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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
STEPS TAKEN TOWARD
ORGANIZATION OF A BAND

tlemen, soon to arrive, who have state
wide rputation as band men. The plan
is to have a band of rs members In
order to obtain that number without
importing from other towns, it Is
necessary to educate some of the
young men of the city. With Profess
sor Snapp this can easily be done. 1t
will he his business to give the young
men ilstructions two or three nights
each week. Applications are now in
the hands of the secretary for all the
new members the organization desires.
1t naturally follows that an organiza-
ton of this grade of talent costs more
than does that of a lower grade, but
as the citizens want the best and are
willing to assist in getting 1t. 1t Is es-
timated that it will require about
$500 for expenses, not for the summer
season, but for IL months. The con-
tract with Prof. Snapp is for one year.
The Tribune believes that 1t will not
require a great effort to raise this
amount II all the citizens will share
the burden equally, for there Is not
a resident of the city but who is ben
Gifted by having first class band In
our midst.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
FOise Presbytery Meeting.

There will be a pro renata meeting
of the Presbytery of Boise held In the
Presbyterian church of Caldwell
Tuesday, March 9, at 2 o'clock. The
purpose of the meeting is to take such
action as may seem best in reference
to the following items of business:
First, reception of members.
Second, call and installation OF Rev.
NJ. A. Camp of Roswell.
Third, the reorganization of COM
mittees.
Fourth, the organization of a church
at Fruitland.
Fifth, the report of Home Mission
committee.
In the evening a popular meeting
will be held. Hon. John t. Morrison
will give a report Of the Brotherhood
convention held In Pittsburg, Febru-
ary 1926. There will also be some
time devoted to the College of Idaho,
A report will be made of the present
condition, etc. The purpose of this
last is to arouse interest everywhere
in the College. The public Is cordi-
ally invited to both afternoon and
evening sessions, but are invited es-
peciaIly to the evening service as 1t
will be a popular meeting.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06

The supreme court handed down All
opinion yesterday involving ali inn
portant irrigation question, in an ap-
peal from Canyon county. Judgment
entered in the case of J. L. Midday VS..
Daniel Barker and others, directors If
the Nampa and Meridian Irrigation
district. by Judge Bryan, in issuing a
writ of amndate to compel the delivery
of water to the plaintiff, is affirmed.
The syllabus in part follows "A
dedication within the purview Of the
constitution is commensurate only
with the character and kind Of waters
dedicated and the use and regularity
OF the use to which they are applied.
"If the waters received and used
and applied by subsequent settler
and claimant are part OF the waters
included within the appropriation oil
prior claimants and Is merely water
they are not. for the time, urging OF
claiming, then the dedication and right
to the subsequent use thereof goes to
such waters and merely constitutes 9
claim for the use of such waters as
are not needed or applied by prior
consumers at any time during any
subsequent season.
1.-THE fact that canal company had
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06

The Tribune is pleased to announce
that a complete organization Of the
Caldwell band has been effected and
the boys will be prepared to furnish
better music than ever this summer,
and that's going some, for Caldwell
has for years held the banner for hav-
ing the best band organization in the
state. But If the present plans are
successfully carried out the present
organization will have all its predeces-
sors beat a city block. A contract has
been entered into with Professor Alvin
Snapp, who was for years the leader
of Billy Fields celebrated minstrel
band which is known from the Allan
tic to the Pacific. This kind Of talent
comes high, but the best is not toe
good for the Magic City, and espe-
cially for the band, for there is no ad.
vertisement which gives such salts
factory returns as that Of city hav
ing a good band The boys are for
tunate in having some mighty goot
new members, who have cast theil
lot with us. Harley King, for instance
is a crackerjack. He is manufacthr
ing cigars and is one of the fixtures o
the town. There are two other gen
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
BrOnchO Busting.

II farmer was to come to town
for a man or two the chances are that
he could not find an idle man in the
town. But just let it be known that
there was to be a croncho busting
contest at Charley Turner's corrall,
and there would not be seating room
on the fences for the crowd. This was
the condition Tuesday when it was
known that Tex Lindsay Of Nyssa
would give a private exhibition. Tex
is evidently onto his job for he only
got thrown once during the show. He
will give another exhibition at the
fair grounds this afternoon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
Contests ON Land.

1t is evident that Uncle Sam is get
ting busy looking after his land in
terests In this part of his domain,
Special Agent Wade has filed several
contests on homestead claims in this
vicinity. One of the most prominent
Of which is that OF ex-U. s. Commits
sioner Cupp. It must be remembered
that because a contest has been filed
ON claim 1t does not necessarily fol-
low that the settler has not complied
with the law. Government agents
sometimes feel revengetul and take
this method to get even. 1t is a we'll
known fact that the law has been
evaded in many instances and 1t fol-
lows that sometimes the innocent
must suffer for the sins OF others.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
COUNCIL. HOLDS Up THE
CEMETERY MATTER AGAIN

two absent; consequently the matter
is held up temporarily, at least, as
the successful bidders have no desire
to include law suit with their con-
tract. The failure to enter into this
contract further delays getting the
water on the grounds for at least
another year. So far as the matter OF
getting water for the entire hill is con-
cerned nothing definite as yet has ma
terailzed, although 1t may later on.
The scheme most talked of by those
who oppose the installation Of a pump
ing plant, is to construct a tank at an
elevation OF about Is feet above the
present reservoir and install a motor
and automatic pump for lifting the wa
ter from the reservoir to the tank and
then conveying the water to the
grounds through pipes by the gravity
system. The motor to be connected
by wire with the pump house, thus
doing away with a pumper for the
grounds as is now contemplated. The
expense of this last scheme will b.
much more for installation but will
be less expensive after 1t is in opera
ton, But as the question of irrigat
ing the cemetery has been in contem
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
Articles Of Incorporation.

Articles of incorporation were filed
Thursday for the Idaho Land Co. Ar
ticle says: the officers for tint first
years shall be John Ennis, president;
j.. w. Porterheld, vice president; and
E. G. Johnson, secretary and treasur-
err" The Office of the company is at
Sioux City, Iowa. The capital stock
is $4,000, divided into shares of $1,000
each.
Articles OF incorporation were filed
this week for the First Methodist
church of Fruitland. Idaho. The fol-
lowing are the incorporators: T. F.
Harry, L. B. Waekinson, P. A. Criger
Charles Winters, NJ R. Powell, e, E.
Hunter, and Anderson Smith,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
DISTRICT
MUST THE DELIVER GOODS

furnished and delivered water to q
consumer for the purpose of raising
crops so as to amount to dedication
of the use within the contemplation Of
the provisions of section 4, article is,
of the constitution, raises the prima
facie presumption that the company
SO furnishing and delivering water had
that quantity of water over and above
the amount required and previously
appropriated and dedicated to other
users and consumers from the same
canal"
In the above case Mr.. Midday pro-
cured water for his land by means Of
lateral of some two miles in length.
The directors of the irrigation dis
trict claimed that owing to the great
distance the water had to be conveyed
that the evaporation was so great that
they could not AFFORD to furnish the
desired amount, there being no other
patrons taking water from the lateral.
! Consequently they refused to furnish
the plaintiff water. The result was
that a mandamus was issued and le-
gal contest started in the district court
and was followed by an appeal to the
supreme court with the result that the
lower court was sustained.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06

customer. Roses, which so closely
resemble the genuine article that a
visitor imagines that a delicate per-
fume prevades the parlors, are to be
seen in profusion,
Then there are hats Of all the latest
styles known to the milliners' art. An
hours visit will convince the most
skeptical that the Bon Ton" has the
goods and the prices.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
Took Examination.

The examination for rural mail car
riers in Canyon county was held by
the postmaster of Caldwell at the city
hall Saturday. The following named
persons took the examination: Messrs.
Ed Miller, Lincoln Paine, C. G. Reff-
ner, Henry Shaffer, Wesley R. Vaughn
of Caldwell; John L. A. Redmond OF
Nampa, and Mrs. Minnie ]. Dickinson
of Meridian.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
SITUATION ON
The ISLAND

The following editorial taken from
the Porto Rico Review, published by
Willis Sweet, formerly a resident of
Idaho. The paper is published In
magazine form of 20 pages double col
umns, one in English and the other
Spanish, thus enabling the Spaniards
and Americans to enjoy the pleasure
of reading the many good things
which appears in each issue of the Re-
view. Willis has evidently lost none
Of his old time faculty for expressing
his views on paper. The Review will
doubtless be power for good in its
field of operation. The article treats
ON the political conditions on the Is
land, as viewed by the editor"
The March Backwards.
Have we reached the high tide Of re-
action? We do not deal with the
question in anger; but we do admit
and consider the situation with un-
feigned regret.
The government at Washington had
become weary of the continual strife,
noise, and turbulence that rolled into
the capital from Porto Rico. The ma
tional authorities understood that the
agitators of the then Federal party
wanted the offices, and with view Of
bringing peace and quiet, Mr.. Win
throp carqe down to Porto Rico with
the purpose already formed for hin
to place the agftators in Office, thus
hoping to. relieve the strain on ths
ears of the powers that be. The ole
axiom. "the government always wins
was realized: and under the inspira
ton of Governor Winthrop, assisted
by Mr.. Post, the leaders OF a republi
can form OF government for Porto Ri
co were defeated, and the insdgatori
/, Of the black flag riots. and other bois
ferrous methods of formulating
propaganda" were given the ofiaces
( and incidentally, the power to do sucl
legislative Injury as the responsible OF
ficaals of the United States believed
themselves able to explain away ]
called 20 account by the congressi
congress- that to this day, has not tn
remotest information OF the real SIT
uation In Porto Rico.
Foe q tfne. the hopes OF those Amer
team oficIals who had been instru
uen4af IN the debauchery of a re
pnbllcan form of government, Wer
realised. WAAIe the victOEs were ID
vidlng the spOils, they were quiet an
oontented; but this contentment wa
short-laved. No born agitator wa
ever vet quiet for any great lengt
Of dime. And 50, when the Offices wer
divided, as the offlces were then distr'
buted. the agitation was at once r.
newed AGAINST anything OF an Amer
team" character, the agitators haVin
carried their "propaganda" to the 81
tent OF incadng any sort OF pre1udac
AGAINST Che. great republic that has
every conceivable manner, throw
around the people OF Porto Rico a
educational, financial, and politics
advantages consistent with a very RAJ
I'd growth, as the national authorize
Viewed the situation. The only thin
withheld from US that ought to hay
been given long ago, is the politics
fellowship to which We have SO Ion
been entitled. Other details could
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06

The Bon Ton Millinery parlors had
their regular spring opening Tuesday.
Mrs. Henderson. the proprietor, GER
tainly displayed excellent taste in Sc
lecting her stock. After visiting the
bon Ton" there is no further excuse
for a lady not being able to select a
hat, which will suit the most critical
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06

Monday was Traders Day In Cald-
we'll and brought q large number OF
people to the city. The auction was
conducted my Miller & Dickinson
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-03-06
ALDwRLL, IDAHO SATURDAY MARCH 6, 1909

county derives from the fair. There
being no further business, the board
adjourned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
TO RE-ENACT
CUSTER'S FIGHT
Soldiers and Indians in Mock Battle
During Land Drawing.
Next Month.

PIERRE, S. D., Sept. 29.Estimates
as TO the number Of Cheyenne River
reservation lands at the various reg
istration points next month range
from 100000 to 100000 Pierre, Aber-
deen and LeBeau, each on different
railway system interested in carrying
people to the new lands, will get the
bulk of the crowds. Each place at
which there is to be registration mas
applied for and been granted corr
pany of troops to do police duty.
At Pierre the drawing card will be
the reproduction of Clusters Last
Fight" between Indians who took part
in the actual battle and companies of
the state troops
The Custer battle scene is attracting
attention from all over the country,
and magazine writer's and moving
picture companies will have represent
atives on the ground.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
Organized Gang at Work Selling Booze
to the People Of That Dry
Town Has Been Run
to Earth.
A SENSATIONAL REPORT
Affidavit Filed Showing That urii-
censed Saloon Business Has
Been Carried on In a
Wholesale Manner

MUSCATINE, Sept. 29.-A graphic
and interesting story Of organized
bootlegging came out in the district
court when Attorney H. B. Betty Of
Davenport, read an affidavit reciting
the alleged facts, purporting to come
from A. B. McDermott, man employ
ed to associate with the crowd and
gather evidence against them. The
sensational story was brought to
light when the application for tenn
porary injunction against Orville Mar
tin, restraining him from carrying
about, soliciting sales. or selling in
toxicating liquors was called for trial,
four writs having previously been
taken by default, the defendants not
appearing in court, the following be-
ing those against whom injunctions
were issued: Jim Bryant, Frank
Bair, Dick Weiniger and James Nc
Collister.
The affidavit contained statements
of decidedly sensational character
and indicated that there was an or
ganized gang dispensing liquor with
in Muscatine. 1t was simply story
of the many transactions, setting forth
the time, the place, and the party
either selling the liquor or going to
some place to secure it, with pertinent
comments applying to the parties
designated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
Some People Do Not Like it Because
General Grant Wore His Uni
form With the Prohib-
itionists.
LETTER TO WAR DEPT.
Chicago Parade Of the "Drys" on Sat.
urday Was Headed by Gen.
Fred Grant in Mill.
Iary Uniform.

CHIoCAGo, Sept. 29--A protest
against the appearance of Gen. Fred
erick Grant in his army uniform in
the temperance parade last Saturday
was made in a letter sent to the sec
retary of war by w. R. Michel, mem-
Der of the executive board of the Uni
ted Societies for Local Sclf-Govern-
ment. The letter says:
Public officers are ser vants OF the
people and should not be allowed to
use the advantages of their office to
accomplish partisan ends. don't dis
pute the generals right to take part
in this movement ,as private citizen,
but believe he had no right to head
the parade III full uniform or parties
pate as federal officer.
will you kindly advise me whether
the department has ruled on such con-
duct and whether the same can be said
to receive official sanction?"
Several letters have been sent to the
secretary of war from gentlemen who
defend Grants appearance in the pa
rade. They say it was not "prohibi-
ton parade, but "a movement for the
righteous enforcement of law and or
| der in Chicago,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
SMALL CHECAS
ARE ALL RIGHT
No Truth in the Report that New
Law Prohibits Checks Of Less
Than $1.cO.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 20 There is
widespread but entirely needless con-
cern on the question of the legality of
issuing check for an amount less
than ST. says statement given out
by the treasury department. The
statement adds:
THE law about which this question
was ratged was passed forty-seven
years ago and has been in effect and
enforced ever since. In 1862 in order
to raise funds for war purposes this
law was passed placing postage
stamps In general circulation as mon
ey. 1t was important that this de-
vice should not be interfered with by
individuals issuing notes or checks to
be used as fractional currency. A
clause was therefore inserted in the
law to prevent this.
"a bank check is an order on a
banker to pay particular sum OF
money. 1t is not designed to be put
in circulation as substitute for mon
ey. There is no conflict with this an
cient law in issuing checks for any
amount however small. This has
been the construction placed upon this
law by the treasury department from
the passage of the act in 1862 down tc
the present moment"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
Chauffeur Killed, Car owner In DAN
gerous Condition as Result of
Spill This Morn
ing.
LONG ISLAND DERBY
Big Car skidded While Going at
Rate Of Seventy Miles an
Hour and Two Were
Thrown Out.

RIVERHEAD, Long Island, Sept. 80.
A serious accident marred the running
of the Long Island derby for automo-
biles here today, which will cost the
life of ]. Bates. mechanician for Her
bert Lytle, while Lytle himself is
badly hurt Running at more than
seventy milfs an hour, the Aperson
car driven by Lytle skidded at a turn
in the road and went into the ditch.
Lytle was thrown fifty feet ahead Of
the machine but Bates was caught
under the car and his skull and both
legs fractured. Help was quickly at
hand and the two men we're taken to
farm house and doctors summoned.
The big car is wreck. Bates died
within an hour after the accident. He
died in the farm house. Lytle Is in a
very precarious condition at the house
but the doctors at work over him say
he has chance of recovery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
Baldwin and Tomlinson Started This
Morning in $4,000 Race From
New York to Al
bany.
BALDWIN LANDED FIRST
Fell In the Hudson River Just Above
Yonkers While Other Man
Was Blown Away by
Wind.

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-With prize
of ten thousand dollars as an inducec-
ment Captain Thomas Scott Baldwin,
in his giant dirigable balloon, the
counterpart of the one he offered the
U. S. government, and George l.. Tom
linson in machine slightly smaller
but of the same general characteristic
which was also built by Baldwin and
sold to Tomllnson this morning for
$4,000, started shortly before noon to-
day in an attempt to fly from New
York to Albany, following the Hudson
river as nearly as possible. This will
be the first point to point airship race
ever held in the United States. Wealth
er conditions were ideal. Owing to
the fact That Tomlinson's balloon was
the smaller, Captain Baldwin gave him
handicap of thirteen minutes. Bald
win showed plainly when he started Off
that he was in his element and the
enthusiasm of the crowd seemed to
spur him to extra effort, so before
pointing the prov of his ship in the di
rection of his goal, he gave an exhibi
tion of flying that was close to Won
derful. With the big balloon under
perfect control, he headed it around
the tomb Of General Grant, then turn
ed complete circle, after which he
steered out across the Hudson river
1 On reaching the center Of the riyel
he turned the big machine northward
! and travelling at a terrific rate o
speed soon passed out Of sight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
The Amateur Cooks "onions."

A well-known Liverpool Gng.) citi.
zen-a gentleman occupying posi-
ton of considerable civic Importance
had an amusing experience the 9TH
er day. He and his family have rented
farmhouse for the autumn. with the
free run of the kitchen garden and
it's produce. His eldest daughter
who has been an assiduous student at
local cookery class-searching for
vegetables for rne soup, lighted upon
a bed of onions. which, uprooted. were
lying in the sun to dry. These were
seized and duly deposited in the pot
After dinner all the family were seized
with sickness, and next day the farm
er's wife was called in for an expla-
nation. 1t was short and simple. The
onions Communicated by the town
bred cook were daffodil bulbs!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
Ia MILES AN
HOUR IN AIRSHIP
Aviator Latham Reaches High Speed
In Flight at Ber-

BERLIN, Sept 29.-The aviation
contests were resumed without strik-
ing results Most of the aviators had
trouble with their motors or expert
enced difficulty in rising from the
ground. Rougier competed simultane-
ously for the speed, height and dis
tance prizes. He made twenty rounds
of the course, distance of thirty
four minutes at maximum height of
$40 feet. Bleriot made the eight
rounds in twenty-five minutes and La
than in "a minutes % seconds. Ed
wards motor failed and the machine
fell to the ground from height of
twenty feet 1t was badly damaged,
but Edwards escaped with few
scratches about the face. 1t is an
nounced that Latham in his trip yes
terday from the Templehof field to
Johannisthal reached speed of sew
enty-four and one-half miles an hour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-29
PEARL HUNTER
LOST HIS MIND
Brooding over Death of Wife, Set
Fire to Shanty Boat and Killed
One Child.

PADUCAH, Ky, Sept. 29.-While
in a ut of dementia, as a result of
brooding over the death of his wife.
John Champion. pearl hunter, set
fire to his sd nty boat in the Ohio
river near here, and apparently made
away with his eldest son. Champion
attacked his three children, but the
two younger were rescued. John
Champion, Jr., aged &c, is believed to
either have been burned or drowned.
An armed posse from small Illinois
towns, near Mooring, pursued Cham
pion into the river, wherein he leap
ed, and captured him.