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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
CANYONS DELEGATION.

Canyon county thought she was
sending a strong delegation to the
legislature this spring. There were
many important matters that we knew
would come up for consideration, and
we planned to get good, competent
men. In our selection we were fortu-
nate in the choice of two of the legis-
lators. 1t is particularly fortunate
now that we did get two capable men
elected. Messrs. Thompson and
Shawhan have both acted with cour-
age, dignity and ability. Senator
Shawhan has devoted his time intelli-
gently to the solution of the many
problems that came before the legisla-
ture. Refraining from wild goose
chases he has been able to do some
thing for the people of Idaho. Repre-
sentative Thompson has had an awk-
ward position to fill. Alone in the
house he has been able to Illustrate
the schemes of the enemies Of Can
yon county. With the majority of his
own delegation devoting themselves
exclusively to county seat intrigue, he
has not only been more than a match
for them on their chosen ground, but
has also found time to take up and
carefully consider other matters of
vital Importance to the cOmmOnality.
He has always felt the responsibility
of his position, and the obligations he
was under to his constituency. He
has kept close tab on everything COM
ing before the legislature. Having
the industry to investigate, the brains
to deduce and the conscience to fol-
low the right, he has had little trouble
in keeping clear of shoals. Actions
of the legislature are dependant upon
other proposed and contemplated ac-
lions. He of the mind to grasp the
complete situation experiences little
trouble with those blind to all else
save selfish interests. Politicians
have learned this fact, and conse-
quently the leaders are broad mind
ed men as we'll as natural stragetists.i
When all is done and said the right
principle is ever triumphant in the
end. Our representative could see
that there was little merit in the
proposed county division of Canyon
county. Payette first and then Nampa
second abandoned all claim to merit
When Payette withdrew from the con-
test as far as the creation of Payette
county was concerned, she publicly
acknowledged that she had no just
claim for recognition nor cause for
complaint. When Nampa gave up the
fight for a county of her own she also
acknowledged that her grounds were
unstable; and insincere were her ar
guments and pretensions. The legis-
lature was able to see through such
transparent Vaccinations. To the
credit of the members from the differ
ent counties of the state they acted in
reason on this matter. Representa-
tive Thompson has done much better
than could be expected, handicapped
as he was. Few men could have done
as well. He can come home in the
full consciousness that he had the
eyes to see his duty and the heart to
do il.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

ipso lure the people will rule. The
law does nothing more than give the
people an opportunity. Under the
present law they have ample oppor-
tunity to accomplish anything they
may wish. There is not a solitary
thing that the people OF Idaho cannot
do more easily under the provisions
of our present statutes, than by means
of any direct primary law ever enact
ed. The results in other states prove
that the direct primary law as APP
piled is a farce The best that can be
claimed is that it had made condl-
tions no worse. But, The Tribune has
gone over this phase OF the question
so often that we fear to further tire
the patience of the reader.
The Idaho legislature has undoubt-
eddy investigated, and has come to the
conclusion that such measures are not
an unmixed blessing. They commence
to realize that the enactment OF law
is not going to accomplish the regen-
Grafton of the corruptionist, nor work
the salvation of the people. We trust
and hope that the senate of the Idaho
legislature will hesitate about pass
ing the bill until it can convince it
self that the people want the measure
and that if they do think they do, that
it is best for them to have it. If they
will wait that long the tenth session
will pass no direct primary law. If
they do not issues will be mighty
scarce and far between before another
session will seriously consider such a
law. Before two years will have pass
ed the direct primary as with several
other propositions in the past, will
have been passed into that ''innocuous
desuetude" of which our friend Cleve-
land sang.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
LEGISLATURE HEsITATEs.

The Tribune has been fearful all
the time that the legislature would
pass direct primary law. We note
with no little satisfaction that the
Idaho law making body hesitates at
making the final plunge. 1t is now a
well known fact that the people do
not want a direct primary law, and II
is equally well known that two-tbirds
OF the members of the legislature
knows that such a law as proposed
would be a fatal mistake. The Tri-
bune is convinced that at the last mo-
ment the courage and manhood of the
members will so assert themselves as
to defeat the measure. We have that
confidence in our state legislature
The direct primary law is one of the
chief articles in the stock in trade OF
political will-'o-the-wisps. 1t has been
used with success by those who are
always looking for something popu-
lar. For the time being people are
frequently lead astray by an eupho-
NOUS phrase or an insipid truism.
The exponent of the direct primary
says, when the people control we
shall have political purity" The un-
suspecting public realizes the truth
of the statement and at once con-
cludes that under the direct primary
the people will rule. They reason that
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

The Weiser Signal got out its an
nual edition this week. This number
of the Signal is a splendid achieve
ment. The issue is in magazine form,
handsomely illustrated and attractive
ly printed. The articles are well
written by men and women fully
conversant with the subjects treated
The Tribune congratulates the Weise1
paper upon its enterprise and energy
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

the sport of every political coxcomb,
and the barter of the liquor interests.
She had strong men. Now they are
withered, weakened and weakened.
They then looked to the future with
now anxious apprehen-
sions fret every mind. Why this is so
is beyond our ken. We cannot under
stand it at all. Nampa started out
with a decent, if not a practical am
bition to have a county and be a
county seat. Arguments were brought
out that seemed to sustain her posi-
ton. She felt able to support coun-
ty government, or at any rate, was
willing to assume the burden. She
proved by argument that taxes would
be little or no higher than at present;
and that if they were that the benefits
and conveniences would more than
offset this disadvantage. She claim
ed the area, the wealth and the popu-
lation. Her people knew what they
wanted and were willing to pay for it.
Now how different! Thwarted in her
first love she has shamlessly abandon
ed herself to the amours and in
trigues of breweries, saloons, and
Whatnots. She now wants to join Ada
in hopes that the brewery will be
saved. For it's sake she has created
bitterness from one end of Canyon
county to the other. For its sake
Nampa has made it impossible for
Canyon county and her own people
to be reimbursed by the state for the
expenses of the Western Federation
cases. She has made it impossible for
the Canyon county delegation in the
legislature to accomplish anything.
Her sole recompense is an unenvia-
BILE reputation as the handmade of the
liquor traffic, and i'll her last move
profligately abandons all pretensions
to anything else. And, it all started
from the county seat germ. But Nam
pa is not vicious, neither is she i'm
moral. The Nampa people are simply
possessed of wrong ideas, vivified by
misdirected energy. They have
come to believe that the future of
Nampa depends upon brewery and
six or seven saloons. If it does the
city is not worth saving, although
the Lord offered to save Sodom for
the sake of ten righteous inhabitants.
Nampa has hundreds and they will
work out their own salvation. She
has resources that will justify a much
larger town than she is at present.
Nampa will grow for many years to
come. In the fullness of time she will
wonder in amazement why she ever
thought that her prosperity was
wrapped up in the prosperity of the
saloon. She will hardly believe that
she ever thought that the destiny of
Nampa depended upon Crescent
beer and Jacob Lockman. But poor
Nampa is now distracted by the con-
ceits of her own imagination. 1t will
take a short while for her to again be-
come rational, andin the mean time we
must treat our sister city with kind
ness and consideration We are all
liable to stray in our ratiocinations,
and Nampa is no worse than the best
of us. This experience will teach her
to be careful in the future of the COM
pany she keeps.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

WEEKLY ESTA BLISHED DEC.8, 1888
and ltered atthe Caldwell Post0lhce a.
sacOnI-class matter.-Act of March 8, 1879
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
American National Bank
Caldwell. Idaho
Caldwell. Idaho

If careful, conservative.
vet vigorous management in
a bank appeals to you and
you desire every detail Of
your bank business given
careful attention, we invite
your patronage and will be
your sympathetic personal
ally to the degree allowed by
sound banking principles.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

Having lost $4,000 acres Of land
through the activity of President
Roosevelt and Forester Pinchot, the
people are in position to realize the
benevolence of the forestry bureau.
Our timber is being protected all
right.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

Bryan will run again if the people
demand it. Sure he will, but we sus-
pect that you won't notice any de-
mand to speak of.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27
ADVERTISING RATES

Display advertising 17Kc inch per issue
Reading notices, l0c per line.
Classified advertisements, lie per word
peIissue.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-02-27

Why don't Nampa secede from Ida
no? It could join Utah. There is
no danger of state prohibition there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04

Attention is seldom called to a re-
markablc and curious characteristic of
the olive tree, After many years of
growth the different large branches of
the trees separate gradually from the
trunk until they are quite divided from
one another down to the root. These
then slowly move apart and in some
instances six or seven distinct trees
stand in the area which before sur
rounded the main tree, and they will
sometimes be as much as 20 feet apart
Going home from work Wednesday
afternoon, John Haas Of Wilmont, Pa,
felt tug and nip at his leg. Looking
down he saw what he supposed was a
cat and kicked it away. 1t jumped for
his leg again, and he saw it wasn't a
cat He yelled for help. Several men
responded" said the dispatch, land af-
tr a fight the animal was killed. 1t
proved to be a monster muskrat.
Haas's trousers were torn and he was
bitten in several Places"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
A NEvER.TiRED STEAMER.
Has Travelled Over 100000 Miles,
Carrying 100000 Passengers.

Probably the most remarkable pas
senger steamboat in the world is the
Flyer, plying the waters of Puget
Sound between the ports of Seattle and
Tacoma. Built in Portland, Oregon. 1G
years ago, the Flyer has Travelled more
than a million ana a quarter miles and
has carried more than 100000 passen-
gers. With unvarying precision she
has completed four trips daily between
the two Puget Sound cities, month in
and month out, travelling so miles to a
trip, or 24O miles day, with an aver
age Of $40 working days year. This
record which has kept up for such a
length Of time. has caused the Flyer
to be the marvel of marine men up and
down the Pacific coast and of those on
the lakes and Atlantic seaboard where
her performance is known.
The million and quarter miles that
the FLYER has travelled is equivalent to
five trips from earth to the moon, or 81
VOYAGES around the world at its great
est circumference. The Flyer might
have made 35S voyages from New York
to Liverpool. During the time she has
been in comssion she has put in $500
working days up to July l of this year.
The Flyer has ferried enough people be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma to populate
the states of Delaware, Maine, Monta-
ma and New Mexico and has brought to
her operators $1,000,000 in fares. She
has kept such perfect schedule time
that it is an Old saying that watches
may be set by her appearance at either
end of the run. Her course is so well
known to her pilots that even if the
course may be obscured by thick wea-
thcr there is no loss in time.
The Flyer was built at Portland. Fir
that was cut during the winter months,
we'll picked with salt, was used in her
construction. BY cutting the fir during
the wet season builders find it's life for
shipbuildirg purposes is materially
heightened. The vessel is 40 feet
long, has a beam of q feet and a hold
depth of Is feet. Philadelphia sAgine
manufacturers constructed her machin-
cry in 1890, and the engine is an exact
duplicate of that in j. p. Morgan's
famous yacht Corsair, and has an in
dicated horse power of LOO. Oil is
used for fuel with daily consumption
Of 81 barrels. Her average speed is be-
tween Is and 20 miles an hour.-St.
Louis Republic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Taking the Census.

THE census is not a joke" says the
secretary of commerce and labor. 1T is
big thing. of vital Importance to the
department. the administration and the
country Ii | am to share the RESPONSE
biity, | want the authority that goes
with it. That is simply the case in Il
nutshell. am not looking for more
work
The secretary is right. The taking
Of the census is indeed work of vast
and vital importance. and it is one that
should not be entered into without the
fullest preparation and the most care
full consideration of all the. details in
volved. There was a strong feeling
among the citizens of our State that
the last census failed to develop fully
the population that was actually resi-
dent in Maine and that much of tn"
work of making the enumeration was
hastily and in some instances carelesslv
done Whether these criticisms Were
spared in taking the coming census 10
see to it that there is no just oppor-
tunity presented for similar ones. We
believe that the State of Maine has
made substantial growth in the last
decade and that if its population is
fully enumerated it will be able in the
next apportionment of members of
Congress to hold by virtue Of it's
population the representation it now
has at Washington. Under such
circumstances, it is of great Importance
that the work of enumeration shout
be done with great thoroughness AMI
care. and the men employed to do il
should be selected solely for their
efficiency and ability to properly per-
form the work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
The Boston Merchants Association.
Tour.

This morning large party composed
of members of the Boston Merchants
Association will leave the North sta
ton in Boston for tour of Maine. As
at present made up, the party Will con-
Sist of III members of the association,
and newspaper representatives, who
will make the trip in train of nine
cars, six of which will be sleepers and
two dining cars. The trip will include
stops at Portsmouth, Biddeford, Port
land, Brunswick, Path, Augusta, Wa
terville, Belfast and Bangor. During
the journey 10000 souvenir books will
be distributed along the way. None OF
the stops will be long and it is expect
Ell that the whole trip will be made in
three days. Every possible effort will
be made along the way to make the
visit of the members of this notable
party of business men as pleasant as
possible. 1t is the purpose of the
members of the Boston Merchants AS
ISOLATION in making this trip in the
swift New England special to spread
the spirit of cooperation among the
business interests of New England
with an aim to securing that CONSOLE
Gation of interest and unity of action
which shall make for the material
progress and welfare Of this section of
the Union.
The city of Augusta joins the rest of
Maine in extending a hearty and cor
dial welcome to these distinguished
visitors from the Hub, and hopes that
the trip may prove in all respects a
pleasant and d profitable one.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Nine men out Of ten earn money that
the tenth man gets.
Even the man who is unable to keep
a horse may afford nightmare.
The woman who doesn't know her
own mind hasn't much to worry over.
Never criticise anything at charity
bazaar; you can't tell who made it.
A rich man with a lot of fool ideas
is supposed to have an artistic tenn
permanent
There are bores and bores. but the
man with the chronic explanation habit
is in class by himself.
1t takes a strong-minded woman to
force her nickel on the Street-car con-
ductor who has accidentally missed
her.
The stage villain smokes nothing but
cigarettes; in real life he smokes any
old thing from a corncob pipe to per-
fecto
A man never realizes what a small
potato he really is until he hears in Il
roundabout way what the girl whom he
could have married but didn't thinks
nf him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
NEW SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH.
Great Future Awaits the Development
Of Its Resources.

Below Mason and Dixon's line things
change slowly. Yet they have changed
and are changing. The problems Whlch
confr. mt the South today are becoming
more and more the problems when
confront the other parts of the country.
A new South--the industrial South
has grown UP, and as it increases IN
power the traditions of the old agrlcul-
tural South. the South of the planter
and of the slaVe-oWner, become of less
binding strength upon people faced by
new situation, new wants, new econ
on1ic problems, and new ambitions. the
South is beginning to realize that 1t
moves in and is part of a new order of
things. and that it's Negro question is
not the only one with which it has to
deal.
BY clinging to the old methods and
old traditions which have so long kept
it apart from the rest of the country
the South has created for itself a
"poor-white" problem which can be
solved, as can the other questions
which affect it's growth and develop
ment, only by the section becoming not
solid but soluble and dissolving itself
into the great life of the nation. That
the people of the South are beginning
tC realize this is becoming more and
more evident every day. The Southern
newspapers, big and little, the country
journal and the papars OF the big cities.
show by hundred signs the drift of
opinion down there.
This beginning of a new administra-
ton seems to have been seized upon as
an opportune time for a general ex-
preston of sentiments and ideas which
have long been gathering strength and
are now about to become compelling
forces The South, with it's undevelOp-
ed resources and dormant possibilities,
has future as great and glorious as
any other part of the country, and it
must be matter Of intense satisfac-
ton to every true American that at
last it shows signs from which it has
so long stood aloof.-New York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
COMMENTS OF THE MAINE PRESS
A Worthy Appointment.
portland Press.)


General Dill began as a newspaper
man. and his interest in military mat
ters appears to have been formed later
and partly as the result of accidental
circumstances. During the Spanish
war he went to Chattanooga with the
First Maine regiment as special cor
respondent for the Lewiston Journal
and although already devotee of
craftsmanship with the rifle and in
terested in the affairs of the National
Guard, his experiences in camp turned
his attention still more strongly in that
direction. After the war he received
his first appointment as inspector of
rifle practice on the staff of Colonel
Kendall of the First regiment with the
rank of lieutenant. In 1901 he was ap-
pointed inspector of rifle practice on
the staff of Governor Hill, with the
rank of colonel. and in 1903 he was re-
appointed on the staff of Governor
Cobb. In the meantime the ordnance
department was created, and last
January Colonel Dill was appointed
chief of ordnance on the staff of
Governor Fernald And now. on the
arising of the unexpected vacancy, he
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-04
Arbor Day.

Internationally, there is growing
appreciation in this country of the
spirit and purpose that underlie Arbor
day. This was very beautifully pointed
out by Governor Fernald in his admir-
able proclamation naming date for
its observance. The benefits of this
day do not consist merely in the trees
that are planted upon it, but in the
general education which it gives the
public upon the question of forest
preservation, a matter of vital import
ance to the future growth and pros
perity of our country. Almost every
new anniversary gains it's popularity
with the masses slowly, nor can it ever
have general recognition unless it has
the element of some sentiment that ap-
peals with special force to the hearts
of the people-some vital spark that
insures its fullness of years.
1t is now 81 years since the idea OF
Arbor day was inaugurated by j. Ster-
ling Morton, who was afterwards in
the cabinet of President Cleveland. 1t
was in 1872 that Mr.. Morton inaugu-
rated the idea of Arbor day in the state
of Nebraska, which was practically
treeless. He believed that trees could
be made to grow there as we'll as else
where in the Union and time has DEM
onstrated the soundness OF that
Judgment. Mr.. Morton did not inau-
gurate the movement with the idea OF
building up timber supply in his
native state, but with the view of pro-
yidlng shade trees which should add
to the beauty and comfort of its cities
and towns The idea proved popular
one with the people of Nebraska, and
the legislature of the state made the
birthday of Mr. Morton, April y,
holiday for the purpose of planting
trees. The extent to which this holi-
dav has since been observed in Ne
hIaska will be at once apparent when
it is known that very nearly billion
shade trees now stand in that state
where it was treeless prairie before
the establishment of this custom.
In the state of Pennsylvania, once
one of the great timber states of the
Union, but now largely denuded of it's
forests, the Arbor day idea has gained
a c.neciallv strong hold and will be OBJ
served the present year upon large
scale In fact, the growth and the OBJ
servance of this day in all the states
of the Union has been very rapid in
recent years and everything indicates
that the attention given to it this year
will be far greater than ever before
since it was first added to the list of
our national holidays.