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VOL.37. NO. 80.
THE CALDWELL TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER '28, 1920.
SEMI-WEEKLY, $3.00 PER YEAR.
HOLT
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Death Resulted From
Self-Infected Gun Shot
Wound Through Breast
Thursday Morning.
(Special Dispatch to The Tribune.)
Longmont, Colo., Sept. 27.—Funeral
services for B. M. Holt, who killed
himself last Thursday by shooting
himself in the breast with a 12-gauge
shot gun, were held here this after
noon at the residence of Mr. Holt's
father, A. D. Holt
No inquest was held. Coroner Kel
so, after an investigation, decided that
an inquest was unnecessary and sign
ed à death certificate to the effect that
Holt had met death as the result of
a gun shot wound inflicted with sui
cidal intent.
Mr. Holt had been in Longmont
visiting at the home of Iiis father fot
the past two weeks, left Tuesday
morning and did not return that night.
His father immediately started a
search for his son but Mr. Holt re
turned Wednesday evening saying
that he had been looking at land in
the eastern part of Colorado. That
night he seemed in normal health and
spirit, retiring early after having read
a local paper.
Leaves Early Thursday.
Thursday morning, he left home
early with - a 12-gauge shot gun, os
tensibly for the purpose of shooting
ducks. He went immediately to
Thompson park where he slanted the
shot gun over a park bench with the
butt of the gun against a tree. He
placed himself in front of the gun and
touched off the trigger by means of
a stick. The entire charge entered
his chest in the vicinity of his heart.
Death was evidently instantaneous.
The body was found at 5:30 o'clock
Thursday morning by a domestic who
was enroute to a nearby hospital
where she is employed. She imme
diately summoned Policeman Callo
way and the body was taken to an
undertaking parlor where it remain
ed for half an hour before it was
identified.
J4r. Holt was in ill health, follow
ing an attack of influenza last winter
and ( it is believed here that this fact,
coupled with recent financial reverses,
prompted the deed.
Had Studied Law»
Mr. Holt, the son of a local wealthy
man, was born and raised' in Long'
mont. He studied law and practiced
that profession here, for a few years.
He married the daughter of Jacob
Fellius, a Denver banker, and the
couple left shortly after for Idaho
where they have since made their
home.
Mr. Holt, who was 40 years of age,
is survived by his parents, his wife
and two chlidren, Mrs. L. L. B recken
ridge of Twin Falls, whose husband
was in charge of the Twin Falls
branch of the Holt Seed company,
and by a brother, the Rev. Arthur
Holt, who is secretary of the National
Associatioa of Congregational church
es. Hi» father is also a Congrega
tional minister.
High School Faces
Initial Opponents
Walser Inatitute to Battle Local Pig
skin Artists in Caldwell Sat
urday Afternoon.
Football will open next Saturday on
the local field when the high school
team will tangle with the Weiser In
termountain institute at Recreation
park, beginning at 2:30 p. m. Three
weeks of hard practice have molded
a first class aggregation of pigskin
maulers out of the big squad of high
school lads who reported to Coach
Anse Cornell.
Nothing ta known of the strength
of the visiting team. Neither Weiser
nor Caldwell have played this year
and there it nothing upôn which to
formulate an idea of the probable out
cone of the game Saturday- Technic
ally, the Weiser institute is above the
high school class and a real battle
anticipated by Cornell. The loçal
lineup has not been announced,
At a meeting of the varioua high
" school athletic represeatativea
Nampa Saturday, schedules for the
fall football aeason were worked out.
Of the big games which Caldwell
will play thia fall, two will be on the
home grounds when Gooding and
Nampa conclude the season here with
Nampa in the stellar role at the Tur
key day attraction November 25. The
Boise game will be played at Boise.
The schedule for the high school
team is as follows:
October 2— Weiser Intermountain
institute at Caldwell.
October 9—Baker City at Baker
City.
October 16—Meridian at Caldwell.
October 23— Weiser at Weiser.
October 30—Payette at Payette.
November 16—Boise at Boise.
November 13—Ontario at Ontario.
November 20— Gooding at Caldwell.
November 25—(Thanksgiving),
Nampa at Caldwell.
Archie Teach Heads
High School Eleven
Archie Teach was elected to cap
tain of the Caldwell high school foot
ball team this fall at a gathering of
the old football men Thursday after
noon. He was the unanimous selec
tion of those present.
Teach, who starred last year as an
aggressive and capable ground gainer
on the local eleven from the quarter
back position, is back in the harness
piloting the team that Cornell is rapid
ly moulding into shape. Teach is a
hard worker with plenty of weight to
make his drives nét substantial yard
age for his team.
In addition to his football ability,
Teach played guard on the high
school basketball team last winter,
being selected by several as a mem
ber of the mythical southwestern
Idaho quintet.
FOR G
[H
OCTOBER
[RE
23
Complete Arrangements
With Northwestern
Conference College to
Meet College of Idaho.
Whitman college in Caldwell Oc
tober 23 to play football with the Col
lege of Idaho eleven is the leading
attraction for football fans thus far
offered here. Arrangements were
completed last week to bring the
Whitman team here.
This is the only game that has
been ' definitely arranged for the local
college team, according to an an
nouncement made by Coach Anse Cor
nell Monday. However, provisional
dates with Gooding college at Cald
well October 8 and Pocatello at Cald
well October 15 have been arranged
It is proposed to play return games
with these two teams later in the
season and wind up with the Thanks
giving game at Logan, Utah.
Football prospects at the college
took on a rosy hue Monday when Jim
Jackson, last year's captain, Sam
Foote of Middleton, a star half last
year on the O. A. C. freshman team
and Clarence Braskamp, a battling
end, all reported for the first time
Jackson is in the pink of condition
after a summer of real work and is
expected to plow big holes in opposing
defensive teams.
Cornell is optimistic that, barring
accidents, he will be able to turn out
a team that will repeat its record of
last year when not a single game
was lost. Pre-season prospects indi
cate that this year's team will be
stronger and better in every way than
was last year's.
With Wade and Blake Lowell
Foote and Huitt in the backfield, Cor
nell believes that he has a combina
tion that has never been equaled in
southern Idaho. Gardiner, last year'i
quarter back, will also be used fre
quently. Each of the five men is
experienced and capable of carrying
out the plan of attack that Cornell
advocates and coaches'.
Considerable interest has already
been aroused in the Whitman game
since it is the first time iii the athletic
history of the College of Idaho that
an eleven representing one of the
northwestern conference colleges will
have played the local team- Some
idea of the comparative strength of
the College of Idaho's eleven may be
gathered from the results of this
game and Cornell, at well as every
man on the local team, is expected to
direct every possible means to win
ning this battle, which is already look
ed upon at the crucial game of the
aeason.
RESULT 0
OEIL
FILLS
inger Prints of John
Nugent Seen in Politi
cal Manipulation Which
Deposes Samuels.
Boise, Ida., Sept. 28.—Senator Nu
gent of Idaho has made a straight
out deal with the leaders of the Non
partisan league by the terms of which
Samuels, the league candidate foV
United States senator, withdraws in
Nugent's interest. There is now no
effort made to deny or conceal. It is
all now admitted in the league's of
ficial organ. It was done "in the in
terest of Nugent," it says.
The deal was really consummated
after much manipulation, at the Demo
cratic state convention held in Idaho
Falls last month; but there were the
usual camouflage denials. Now the
act is confessed.
As a part of the deal it was expected
that Fairchilds Nonpartisan league
candidate for governor, would with
draw in the interest of Walters, the
Democratic nominee for governor or
that Walters would withdraw and give
Fairchilds a free hand insofar as he
might line up Democratic votes, bût
Fairchilds declined to get off. So did
Walters, therefore, there is a lively
row in Nonpartisan league circles
over the situation; and many Demo
crats are heartsick over this, as they
term it the second betrayal of their
party by Nugent.
Will Support Harding
Many members of the Nonpartisan
league are outspoken in their support
of Harding for president. These can
see no good in electing a Democrat
as United States senator from Idaho
who could not co-operate with »he
next president of the United States,
and especially a man of Nugent's
type, who is stamped all over with th
rubbertyped insignia of Woodrow
Wilson and his "league at damna
tions." These league members, there
fore, resent the Nugent deal. They
undoubtedly would have voted fo
Samuels, their own candidate, but their
opposition to the policies advocated
by Nugent is so pronounced as to
lead to the opinion they will either
vote for Gooding for senator or not
vote on that position at all.
The most emphatic protest how
ever, come from Democratic sources.
Two years ago thousands of them
voted the Republican ticket in this
state as a protest against the theft by
the Nonpartisan league of their party
two years ago—which was a Nugent
scheme. And now that Nugent has
gone bodily over to the league leaders
their resentment is only accentuated
These Democrats are not only talk
ing for Gooding because of their re
sentment of the Nugent N. P. L. deal
but because they feel that Gooding,
the Republican and business man, can
do more for Idaho in association with
the probable next president of th
United States and that he is far better
equipped than Nugent to represent the
vital interests of the state in any
event.
Ignores the Democrat«
Nugent has openly ignored th
Democratic protests. Furthermore,
he has exhibited his further scorn and
ndependence of the party-' organiza
tion by opening headquarters of his
own, although the Democratic state
committee has perfectly good head
quarters here.
He has done this so as to have
place where he can meet Nonpartisa
league leaders, who are not welcome
at the Democratic state headquarter
Gooding's Campaign
Former governor, Frank R. Good
ing, the Republican candidate for
United States senator, is now on his
speaking tour of the state. Every
where he has been received by large
crowds which have been impressed by
his broad grasp of both national and
state problems and his practical so
lutions. At every point prominent
Democrats have voluntarily disclosed
their purpose to work and vote for
Gooding, both as a protest against
Nugent's deal with the N. P. L. and
because of Gooding's undoubted
superiority to a representative of the
best interests of Idaho in the senate.
WEYMOUTH HERE TO CONFER
ON MANY WATER PROBLEMS
F. E. Weymouth, chief engineer of
the U. S. reclamation service, with
headquarters in Denver, was in ses
sion Monday at Roise with the board
of directors of the Payette-Bois.?
Water Users' association in an effort
to reach a settlement on the various
problems confronting the project. No
information relative to the progress
that was being made was obtainable
here Monday afternoon. It is under
stood, however, that Mr. Weymouth
will not be long on this project on this
visit and that a final agreement is not
likely to be reached in the short time
that he will be here.
^ot Many Friends
in Oregon for Cox
Democratic Nominee Fails to Make
Good Impression Upon Recent
Visit Is Assertion.
That Governor Cox made no
friends in Oregon on the occasion of
his recent trip through that state and
that Robert Stanfield, Republican can
didate for United States senator, is
quite likely to be elected over Senator
Chamberlain i$ the report which J. B.
Gowen brought home Monday after
having spent the past two weeks in
various Oregon towns and cities.
Everywhere, according to Mr.
Gowen, Cox made no impression upon
the independent or progressive Re
publican vote and many Democrats
expressed disappointment with their
nominee. Closely upon the heels of
Governor Cox, Governor W. L. Hard
ing of Iowa, received a warmer re
ception and left more favorable im
pressions than did Mr. Cox, says Mr.
Gowen.
In Portland, which Mr. Gowen vis
ited only a few days after the Demo
cratic nominee had been there, Sena
tor Chamberlain, a candidate for re
election on the Democratic ticket,
brazenly hinted to his audience when
he introduced Mr. Cox that the as
sertions which the Democratic nomi
nee would make relative to a "sena
torial oligarchy" were unfounded and
without basis of fact.
"Oregon will roll up a Republican
majority this fall like that of pre
war times," was the confident asser
tion of Mr. Gowen after having tra
versed almost the entire thickly
populated portions of Oregon and
having talked with leading politicians
of both parties wherever he stopped.
While Republicans outside of Ore
gon generally concede Chamberlain
the election, Mr. Gowen expresses the
belief that recent developments in the
state make it quite likely that Stan
field vvill actually win out in Novem
ber. In the past, Senator Chamber
lain has been elected by virtue of Re
publicans votes which will be cast
for Stanfield this fall, in the opinion
of Mr. Gowen
Harding Leads in
State Straw Vote
Ohio Senator Shows Marked Strength
in Presidential Poll Being Taken
By Chiain Drug Stores
Harding is leading Cox in Idaho by
substantial majority in the nation
wide presidential poll being conducted
by the chain of Rexall Drug stores
represented in Caldwell by the Bot
kin-Joy Drug company, according to
the latest report received here Sunday,
Of a total of 2381 votes cast thus far
Harding has received 1544 while Cox
has been given 837.
At the local Rexall store .the results
are not so markedly in favor of Hard
ing. Monday the ballots were counted
showing that 110 votes cast Harding
received 62, while Cox was given 48.
To get some idea of the strength
o( the two candidates with women
voters, these ballots have been cast
separately. Thus far, while women
have shown a slightly greater prefer
ence for Cox than men, the results
are almost in the same proportion
Over the state, Harding's total of 1544
is divided as follows: men, 1221 and
women, 323. For Cox the result thus
far is men, 647, women, 190. In Cald
well, just as many women have thus
far balloted for Cox as have for Hard
ing each receiving 23 votes. Cald
well men, however, evidently prefer
Harding, 39 having voted for him
while Cox received but 25 votes.
AMERICANISM PICTURES TO
BE SHOWN AT STATE FAIR
Boise, Ida., Sept. 28.—Many citizens
of Idaho have seen the pictures
thrown on the screen as part of the
campaign for Americanism conducted
by the United Americans the great
patriotic body that is doing so much
in this and other states in the interest
of loyalty to the flag and to the con
stitution of the U. S. # A.
But many have not seen these pic
BIG PROFIT-SHARING CONTEST
SET IN MOTION 10 VALUABLE
PRIZES TO BE GIVEN WINNERS
No Contestant Can Lose in This Contest Which Is
Expected to Mark New Epoch in Canyon Coun
ty Newspaper History; Early Start May
Mean Victory in This Contest; Prizes Are
Definitely Arranged for and on Exhibit.
The great subscription campaign of Tlie Caldwell Tribune
tarts today. A number of contestants have been entered, but
there is room for many more. This contest will mark a page
in the newspaper history of this country—a page, that will long
be remembered by all. It is the start of a period of activity
which will make The Caldwell Tribune, not the greatest papei
in Canyon county alone, but the greatest semi-weekly paper in
The entire state of Idaho.
A great many people have asked why The Tribune is giving
away so many valuable prizes—here is the answer; The prizes
are being given as a profit sharing plan. It is possible for The
Tribune to put a professional circulation man in the field and
get the circulation. That is the method of most papers, how
ever, after careful thought it was decided that the present plan
of sharing the profits with the public would be the better way.
\\ T e want all who care to help to reap some of the benefit—some
of the profits.
Our first prize, an Overland 1920 model. This is a five
passenger car. As to its value and popularity, ask anyone who
owns one or who has driven one, if the Overland is a prize worth
working for six weeks.
The second prize,, a round trip to Pasadena, Calif., to attend
the Carnival of Roses. Is not a trip with liberal expenses to
sunny California at this time of the year worth working for?
Of course it is.
The third prize,- a thorough course in business college in
Boise. This is a prize of practical value, and one that the
winner will receive benefit from as long as he or she lives.
The fourth prize, a 26-piece set of the Famous Community
50-year silver. This is the beautiful Adam pattern, and is in
a beautiful leatherette case. It is a prize that is worth having.
The Fifth prize, a fine camera, post card size. This is one
of the very latest and most up-to-date cameras on the market.
The sixth prize, a beautiful gold filled bracelet watch. Some
thing that is appreciated by any young lady.
Then for those who enter the race and do not win prizes:
For each candidate who enters the race and fails to win a prize,
providing a cash report is made çacli week, we will pay 25 per
cent on all new subscriptions secured, so you see there is no
chance for anyone to lose out in this race. 25 per cent is a
good commission and the non-prize winners will be well paid
for the work they do.
Now, after considering the above, do you not think there is
a chance for you to win. Of course there is. This is not a
luck game, neither it is a popularity contest. Rather it is a case
of visiting your friends and enlisting their aid in the form of a
subscription to The Tribune for a year or more. The candidate
who, in this manner secures the most votes will be the big
winner.
Now is the best time to get started, so suppose you call up
The Tribune and make a date to talk with the contest manager
right away. Whether you enter the race or not it will be a
good plan to talk it over. It may mean the step that will place
you at the wheel of the Overland car, or it may mean the step
that will start you on the way to one of the most pleasant trips
you ever will have.
Get busv now. Do not wait.
tures nor heard the inspiring words
aocompanying them. Partly because
of this condition and also to form an
added attraction for the Boise night
shows during the state fair, the com
mittee in charge made a special re
quest that these pictures be shown.
United American headquarters has
assented and the pictures will be
shown in front of the capitol build
ing Friday evening, Oct. 1.
Hon. Frank A. Chase, secretary
manager of the United Americans,
for Idaho will deliver the address ac
companying the pictures. Mr. Chase
is a forceful speaker and is saturated
with the spirit of Americanism.
PICKLE BUTTE FARMERS
WANT ROAD EXTENSION
Farmers residing in the vicinity of
the Piokle Butte bridge last week filed
application with the public utilitie
asking an order directing the O. S. T..
to extend the line from Nyssa
Homcdale to the upper Gem district
territory. The petition, which
signed by 242 residents of the interest
ed district, points out that at present
hay is the chief crop while a railroad
would make more extensive crops pos
sible by providing shipping facilities
and might eventually lead to the es
tablishments of an alfalfa mill and
sugar beet factory in this district.
About seven miles of construction
would tap the petitioners' district.
INFORMATION BOOTHS
TO BE RUN BY WOMEN
Boise Club Members Prepare
Entertainment of Visitor»
At State Fair
For
For the convenience of visitors who
are in the city during <he state fair
the Boise Business Women's cluo
will maintain two information booths
down town, one at the corner of
Tenth and Main streets and one at the
city hall corner.
Members of the Boise Trades and
Labor council have offered to erect
the booths free»of charge, the Boise
Fayette Lumber company has donated
the lumber and the Compton Trans
fer company are donating their ser
vices in hauling the lumber, as they
feel this is a community affair and
for the benefit of the visiting public.
At these booths all information rel
ative to the comfort and pleasure of
the visitors will be at hand—where
to get rooms, where to eat and what
prices will be asked, where to dance,
and other facts.
There will be a checking stand in
connection where people may check
their luggage or parcels.