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VOL.37. NO. 57.
THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920
SEMI- WEEKLY, $3.00 PER YEAR
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WILL COMPLETE
Outdoor Gathering at
' Curti* Park July 24
Called to Consider
Problems Vital to
Canyon Producers.
Organization of the Canyon Coun
ty Fruit Growers' association will be
completed at an outdoor mass meet
ing of interested persons at Curtis
park, near Caldwell, July 24. Mem
bers of the state horticultural associ
ation: will hold a special meeting at
the park on the same day. Trans
portation representatives of the 'rail
road which traverse the state will be
present to take up various matters
relative to obtaining cars for fruit
and moving the crop. Thursday eve
ning preliminary steps toward the
organization of the Canyon County
Fruit Grower*' association were
taken. About 30 representative fruit
producers, both men and women, at
tended the meeting which was held
at the Commercial club rooms.
W. H. Hicks, director of the bu
reau of plant industry in Idaho, at
tended and presented the ideas un
derlying the proposed organifation.<
Without opposition, decision was
reached to organize an association
and committees were appointed to
that end. W. H. Stoelenbaugh of
Middleton acted as tempota^. chair
man. - y
A committee of three consisting
of J. J. Allison of Caldwell, A. E.
Gipson of Caldwell and W. H. Stoel
enbaugh of Middleton, were appoint
ed to draw up necessary plans for
a permanent organizattion. Mr.
Wicks was also appointed to this
committee as an advisory member on
organization. Another committee
was appointed top resent constitution
and by-lawws at the next regular
meeting.
The outstanding purpose 8t form
ing this organization is to have Can
yon county fall in tine with what
will undoubtedly come to be a state
wide movement to .organize fruit
growers in each district all of which
will be under a state organization
something similar to the fruit grow
ers' associations of Oregon and Cali
fornia. When the organization is
completed Canyon county will be
the first district to organize al
though some have temporary organi
zations and it is believed that these
will soon förrrt permanent associa
tions. These districts are Twin Falls,
Lewiston, Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene,
Bonners Ferry, Payette, Washing
ton county and the Blackfoot dis
trict.
SPLENDID PROGRAM TO
BE GIVEN THIS WEEK
Following is the program which
will be given by the Caldwell muni
cipal band at the regular weekly con
cert to be given Thursday evening
beginning it 8 o'clock at Memorial
park:
March—"American Habit," Scouton
Overture—"Morning, Noon and
Night" Suppe
Cornet duet—"LaBelle Creole,"
Dalbey
Morceau —"Dawn of- Love;" Bendix
Waltz—"Espana" Waldtenfel
Selection—"Bohemian Girl" .. Balfe
"Star-Spangled Banner"
WILL ADDRESS CLUB.
W. H. Niemeyer, secretary of the
Nampa Chamber of Commerce, and
Mr. Davis, also of Nampa, both of
whom are officers of the Idaho Auto
mobile association, will attend the
Tuesday evening meeting of the
Caldwell Commercial club to , pre
sent thep Ian and purposes of that
organization; to Caldwell business«
men. W. G. Spaulding of Boise,
president of the Ad cluD there, will
also hep resent to give a report on
the work of -the National Ad club
convention held recently in Indian
apolis and which Mr. Spaulding at
tended.
DAIRY EXCURSION.
Canyon county boys who are affili
. ated 'with the dairy clubs operating
under the auspices of the farm bu
reau, will hold an excursion July 20.
About 30 members of the various
community clubs are expected to
make the trip. The Jersey herd of
L. S. Dille will be visited where
judging work will be done. Some
good herds of Holsteins will also be
visited. The excursioniatts will leave
Caldwell about 9 o'clock in tha
morning.
Good Citizenship
Urged in Address,
to Crowd Friday
Good citizenship as an aditdote for
anarchism, I. W. W. ism and bolahe
vism was emphasised by. Frank
Chase, representing the United
Americana, in address which he de
livered at Memorial park to a large
and atentative crowd Friday evening.
Dr. Frederick Vining . Fisher, the
leading exponent ' of the United.
American's creed in' southwestern
Idaho and reputed to be a speaker
of unusual ability, «ras ill and un-'
able to attend the meeting. Mr.
Chase was substituted at the last
minute.
.Inculcation of patriotism and love
of country in every person was the
theme of Mr. Qiase's talk. He urged
that his hearers familiarize them
aelvea thoroughly wjth the Ameri
can constitution and that they take
every possible opportunity to become
acquainted with the fundamental
principle of American government.
He urged that more «cork be given
in public schools to educate children
to the duties and responsibilities of
citizenship.
No effort will be made untH after
the election to perfect the Idaho or
ganization of the United Americans
because the movement must not be
confused with political movements,
according to Mr. Chase. Immediate
ly after the November general elec
tion, a membership campaign will be
actively launched.
Already, hundreds of the United
American creeds have been placed
in western school ropms. Next win
ter, it is proposed to enlarge the
scope of work through the main
tainance of a bureau in Boise with
the object cSntinually in view of en
couraging Idaho people to take a
more active interest in making and
understanding the laws whfch gov
ern them..
Mr. Chase was introduced by T.
A. Walters, with a ftyt well chosen
remarks. At the conclusion of Mr.
Chase's address, the Rev. Francis
Cook led the assembly in singing
America. Many slides depicting
typical American scenes, most of
them of a patriotic significance, were
shown.
Close River Ferry
Water's C
wftr
to be Bridged in
Future
Walter's Ferry over Snake river, on
the road from Nampa to Murphy, will
be closed to traffic between July 12
ahd July 17. The Department of
Public Works has awarded a contract
to Ed. Ashley to make borings and
dig test pits for the foundations of
the proposed bridge at this point.
The Walter's Ferry Bridge is one
of the five Snake river crossings for
which special appropriations were
made by the legislature. Three of
them, one at Homedale, one at Oswley
and one at Pickle Butte are already
under construction. This bridge, and
the one at Grandview, will be ready
for contract some time in August.
ASK INJUNCTION.
Petition was filed by a number of
Deer Flat farmers in the/ district
court Friday for an injunction to
restrain the Caldwell Traction com
pany from dismantling its McNeil
Mj ne tn< | „king the court to appoint
pany from dismantling its McNeil
a receiver to carry on the business.
It is understood that in the eveht
this procedure fails, another fight
will be opened contesting title to
the right-of-way realty in the event
the line is dismantled.
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Idaho Democrats
Prepare to Wage
War on Harding
(By GUY FLENNER)
Boise, IÄ6., July 12.—Two Buckeyes,
two editors—candidates for president
of the United States!
One state is rarety ever so favored:
nothing of the kind has ever happen
ed to the tripod.
As a rule a newspaper man is a
handy felow to sit in the game and
help win after the politicians have
adopted the platform and named the
candidates. Beyond that he has rare
ly ever been recognized excepting for
such subordinate positions as it is felt
must be handed out to make a show
ing for the purposes of the ensuing
campaign.
There are two reasons for this. First
of all, the newspaper man is not an
office seeker. He sits behind the
scene all therp.
scenes and Sees all the cant and hy
pocricy that is presented on the stage,
and he knows a lot of the costumes
are phoney. Secondly, politicians do
not want a newspaper man in office
because they are too independent
They have views of their own and re
fuse to become subservient to trim
mers and time-servers.
So Mr. Editdr is hardly ever known
in elective office. And then—so sud
den—for both the great political par
ties to pock/em! *
It is possible, however, that in the.
excitement of the campaign the pu|0ic
may become blinded to the cardinal
virtues of these editors and that the
tontest will become*fully as embitter
ed as though two models had not
been selected..
In Idaho already tlie Democrats
arc arranging to launch a sharp fight
on Mr. Harding, the Republican candi
date for president, making a special
appeal to labor and the farmers. Yet
Harding was raised on a farm a,nd
knows farm conditions and needs; and
he has supported the wisest labor
legislation brought before congress,
including the child labor law, the
minimum wage law, the civil service
retirement law, the rehabilitation of
the industrial cripple law and the wom
en's bureau of the labor department.
He is in every way progressive in
among the strong advocates of pre
paredness at a time when we were
being "kept out of war" during a
presidential phrase-making period that
came near being fatal. He also pro
tested strongly because President Wil
son refused to allow Colonel Roose
velt to participate personally in the
great conflict.
The best political minds on the Re
publican side, zealous that Idaho, nor
mally Republican, should go on rec
ord for Harding, point out the neces
sity, in view of the hard fight that
will be made on him there to name the
strongest possible state ticket. Any
serious weakness there, they point
out, would endanger thg national tick
et in this state.
The union labor of Boise, represent
ed by the local trades and labor coun
cil, refused by unanimous vote to have
anything to do with the so-called
"Labor League" an off-shoot of the
Non-partisan league. The Labor
league was formed at the .state fed
eration of labor convention at Po
catello, which fell for part of the
McKaig-Non-partisan league plan of
politics. Many of the delegates to
the Pocatello meeting opposed it as
being inimcal to the best interests of
labor because of its partisan-politics
aspect. But the political wire workers
in the convention, aided by the non
partisan league leaders, put it across.
When the time came for the union
laborers to act on it, however, as dis
tinguished from their politics-manipu
lating leaders, they refused to have
anything to do with it generally and
specifically here in Boise.
This is quite a blow to the expec
tations of McKaig and other N. P. L.
leaders and organizers who had fig
ured on union labor putting up enough
at $16 or so per head to make up loss
es due to farmers withdrawing from
the league.
Mrs. Lucy E. Cams of Central
City, Neb., is visiting at the Levpon
home of Robert B. Cams in the
Maple Grove district.
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Independent Baseball in
Order After Alfalfa
League Disbands.
, Independent baseball will be pro
vided for Boise Valley baseball bugs
after August 2, it was determined at
a meeting of the Alfalfa league
moguls held at Nampa Thursday
evening. Determination was reach
ed at that meeting to make no ef
fort to extend the regular league
schedule beyond August 2, the date
originally aet for the conclusion of
the summer pastime. Following that
date, teams wjll be brought into the
valley for a series of games from
other sections of the state to supply
the demand for high grade exhibi
tions. It is planned to keep the loop
teams intact until about September 1.
• Boise virtually has the pennant
cinchttt. Early seaaon victories be
fore the Caldwell and Nampa aggre
gations had sufficiently strengthened
their line-ups to occasionally cop a
game from Boise gave the Capital
City aggregation a commanding lead.
If Nampa loses next Sunday to Boise
at Boise, the pennant is definitely
Boise's.
Because practically every team in
the league had bolstered its lineup
through the importation of outside
men, it was determined at the Thurs
day meeting to open the league to any
men without regard to former resi
dential requirements. Anse- Cornell,
manager of the local team, represent
ed Caldwell at the meeting.
Efforts are being made to get a twi
light game with Boise Wednesday
evening at 5:30. If the game is ar
ranged, a good crowd is expected to
Witness the exhibition since Boise and
Caldwell in every game this year have
put up fast and interesting exhibitions
of baseball.
Another Pioneer
Passes to Reward
(Contributed.)
Notus—George D. Stafford, who
lived two miles east of this town,
died at 11 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, following a long sickness. Mr.
Stafford was a well known and high
ly respected citizen of Canyon coun
ty, and his death came as a shock
to many of his friends.
He was born in Green county, In
diana, in February, 1840. He left
home and started west during the
Pike's peak excitement, at the age
of 18, and following that time he
returned to Iowa, where he engaged
in farming and stock raising. In
1862 he came overland with a large
party and took up the business of
freighting from The Dalles to the
Boise Basin.
In the winter of '64 h.e went into
the lower Weiser valley and Mann's
creek to winter his stock. A j un
usually hard winter destroyed the
major portion of his stock, and after
his business matters had been
straightened out he again started for
Iowa, by way of the Isthfnus of
Panama. While crossing this section
of the continent he engaged in farm
ing for a few years, afterwards com
pleting his trip to Iowa. Düring his
stay there he was married to Anna
L. Pa'rkherst.
In 1875 he again started overland
for Idaho, bringing his young family,
and located on his present farm. Mr.
Stafford served one term as Canyon
county commissioner, and refused the
second nomination.
He is survived by his wife and six
children, who were with nim at the
time of his death. They are L. V. and
D. M. Stafford, Mrs. H. I. McLaugh
lin, Mrs. S. G. Tucker, Mrs. Sam Col
lins and Mrs. Bert Smart, lie also
leaves 13 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Funeral services v«re
held at the home, two miles cast of
this place, Friday morning at 10.30
o'clock.
Meridian Downed
on Home Lot 9-10
by Caldwellites
Caldwell's thoroughly rejuvenated
baseball team trounced Meridian
soundly Sunday on the latter's back
yard. For just two inning it was a
fair game. But in the third, fourth
and fifth innings, Caldwell batters be
gan to fall on Johnson's offerings and
some timely hits, coupled with a few
costly errors, contributed nine runs to
the credit of the Caldwell team.
The game was over. Meridian was
dangerous only in one inning. Berg,
for probably the only time during the
game, exerted himself and pulled out
of the hole.
In the sixth inning, his ump, who
was convinced that Caldwell had the
game sewed up, began calling them
with a view of ending the matinee.
Three more innings failed to change
the score and the game ended, 9-0.
Nelson Featurea
Aside from Nelson's great one-hand
ed stop of a hot drive with a base
runner on third, the game was fea
tureless. Play was rather slow and
the fair sized crowd spent the con
cluding innings ragging everybody in
sight.
At Boise, Nampa went down in de
feat and the Capital City aggregation
cinched the pennant. The only inter
est now lies between Caldwell and
Nampa for second place. The two
teams meet here next Sunday and on
the results of this game, the final
league standing will largely be deter
mined.
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m. the
Boise team will play a midweek mat
inee with Caldwell on the locals
grounds. Because of the stellar exhi
bitions of baseball that these two
teams have put up thus far this sea
son, it is expected that a big crowd
will witness the game.
Legion Auxiliary
Is After Members
AUGUST MEETING EXPECTED
TO AUGMENT RANKS OF
ORGANIZATION.
The first regular meeting of the
women's auxiliary of the American
Legion will be held Tuesday, August
3, at 2:30 p. m., in the lecture rooms
of the Baptist church at Tenth and
Blaine streets. The charter will be
kept open until*that date and those
desiring to come in as charter mem
bers must do so by that time.
Membership in the Legion auxili
ary is not confined to those whose
relatives saw service and are not
members of the American Legion.
All women who had a father, son,
brother or husband in the service
during the months of America's par
ticipation in the world war are elig
ible for membership. A large mem
bership committee was appointed at
the last regular meeting of the auxil
iary with power to obtain as large
a membership as possible. Further
information may be obtained from
Mrs. Fred Lilly by those who are
interested.
Members of the auxiliary are anxi
ous that the entire present member
ship be present at the regular August
meeting. Various matters of im
portance are to come up for con
sideration and action.
Nonpartisans File
Ticket for County
Canyon county non-partisans, at a
gathering held at the city hall here
last Saturday, decided to place an al
most complete county ticket in the
field. The county gathering was not
particularly well attended, but enthu
siasm is said to have been at a high
ebb. Five county offices are without
candidates.
Following is the ticket named:
Senator—S. A. Rhodes.
Representatives—Pat Foley and C
R. Peckham.
County Commissioners— C. F. Oel
lion, Henry Renneke and A. 11. Mc
Cumber.
Assessor—C. A. Williams.
County Attorney— L. D. Hyslop.
Sheriff— Sani T Rowland.
Superintendent of Schools—Hor
tense Stoddard.
County Clerk, County Treasurer,
Coiyity Judge, Coroner and surveyor
were left blank.
L. D. Hyslop was elected as the
delegate to the state convention with
H. G. Peckham as alternate.
The old organiation of two years
ago was continued.
Friday was court calendar day in
the district court. Many cases were
set for trial, the calendar being an
unusually U[ge one.
A marriage license was issued Sat
urday to Charles E. McGahan and
Viola Broylea, both of Nampa.
OF SPUD CROP
LUTE IN JULY
Potato Problems and
Prospects Aired at
Well Attended Meet
ing in Caldwell Last
Friday.
Harvesting Canyon county pota
toes^ will shortly be under full*head- £)
way, according to growers in some
of the more favored sections. Gen
eeral shipments, however, will not be
made earlier than August 1. At a
meeting of the Boise Valley Potato
Growers' association, begun Friday
afternoon, af the Commercial club
rooms, thegener al opinion prevailed
that this year's crop would not be
so heavily as last year's from an
acreage standpoint because of the
prevalence of potato diseases in some
fields and some sections.
That intefest in potato problems
has notably increased as a result of
the approaching harvest was indi
cated by the large attendance at the
meeting, no less than 150 growers
answering the call. Members of the
association convened at the Commer
cial club rooms but, driven from
there by the extreme heat, went to
the court house lawn to continue the
work.
Organization Essential.
W. H. McCluskey, a potato grow
er from the Riverside district and
now manager of the Caldwell
Equity, emphasized the necessity of
organization and attacked the pres
ent inspection regulations for al
leged inconsistencies as they relate to
theg rower.
C. F. Smith, another widely known
grower from the Deer Flat district,
gave a report on conditions which he
found on a rec«nt trip throughout
the western states relative to the re
tail potato trade. He advocated '
some steps to the end that Idaho pro
ducers should get the samep rice for
their potato crop that California,
growers were obtaining for theirs.
On the same subject, Vy. W. Bates
of Wilder called attention to the fact
that a good portion of the California
sucess might be attributed to the
splendid organization of California
growers and their ability to enforce
certain market price quotations. %
Seed Prospects Worry.
Fear was expressed that because
of the somewhat inferior condition
prevailing in Canyon county potato
fields this year, difficulty might be
encountered next spring in obtain
ing sufficient quantities of high class
seed. Problems relating to obtain
ing refrigerator cars were thorough
ly discussed, an optimistic note pre
vailing relative to shipping matters.
H. A. Lyon of the bureau of mar
kets talked of price .conditions and
potato inspection. He said that 90
per cent of the Idaho potatoes last
year graded number one, about 6 per
ment; number two and the remainder
no grade. Mr. Lyon emphasizes the
value of the grading. W. F. Alle
walt assured the members that 10 of
the best inspectors in the state
would be obtained, making the in
spection service this year at least 25
per cent more efficient than last
year.
LAUDS DAN BANKS
GUY BOWFRMAN PRAISES CAN
DIDATE FOR STATE
TREASURER
Boise, Ida., July 12.— D. F. Banks,
newspaper man, now in the depart
ment of finance of Idaho, who is a
andidate for state treasurer, has re
eived a let;er from Guy E. Bower
man, now general secretary of the
American, Bankers association, and
formerly bank commissioner of Idaho,
in which Banks receives a strong
boost.
"It gives me more than ordinary
pleasure to say that I believe you are
eminently -nialitied in every respect
for the office of state treasurer."
writes Mr. Bowerman. "With your
knowledge and experience I believe
you will take to that office many
things which will be beneficial, and
when you are elected lam sure there
will not be any adverse criticism as
to the manner in which you will con
duct it."
Mr. Banks is a former service man,
and above all, an editor—and editors
seem to . be a bit more popular as
candidates this year than heretofore.