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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
A Popular Minister.

The Rev. Judson Baxter, the new In
cumbent of Riverboro Center parish,
was voted by his people to be as near
perfection as minister can be in this
finite world. His young wife had a
small income Of her own. This was a
distinct and unusual advantage, and
as soon as It was generally known. says
the author of The New Chronicles OF
Rebecea," the subscription committee
Immediately hoped that they might
not be eternally driving over the coun-
try to get somebody's fifty cents that
had been overdue for eight months
but might take their onerous duties
more easily. Said one Of them:
at does seem as II our ministers
were the poorest lot! If their salary
is two months behindhand they begin
to be nervous! Seems as though they
might lay up little before they come
here, and not live from hand to month
So"
1.-THE Baxters seem quite different
and l only hope they won't get waste
full and run into debt" said Mrs Rob
inson. rather dolefully. They say she
keeps the parlor blinds open bout hall
the time. and the room is lit up SC
often evenings that the neighbors
think her and Mr.. Baxter must set II
there. It don't seem hardly as Il Il
could be so. but Mrs Buzzell says tbs
and she says We might as well say
good-by 70 the parlor carpet, which I:
church property. for the Baxters an
living all over It"
This criticism was the only dlscord
ant note In the chorus Of praise, and
the people gradually grew accustomed
to the open blinds and the over-uset
carpet, which was Just completing Ii
twenty fifth year Of honest service.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

server Of social conditions the differ.
ence IL not mere fancy Of this trav.
eller's mind. Childhood In the cities
seems to be falling under the spell Of
the all-pervasive knowledge of facts
which Is the modern educational ideal.
If the country child has escaped, 1t Is
because he has been allowed to digest
his own knowledge, and has not been
fed on peptonized food for adults. He
has to do things fer himself, and learns
by doing them. His world is not over
stocked with objects, and 80 he is able
to find out more about each one that
he does see Above all, the most i'm
portant Of all, much Is left to his i'm
agination. The great world outside re-
mains for him to dream about. He Is
happy In his illusions. When children
share all meals and all interests with
their elders, go with them to theaters
and other places of amusement, read
newspapers instead of school readers
dress for dinner and wear dlminutive
evening clothes to children's parties,
they gain greatly in sophlsticatlon, but
they lose In more desirable qualities. If
there Is any sight in the world more
unpleasing than a child's face In which
there Is no questioning, no hint Of sur
prise, no touch of awe, no capacity for
sudden and strong emotion, 1t would
be hard to say what that sight Is.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
STATE WAS IN PAWN.


Nevada Said te Have Been I'm That
Condition Five Years Ago.
Five years ago Nevada was State
in pawn. She had been stolen, says
Successful American. The entire popu-
lation was not sufficient to constitute
a third-rate western town, and 1t was
decreasing. 1t might we'll have been
asked then, whats the matter with
NevadaT
The trouble grew out Of Nevada's
public land grant, amounting to 2,OOO,-
600 acres, which Congress had care
lessly authorized the State to select
as desired. The Nevada Legislature
practically put the land up at auction,
and the result was that a few stock
men bought enough land to shoestring
and surround and absolutely control
every river, lake and water hole in the
State
BY doing so they became virtual pos
SCISSORS of the rest of the State. No one
else could use the public land or make
settlement because Of their control of
all the water, and in Nevada water Is
the life blood Of the land. Sixty mill
ion acres were controlled and In effect
owned by about million acres and
not an opportunity for single 1871
acre homestead.
Five yeads ago this was the situa-
tion-a hopeless one. Public-spirited
men had attempted to induce immigra.
ton and to encourage the development
Of their State. but their work come to
naught and they had quit. There was
| no chance.
Yet all the time there was still a
great water. supply running to waste
annually. The perennial flow of the
rivers and streams was entirely util-
lied, but the floods from the melting
OF the mountain SHOWS swept away
uselessly to the sea.
Viewing the situation as II was then.
who would have dared to predict that
with the passage Of the national irri.
cation act could have occurred the
great transformation and development
In Nevada. and II 1t had been predict.
ed who would have believed 1t? OF the
sS7, 100000 government reclamation
fund Nevada has thus far received her
/ fair share. and the completion Of the
great project upon which the Federal
engineers are now working will more
than quadruple the already Increased
population of the State.
The first section of the Truckee-
/ Carson project has been completed and
the settlers are now farming the fer.
tile land In eighty-acre homesteads
BY next year 10000 acres Of this
project will be under irrigation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
Coon and Dynamite.

A news telegram from West Chester,
Pa, says: Toying with box of fifty
pounds of dynamite, raccoon nearly
blew the village of Gradyville from
the map last evening and caused a
large amount Of damage.
The dynamite was in a box which
was nailed to a tree, and the animal
made an Investigation from its den in
the upper portion Of the trunk. 1t de-
scended until it was within short dis
lance Of the box, and then leaped. Its
weight carried the box to the ground,
and the village Of Gradyville was shak-
en- to Its foundations, while the work
men who had been using the dynamite
fed In every direction as they saw the
coon approach the box.
The place Is close to school taught
by Miller NJ. Boyd, and when the ex-
plosion took place forty panes OF glass
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Party politics complexities govern
ment in Japan as well as in other coun-
tries. Recently the newspapers were
filled with dispatches containing re-
ports Of the indignant protests Of jap
anese public men against the treatment
Of their fellow countrymen in this coun-
try. But all the protests were made
by opponents of the party in power,
and the avowed object Of the cam
paign Of attack was to force the cab
met out of Office and compel the with
drawal OF the Japanese ambassador to
the United States, and the filling of
his place and that Of other officers with
adherents Of the party now In the OPP
position. The responsible officers OF gov
eminent in Japan and In the United
States know that there Is no ground for
q disturbance Of the friendly relations
between the two powers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
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Opinions of Papers Important Subjects.

has been drawing 5000 year United States Sen
ator for years past, and has not complained Of
inadequate compensation Why should he be paid $780,
900 year insurance president?
Salaries in insurance companies great because the
insurance business Is largely graft The companies get
money easily and do not know how to spend it. they
give their officials large amounts every year. There is
In the ntrcacy and difficulty Of insurance
affairs why who conduct them should be highly
paid Any Of ordinary business sense could man
age insurance company, and such men can be had
for ordinary salaries.
Wisconsin has taken step in the right direction In
ordering that salaries shall be permitted In
companies operating there. Insurance companies are
for the benefit policy holders and their interests
should be protected against senseess extravaganza 9th
States will eventually follow Wsconsns example and
the insurance business Of the country will later
be reformed.-Cncnnau Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Before the jamestown Exposition was
fairly under way on the Atlantic coast,
ground was broken in Seattle, on the
Pacific coast, for the Alaska Yukon Pa
ciac Exposition, which Is to be held in
1909. The landing Of Engllshmen in
America Is celebrated at jamestown.
The purpose of the Seattle fair Is to
call attention to the resources Of the
Alaskan peninsula and to the import
ance Of Pacific Ocean trade. If the
contrast between the present and three
centuries hence Is as great as that be-
tween the beginnings at jamestown and
the fruition in Seattle. what magma
tion Is vivid enough to conceive Of the
conditions to prevail In the year 200?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

l ~ l ages, there existed at a much earlier date
certain scholastic distinctions which are be-
N&&34&M ieved to indicate organized educational
S&oSJH8Y system. For example, the doctors with
whom Jesus found disputng In the
whom He came in contact later are generally regarded
whom the formal educational system Of the
time had set its official label.
The medieval universities existing in the midst of
populace unable either to read write established their
formal degrees sort OF guarantee that the holder
competent to teach But in time 1t be recog
nzed by the universities, that ability and
application often effective academic training;
and originated the custom Of comforting honorary de-
grees upon who have achieved distinction by their
own unaided efforts.
The situation remains unchanged to this day, but as
education has broadened the number Of kinds Of degrees
has increased There reckoned to be thrtfour
which commonly conferred conveying distinctions
which range all the way from doctor Of philosophy to
veterinary surgeon
Much Of the former objection to honorary degrees has
ceased to have point within the last few years The
tendency to translate Phi D. donor Of phunds, and
to confer other honors without much warrant great
ly decreased Several Of the important colleges
held conference the matter few years ago, and
made successful effort to simplify the matter. Other
there is little complain ofunless 1t be the occasional
amusing attempt Of little college to gain distinction
by putting its tag big man. That reminds Of
the high school boys which begun, In my opinion
Julius Caesar was a great man"-Youth's Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

A Massachusetts, evangelist says that
he and his family have for years de-
pended wholly on prayer for their food
and clothing. An evangelist and his
family may now and then be able to
get along that way, but for the masses
steady jobs are more effective.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

One Of the London medical journals
says automobiling enriches the blood.
This is encouraging. Now II some sci
enlist will kindly discover that auto
MODELLING causes hair to grow on bald
heads we may expect 1t to become nee
lessary to keep the factories running
nights and Sundays
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
Mistaken Grief.

alexander wept because there were
no more worlds for him to conquer, /"
said the hero worshiper.
EYES," answered the skeptic: .'but
In SO doing he did not display great
valor SO much as limited knowledge
of geography."-Washington Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

, The women who do not agree with
Mr.. Roosevelt in regard to race suicide
might call his attention to the fact
that there are no funerals or doctors
in their families following the celebra-
ton Of the Fourth.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Notwithstanding
that Ouda the novelist
planythe Ia
living
for thu
Louise "Oulda" immense
Under LITTLE
charitable gifts
complained
recent
exactly abe IL to-day In old
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

were broken and the building partly
wrecked. II. s. Bakers mill was badly
damaged and glass was broken In A
number Of houses.
What was left OF the coon was found
at the foot Of the tree where tia az
ploslon occurred.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

That's the worst paying family
ever attended" said the frst doctor.
"Yes, l used to attend them, but I
never succeeded in getting a penny out
of them"
"Well, I've had better luck. got a
nickel out Of one Of the children after
1t had nearly choked the kid to death"
Philadelphia Press
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

We do not take any stock in the
good old times" of the past As we
read economic history we fail to dis
cover a period that was as good for the
mass Of the people of any country as
the present. Never has there been a
time when sober, Industrious, intelli-
gent and economical persons could get
along SO we'll as they can to-day.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

In going about the United States
General Kuroki may readily have mo-
ticed that 1t would be an easy country
to whip II it could be gotten together
somewhere on a small island.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

1t is beautiful to see a young girl
start out with the avowed intention Of
devoting her life to teaching school,
and yet few people blame her serious
ly when she quits to get married.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

According TO a London physician, au-
tomobiling "enriches the blood and in
sures sound sleep" In many cases 1t
lets out the blood and insures perpet-
ual sleeD.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

A Kentucky man, aged SO, has chew
ed tobacco for eighty years. What a
lot of tags he must have saved in that
time
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
why He Wanted Her.

"Stop" commanded Miss Nurox,
with a disdainful sniff. The idea of
your proposing to lady in my station
OF life. You ought to know better!"
well" replied Mr.. Hunter, ~ do
know better, but. no richer."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Some people will never be perfectly
satisfied with weather conditions until
they get the kind they want by touch
ing O button.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

a small income to some of their officials But the people
will approve It, They unable to understand why the
services an worth than those
of United States Senator who is willing to
$4,000 year, or those Of judges mayors, legislators
governors and other public officials OF whom is
paid as much $4,000 year
Indeed the president large insurance company
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Tho Goulds are great moneymakers
but they don't seem to know how tn
play the marriage game.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Every amateur ball team has a star,
who, according to his admirers, really
belongs In the major leagueA
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
CUTTING DOWN INSURANCE SALARIES.

HE Wisconsin life insurance law has some
excellent features, not the least of which
is the provision that no insurance company
which pays any Of Its officers or agents
more than $4,000 a year shall do business
in that State. Big insurance companies
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

tiary Jefferson City, in which two prison guards
killed. He knew whereof he spoke. His past entitled
him to rank expert witness to the truth Of the
statement that crime does not pay.
The criminal, despite the admonitions and
warnings that to him before he takes the last and
fatal STEP imagnes that somehow he make crime
pay. If he did not think he would not be criminal
1t is because he thinks so that he is a criminal
That 1t Is not necessary for him to think sothat his
thought in this respect may be changed corrected
versed is proved by the thousands of criminals who have
reformed; is demonstrated in the case of Harry
Vaughan, to whom 1t all seemed plain he stood
ready to leave this world.
Experience is hard master, and yet, in some In
stances 1t is the only master that obtain hearing
Harry Vaughan would not learn from any other master
would he learn from experience until experience
him with the hour glass and the scythe Then 1t all
seemed clear to him. Then only could he that II all
wise would be criminal
Only when the swaying above him could
he clearly comprehend what all the experience Of all the
had been trying to make plain to him and to others
like him, that the wages Of sin Is death-Chcago Inter
Ocean.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

You can't help liking the woman who
has a reputation Of being q good hand
In case Of sickness"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Everybody seems to be willing to
work without pay as press agent for
Mark Twain.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Every year the men Of this country
smoke 100000 cigars, some Of them
made almost entirely of tobacco.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

A mai, thinks he's just as good as
anybody when he goes to church In the
rain
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Take to the woods! The London
sufrrugcttes are preparing to invade
America.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

HE criminal does not think correctly. If all
men were wise; none would be criminal It
all seems plain to me now"
This from Harry Vaughan, under sentence
Of death for murder, speaking from the very
shadow of the gallows He was leader of
the mutlny of 1905 In the Missouri peniten-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12
HONORARY DEGREES.

THOUGH the custom of comforting degrees
originated in the universities of the middle
ages, there existed at a much earlier date
certain scholastic distinctions which are be-
lieved to indicate an organized educational
system. For example, the doctors" with
whom Jesus was found dfsputinp In the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-12

Graduate still College, Des Moines. The only
three-year graduate Osteopath practicing In
Caldwell Nervous and acute diseases o spe.
sialty once: Egleston Block, Rooms s.i1.
Independent Phone les.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-05-22

The La Toilette 'Felow Servant Law" case
der submission to the supreme court of the United States
the question of its consttuonaty possesses added in
terest due to the attitude of the government toward it.
1t will be recalled that this act abolshes the law
rule that the negligence of fellow servant prevents
other from recovering and also aboishes the law
rule to contribuory negligence, where the negligence
of the empoye and that of the employer gross
The question of the validity Of this act arises in damage
suits between injured employees, their legal represen
tatives in of death, and the railroads.
is obvious that in such there is great disparity
between the position of the parties The railroads have
the best lawyers that money secure and in question
of this kind affecting all the railroads in the country
number of the best lawyers intervene to present all that
can be said their side On the other hand the plaintiff
may be represented by some comparatively obscure law
yer who is working a contingent fee
The fact that the president has made the validity Of
general to appear and defend its validity, marks great
advance 1t recognizes that the safety of the employees of
interstate transportation companies matter of
eral in which the government has legitimate
interest It should be gratifying to all to know that the
attorney general has presented elaborate brief in sup
port of the law He appeared amicus cuae friend
of the court.
1t is also interesting to note that while Judges Evans
and McCae of Kentucky and Tennessee respectively
have held the law to be unconstitutional, other federal
Judges have held the law to be vad-.udge Hanford in
the state of Washington, Judge Trieber in Arkansas
Judge Morris in Minnesota and Judge Spear Georgia
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-05-22
SO YEARS IN PRISON
FOR ASSAULT

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May 22.-
General Albert l.. Meyer, command
ing the department of Texas, yes
terday approved the sentence to
so years of hard labor. imposed
upon Corporal e. l.. Knowles, of
the Twenty-ffth infantry, by court
martial. Knowles was found guilty
of assault upon Captain Edgar A.
Macklin at Fort Reno.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-05-22
SMOOTH TALK KNOCKS
CIRCUS LICENSE

J. Masse, an agent Of the Floto
shows, gave the city council a
great line of talk last night. He
was successful with it, for the
council introduced and gave read
ings to an ordinance providing a
new rate for the license of circus
performances. AS the ordinance
stood before, the circuses, big and
little, paid $500 for the first day
and 5000 for each subsequent day.
The agent claimed that his show
was small affair, seating only
5000 people, and it could not afford
to pay the high license. He finally
got the council to feeling good and
the council evidenced it's good will
by laying off until Corporation
Counsel Hamblen had prepared
new ordinance providing the same
license for the big shows, but max
ing an exception in favor of the
small ones under 5000 seating ca
pacity. AS amended the ordinance
will provide for license of 500 for
the first day and $50 for the subse-
quent days of the small circuses.
Next Tuesday night the council
will give the ordinance its third
reading and pass it.