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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
CONFERENCE AT FRISCO.

A Pacific Coast Congress will meet
in San Francisco November IL, Is
and lo. Various topics of vital inter
est to the West will be discussed.
Governors, Senators, Representatives
and prominent men from the Pacific
Slope states will attend, and the mat
ter of the exposition site, and the in
1uences at work on it, will be dis
cussed and decided upon. The West
it is said, has done her part in secur-
ing benefits for the balance of the ma
lion, but her own requests have no.
net with fattering consideration
The West is going to meet and talk
over before Congress meets this De
cember.
The East is opposing the Middl'
Western states in their deep water
ways ambitions, and overtures hav
)een made and are being made to tn
West. Meanwhile the Middle Yves
S missing an opportunity to secur
he votes that surely will gain its de
sire. Why should the Middle We:
yacillate in the support to be give
he Exposition City when the issue J
so plain? Keep the friends bound t.
you by ties of self interest-self inter
st will force New Orleans to renal
friendly with the Middle West, he
pantry and her treasury. Get tn
Solid West over on our side. Tha
will be easy if we support the West
impossible if we oppose her.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18

[=----ss-- STlgzFE7-8- ,
"a air Creator for the privileges which
have been extended us. We are en-
loving an unprecedented era OF pros
perity. No general scourge oil sickness
has come upon us, and the loss OF NE
has been only in keeping with the mex
orable rule.
The nation has steadily advanced III
tbose things which its founders hopeu
for. principal among which is tne
priceless heritage of liberty and free
speech.
Therefore I, James H. Brady, in &C
,ordance with our custom, ana tne
reclamation issued by the president Of
he United States, do hereby designate
Thursday. the twenty fourth day OF NO
-ember. Thanksgiving day, and do re-
,uest the people of the state OF Idaho
wherever possible on that day, to re
rain from their usual vacations, u
meet together in service to God and Il
pther manner to give thanks to Go'
'or His graciousness.
In witness whereof, have hereunt
pt nv hand and caused to be af1xe
he great seal of the state of Idaho.
Done at the capital. in Boise, Idaho
his eleventh day of November, in tn
ear of our Lord one thousand min
undred and ten, and of the inde
,endence of the United States the on
hundred and thirty-fifth.
| Attest: JAMES II. BHAD1'
| ROBERT LANSDON, GoVerno
Secretary of State.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
DISTRICT COURT CONVENED
MONDAY.

Judge Ed. L. Bryan convened the
district court Monday morning. A
arge docket of both civil and criminal
;ases was to be tried at this term OF
SQUIRT. The following are the names
IF the jurors: Frank Hill, Frank SAT-
Ter, Albert Harvey, S. F. CLANCY, J. J
Shafer, R. K. Payne, J. L. Reed, c. NJ
Twitchell, A. J. Snyder, Henry Peter
son, Clarence Mitchell. J. NJ. Carson
J. w. Cook, c. w Rice, Isaac Neal
J. o. Plat, c. S. Fulton, Robert Ken,
nedy, John Paulett, Edison Bishop, D
NJ. John, James Lauer, B. w. Swat
man, J. E. Charleston, D. B. Coats
Chris Hendrickson, ]. f. DWELL, JOhI
Cooper, William Cess and J. H. Wal
lace.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
THANKSGIVING PROcLAMATI0N.

Many years ago our forefathers met
together to give religious Formally To
their gratitude to God for the blessings
bestowed upon them. From year to
year the custom has been followed. II
has grown in its meaning to each OF
the citizens OF our great nation. It ID
day set apart from our ordinary Dur.
suits to be sanetified by the open ex.
hibition of that spirit which has made
our nation great and without which nc
community OF people can live.
There are many reasons why tbs
people of Idaho should rejoice with
each other on this day and give thank.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
EUROPEAN VS.. AMERICAN
DRUMMERS.

A Swiss drummer rendered con
spicuous by pair of tight French rid
ing trousers which apparently we:
Intended to be worn standing up fu-
nished me with the means of compar
ing the European with the Americas
method OF doing business. His lin,
was French agricultural machinery
and inasmuch as he had been max
ing" the coast for several years, it wa
fair to assume that he was a success,
in his business.
For three weeks after his arrival a
the Lupone, he did nothing save sit il
the covered front yard of the hote
and idly speculate about the progress
of the war while ragged urchins. afte:
the manner of the country, polished
and repolished his shoes. He assdu
ously cultivated and bought drinks 70,
politicians and listened to their bonn
bastic utterances without in the leas.
committing himself in the matter o;
opinion. BY the second Sunday nigh
he had progressed far enough in socia
intercourse with the existing politica
regime to secure a place at the presi
dents table for dinner The week af
ter that, he went riding in broughan
with some of the women of the presi
dents immediate household and dis
pensed Central America small tai
between mouthfuls of the thick rec
dust which overlays Managua like
blanket At the end of month, h,
sailed away, lamented social lion
carrying with him orders for machin
cry which could more acceptably hav,
been filled by American manufactur
ers. He had caught favor in higl
places and his honors had been reflect
ed upon the plantations.
An American drummer had burst
into Managua about the same time as
the Swiss, buoyant with affability
which but thinly concealed his con-
tempt for his prospective customers
He bought drinks for natives in the
open, Dragged about American ma.
chinery night and day and produced
truthful figures to demonstrate its su
periority.
When with European traders h,
covertly congratulated them upon be
ing white" and in the confines of tn,
international club, he drew Ion,
breaths of relief and told of dificuItie
IN doing business with the "niggers.
The Eurojeans treated him like a hal
fellow well met, and then, straight
way, with the intent of conserving
their own intrests against inroad
from the United States, saw to it tina
the natives learned all about tn
American drummer's pleasure a
meeting white" people in Contra
America.
In consequence of this, the Ameri
can found that he was welcome to bu
refreshments galore for politician
and to talk about his machinery. H
was conspicuous by his presence i
public places, but nobody saw him en-
tered as guest at any family gather
ings OF note in official circles. H
went away, openly cursing "niggers
and vowing that America WASH
a white mans country, anyway
! From why Latin-America Hate
! U.s." in December Technical WorI
Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
EASTERN MAIL-ORDER ~MELON."

The directors of big Chicago mail
order house have decided to divide a
SIC, 1000, 900 melon among the stock
holders. Presumably to cover up the
enormous profits as we'll as they can
they have also recommended d stock
dividend of 80 1-3 per cent on the
common stock amounting to 100000
OOO Such great dividends, even when
distributed by big railroad systems
embracing thousands of miles of
tracks and employing thousands OF
men and indirectly affecting the well
fares Of hundreds of thousands, even
millions of people, never fail to bring
forth unfavorable comment from the
very class on which the Eastern mail
order business levies its greatest toll.
In producing the 100000 mel
on" which the mail-order millionaires
are about to cut, Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho contributed heavily,
along with every other state in the
Union, and the contributors incident
ally received no benefits, financial OF
otherwise, from the transaction. There
are so many reasons why consumer
living thousands of miles away from
Eastern mail-order houses SHOULD
not send his money to them that i
is an economic mystery how the!
annually wheedle so many millions
out of victims scattered from one ent
of the country to the other. To begiE
with, quality and quantity considered
every order sent out of the Pacifi,
Northwest to the Eastern mail-orde
houses could be duplicated here at
saving of from 10 per cent to 20 pc
cent for the buyer.
In specific cases, which have BEEF
reported in the Palouse and in tn
Big Bend country, the loss to tn
mail-order patron has run as high a
$40 on a 800 order In such circum
stances, it is easy to understand HOY
$10,00O,000 dividends can be role
up in short order Aside from this &C
tual loss in first cost to the mail-orde
patron, there is a heavy indirect loss
The Eastern mail-order house pays n
taxes in the Pacific Northwest, it EN-
ploys no labor and loads down tn
mail carriers on the rural routes wit
tons of alluring, but misleading, liter
AZURE. The local merchant is a perma
nent business fixture on whom eve
mail-order patrons are dependent a
times. The extent of his stock and it
importance depends on the supper
that he receives.
1t is not at all complimentary to tn
intelligence of large number of pee
pie, that by clever advertising Easter
mail-order houses can sell poor good
in large quantities at higher price
than Pacific Coast merchants can 81
cure in small quantities. The Pacif
Northwest, which made liberal contr
buttons to that slO,OOO,OOO melon
will not share in the benefits, but nun
erous local merchants will probabl
enjoy the blessed privilege OF extenC
ing credit to many of the contributor
who paid cash for their share of Ii
$4,000, OOO.-POrtland Oregonian.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS"

A Washington dispatch says tha'
President Taft will urge Congress to
take about 10000 postmasters out o
politics" by placing them on the civil
service list.
Thus does taking things out of pol
itics" maintain its fame as a sovereign
remedy. If there is a wrong any
where the first idea these days is to
take something out of politics" t.
cure it. If the thing that is wrong
doesn't happen to be in politics, put
it there and then take it out The
great thing is to be always removing
things from politics
When one contemplates the contin
ual demand that things be taken ou'
of politics taxation, public
institutions, public officials, the Con
stitution, and heaven only knows wha'
more, the idea naturally occurs thai
the well-known surgical mania of tn,
day must have seized on the imagina
tons of the majority of the nation
reformers.
And the thought likewise occurs
What beautiful situation the coun
try would be in if the basic reason
for such proposals were carried to il.
logical extreme in practice! For tn,
basic reason is no more than this
Politics. or the peoples only way o
doing their business, is necessaril,
corrupt. Therefore the more thing
that are taken out of politics." tn
better.
| Now, it is very plain that if we ap
piled this idea logically we would en-,
by taking everything out of politics
even government-and in intrusting
to somebody more capable of attend
ing to it than the great mass of PEG
pie, who are so liable to be SELFISH
influenced by their ideas of their owr
happiness and self-interest
1t appears curiously inconsistent
by the way, that the leaders who ar
doing most clamoring to have thing
taken out of politics" are at the sam
time advocating plans that would re
suit eventually in everything's bein
thrown into politics, for paternalisr
is only another brand of politics
And human experience shows it is tn
worst conceivable brand
And it likewise appears strange thu
IT never occurs to so many reformer
we are not talking about postmas
ers and civil service reform now-th;
what is needed is for people to o.
things into politics instead of to fis
things out of it, as if it were a putri
pool.
If they would only put into polite
half the zeal and the industry tn:
they manifest in trying to rescu
things from it, they would be doin
real service. And if they would ad
to this little intelligence and qui,
patriotism they might even accom-
plish wonders.
Placing small postmasters und,
the protection of certain civil serv;,
laws is not particularly Objectionable
But the plan 10 take them out of DO
itics" cannot fail TO call attention
what may be termed the surgico-p,
litical mania of the day.-Chicago Ii
e ter-Oeean.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
DOGS TO SOLVE CANCER MYSTERY

A dispatch from East Portland, Me-,
states that through the establishment
of a test bureau at the United States
fish hatcheries there the government
intends to try and settle for all time
the question: Is cancer communicable
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18

FOR SALE CHEAP-Lots IA, Is.
Is, block 5, Arlington Heights. r.
8 Taylor, 289 Morrison St., Port
land, Oregon
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18

A 52-piece Bavaria Gold Band Din
ner set to be given away Saturday,
Dec. Path, 1910. Caldwell Grocery.
Nov. At
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
LEGAL ADVERTISING.

Final proof notices ..;..:;::'''. S''"'
an other legal notices at the rats
established by the laws of the state OF
idaho: that IL sLoo per folio nrSs IN.
sertion and so cents per ioho eaSn 40 q,
one inch solid nonpareil. or co words
No other rates recognized by the arm
except on written contracts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-18
SCHOOL At Home.

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New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
How to Go About 1t

q fFiCLALS Of the Postofflce Department have
sured the Postmaster General that he and his
lsnts have devised the best plan in the world. As
7 d NOM LAID out with the approval Of Mr. Hitchcock
.ie poor man VINO wants 10 deposit money with the
government viii be treated Is follows:
lie wlll 60 to his home postotfice and in the
money he has. In return for it he viii be handed
1e OF deposit setting forth the amount he has left in
me governments keeping On the money he viii draw
Eeel at The rate Of two per cent. The Government
" deposit all savings intrusted il in banks in the
ouS towns and cities Of interest not less than
Two and one-fouTth per cent year Whenever the
trustworthy banks willing pay more than two and
pnetourth the higher will be secured At any time
e peases. the depostor may draw all, part of
lle sum ne has put in The Government guarantees
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
Best System in the World

EXPERTS on the subject say that Postmaster General
II Hitchcock has worked out plan that is superior
to anv other postal savings bank scheme earth In the
first place he has done away with the passboo which IS
part Of the postal bank systems OF all other countries
In place Of the passbook he has substituted the GER
tcate Of deposit which to be made IN duplicate one
COPY for the depositor and for the official records
Within the next few months he hopes to find cash
register that will these certificates duplicate
The passbook is a bad feature. It is bulky and would
cost the Government large sums OF money once year
for all passbools would have to be sent that often to
some central Office that interest might be computed
and accounts kept straight. For this transportation the
Government would have pay, not to mention the ex-
Derse of manufacturing the books and giving them
away With the certificate system, the certificates are
handled much easily and cheaply But the chief
advantage Of the certificate Of deposit that 1t does
away with the possibility of embezzement or THEFT or
the Justification of accounts by teers and clerks VINO
handle the money.
In the beginning certificates will be made out by
hand for sums ranging from one to nine dollars ana
there will be others, already prepared in duplicate TOR
ten twenty and fifty dollars. In this way the only
chance for Justification Of accounts would come IN and
ling the certificates ranging from one to nine dollars
and the authorities have figured that would rlSk
the penitentiary for such petty sums.
But with the cash register all possibility OF any KIND
Of Justification will be done away with Mr. hitchcock
wants machine that when the figures touched and
the lever turned will two deposit slips, one tor
the depostor and for the records When this done
mechanically, there opportunity tor taSlicaton o
figures, ana Doth the puDc ana the boVerHlei 'ii0
protected against theft With such precautions for han
ding the money and with the unqualified guaranty OF
deposits by the Government the poor man has no
risk He merely sits back and counts his money
And this is not difficult for each of the certificates
Of deposit there is printed the Of interest he Will
get from any sum he may deposit He does not even
have compute the amount 1t is already set down tor
him by the Government
Special provision has been made for appeal to chit
dren to save their money. Mr. Hitchcock himself Sc
lected the design for the tencent stamp which will be
gwen to each child who wishes to lay up money dime
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
Drawing by Joseph Clement Coll

at a time If little girl wants the Government to take
care of ten cents for her she goes to the postoce and
hands it in to the postmaster who gives her white
card having in the encent stamp ordered tor
this purpose. After that she gets dime she Is sold
a stamp stick the card. When she has bought ten
stamps and stuck them the card she turns 1t all IN to
the who gives her certificate OF deposit for
dollar No amount smaller than ten cents can be
deposited a postal savings bank.
A big percentage of patrons OF postal banks IN this
country will be found among Italians and Slav races.
They are the men who work like mad excavation and
other unframed labor Jobs throughout the day and spend
little money during the night They have come here to
make money and to it. From time to time they
send back home sums they have managed to acCunu-
late. They busy always making up that annual hun
dred and million dollars which, according to political
economists, should be kept this country. Not trust
ing banks of the United States and reading from time to
time of bank failures and loss OF money by poor peo
pie who have patronzed those institutions the Italian
and the poor European generally pay out real money tor
the privilege of sending their coin across the ocean where
will be kept for them until they need it until they
return to their native homes.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

him absolutely against loss He cannot lose and he can
always get interest on his money.
The administration believes that with such ind uce-
nents offered and with not the slightest chance OF the
moneys being lost the poor will that II IS to his
interest save his dollars and to be paid by the Govern
rnent for their use.
In the bill creating the system there IS the provision
that no one depositor shall deposit than one hum
dred dollar in anv calendar month and that no one
shall draw interest than five hundred dollars IN
one year This limitation made because OF the fact that
postal banks necessarily appeal only to the poor and
because after man has saved much as five hundred
dollars he is generally likely find fort IN other IN
vestrents Moreover it is not desired to have postal
banks interfere with the general banking business OF the
country 1t is argued that the prosperity OF business
men of the United States is helped immensely by pre-
venting the sending of the country of the one hundred
and ten million dollars year and by encouraging THRIFT
among citizens; but it is not part OF the plan so to
onOp0ize the banking business to hurt the bankers
This system aims reach only those who do not, for
various reasons, patrOnize banks
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
Moneyorders as Banks

THIS inclination the part of this class of people
regard the postotce as the best banking agency to
be found made very clear by George Won l. Meyer
when he was Postmaster General in 1908 In his annual
report at that time he made these interesting state
ments:
las evidence of the public demand for postal savings
banks it appears that many patrons OF the postal
moneyorder system temporarily deposit sums for SAFE
keeping by obtaining moneyorer for which, of course,
they pay the fee prescribed by law The purchaser has
simply to have a noneyorCer drawn in his favor know
ing that the amount thereof will be refunded demand
Such order also be lndOrsed and payment will be
made thereon to the lndorsee II lost, duplicate
or warrant will be issued without The department
has for sometime the absence of postal savings banks
in this country encouraged the savings feature of the
postal moneyorder system, and 1t should be borne IN
mind that the thus converted into moneyorders
are not lost the circulating medium.
1t is interesting to that during the twelve
months from March l. 1907 to March l. 1905 no less
than 12S, 146 mOneyorders, aggregatlng IN amount
SS 1O4 Az were issued the first and second class
postofices alone for savings purposes.
This statement IS all the more significant when 1t IS
remembered that the first and second class offices cover
only larger cities and and number only about nine
hundred There in this country to-day nearly
sixty thousand postotces, and OF this number with the
postal savings plan in full swing more than forty thou
sand viii have postal savings banks. MI Meyers
figures show that the people had created real demand
for postal banks before politicians and statesmen began
the agitation of the question: and they have strong ou-
daon for the belief that the immigrant and the poor
will the postOtice in future as the logical
place for banking business
The details of the United States plan will be put
force were worked out by the following committee
of officials of the PosoCe Department after they had
studied the postal savings bank systems OF twenty-nne
other countres H. II. Thompson, chairman, superln-
tendent OF the division of finance; Bayard Wynan.
superintendent of the division OF postmasters appoint
ments; Basil Miles superintendent OF the DIVISION OF
foreign mails; James b. Cook, chief OF the division OF
inspectors c. H. Fullaway, assistant superintendent OF
the division of finance; g. u thompson sGpGTlntfn1
OF the division OF supplies and George O. kimball
postoffice Inspector. Their report was submitted to
Postmaster General Hitchcock who took 1t up with his
colleagues the board of trustees Tor the savings banks
Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh. These three members OF the
Cabinet authorized by the terms OF the law to look
after postal banks and that they are operated prop
erly.