was vice-president of the Civil
Service Reform League, but as a dis
penser of patronage he has resorted
to the spoils system to such a large ex
tent as to indicate a complete and
astonishing change of mind.
As a candidate of the Democratic
party he denounced extravagance in
public business and pledged himself
to an economical administration, but
in an address to Congress he frankly
announced his change of mind by
saying that in his opinion the Ameri
can people did not care how much
money was spent provided they got
something for it.
Truly, it must be conceded that in
frankly announcing changes of mind,
President Wilson is unsurpassed, and
if this be an element of true greatness,
as the Washington Post assumes, he
will go down in history with scarcely
a peer.
To be the_ Chief Executive of a
hundred million people—the super
vising head of ten administrative de
partments with 460,000 employes,—
the final sponsor for the expenditure
of over a billion dollars a year, is
some job. It's a bigger job than be
ing head of the largest railroad sys
tem or the largest factory or the larg
est bank in the world.
The prescribed duties of the office
of Chief Executive include the trans
action of international business, the
appointment of several thousand Fed
eral employes, and, most important of
all, care that the laws shall be en
forced.
Most men would consider that a
task_ big enough to occupy all one
man's time without his devoting any
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large amount of attention to work
especially assigned to others. The
task is so enormous that one might
safely predict that if the individual
charged with the responsibility of
performing the work divided his at
tention, he would surely fail.
History justifies such prediction.
Look at the results that have followed
neglect of executive duty. Instead
of getting down to the single job ot
running the Executive branch of Gov
ernment. which he was elected to do.
President Wilson promptly abandon
ed that task and undertook to run the
legislative branch, and what a mess he
made of it!
Under his mismanagement the gov
ernment's business faces a deficit of
$100,000,000. The postal service, the
most important business feature of
government affairs , has been curtail
ed and faces a deficit. Public im
provements for the development of
commercial facilities, such as river
and harbor and rec/lamation work,
have been neglected. The diplomatic
service has discharged competent and
experienced men and employed men
who have no special qualification
other than being "deserving Demo
crats." The consular service has suf
fered in a similar manner. Civil ser
vice reform has been set back a dozen
years by attempted return to the
spoils system. The department of
Agriculture has been placed in the
hands of a theorist without practical
knowledge of the needs of the farmer.
The Navy has been placed under the
supervision of a man skilled in neither
naval affairs nor in business. The
pledges of economy have been violat
ed in practically all branches of the
government service.
Such are some of the results of
neglect of duty. . It is just what
might be expected from one who tries
to attend to other people's work to
the neglect of his own. Instead of
watching over the affairs of his
own branch of the government, and
studying the expense statements and
urging his subordinates to keep the
cost within the income, the President
turned his back on his own official
affairs and undertook to direct legis
lation. Instead of giving active at
tention to the Mexican embroglio, he
adopted a policy of "watchful waiting"
but had plenty of time and energy to
devote to distribution of patronage
among faithful Senators and Con
gressmen. He has time for every
body's business but his own.
No sensible or successful business
man would expec t anything but fail
ure from such a policy. No farmer
would expect his own crops to grow
or his own live stock to thrive if he
spent his time telling his neighbors
how to manage their saw-mills, or
conduct their factories. No merchant
would hope to maintain trade if he
spent his time telling the editor how
to run his newspaper.
The failure of the Democratic ad
ministration is nothing more nor less
than the natural result of universal
economic law,—older than the pro
verbs—"the shoemaker should stick
to his last," and, "what is everybody's
business is nobody's business." If
Woodrow Wilson had stuck to the
job of Chief Executive and had made
it his especial business to see that
government affairs were run econo
mically and efficiently, he would now
be not humiliated by the record of
waste and inefficiency.
No one Dependent on You? Before
Many Yeafs You will Have. Who?
Yourself. Put some savings in the
Equitable Life Insurance Income bond
A. L MYERS
Agent., Caldwell,Idaho
* CLAYTONIA *
*****************
Mr. and Mrs. Harthrong were in
Caldwell last week.
Miss Ruby Maxwell was a caller at
the Moore home last week.
Mrs. Walter Teeter and children
have been visiting relatives in Meri
dian for a few days.
Frank Moore is using the rope
system for stacking hay. He finds it
much cheaper, easier and quicker than
with the derrick. Te loads are only
about two-thirds as large as the or
dinary ones but it is all unloaded at
once and no danger, as there is from
using Jackson forks.
There is being considerable repair
work done on the C canal.
Mrs. Maxwell and Miss Ruby have
a top buggy.
Miss Anna Moore spent a part of
last week visiting friends in Meridian.
Mr. Sweep was suffering from a
sore throat last week. It was feared
that he was going to have the quinzy.
Will Stetzil is able to be out again.
Mr. and Mrs. Heilig were ferry pas
sengers Wednesday morning.
The stray horse that has been at
M r.Edwin's for some time was sold
by Mr. Sweep, July 1st, to a party
from across the river.
Messrs. Johnson and McKague at
tended the district meeting at Home
dale last week.
Otto Geesie and "Pat" McKague
are helping Mr. Moore with his hay
ing.
Mr. Stetzil was in Caldwell last
week.
Miss Anna Moore was calling on
her brothers in Moise one day last
week.
Mr. Teeter is helping with the dred
ging at the plant.
Carl Knutson is riding the B canal
for a few days.
Mr. McCarthy was a ferry passen
ger last Friday.
Mr. Erwin was taking the moss out
of the C canal part of last week.
Miss Lema McKague attended the
picnic at Mr. Grigg's July 3rd.
Miss Josephine Bedford is visiting
her friends and relatives in Caldwell.
About 85 people attended the picnic
at Mr. Grigg's July 3rd. Mr. Heilig
furnished some very nice violin music.
A better report will be given else
where.
Some of the Stetzil family from
Caldwell spent Sunday with the home
folks.
The aged father of Mrs. Faulds is
quite ill. His health was much better
for a time after moving here.
Only a small attendance at Sunday
school last Sunday.
Miss Howell of California has been
engaged to teach the Maxwell school.
Beatrice and George Erwin are
grieving over the death of their little
dog, Buff, who met his untimely end
by being run over by a wagon.
Mrs. Dugdale reports the finest of
crops on the Gem Flat that she has
seen this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Stetzil entertained
their children and their families on
the Fourth.
Master Howard Johnson of Cald
well spent the Fourth at the ranch
with his father, J. Walter Johnson.
Mrs. Ray Crouse entertained dinner
guests last Sunday.
Mr. Faulds has been helping with
the work on the C canal.
The green aphis and grasshoppers
are bothering the clover that has been
left for seed to such an extent that it
is feared that a large part of it will
have to be cut for hay.
Wesley McKague, Jr., is helping Mr.
Moore with his work for a few days.
MODERN GYPSY ROBBERS.
"I read more small-town and coun
try newspapers in a week than any
other one man in the United States,
or probably the world," says the editor
of the National News Bureau, "and
1 feel that it is my duty to warn kind
hearted and charitable people that
they expose themselves to robbery
when they take out their purses or poc
ket books to give money to gypsies.
"In newspapers from at least twenty
widely separated sections of the
country 1 read reports of roving bands
of gypsies which 'are nothing more
or less than packs of robbers. The
women are the worst, feeling perhaps
that their sex protects them from
rough handling, if captured. Approach
ing a town or village the women sep
arate, some working business houses
and others the residences. All the
fortune-telling is an excuse to ap
proach and speak with men and wo
men. If money is displayed the gyp
sies seize the bills or silver and make
away with it. This is being reported
daily in the papers all over the whole
country. In the business sections of
the towns the women sometimes pre
tend to make a purchase, and. while
the merchant is busy they rob the till.
Many of them are expert pickpockets
and several gold watches and large
bills have been lifted from the mer
chants and professional men of the
villages.
"The chief of police or marshal
should be called the moment a gang
of these vampires strike the town.
They should be escorted through the
village without a stop and the officials
of the next village warned.
"The old-time and practically harm
less gypsy is a thing of the past. The
modern gypsy is a highway robber or
pickpocket. Treat him accordingly."
Consul General Bray, Sydney, Aus
tralia, in his resume of trade condi
tions in that commonwealth for the
year 1914, says that when the United
States placed meat upon the free list
in its 1913 tariff is was confidently ex
pected that Austrialia would do a
lar<'e business with the American
Pacific seaboard in both canned and
frozen commodities. "The year of
1914," he writes, "opened with every
prospect of this expectation being
realized. Several Austrialian pro
ducers visited the United States and
excellent results were being achieved
when the war came on and interrupted
the course of business. Embargoes
were put on meat exports to coun
tries other than Great Britian and its
FREEI
On July 12th to anyone purchasing
Spearhead Chewing Tobacco at the
Horse Shoe Cigar Store we will give
absolutely free an amount of Spear
head equal to purchase. No purchase
being allowed more than one pound
7-9 HORSE SHOE CIGAR STORE
Liberty Bell Day Special
To show our appreciation of your attendance
at the Liberty Bell Day Celebration we offer
the following unprecedented bargains in Shoes:
Lot No. 1
All our broken lines of
men's $4.50 and $5.00 shoes—
$3.95
PAIR
Lot No. 2
Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Dress
Shoes. Black and tan; broken
lines—
$2.95
PAIR
Lot No. 4
Men's $3.00 work shoes in
black or tan—Special price—
$2.45
PAIR
Lot No. 5
Men's $2.50 Mule Skin Work
Shoes—Sale price—
$1.95
PAIR
Lot No.
Women's $3.00 white canvas
and Reignskin Shoes—
$1.95
PAIR
Lot No. 6
Broken lines of Women's
$3.00 and $3.50 Pumps and Ox
fords. Sale price—
$1.95
PAIR
Many Other Bargains Throughout Entire Stock
McNair Shoe Store
allies." The trade, therefore, was much
depressed at the year's close. The ab
sence of refrigerated tonnage, owing
to the demands of the war for troop
ships, seriously affected it, and even
canned goods space in ships to Great
Britain was materially curtailed. Mr.
Bray notes that the Australian States
are considering legislation still further
restricting meat exports and it is
therefore out of the question for Aus
tralia meat exporters to pay any fur
ther practical attention to the Ameri
can market at present. Two hundred
million pounds of fresh meat was im
ported into this country during the
seven months of 1914 preceding the
war, Austrialia then standing third
on the list and just getting limbered
up. All will agree with Sherman's
definition of war, but the European
horror has done much to shield the
farmers of this country-from a free
trade purgatory.
Over in Canada some of the gov
ernment officials took selfish advan
tage of the war situation, and, while
appealing to the patriotism of the
people, placed a few large and juicy
contracts with personal or political
friends. The scandal that followed
discovery has been a serious shock to
the Canadian people. It has also been
a lesson to Americans. Dishonesty
knows no national boundary lines.
While American citizens will not be
lacking in loyalty to their government
in its differences with other nations,
neither will they for one moment re
lax their vigilance in scrunity of gov
vernment business. Nor will any
honest government official ask them
to. Acts that are wrong in times of
absolute peace are doubly culpable
when committed under the cover of
the nation's strained international re
lations. If it is the duty of American
citizens to be loyal to the administra
tion. it is doubly the duty of the ad
ministration to be loyal to the people.
When defenders of any administration
seek to avoid criticism or scrutiny of
its official acts because important dip
lomatic correspondence is under way,
it is time to give special attention to
the manner in which public business is
being conducted. Pitiljess publicity
was never more needed than when
public attention is diverted from the
ordinary business of government.
RHYME OF THE ROAD.
By Jack Borlase.
I am only a streak, as you see mé afar
With a bend here and there for diver
sion, .
But I boast of the power to give you
a jar
And the power to spoil your excur
sion.
The little word, chuck, and the little
word, muck.
Are the secrets to all of my boasting.
But the little word, pluck, will add
much to your luck
And will spare me from many a roast
ting.
I can act as a hobble or act as a wing
—It depends upon how you will boom
me;
I can keep you a pauper or make you
a king—
It depends upon how you will groom
me.
I can feed you on honey or feed you
on swill,
1 can bring you a ruby or rag, sir;
f can stifle ambition or cultivate will
And make life a sweet thing or a
drag, sir.
I can serve you most sadly or serve
you right well,
I can get you there late or on time,
sir;
I can take you through Heaven or
take you through hell,
And it doesn't depend on the clinic,
sir;
But a little real sand—Now please un
derstand !—
Will throttle your fuming and fuss
When mixed with some clay in the
logical way.
And will hypnotize all of your cuss
ing.
The above appeared in the Kane
County News, January 15, 1915. in
the Good Roads issue of that paper.
It is printed at Kaiiab, Utah.
A day for toil, an hour for sport,
But for a friend is life too short.
—Emerson.
Oh, why has happiness so short a
day.—Marry Cornwall.
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Quit Your Knocking.
Put the hammer in the locker;
Hide the sounding board likewise;
Anyone can be a knocker;
Anyone can criticise.
Cultivate a manner winning,
Though it hurts your face to smile
And seems awkward in beginning;
Be a bosster for a while.
Let the blacksmith do the pounding;
That's the way he draws his pay.
\ ou don't get a cent for hounding
Saint and sinner, night and day.
Just for solid satisfaction
Drop a kind word in the slot,
And I'll warrant you'll get action
On your effort on the spot.
Kindness every time beats kicking;
Mirth is better than a frown;
Do not waste your time in picking
Flaws with brothers who are down.
And it isn't so distressing
If you give a little boost
To the man the fates are pressing
When the chicks conic home to roost.
—Brighton, Colo., Register.
He's armed without that's innocent
within.—Pope.
His little, nameless, unremembcred
acts of kindness and of love.—Words
worth.
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PIANO CONTEST!
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. 230,345
. 503,335
. 193,050
. 512.015
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. 136.625
. 195,475
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AND MRS. PRICES CANNING
COMPOUND.
NOTICE.
Following is the estimate prepared
by the City Council of the City of
Caldwell, Idaho, of the probable
amount of money necessary for all
purposes to be raised by taxation in
the said city during the fiscal year
beginning the first Tuesday in May,
1915, including the principal and in
terest due on the bonded debt and
sinking funds, itemizing and classify
ing the several branches of expendi
tures as nearly as may be, with a
statement of the entire revenue of the
city for the previous year;
City Hall—
Light and fuel, ..$475.00 $
Janitor's salary,.. 240.00
Incidentals 135.00
850.00
Cemetery—
Salaries $700.00
Incidentals, 100.00
800.00
City Engineer—
Salaries $1,100.00
Incidentals, ... 100.00
1,200.00
Road Department—
Salaries, labor, $11,500.00
Care and keep
of teams, . .. 500.00
Material 2,500.00
Incidentals, ... 3,000.00
17,500.00
Water Works—
Salaries, labor, $2,000.00
Power and light, 1,500.00
Incidentals 500.00
4,000.00
City Clerk—
Salaries $1,200.00
Incidentals, .... 200.00
1,400.00
City Attorney—
Salary $600.00
Incidentals 100.00
700.00
Police Department—
Salaries $2,000.00
Incidentals 300.00
2,300.00
Library Department—
Salaries . .$360.00
Fuel and light, .. 320.00
Janitor 120.00
Books and
Incidentals, ... 450.00
1,250.00
Fire Department—
Salaries $2,000.00
Incidentals 200.00
2,200.00
City Treasurer—
Salary $300.00
Incidentals 100.00
400.00
Street and Allev
Lighting 1,200.00
Printing and
Publications 1,000.00
Parks
Salaries $600.00
Incidentals 400.00
1,000.00
Bonds—
Interest 5%, ..$4,075.00
Interest 6%, .. 5,160.00
9,235.00
Sinking Funds—
Water Works
Ex. No. 1 $ 500.00
Water Works
Ex. No. 2 2.S00.00
City Hall 1,875.00
Paving 1,300.00
Funding Bond
No. 1 500.00
Funding Bond
No. 2 1,125.00
Bridge Bond, .. 375.00
8,175.00
Specials
Sewer I). No. 3, $5,800.00
Interest, 7'/r. 2,842.00
Local Lateral
District No. 3, 1,000.00
Interest, 8%, , 560.00
Local Lateral
District No. 4, 1.000.00
Interest, 8%, . 560.00
Grand Total $11,762.00
Summary of Receipts, 1914 -15.
Water W. Dept. $ 9,598.16
Cemetery 1,172.25
General fund 521.83
Koad Fund 1,306.76
Bond & Int. fund, 125.00
Sewer Dist. No. 3, 203.00
Paving Fund 52.50
Int. on deposits, .. 1,385.61
Taxes 70,434.22
$84,799.33
7-9,16,23,30.