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VOL.37. NO. 48.
THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920
SEMI-WEEKLY, $3.00 PER YEAR.
COLLEGE HOLDS
COMMENCEMENT
FOR GIG CUSS
Seventeen Seniors To Receive
Degrees at C. of I. This Week;
Annual Short Story Contest
Tuesday.
The twenty-ninth annual closing ex
erices of the College of Idaho are be
ing held this week at Sterry Halt
Tuesday night the Eleventh Annual
Short Story contest will be held at
8:30 p. m. No admission is charged
for any of the entertainments held
dtiring the Commencement week,
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The program is as follow»:
PÎANO SOLO
The Land of Cain —
„Christine McFarland
VOCAL SOLO
The Mills of the Gods June Evans
PIANO SOLO
Wild Rose Edna Krough
VOCAL SOLO
When a Man Works Alice Barrett
PÏANO SOLO
The Hunch of Chicago
....Virginia Hall
VOCAL SOLO
The Wednesday evening „.itertaln.
ment is one of unusual intetest since
it ia an original Senior Class Play,
written by Harley Philpott of 'he St:.
ior class.
CAST:
Aha Baumrancher, (The Waif)
Aha Elmer
Her Mother Pearl Hall
Howard DeVincy Howard Packen
Howard DeVincy „„...
....... Howard Packenham
H. DeVincy, his father:
Ezra Hinshaw, '22.
Mrs. H. DeVincy, his mother
- » ..Veda Jones
Helen DeVincy, his sister
Helen Woods
Mrs. Elizabeth, his aunt a
— Elizabeth Hine
Margaret Buryle Margaret King
Mrs. Cecilia Burygle, her mother
- Celia Flemmons
..._ Fay Tolles. '21
Joe Lambert, Howard's Chum
The DeVincy Maid Helen Chalfont
H. Barnett, detective
Harley Philpott
Guests—Uldine Gartin, Alice Barrett,
Pearl Grieve, Agnes Anderson.
The Commencement Exercises will
be held Thurslay morning at 10:30.
A class of seventeen will receive de
grees. They include, Agnes Anderson,
Caldwell; Alice Barett, Wendell; Edna
J. Boone, Caldwell; Helen Chalfant,
Caldwell; Joseph Dille, Roswell; Atla
Elaine Elmer, Nampa; Celia Flem
mons, Caldwell; Pearl Grieve, Cald
well ;Uldine Garton, Caldwell; Pearl
Hall, Caldwell; Elizabeth Hine, Boise;
Harold Jestes, Caldwell; Veda Jones,
Nampa; Howard Packenham, Boise;
Halfway, Oregon; Margaret King,
Harley Philpott, Boise; Helen Woods,
Caldwell.
The program follows:
Academic Procession from Blotch
ley Hall 10:00 a. m.
Music— Marche Pontificale —Gounod
College Orchestda '
Preyer—The Rev. Albert Barnes Ir
win, D. D,
Commencement Oration—Th'e
Music—Song of the Vikings—Fail
ing—College Glee Clubs.
Stump Which the Vine Grew Around
—Hon. T. A. Walters, Caldwell.
Music—Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
Feast—Coleridge—Taylor.
College Glee Clubs.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Benediction.
Music—March Viator—Laurendean.
College Orchestra.
The 27th Annual Declamation Con
test was held Monday night.
IDAHO WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
June 7.—Nampa to have fine auto
park.
Glenns Ferry—$65,000 provided for
new high school building.
Lava—Machinery has arrived for ice
plant
Wallace—Atlantic Mining Company
to resume work.
Grangeville—Several gold strikes re
ported.
Lewiston —Work on new $140,000
ply system. $65,000 spent on plant.
The laboring men of France have re
pudiated their political agitators, ac
cording to a news dispatch, and have
returned to work. The whole world
must be beginning to look hopeless to
our professional agitators.
Moscow—Highway being paved
from here to Lewiston highway.
Wallace—New fire engine has ar
rived.
Boise—130 miles of highway to be
paved.
Lewison—Work on the new $140,000
addition to St. Joseph's hospital under
way.
Moscow—Experiments designed to
determine definitely the value of irri
gation as a supplement to rainfall in
the cut-over regions of northern Idaho
have been begun on the University of
Idaho's substation farm at Sandpoint.
Pocatello—New national bank op
ens, capitalized at $200,000.
Number of freight cars tied up in
traffic or congested on sidings has
been reduced from the peak of 186,000
on April IS to approximately 190,000.
Moscow—Two new fraternity
houses to be built
Lewiston —New dairy starts opera
tions.
Moscow—New men's dormitory for
U. of I. under way.
Pocatello—Utah Airplane company
will have landing field here.
Kellogg—Striped Peak mine to in
stall wireless phone.
Lewiston country said to have bum
per grain crop.
Cambridge—Salubria Valley Milling
Company remodeling mill.
Boise—Ousely irrigation project
near completion. .
Twin Falls—Jaybridge-Buhl Com
pany ships machinery to mine where
gold has been struck.
Kellogg—New company capitalized
at $150,000 to improve Yankee Girl
property.
COUNTY POLITICS
NEED CANDIDATES
Politics at the county court is dead.
U&ually at this stage of the open sea
son in politics there are whisperings
which indicate undercurrent of aspira
tions for re-election among county
office holders. , This year that phase
of political gossip is entirely dacking.
Ordinarily most of the office holders
who are eligible for re-election are at
least receptive, this year there is not
more than one of the major county
offic holders who is likely to seek
continued occupancy of office. Most
of them are outspoken. They are
done, they assert.
Some sidelight on the situation was
thrown recently when L. C. Knowl
ton, county recorder resigned to take
up private business enterprise. He
said that the major reason why inter
est in county offices was lacking was
the fact that salaries were no longer
attractive. Every county official is
being paid practically the limit permit
ted by state law and yet those sums
are not sufficient, in the opinion of
many, in lieu of the high cost of liv
ing.
George Froman, sheriff, B. L. New
ell, county clerk, Miss Margaret
Knowlton, county school superintend,
ent, S. Ben Dunlap, probate judge, the
three county commissioners and ont
o rtwo others are understood to be
absolutely unreceptive. George Oy
lear, county assessor, is understood to
have in mind a campaign for the state
treasurership but candidates for coun
ty offices are few and far between.
Sometime ago it was* noised about
that Clarence Hill, at present in the
state attorney general's office, was to
run for county attorney. Thus far,
no confirmation has been received of
that rumor. Otherwise, county can
didates are nil. Onlj^ one thing is cer
tain, the Canyon county capital build
ing will become etremely well ac
quainted with a lot of new faces next
winter.
NOTED LECTURER TO
APPEAR IN CALDWELL
Dr. Wm. A. Keever, who since 1913
has been at the head of the child wel
fare department of the University of
Kansas,* will lecture at the Presby
terian church next Thursday evening.
No admission will be charged and all
are invited to attend. Dr. McKeever
was born in a log cabin on the Kan
sis prairie; became iq turn a cowboy,
country school teacher, professor of
philosophy in the Kansas State Agri.
I cultural college, and then was mad?
professor in the state university. He
is a lecturer of national reputation
and the author of a number of books
on community and welfare questions.
LIGNITE COAL
IS OJL SHALE
Emmett Country Agog With Ex
cltement Resulting From
Discovery
Emmett oil is the chief topic of con
versation in the Ola country, and there
is great excitement there since the an
nouncement by experienced men that
the deposits of shale there, which here
tofore have been considered to be coal
are really oil shale and of a richness
as to make them valuable.
When officials and representatives
of the Idaho Oil and Gas Company, a
Nampa concern, went to Ola to secure
leases on land for development pur
poses, they were surprised when they
were shown by ranchers large deposits
of what had heretofore been consider
ed to be coal, but which, upon analy
sis, proved to be rich oil shale. The
deposits cover a large-area and are of
such richness as to leave no doubt as
to that section becoming an oil pro
ducer.
The deposits are on the Potter ranch
but other ranchers declare that the
shale beds extend over a large part of
that section. For many years this
shale has been used for firing thresh
ing machine engines in preference to
coal, as it gave out more heat to the
ton. No one dreamed but that the
substance is coal. It is black in color
and closely resembles coal. But it san
be ignited with a match and when
burning shoots out jets of blue flame
of an intense heat.
The presence of thi^ shale, officials
of the old company assert, indicates
one of two things: Either that the
oil deposits that once underlaid that
section have been absorbed by sand
and soil, or else that oil is present be
low and the shale has been formed by
oil being forced upward from below.
The coippany is jubilant over the
discovery and proposes to sink wells
as soon as sufficient fund have been
secured from the sale of stock to pur
chase a drilling outfit. However,
whether oil itself is found, officials
state that the reduction of the shale
alone into oil will make the field a
valuable one and if the deposits are
of the extent as it is believed an im
portant oil industry will be developed.
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM
Following is the program which will
be given by the municipal band at the
net weekly concert at Memorial park
Thursday evening, beginning at 7:30
p. m.
1. March, With Trumpet and Drum
Weldon
2. Overature, Crown Diamonds
Auber
3. Patrol, Rlue and Gray
Dalbey
Intermission of Five Minutes
4. Waltz, Espana...
Waldteufel
5. Cocoanut aDnce
Herman
6. Selection, Chimes of Normandy....
Planquette
Star Spangled aBnner
Do you want to know how to play?
If so hear Dr. McKeever Thursday
night at the Presbyterian chureh.
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Hard Hitting Features Baseball
Matinee Here Sunday:
Score 11-3.
Caldwell completely snowed Nam
pa's baseball aggregation under here
Sunday afternoon before the season's
largest crowd. Nine clean bigles
which netted a total of 1 lruns was the
reward for Cornell's swatsmiths dur
ing the matinee. Every man on the
Caldwell team with the single excep
tion of Cornell obtained at least one
bingle while Nelson ammased five
clean hits in as many trips to the pan
and boosted his total of consecutive
hits to nine.
Harris started the grame for Nampa.
In the first inning, four hits and a
walk netted two runs. Miracuously,
he weathered the frame, Webb led off
with a bingle and Wescott oennected
for the first of his span of home runs.
"Doc" Joyner, fiery headed southpaw,
took up the burden. "Doc" really had
less than Harris. He lacked even his
usual pose, our more hits chalked up
three additional runs in this framme
and the game was on ice.
Not oentent, howeer, with the big
lead, the merry matinee of fattening
batting averages continued and runs
came almost at will. Onl in the fifth
inning did Caldwell batters retire in
order to the bench without collecting
a least one* hit. Benedict Westcott
and Webb each connected safely three
times in five trips to the pan. In the
sixth, Westcottt lifted . his second
drive over the left field fence. No
one happened to be on at the time and
two hits immediately followed were
wasted.
Nampa Runs On Gifts
Two of Nampa'sh three runs were
sheerest gifts. Ford, the first man to
face Nelson, drew a life when Coffee
tried to throw one out of the park.
He took second on theoverthrow, went
to third on a passed ball and scored
on a wild pitch. In the third, Stewart
got hold or one for a circuit clout
over,the right field fence. He was
the first man up. Nelson was fre
quently in difficulty because of his
wildness. A sore arm handicapped
him materially but he was sufficiently
effective in spite of it as his 10 strike
outs attest. In the ninth inning, Nam
pa was presented with her third and
last run. Whitzel got on when Cor
nedd missed one, advanced on Rivett's
sacrifice, Coffee to Benedict, went to
third on a wild pitch and scored when
Webb tried to catch Joner at second
while the Nampa twirler stole the bag
after drawing a walk. Ford conclud
ed the inning by whiffing.
Net Sunday, Caldwell will go to
Boise to tackle the league leader*.
Zimmerman will be in the box for
Caldwell with Nelson on first base,
combination that handed Meridian the
only shutout of the league schedule.
With the local team playing winning
ball, it is likely that a considerable ag
gregation of Caldwell fans will jour
ney to Boise for the matinee next Sun
day.
Boiae Neat
Cornell has signed up a new twirler
who is reputed to have pitched for the
Denver Bears of the Western League
last season. He is at pdesent employ
ed on structural work here.
It is reported that Nampa is to make
some radical changes in their lineup,
the acquisition of a battery being un
der consideration. League regulations
prohibit the importation of players
but it is expected that Nampa will be
granted permission to strengthen a
team that seems to have fallen far
below preseason promises.
THE SCORE:
Caldwell—
A.B. Hits Runs Error
Cornell, ss 5 0 12
Webb c.. 5 3 2 0
Wescott 2nd 5 3 4 0
Nelson p 5 5 2 0
Benedict 1st 5 3 10
Coffee 3rd 5 10 2
Koontz If 5 1 I ' 0
Hendon If 4 1 0 1
Hurtt cf 4 2 0 0
Total 48 19 11 5
Nampa—
A.B. Hits Runs Error
Ford c 5 0 10
Stewart ss. 4 1 1 l
Bloomquist 2d. 4 1 0 0
Nokleby cf 4 0 0 0
McCabe rf .4 1 0 0
Wihitzel 1st 4 0 1 0
Rivett 3rd 3 0 0 0
Hill If 4 0 0 0
Harris p 1 0 0 0
Joyner p J 0 0 0
Total 36 3 3 1
WOMEN TO PERFECT
LEGI0N_AUXILIARY
Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the
Commercial club rooms, the initial
meeting o fthe Caldwell women' auxil
iary to the Ameircan Legion will be
held. Last aSturday, the charter,
signed by auot 15 Caldwell women eli
gible for membership, was received
here from state American Legion head,
quarters. Immediate steps were taken
to perfect the new organization.
All wjve„, mothers and sisters of
American Legion members are eligible
to membership. The caldwell district
comprises the same section that is in
dluded in the Loren M. Trotter poat of
the Aemrican Legion territory. Wom
en who are eligible for membership
are urged to attend the initial meet
ing. Those who do attend will be con
sidered charter members of the or
ztaiongangnoa-in Eg dOaitanizi
ganization.
Some of the women who signed the
application for a charter will be un
able to attend the oMnday meeting
because of previous engagements.
Decision to hold the meeting in spite
of this fact was made after giving con
sideration to the need of an effective
organization for the day of the bond
election, June 15.
Frank Meek, adjutant of the local
American Legion post, has ordered
emblems and expects them to arrive
in time to be distributed to the mem
bers of the legion auxiliary.
Dr. McKeever, who is to lecture at
the Presbyterian church Thursday
night is the originator of the Commu
nity Juvenile Welfare Institute.
J. A. McLin is building a $5000 mod
ern frame residence in the Arlington
Heights addition.
H. L. Calkins is building a frame
garage at his residence in Blaine St.,
at a cast of $350.00.
McKeever at the Presbyterian church
If you want a good laugh hear Dr.
Thursday night. No charge for ad
mission.
ADD EPPMENT
TO RURAL LINE
Telephone Company To Make
Extensive Improvements;
Material on Ground
Telephone subscribers in the Sunny
Slope and Riverside districts are as
sured better and considerably enlarged
telephone facilities in the near future,
according to H. W. Groesbeck, local
manager for the Mountain States Tele
phon company. Saturday a carload of
cross arms reached Caldwell for in
stallation on the rural lines leading to
those communities. Wire has been
shipped and is expected in Caldwell
shortly.
Additional lines will be strung on
those lines to lift some of the burden
on those already in existence and to
provide for the constantly increasing
demand for telephones by rural desi
dents. The wires will be run only a
portioif of the full distance at present
served by those lines to accommodate
those persons living nearest Caldwell
while the existing lines will be used to
serve those farther away.
Many More Use Phones
In the past two years the number of
subscribers to telephones on the Cald
well exchange has increased from
about 100 to 1300, indicating both an
increasing demand for the convenience
brought by telephones and the grow
ing population and prosperity of both
town and conutry. One local and one
toll switchboard have been recently
installed at the échangé here. The lo
cal switchboard is capable of caring
for 150 subscribers.
Other improvements are contemplat
ed by the company. A new cable line
will be installed in the nörthefn part
of town in the near future to relieve
the telephone congestion in that sec
tion of Caldwell. Just as soon'as the
Weston Telephone company, -operat
ing at Wilder, a separate local line will
be run from Caldwell to the foundry of
the Wilder company's territory and
long distance traffic between Caldwell
and Wilder will have access to two
toll lines instead of the single one
now in operation.
"Hay derricks will constitute the
chief menace to good telephone ser
vice outside of town for the net few
months, Mr. Groesbeck said Saturday.
"Haying must be rapidly approaching
because we are already having some
JUNIOR CLUB MEMBERS
WILL ATTEND FESTIVAL
Tuesday, a group of junior club
members of the Canyon county farmm
bureau, will go to Boise to attend the
county club festival which is to be
held at Forest park near the natator
ium. Because school interfered, it
was impossible for the members of
Mrs. D. H. Hare's canning club to
attend the Canyon county club festiv
al given at Curtis park last week. For
this reason, this group of 14 girls will
go to Boise to enter the ocntests there.
Those who will make the trip include:
Cathryn Calloway, Orie Latimer, Max
ine Ramsey, Eloise Large, Margaret
Esther Hare, Irene Knowlton, Mary
Madden, Doris Omick, Evelyn and
Dorothy Sparks, Dell Cook, Cleda
Ray nor and Margarèt McClure.
The trip will be made by automobile
and the girls will be accompanied by
Mrs. Hare, Mrs. Sparks, Mrs. F. C.
Ramsey and Miss Edna Black, county
club leader.
Friday, Miss Black will go to Weiser
where she will attend the Washington
county festival for junior farm bu
reaumembers.
Milo C. Kovincic was taken into
custody Sunday night by Bert Mum
ford, deputy sheriff and Earl Mc-Cul
lough, night watchman, for having in
his possession six quarts of Old Crow,
a variety, it seems, of the forbidden
fluids. He weived his preliminary
hearing Monday and was bound over
to the district court for trial.
Miss Mable Robinson and Miïs Hel
en Rice left oMnday evening for
Portland where they will spend sev
eral week's vacation visiting with
friends. Miss Robinson, who is em
ploed at the county farm bureau of
fice, is taking an extended srition in
an effort to benefit her health. Miss
Rice is employed at the court house.