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le CaUtaKll VOL. 36. NO. 21. ~~~ CALDWELL, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1919. WEEKLY, $2.00 PER YEAR CANYON COUNTY WENT OVER TOP Caldwell Commercial Club Presented Victory Flag By Chairman Rote Monday Evening Monday evening Mr. C. B. Ross, county chairman of the Victory Loan campaign, presented the Caldwell Commercial Club with a Victory Loan flag in honor of the response of Caldwell in the Victory campaign. The Victory flag was presented to Mr. Smeed, president of the club, who accepted it in behalf of the or ganization with a few appropriate re marks. Monday evening a large number of Caldwell business men met at the club rooms for the' purpose of dis cussing*the pavement bond issue. The bond election will be held Tuesday next. Every person who desires to rote must register. The meeting ap pointed Mr. Smeed chairman of the pavement bond campaign "committee with authority to appoint committee men in every ward. Canyon County Over Top The exact figures in the Victory campaign have not been fully tabu lated. Chairman Ross states that the county oversubscribed by fully $17, 000.00 Canyon county's quota was $620,000.00 and the excess may reach $20,000. Mr. Ross said Tuesday that each of the five big districts went over with out difficulty, but there were many rural communities which did not clear the top in both the Caldwell and Nampa districts. Caldwell oversub scribed its quota by almost $60,000. but the greater part of this oversub scription went to make up deficits in rural communities. Of 17 School dis tricts in the Caldwell district only two oversubscribed, outside of Cald well, according to figures compiled by Mr. Ross. These were Knowlton Heights and Notus, the latter about doubling its $1,000 quota. Reports from G. W. Lamson, chair man for the Nampa district, indicate about the same results that were ob tained in the Caldwell district. Out side of Nampa only one school dis trict (Lone Star) subscribed its fui' quota. Other districts fell down, un til Mr. Lamson estimated Mondav evening that they had probably no» subscribed more than SO per cent of the quotas. This shortage was made up by the city of Nampa, which greatly exceeded its quota. District totals submitted Mondav trave Nampa subscriptions to the loan totaling $244.000 on a $237.000 quota Caldwell. $243.000. on a similar quota • Parma, $94.000: Wilder, $30.000. and Middleton, $26,000. Each one of these five districts exceeded its quota, bu» there were many school districts with in most of them which did not make their alloted amount. HIPPODROME CIRCUIT Manager I. H. Wajters of the Bun galow theatre, who is looking ahead to x very busy season with Hipoo drome Vaudeville Road Shows at hi c theatre, is nothing if not a very keer vaudeville fan himself. Like Presi dent Wilson and a majority of other particular Americans, he is very par tial to vaudeville when the matter of amusement is under considération. "You ask me why?" said Manager Waters this morning. "Because vau deville is the lightest, the brightes' and the most varied kind of amuse mpnt we have. That's why it is the most popular with the big American public. Yesterday you know, vaude ville was practically in its swaddling clothes. Today it outstrips all other forms of amusements. A few year? ago it could boast of no high-salaried artists. Today the greatest artists of the operatic and dramatic stage, the highest-priced stars and comedians— all are flocking to the big vaudeville circuits. "And bigger and better known stars are constantly coming to, the smaller circuits. To the man ager on the small circuits, vaudeville njghts at his theatre mean the bie nights of the week. Vaudeville i" making wonderful forward strides and today is recognized as one of the most notent factors in the amusement field." Will Select Bridge Site Tuesday Tuesday next the commissioner of public works, Mr. Hall, will be in Caldwell and with a delegation of Caldwell business men will go to Pickle Butte and select the site for the proposed bridge across Snake river. Those interested are urged to be «t Pickle Butte Tuesday. Little Jack Smeed celebrated his fifth birthday Saturday afternoon with a party at his home at 510 N. Kimball avenue. A big birthday cake with five candtes formed the center piece while violet* were used for dec oration«. Those present were Réunie Holt, Jack Allison, Rachel Fenrirh. ■ y Hurtt, Marguerite Whistler, Rob ert Kingsbury, Frances Field, Louise Mitchell, Kenneth Smeed, Leroy Sutherland. Zoe Turner, Bobby Moore. Isabelle Boone, Josephine Huff and Helen Huff, The M. E. Ladies' Aid society met with Mrs. J. W. Lewis at her home at 1521 Blaine street, Wednesday after noon. The business meeting was held with Mrs. W. T. Kimbrongh, chair man, presiding. At the close of the business meeting refreshments were served and a social hour was enjoyed. Vote Yes Tuesday. SCHOOL MIIES HUE VERY SIMPLE Week of Plays, Music and Good Speeches—Hon. Jesse Hawley Will Deliver Address The festivities given in honor of the graduating class of the high school will be simple, yet of a highly impressive nature. On Sunday evening, May the 25th, the class sermon will be delivered by Professor Wm. F. Vance at the Methodist church. Mr. Vance is head of the history department of the col lege of fdaho and was formerly asso ciated witH the m'ember of this class as history teacher in the high school. The music of the evening will be fur nished by the College Glee Club un der the direction of Professor F. F. Beale. On Tuesday evening, the 27th, the class will present three one-act plays at the high school gymnasium. The casts of which are given below: The Best Man Dick Green (groom). James McLaughlin Bradley George (the best man) —— Ted Turner Margaret Gardner (the bride to be) —. * — Lucy Miller Marion Gibson (the bridesmaid).... Elaine Whee'fr The Traveler The Traveler Wilbur Chaffee Mother Ruth Bradley Child ........ - Grant Gordon Modesty Jack William Gartin Albert Sherman Breshears Henrietta Helen Madden The price of admission is 35c. Pro gram will start promptly at 8:15. The class day exercises will be eiven on the court house lawn on Wednesday evening, May the 28th. This program will be free to the pub lic and is of a nature that will be very entertaining. It will consist of music and folk dances. The class memor ial will be presented bv Miss Bernice Weymouth and the class poem will be read by Miss Lucy Miller. The valedictorian speech will be delivered by Miss Gladys Whiffin. The commencement exercises will be held in the Methodist church on Thursday the 28th. The first part of the program will be in charge of Pro fessor F. F. Beale. Tt will be in the form of a recital assisted by a string trio' and other out of town artists. The address of the evening will be delivered by Hon. Jesse Hawley of Boise. A small admission fee of 15 cents will be charged for these exer cises. No announcement has yet been made in regard to the preparations for the annual Alumni reunion. SCHOOL ELECTION IS CONTESTED Peterman Alleges Case's Election Was Illegal in Arena School District Election A complaint was filed in the dis trict court Monday by S. B. Peterman of Arena against the seating of C. C. Case as school trustee in the Arena school district. Mr. Peterman holds that Mr. Case was not legally elected although he was-so declared by the school election board. The complaint records that in a questionable election held in Arena April 21, 1919, from 7 o'clock until 10 in the evening, a tie resulted in which C. C. Case and David Imlah each re ceived 32 votes. At 11 o'clock, judges of the election declared the result a tie and proceeded to have^ an other election at which Case received a majority of the votes, of the people who remained and was duly declared elected. Asks Court to Decide Peterman. in contesting the elec tion, contends that the certification of Case's election to the county school superintendent was unlawful and contrary to the statutes of Idaho, that he was unlawfully declared elec ted: that the election w«s not con ducted in accordance with the stat utes and charges that the judges and clerks of election unlawfully declared him elected. He asks the court that the election he set aside, that the office now held by Case be declared vacant, that the court determine by lot who was the successful candidate and that the de fendant pay the cost of the action. In the report of the election ten dered Margaret Knowlton. county school superintendent, mention wns made of a new s^hoolhouse for the district and it is presumed that a neighborhood snuabhle over the pro posed construction resulted in drag ging the recent election into the courts for adjustment Temple Encampment No. 3. T. O. O. F„ is planning a big meeting at Caldwell on Friday evening, Mav 23. The three degrees of the Encamp ment branch of Odd Fellowship will be conferred and refreshments will be served. Large delegations are expect ed to be present from Parma. Middle ton. Nampa. Wüder and Homedale. and the local Odd Fellows arc mak ing extensive preparations for the meeting. COMOD OMIS MESSES GLOB Explains Workings of Cabinet Form of Government—Fourth of July Celebration Will Be Held Tuesday evening the principle fea ture of the Caldwell Commercial Club meeting was the address of Gover nor Davis. Governor Davis took as his subject the new form of govern ment provided for at the last session of.the legislature which centralizes authority and responsibility in the of fice of the govwnor, and places the state government on a business-like basis in the opinion of the friends and supporters of the new system. Governor Davis said at the very first that he would much prefer a year hence to tell the people of Idaho what the administration had accom plished than to tell them now what it hoped to accomplish. The governor is fully convinced that the new sys tem will be a great success and that it will be adopted by other states in the near future. Nine Departments Governor Davis explained that the state government is now under nine departments instead of some 48 bu reaus, commissions and offices as in the past. The purpose, authority and responsibility of each department is clearly defined by statute: and as each department head is appointed by the governor and responsible to him, in the future tfce governor alone can be held responsible for the success or failure of the administration. Gov ernor Davis explained in detail the departments and pointed out the du ties of each. He called attention to the fact that in the past governors of Idaho had been held responsible for things over which they had little or no control and established the injustice of such accountability. Governor Davis made a very favor able impression upon the audience and was warmly applauded at several points in his address. The governor was introduced by Mr. John W. Smeed. president of the Commercial 'Club with a few appropriate words. At the conclusion of the address Governor Davis was roundly chçered. Business Meeting After the address the meeting took a short recess in order that those present might meet the governor so cially. After half an hour of visitine the meeting was again called to or der. It was decided after some dis cussion to dedicate Memorial Park Tulv 4th when a rousing patriotic Fourth of Tulv celebration will be held in Caldwell. Those present at the club meeting expressed a deter mination to hold a big celebration this year. . The matter of the drainige of Dixie came up for consideration and steps will be taken to interest the reclama tion service in this enterprise. Notice of Sale of Reail Estate In the Probate Court of the County of Canyon, State of Idaho. Estate of James T. Smith, deceased. Notice is hereby given, that, in pur suance of an order of the Probate Court of the county of Canyon. State of Idaho, made on the 8th day of May, 1919, in the matter of the es tate of James T. Smith, deceased, the undersigned, the executrix of the es state of James T. Smith, deceased, will sell at private sale, in one parcel, to the highest bidder, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned, and subject to confirmation by said Probate Court, on or after the 7th day of June ,1919. all the right, title, interest and estate of the said James T. Smith, also known as James T. Smith, deceased, at the time of his death, which was an undivided one half interest in and to the real prop erty hereinafter described, and all the right, title, and interest that the said estate has, by operation of law, or otherwise, acquired, other than or in addition to that of said deceased, at the time of his death, of, in. and to that certain lot. piece, or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in the county of Cnnvon, State of_ Idaho, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: The E»4 of Lot 2, Block 12. in Washington Heights Addition to Caldwell. Terms and conditions of sale: One-half cash at time of sa^e and balance in one year. „ All bids or offers must he in writ ing, and may be delivered to said Fxecntsix, at her residence at or near Rockland Station on Tnterurban Electric road two miles east of Nam pa. Tdaho. at anv time after the first publication of this notice and before the making of the sale. Dated May 8th, 1919. . LOVE MILLER SMITH. Executrix of the Estate of Tames T Smith, Deceased. G. W LAMSON. Attorney for Executrix. Residing at Namna, Idaho. 516-630 Card of Thanks We wish to express our sincere thanks, to our friends and the Odd Fellows for the flower«:. their kind ness and words of svmnathv at the death of our father and rrrandfather ATP AND MRS. C N WOODS, MRS LIM TT? T . CUPP AND CHILDREN. Diamonds at Laughlin's Jewelrv store.—Advertisement. Vote Yes Tuesday. COST OF PAVEMENT Mil HOT OE HIGH Estimates of Engineer are Maximum Figures—Boise Did Much Better And So Will Caldwell The cost of pavement will be lower than the engineer's estimates. Boise let a contract a few days ago at $2.40 per square foot or $5.70 per running foot for a 40 foot pavement. The Boise pavement was bitulithic and is fully guaranteed for five years. We should at least get as low a bid as Boise as our contract will be larger. If we get the same bid as Boise it will mean a saving of $42.00, on the estimates of the city engineer, per 25 foot lot on a 40 foot pavement. Along the car line it will mean a saving of $30.00 per lot. Maximum Figures The city engineer in his estimates states only the maximum cost of pav ing. The bids may be considerably low er on the different classes of pave ment for which bids will be asked. The price estimated per front foot to the center line of a 40-foot pavement is $7.00, or $175.00 for a 25-foot lot. On the street car line the cost will be $5.00 per front foot or $125.00 for a 25-foot lot including curbing. The street intersections will be paved by the city and be paid for out of the proceeds of the sale of 20-year bonds. The bond election on May 20th is for the purpose of authorizing the bond issue to the amount of $82.000.00. $52,000.00 of which will be used to pay for the paving of the street intersec tions, and $30,000.00 to be used to replace and extend the present wood pipe water mains with cast iron pipe within the paving district. This will call for a tax levy of $3.50 per thou sand valuation, a year to take care of the interest and principle due each year for 10 years. Where the curb ing is in a credit of 65 cents per lineal foot or $16.25 per 25-foot lot, will be allowed. Thirteen thousand dollars was spent in the last year on the streets and about one-third of this amount was spent on Cleveland boulevard and Kimball avenue alone for upkeep, which amount will pay the interest on the $82,000.00 asked for in the bond issue. Forward Club Meeting N The regular meeting of the For ward Club was held on Tuesday, May 13th, Mrs. Brinkley, chairman of the home economics committee, reported a successful home products week, and a profit of $72.00 on the dinner serv ed. Mrs. Ruby reported for the com mittee on moving picture shows for children that Mr. Hurtt has agreed to give a special children's picture »and travelogue every Saturday af ternoon. Mrs. Blatchley, the head of the study department, reported the end of the year for the study class This has been an unusually delight ful and instructive year and it will be formally closed on .June 3rd, when the Canyon County Chautauqua Alumnae Association (rives its annual luncheon at khe Forward Club rooms. On June 10th the Forward Club holds its annual luncheon at the club rooms also. There was considerable discussion of the bill passed by the last legis lature, voting $1000 to each county provided the county give $1000 more, to erect uniform soldiers' memorials in every county, and the club went on record as favoring this memorial in the shape of a fountain. The following delegates were elect ed to the district federation which meets at Hailey June 17 to 19: Mes dames Scatterday, Jackson, Laugh lin, Rubv, Botkin and Holt. > Mrs. Hans Roan of Bois'e gave a talk on her trip to Japan, which was one of the most delightful and fas cinating talcs ever given before the Forward Club, and at the end coffee and cake were served bv the social committee with Mrs. Sanberg as hostess. Woman's Relief Corps Attention Thé mid-month meeting of the corps willoccur on Saturday, Mav 17th, at 2:30 p. m. at the Armory. All members are urgently requested to attend this meeting, the last one be fore Decoration Dav. _ Members and relatives of all vet erans of all the wars of the U. S. are invited to meet with the W. R. C. at the corner of Kimball and Arthur streets at 10:45 o'clock Sunday morn ing. Mav 25th and proceed in a body to the M. F.. church, to join in a me morial service for all the dead heroes who have laid down their lives in de fense of our country. Rev. Mr. Winters, pastor of the M E. church will conduct the service and deliver the annual memorial ser mon., The Irrigation World The Irrigation World is a new quarterly magazine published at Poc.v tello bv J. Robb Bradv, the broad guaged son of the late Senator James H. Brady. The Irrigation World is devoted to development by irrigation, reclamation, reconstruction and re adjustment. Tt is nicely printed and handsomelv illustrated. The articles are well worth reading. They are written by Mr. Brady and other prominent men of the state. We believe there is a field for the IVrteation World and wish It success Vote Yes Tuesday. HISLOP DISPUTE MEN OF FRANCE IS MDICID TELL CONDITIONS Long Standing Controversy of Deer Flat Farmer Arbitrated By Court William Hyslop, a Deer Flat farm er, who broke the chain on his head gate and took about 10 inches of water for his farm, following a con troversy with the reclamation ser vice, and was restrained from tam pering with the lock by order of Judge F. S. Dietrich, will be pro vided with water, following an ar rangement which the court made Sat urday. Will Provide Water Under this second ruling, the re straining order remains in effect and Hyslop will not be permitted to tam per with the lock in any way and is not permitted to trespass upon the government canal right of way. But water has been provided him on the payment'of his 1917 water dues, while the penalty which was involved and which led to the controversy was' posted by Hyslop with the court, pending the decision of the case on its merits June 9. Some such action was deemed nec essary in order that Hyslop might be saved his crop. Judge Dietrich left Saturday evening for northern Idaho to be gone a month and in that time, without water, as originally provided in the restraining order issued by the court, he would have lost his entire crop .for this season. Officials Ban Protests The difficulty arose through the re fusal of Hyslop to pay his 1917 dues, due before^ December 1, 1918, on the 1917 Application folrm exWept with protests attached. He sent his check covering^ the amount to the reclama tion officials with protest attached before the expiration of the time al lotted to majce payment. The service sent the application back wijh in structions to eliminate the protest clause but his check was retained. Hyslop refused t q send in the appli cation without affixing a protest. Later Judge Dietrich ruled that the application in controversy was not a proper one and established a uniform form which met all of Hyslop's ob jections to the former application. He sent in the new form at once and had both it and the original amount which he paid returned to him, with a de mand for the usual 1 per cent per month penalty affixed by the gov ernment for delinquency. He refused to pay the penalty and the service re fused to permit him to have water. Farmer Takes Direct Action Following a conference frith T. B. Bond, director of recllmation. with out reaching an agreement. Hyslop cut the lock and took a little water. Immediately the reclamation officials asked for a restraining order which was granted and which, had it re mained in force, would have com pletely ruined Hyslop's crop for this season. Settle Other Difficulties J. M. Jorgenson. a Central Cove farmer, who experienced the same difficulty and whose water was shut off under a restraining order because he had cut the chain on several oc casions. also secured water Saturday under the court's revised ruling. He uses about 100 inches'. David W. Griffith Producer Ranking among the very fbremost of American motion picture produc ers, David Wark Griffith has pro duced numerous screen classics which stand as exemplars of the best the cinema art has thus far presented to the world. It is perhaps unnecessary to state that Mr. Griffith created those wonder pieces, "The Birth of a Niation/' "Intolierance." "Hearts' of the World" and "The Great Love," all of which are brilliant evidences of his artistry and painstaking attention to detail. There is as much différence between Griffith pictures and the or dinary screen productions, excepting only those of Cecil B. DeMille, Thomas H. Ince and Maurice Tour neur, as there is between the Polar night and the brassy sun of the trop ics. The Griffith picture, in point of conception, breadth of idea, splendor of execution, artistic portrayals, mas siveness, photography and general excellence is unexcelled. In his new Artcraft picture, "The Greatest Thing in Life," all the qualities of produc tion which have made Mr. Griffith famous, are richly in evidence. The theme of this superb picture, which deals with love and war, is that pa triotism and love of country through which men regain their souls and after many trials, find themselves, constitute the greatest thing in life insofar as the material welfare of hu manity is concerned. Mr. Griffith has prduced another photoplay "The Greatest Thing in Life" which will stand indefinitely as a monument to his genius, craftsmanship and en terprise. Rev. and Mrs. W. H Hcrtzog of Wilder were in the citv Wednesday Mr. Hertzog left on the noon train for St. Louis where he will attend a conference of the Sub-district Super intendents of the Tnter-church Move ment. He expects to return in about a week: The U T. C's met at the home of Mrs. Sophia Glass Thursday after noon. Mrs. L. A. Waite was assist ant hostess. Mrs. Sam Simpson and small son of Wilder were Caldwell visitors Wednesday. Vote Yes Tuesday, Interesting Letter Received by Mr. and Mrs. Ruddock Depicting Conditions Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ruddock of Caldwell, who last year assisted a French family by sending money and who are doing the same this year, are in receipt of a letter from the children. The letters were written in French and translated by Prof. Boulton of the college. The v are entirely self explanatory and are, we believe, ot interest to the general public. The two letters follow: Letter From Reine Vidal Meze, April 20, 1919. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ruddock: We were vèry happy to receive news from you, and we make haste to * nswer your nice letters. We are now n the midst of Easter vacation. I am as yet only 11 years old and I go to school every day with my sister Odette, who is 8 years old. My youngest sister, Georgette, who is 4, will start to school after Easter. We live in the south of France. We did not see any of the fighting, por did we hear the big fgins, as we were too far from the front. But the war has made us very unhappy, and if America had not come to help us we would be still more unhappy; hence we shall always be very grateful to the kind hearts friendlv to France. I should Jike it very much if you were not so far from us, and I should enjoy it so much if I could only come and make you a visit and be come acquainted with you. We were very much pleased over the dollars you sent us. We gave them to mama to help buy us some shoes, which are very dear here. We should be very glad to know your three nieces, and if we were not so far off I should be very glad to come and help you and Mrs. Mary Ruddock gather the things that grow on the farm. Very sincerely, REINE VIDAL. Letter From Zoe Vidal Mr. and Mrs. Ruddock: I shall continue Reine's letter to tell you what you wish to know. We live in the city of Meze. There are about 6000 inhabitants in the place, which if at the edge of the Lagoon of Than, which connects it with the Mediter ranean sea through the part of Cette, which is an hour's ride from Méze. The city is inhabited by fishermen and winegrowers. We are two hours by rail from Montpellier, county seat of our county, where there have ar rived recently 600 Americans, who have come to study medicine. The only thing we have to live on is the .allowance the government grants us, and I am employed by the mayor's office to sweep out the schools after the classes. Tt is a hard iob and I receive only 2 francs (40cts) per day. All provisions have been very high here since the war. I will give you the prices per kilo gram. (2 lbs.) of the principal items: Potatoes, per kilogram (2 lbs). 70 centimes. 14 cents. Beef, per kilogram (2 lbs), 10 francs, $2. Mutton, per kilogram (2 lbs.), 12 francs, $2.40. Butter and cheese, per kilogram (2 lbs.), 16 francs. $3.20. Coffee, per kilogram (2 lbs.), 9.6 francs. $1.92. Sugar, per kilogram (2 lb«.), "2'i. francs. 45 cents. Lard and bacon, per kilo'gram (2 lbs ). 10 francs. $2.00. Chickens, each, 20 francs, $4.00. Milk, per litre (quart) lj^ francs, 30 cents. Clothing is verv high. Stuff that cost 5 francs C$1 00) per meter (1 1-1" > vards.) before the war. now costs 39 francs ($7.80). Shoes for children, according to age. from 25 to 50 francs ($5 to $10V Aprons for children cost 10 to 15 francs. You see that life in France is no longer tolerable, and if this contin ues T don't see how we can get alone, for we have to buy everything T thank vou again for your kindness to my children. Yours sincerely. ZOE WD AL (Widow). T send vou herewith a photo of. th house where we live. I have marked it with a cross at the left, but T am only a renter Marriage licenses issued for the week were as follows: Fred'W Her locker and Mvrtle M. Riglev both oP Caldwell: T. D. Miller of Meridian. Marv B. Rothrock of Los Antreles: William F. Walters. Flora TT. Hodg son, both of Caldwell: Francis R. Kloss and Fern Angell. both of Nam pa: Peter Ketm of Pavette and Eva Fuller of Sabetha, Kas.: Gorton Beers of Salt T.ake Citv. and Rose Fisher of Boise: Lester Mocroft of Kendall. Wyo., and Cora M Bess of Boise: A IT. Drake and Daisy Henton. both of Namra: L. M. Allev of Gnodint* and Tanice Wing of Nampa Miss Wing's father appeared to give his sanction to the marriage since Miss Wing was only 17 years old. Tudge Ed. I. Bryan was at Weiser Mondav evening attending a recep tion given by the Commercial Club of fhat C'ty in honor of Tudge B. S. Varian whh has rerentlv become the associate judge of Judge Brvan by apnointment of Governor Davis. Mont'e B. Gwinn of Boise was a visitor in the city Thursday