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®h* CalèmcH Cribttttc "» OL. 37. NO. 4. CALDWELL, IDAHO, TUESDAY, JANI.TA1ÎY (i. 1920. SEM I - W EEK liV,' $3.00 PER Y KAR. I Mayor Em. Eagleson's Appeal Arouses Caldwell To Neces ity off Backing Idaho Recla mation Association. Utterly ignoring Mayor Ern Eag leson's fear that Boise faces economic ruin and his frantic efforts to inducc the adoption of a reclamation plan definitely fitted to Boise's interests, a large representation of Caldwell bus iness men, bolstered by some live boosters from Parma, last Friday eve ning placed themselves solidly be hind the Idaho Reclamation associa tion. and its plans for a comprehen sive irrigational development of south ern Idaho. It was the general con sensus of opiniot?*1hat nothing could so have aroused Caldwell as did that message from Boise's mayor to Boise and Ada county residents. While the meeting was called pri marily to protest the action of Boise's mayor in attempting to localize any benefits that might come to southern Idaho from a reclmation appropria tion constructive policies dominated those present with the result that be fore the session adjourned, more than $200 had been subscribed to the work of obtaining reclamation appropria tions for southern Idaho. Good Advertising. Just prior to adjournment Dr. J. W. Gue caused a ripple of laughter when he remarked that Caldwell is suspic ious of Boise, just for that reason Caldwell is not going to permit Boise to slip anything over and suggested that as the basic reason for the suc cess of the meeting. C. Ben Ross, county reclamation chairman, said that Boise had done the advertising and that Caldwall had sold the goods. Of more than passing importance was the enthusiasm that marked sev eral short addresses by Parma rep resentatives. H. C. Baldridge made a strong appeal for consolidated ef fort and urged the organization of an association designed primarily to de velop the interests of southwestern Idaho. He outlined the work that had been done in southeastern Idaho. Walter Mitchell followed the same line of thought as did Lee Johnson, a for mer Twin Falls man, who is now chairman of the Parma association of commerce. Senator J. E. Kerrick caused a ripple of laughter on several occasions with naive references to several local irrigation enthusiasts. Get Organization Ready. Preparations were made to thor oughly canvass Caldwell Saturday in behalf of the Reclamation association, a committee being appointed and an organization being perfected for that purpose immediately following the meeting. Blocks of memberships were taken by those in attendence with the deter mination to assume the responsibility of disposing of them, thus enlarging considerably the working committee. Several blocks of 25 were taken D. G. Ruby, Dr. F. M. Cole, and B. M. Holt each subscribing that amount. M. S. Sandmeyer took $20 while -i number of others subscribed for $5 and $10 memberships. G. A. R.AND W. R. C. INSTALL OFFICERS IMPORTANT EVENT HELD SAT URDAY AT MASONIC HALL. Hugh Wilson Post of the G. À. R. and the auxiliary Women's Relief Corps held a joint installation of their officers for the ensuing year Saturday at the Masonic hall. Com rade Slement F. Drake, department adj. of the G. A. R. installed officers of the post as follows: Commander J. W. Price of Parma: S. V. C. M. H. Mead; J. V. C.; A. Albertson. Par ma; Chap. V. D. Hannah; I. M. and Adj't, W. S. HawVes; O. D., W. H. Gordon, O. G., S. H. Drew, Patriotic Instructor. M. H. Mead; Mina M. Butler, past president of this corps, in a most gracious manner installed the following officers of the W. R. C.; President, Amelia Anderson; S. V. P., Mary Hanna; J. V. P., Jen nie Flemmer; Con., Hala A. Caldwell; Asst. Con. Emma Nichol; Chap. Clara A. McGee; Treas., Besse D. McCn nel; secretary, Clara A. Kimple; gen eral guard, Laura R. Erwin, assistant gard. Linnie E. Newell; patriotic in structor, Edna J. Boone, pres. cor., Martha E. March, musician, Olga Judd, color bearers, No. 1., A. Zelda Duncan: No. 2. Pansy Ulmen; No. 3 Myrtle Hunt; No. 4. Edith M. Gent zler. Elect Delegates. Fourteen delegates to the annual convention of department W. R. C. were elected at theregular meeting and alternates were chosen at the same time: Mesdames Gipson, Davis, Oakes, Edna J- Boone, Ulman, Mc Gee, Redway, Besse D. McConnel, Kimple. Jones, Duncan, Newell, Er win and Hunt, were elected delegates. Alternates are Mesdames Caldwell, Mary Hanna, Flemmer, Rogers, Rab bitt, Amesbury, Siebenberg, Sloan, Judd, Gentzler, Ross, Mitchell, Stur geon and Nichol. After the installation ceremonies closed cake and coffee were served and a most enjoyable social hour was observed. Initiate New Members. were elected at the regular meeting the corps initiated six new members and balloted on three more. The next regular meeting of the corps witl be held Saturday January 17 at 10 a. m. This will be an all day meeting of this district convention, at • which it is expected the attendance of mem bers of the G. A. R. and of the W. R. C. from four different localities. This convention is in a sense a "school of methods." This local corps has made elaborate preparations for entertain ment, which will leave most of the corps members to attend the meeting which all are urged to do, and each bring a query for the question box. RECLAMATION DRIVE GOES OVER WITH ENTHUSIASM Many Irrigation Enthusiasts Will At tend Big Meeting at' Boise Today and Wednesday. Approximately 500 memberships have been added to the Idaho Recla mation association in Caldwell as a consequence of the big drive put on here following the stimulant of May or Ern Eagleson's statement publish ed last Friday. Saturday night, after the smoke had blown away, 430 mem berships had been added to the roll and Monday the remainder of the ctty was gone over to clean up those who were missed. D. G. Ruby was the prize winning membership collector. He was trie one person asserted to have "gotten up 10 minutes early" and utilized the early hours to get into the unappor tioned districts. He quickly disposed of the 25 memberships that he had ta ken the night before and came back to Ross Madden, chairman of the drive for more. Others are said to have done equally as well. J. H. Lowell, was the high man. He sold almost 70 memberships and waited until hU territory had been allotted to do it. Preparations are being made to take a record breaking delegation to Boise today for the big irrigation meeting to be held there. Those who have al ready signified their intention of at tending the meetings include John Smeed, J. H. Lowell, J. M. Thompson, William Cowden, Walter Griffiths, Ross Madden, Alfred Stonç, Fred Lil ly, Jess Gowen and Ben Ross. Earl Boyes has a seven passenger car to fill with those who choose to accom pany him. Others will also undoubt edly make the trip. More than 2000 deeds were filed in the office of the couhty recorder of Canyon county the past year. Dur ing this period of time 9324 record articles were filed and of this number County Recorder L. C. Knowlton esti mates that there were more than 2000 deeds. There were more rec ord filings last year than during any previous year in the history of the county. • The local U. S. navy recruiting sta tion of Boise is in receipt of a letter from the commanding officer of the naval hospital at Ft. Lyon Colon, Panama, that Francis W. Beckstead, a resident of Caldwell, has success fully passed the examination as hos pital apprentice first class. REED NOT BACK OF STATEMENT Reclamatiom Association Re grets Appeal Made By Boise Mayor (Special Dispatch.) Boise—Major Fred Reed, in a state ment issued Saturday expressed re gret that Mayor Ern Eagleson had ta ken the step he did when he issued a public letter advocating reclamation designed primarily for the benefit of Boise and asserted that in no wise was that statement authorized by the Idaho Reclamation association, of which Major Reed is secretary. "We must bear in mind," said Major Reed, "that the first requisite toward reclaiming southern Idaho is an ap propriation of sufficient size to make it possible. We haven't that appro priation as yet. That is what the Re clamation association has been organ ized for. To get it, we must have a united purpose and strong backing "I am firmly convinced that if we can perfect a strong organization in Idaho to collaborate with similiar or ganizations in 12 other western states in need of irrigation, that nothing can stand in the way of obtaining an ap propriation to meet the crying nee»s of Idaho and those other, states. No congressman or senator, confronted with the united support of 26 senators and all western copgressman, can Ig nore this demand. Scrapped Former Suggestion. "Another potent factor in obtaining the needed appropriation, we believe, can be presented in the returns, the capital created, from similiar projects already in cxistance. With practical ly every governor of interested states pledged to go to Washington in body as a unit of a larger group of reclama tion boosters, anything is possible. We can. and will get results. So far as Mayor Eagleson's state ment is concerned, the Idaho Recla mation association has on file a stmi liar proposal given to reclamation of ficials some years ago which was turned down flat. I am glad to be able to say that Mayor Eagleson's letter* does not carry with it the sup port of Boise people. In general peo ple here recognize, as the Reclamation association does that an appropriation is the first vital thing and that only united effort can insure it. "I sincerely believe that this is the opportunity for southwestern Idaho to get together on this thing. The Ida ho Reclamation association asks that every interested person come to Boise today to help it along." UNCOVER NEW SCHEME TO SELL STOLEN MACHINES Two Boys Confess to Stealing, Dis mantling and Selling Automo bile Taben Last Summer. What is believed to be regular sys tem of stealing and disposing of part» of automobiles was uncovered Friday when Manuel Delain and Clifford De lain were taken into custody and con fessed to having stolen various cars and pieces. Of these perhaps the most significent is the Ford truck stolen last summer from Ackley Bros., tak en into the Black canyon district, dis mantled, tires and radiators and sold to various parties. The engine ot this machine was dumped into the Boise river. No effort has yet been made to recover this engine'. No question exists as to.the identity of this car, Hugh Ackley having made a trip to the scene in company with the confessed culprits and found a pipe and other unmistakable things. J. M. Lon, H. A. Long of Middleton and L. W. Grubb from Lincoln Center, Kansas, have opened a brokerage and loan office in the Westcott building. They will engage in a hay, potato and general brokerage business. That Caldwell can well support any new business is explemfied by the re port of M. Nichter for his newly es tablished Saturday market day sales During December, his business at Sat urday Sales amounted to more than $60u) with one day's business totalling $3688. CALDWELL LAGS III CEOS TASK Work Without Head and Not Yet Under Way Census taking was supposed to have started in Caldwell, as elsewhere, last Friday, but so far as The Tribune is able to determine, no work has yet been done either in Caldwell or in other portions of Canyon county. About eight enumerators have been selected for the work here. One of these Charles Harding, informed a rep resentative of The Tribune Saturday thai he was read yto go to work but that he was waiting for specific direc tions. C. L. Austin of Weiser is in charge of the work of this district. Mr. Aus tin could not be reached Saturday when The Tribune made an effort to clarify the local sitlation. So far as could be learned, no definite or ganization has been provided here and no head appointed for the work. Of the enumerators appointed for Cald well, those whose names could be learned include Charles Harding, Bry an Harding, Mrs. Amelia Anderson and Mrs. Snyder. Outlook Not Bright. Fear is expressed that unless some effective measures are taken immed iately to rectify he present uncertain situation, the actual census work will be crowded into a few desperately hurried days and result in only a par tial <*>unt. Because of the enlarged scope of the work the government is trying to put on this year, it is point ed out that the most careful attention and painstaking effort must be made to insure an accurate census. Quesions Asked of All. 1. Age at last birthday. 2. Each person ten years of age and over will be asked whether he is able to read or write. 3. Each person will be asked his birthplace as well âs the birthplace of father and mother. 4. If foreign born the date of com ing to the United States will be asked, and, if naturalized .the date of becom ing a citizen, also mother tongue or native language. 5. Each head of a family will be asked whether his home is owned by him or rented. If owned, whether the home is mortgaged or free of debt. 6. Each person will be asked his oc cupation and whether he is an employ er or employe or is working on his own account. The answers to the above questions give valuable and vital information to the government concerning the health, welfare and progress of the persons under its protection. The census bureau desires to em phasize the fact that the information gathered in the census is for general statistical purposes only and that such information cannot be used as a basis for taxation. Nor can such informa tion be used to harm any person in any way. This was pointed out in the presidents proclamation. As a matter of fact the identity of individuals is lost as soon as the filled out schedules are received at Wash ington. For upon reaching there the information is transferred from the sheets to cards. This is done by ma chinery and names are discarded en tirely. Moreover every person con nected with the taking of the census is prohibited .by federal law from di vulging any information given them in the performance of their duties. The bureau of the census has al ways had the willing co-operation of the public in the past and confident ially looks forward to that same spirit of cooperation for the census of 1920. PET LIVESTOCK SHOW TO BE HELD FEB. 11-15 The annual poultry and pet live stock show will be held here Febru ary 11 to 15, according to Joe Erwin, who has charge of the arrangements. Pren Moore, poultry specialist with the University of Idaho extension de partment, will act as judge at the show. Just where the exhibit will be given has not been determined but Mr. Erwin expressed the belief Mon-*! day that the Caldwell Athletic and Amusement club quarters would lie utilized for that purpose. Only a lit tle work » ill be required to make the room well adapted to that purpose. All potential exhibitors are urged to communicate with Mr. Erwin at once that satisfactory arrangements may be made to accommodate them. NEW EQUIPMENT TO COME SOON Finest Model Linotype To Be Installed at The Tribune This is the first ot the semi-weekly issues of The Tribune in accordance with the plan announced some time ago to increase the number of publi cations per week. In order to handle the extra volume ot work required by the publication of a bi-weekly. The Tribune has ordered what is regard ed as the finest modern example of printing plant equipment, a model 14 linotype of which the foregoing is a reproduction. It was expected when the announce ment was first made that this machine would be available to aid in putting out a bi-weekly but because of the large demand for this type of linotype from progressive printing concerns, it cannot be delivered here for some time as yet, possibly two months. This model linotype, the finest on the mar ket, is spoken of as being an entire job plant in itself. With the equip ment carried on the machine, it is possible to set 13 different type faces, the operator not being required to leave his scat and taking less than one minute to make any change. Lines varying in length» from one to six inches long may be set. AH heads, now set by hand, will be set directly on the machine and prac tically all advertising lines, except the largest display, will come from the same source. This dispenses with a large amount of hand work and in sures the clearest of type faces, new type being used every time and re melted when the particular job is done. Such an arrangement makes possible the disuse of old and dirty type with worn faces. On account of its wide range, the model 14 Linotype is one of the most desirable of mod els. It is especially suited to the re quirements of the one machine plant where versatility as well as speed is a chief requirement. In brief, this machine insures more and better work with less labor. It was purchased by The Tribune to keep abreast of the requirements of a newspaper and job office in a city growing as Caldwell is growing and with a certain business future ahead. Three-Magazine Model Fourteen Linotype ACCIDENT MAY PROVE DUE TO L Victim of Peculiar Occurrance Believed To Have Been Dead When Struck By Car. What may prove to be the first case of wood alchol poisoning in Caldwell may be uncovered today when the cornorers inquest is held over the body of Raphael Cleveland, a young man who was struck early Sunday after noon b v a Caldwell Traction car near Appleton. Whether the man was dead when the ear struck him may also be learned at the inquest. Ac cording to the best information now available, lie probably was dead when hit. Cleveland came here a short time ago with a hay pressing outfit and had been employed recently as a night watchman, lie is understood to have been up two entire nights preçeediug Sunday and was toi dto get some Sunday and was told to get some the house. Thought Object war Fowl. It is said that several persons wit nessed him sitting near the railroad track and that at least orte -person saw his head fall onto the track about 10 minutes before the car was due. Ac cording trt the report of L. A. Loelir. motorman on the car, he saw a small object on the track ahead which he mistook for a chicken. The car was almost upon the object before he was able to identify it as a man's head with the body .lying beside the track. Brakes were applied and the car stopped as soon as possible but the body was dragged a few feet before the car came to a standstill. A bro ken collar bone and a bolt driven into the man's skull were the only injuries William Gates, conductor, in his re port to the company, substantiated the motorman's account of the accident and said that there was no indication of life in the body when he reache<Ht. This evidence lends color to the belief that the man was dead before he was struck by the car. . The body was brought immediately to Caldwell and taken to the Peck ham Undertaking parlor. Monday It was identified by Aubrey Cooper. It is understood that Cleveland has a wife and two children living at his former home in Ribgy from which he came recently to take up his work here. Only indication of a fall in prices we have seen recently is the award of $30 to an Ohio girl in a breach of promise case.—Boston Shoe and Leather Re porter.