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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14

AS a result of the recent election
the following are the officers of the
Baptist church: Deacons, w. T.
Wilson, E. I. Church, Albert Harvey;
trustees, ]. A. Breshears, P. A. Wat
kins, s. s. Foote, George Myers, E.
I. Church; clerk, Mrs. Geo. M. My
ers; collector, J. T. Wilson; treas
urer, E. I. Church; chorister, Mrs.
E. I. Church; organist, Mollie Nick
erson; assistant organist, Ethel Long
and solicitors, Mrs D. B. Long and
Mrs. Geo. L. Myers.-Middleton Her
aid.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14

Paul Long, who is clerking in l..
D. OWENS store at Fruitland, spent
Sunday with his parents in Middle
ton, returning Monday morning.
Miss Zoe Long accompanied him back
on her way to Payette, where she
will visit a short time with friends.
Middleton Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14

EXCURSIONS TO SAN FRANCISCO,
Via Oregon Short Line and South
ern Pacific daily to July 5th., inclu-
sive, for National Educational Asso-
citation Convention. Rates apply d.
rect or via Portland and Los Angeles
returning. See agents for further
particulars. City Ticket Office Hotel
Utah.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14
|TITE MAY FORM
Partnership
,srs THAT STATE LANDS
EQUbsl9, ,nED IN THE IRRI-
b. cation DISTRICT

hoo county Project VIII
T ' o@' About $4,000 Acres At
Rrcl Animated Cost of $4,000 Per
,,~o,e.-Peculiar Tax MiN-Up o'e
Meridian Land
!. . meeting of the state land
a, saturday afternoon, represent
lafd 0 "a the Gem Irrigation Dis
''' .nneared before the board ana
ansstsd that certain lands belong bel
~ the state and within It's ma
~ ,,.ric+ be transferred to 1t
d Towed to share it's proper
p o. aort Of the expense of irri-
'n''' The land owned by the
'iOr institutes 2S per cent of the
a in the district. Consideration
~ roouest was postponed until
IL &c. nth 90 po,so an
"a before the board in behalf OF
southwestern Idaho Irrigation
,orv and made application for a
4.,ot with the state to construct
,rotion works for the purpose OF
TING lands to be watered by
.,.on Creek and Mary's Creek and
!. tributaries, and to be taken
u Jackson Creek. The estimated
!, of the project, which is in
rvbee county, is 100000, and it
.rnounced that the water rights
n he sold at not to exceed $50
ocre No action was taken on
is proposition, but it was taken
nder advisement.
Attorney Frank Martin of Boise
Dnpared before the board and adj
ispd that 1904 the state sold 40
eros Of land south of Meridian to a
han BY the name of Green, that he
Dsde the first payment on it only,
hal he, Martin, had subsequently
|urchased it after it had passed back
\ the state but that it had been
sessed in Green's name, that it
as sold later by the county to a
nan named Jackson for its taxes,
nd that a tax deed had been issued
d Jackson. Mr.. Martin desired the
tate to bring suit against Jackson
d quiet title to the land. AS other
tate land is similarly involved, such
lctiOn is probable. 1t appears that
S the state has never been Invested
l its title, only one payment having
|een made, the tax deed is worthless
Attorney D. I. Skeen appeared be.
fore the board as the representative
d the Aberdeen-Springfield Water
Users association, which was organ
zed for the purpose of taking over
Ihe American Falls Power company's
contract. the former company con.
Fisting of citizens under the project
Rnd desired the board to take action
Rhch would in effect transfer the
Fater rights of the company to the
'ettlers. but as the American Falls
Canal & Power company was one o
ne first Carey Act projects in the stat,
iha was organized at a time wheI
mere were no provisions made TO
transferring the water rights from
Ene company to the citizens, there i
APPARENTLY no way of doing SO nov
mo the matter will perhaps have t,
Pc settled in the courts.
IT. Walter s. Kingsbury of Cald
Aell mas moved to this city and ha
Olned his brother in the practice o
They have Offices Il
nc Idaho building.-Capital News
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14
Insurance.

/ will be out of town 80 days
ANY thing pertaining to my business
will be promptly attended to by MI
Hawkes. at my office.
w. r. WILKINSON.
The Insurance Man, p. 0. BLOCK
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14

The United States Government has adopted and is
furnishing employees with the Royal Standard Type
writer-one in the Caldwell Postoice The West.
ern Union has also selected this machine There
must be something to it. Edgar F, Kimbrough,
local agent would like to demonstrate this machine
to you if in the market for writing machine
Ii runs like a scared dog.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-07-14

Meet me at the Parma-Roswell
picnic July 20.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

One of the largest payrolls ever
signed in the Pittsburg district was
signed December 24, and $1,000, 900
was distributed to men who work in
the industrial plants.
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

According to consular reports, in
a few years Germany in all likelihood
will consume nothing but imported
meats. There is an immense de-
crease noted in the number Of animals
for slaughter, according to last count,
made October 10, 1910.
Jack Johnson sent Christmas greet
ing kilograms to James J. Jeftries and
Tommy Burns, both Of whom he
came out victorious when in battle.
A series of incubation experiments
which may mark an epoch IN the his
tory of abdominal surgery will
shortly be made the basis of a new
preventive treatment for peritonitis at
one of the great London hospitals
Admiral George Dewey, the hero
of Manila, celebrated his seventy
third birthday anniversary last Mon
day. Many prominent diplomats and
army and navy officials called on the
admiral to congratulate him.
John Gray, the inventor, a promi-
nent member of the British Associa-
ton, has just concluded long series
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28

of experiments in what he calls new
phrenology. It is done by having
colored light flashes thrown into the
eye.
The Wright Company will settle
an annuity of approximately $1,000
upon the widow and children OF
Ralph Johnstone, the aviator killed IN
Wright biplane at Denver, Colo.
John D. Rockefeller sent all the
school teachers at the Pocantico Hills
and Sleepy Hollow schools a $40
gold piece.
Miss Helen NJ Gould gave a tur-
key and cranberries to every employe
on her estate. She also gave S. and
$40 gold pieces to the telephone girls
at Tarrytown and IrvingtOn ex-
changes, and to the express and
freight agents.
The Christmas gift of 537 acres of
land at Mount Braddock, near Union
town, Pa, to be used as a site for
charitable and correctional institu-
tions, has been announced. The tract
is valued at $Iooooo.
tgai sNI4sE aIH
The Washington bee., 1911-01-28
What an Earthquake Is.

can earthquake" writes Frank A.
Perret, formerly honorary assistant at
the Royal Yesuvian observatory, in
Century, zig an undulating vibration
Of the ground resulting from some
sudden movement Of the underlying
strata. This may be produced by
volcanic explosion. the breaking Of
stratum Of rock under strain or the
sudden intrusion Of lava between the
strata or into a fracture, the types re
spectively known as volcanic, tectOnic
and intervolcanic. My own impression
IN experiencing these shocks was that
Of a rubbing together of masses un-
der pressure, which throws the adjoin-
ing material into vibration. If you put
a little water into a thin, wide mOuthed
crystal goblet, wet the finger tip and
rub it around the rim. a sound will
be produced and the water viii be set
in vibration like the ground waves Of
an earthquake"
When Harvard Was Young.
Harvard, the first college, founded in
1886, continued for more than fifty
years to be the only college. 1t was
established by vote Of the general
court of Massachusetts Bay, which
agreed to give E4OO toward its endOw-
ment. Two years later this endOw-
ment was more than doubled by the
beuuest Of John Harvard, who left
half Of his property and his entire IL
brary Of 300 volumes to the college.
The conditions Of admission were few.
To matrIculate it was necessary TO
know $50 much Latin as was sufficient
to understand Tully or any classical
author and to meter and speak true
Latin in prose and verse" The stu
dent was required ito be able to de-
cline the paradigms Of Greek nouns
and verbs" Each class was also re-
uuired to study theology in a form
probably not unlike that OF the West
minister catechism.-Scrap Book.
Why Do Seals Swallow stonss7
No nature student seems yet to have
discovered for what reason seals swal-
low stones, though the fact is a well
established one. Certainly the stones
are not taken in for ballast, for the
empty seals keep down as easily as
the others. They are not swallowed
for the purpose Of grinding up food,
for they are found In the stomachs Of
nursing pups. They are not taken in
with the food because they are found
In the stomachs Of both young seals
and In those that live IN the open sea
and feed on squid. Yet it is evident
that these things are not swallowed
haphazard, but are selected with con-
siderable care from the articles strswn
along the shore. and that a preference
is exhibited for rounded objects. This
IL shown By the fact that, as a FulA
only articles Of one kind are found In
any ons seaPs stomach
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
Omaha Investors
Will Fight to Hold
Wyoming Oil Land
Promoters of Development Company
to Put Claims Before Congress
for Action.

Confronted by the prospect of losing their
title to 5000 acres OF oil land in Wyoming,
Omaha stockholders in the -wyom-
ing oil company, Monday announced they
would fight the claims through congress.
There are more than 100 Omaha men in
terested in the projeat.
Among these are q. w. Johnston. l.. f.
NeOergail J. N.s'westberg and r. f. sun
derland The claims Of the company were
rendered apparently Invalid when the In
terror department handed down decision
a short time ago that all claims on. oil land
transferred before the actual discovery OF
oil were invalid, and the land practically
abandoned.
@. w. Johnston said Monday that Repre-
sentative Smith OF California had presented
bill I'm congress a short time ago and had
It passed, setting aside this decision. He
said the Omaha stockholders are not wor-
ried over the outlook. as all were assured
that the senate would ratify the bill and
restore the validity Of the claims The
corporation is about 10 years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
TWO MEN THINK WORLD
OWES THEM A LIVING
Gail on the Associated Charities at the
Same Time to Collect the
Debt.

Miss Ida V. Jontz. secretary Of the As
ISOLATED Charities. has gone all discover
ers OF the meanest man alive one better.
She discovered two Of them Monday morn
ing. To make tie task easy, both strolled
into the office with the same request
Either from sheer ignorance or from an
oversupply OF that indispensable quality
known as nerve. both told a story which
made the attaches OF the office sit up and
take notice. In brief they wanted the Of
flee to provide for their support, albeit
they we're able bodied and possessed OF
sufficient Drawn and muscle to look a
tiger in the face ard spit in its eve.
To make the coincidence OF their re-
quests ali the more remarkable, they gave
the same address and Investigation de-
veloped that they told the truth. They
gave the names OF Charles Newstrom and
Charles Petersen and said they lived at
s5l7 North Thirty -ninth street
Newstrom offered this story in behalf OF
his plea for help Il am a married man
with wife and several children nv wife
who is sixty years old. Is strong and able
10 work She supports the family by daily
labor. but she won't support me and she
won't let me live with the family. Now
don't want you TO provide for their
keeps but / think you should hand me
enough every month 20 let me live in com,
fort"
Petersen told similar story differing
from that told by Newstrom In that his
family was not In Omaha. Petersen said
his family still lived In the old country and
that the members were getting enough
money 10 live IN comfort. But ne opined
that as the earnings OF the family did not
reach a. Tar a. Omaha charity Offices
should look after him
Miss Jontz told these applicants what
she couldn't do for them, which. in effect.
was that the nothing doing sign was
hung out especially for their kind
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
No Bids Received
for Lighting the City
Gas Company, However, is Required
to Send In Bid Under Its
Franchise.

No one seems to want the job OF lighting
the streets OF Omaha with gas for a period
Of three years. Though bids have been ad-
vertised and are to be opened Tuesday
afternoon, not a single bid had been re-
ceived by the city clerk up to noon Mon
day
city officials have begun to wonder
whether they are going to get any offers.
The Omaha Gas company, however will
send in bid. as IT Is required to do under
its franchise. General Manager Clabaugh
OF the company stated that a bid would
be sent in Tuesday morning
While the bids are pending. the council
will tackle the resolution offered by Coun-
Gilman Funhouser last Tuesday night.
which provides for the appointment OF a
commission OF three to adjust the differ
ences between the city and the gas com
pany for street lighting Tor the last five
years. Funkhouser's resolution provides
for the appointment OF three, one by the
city. another by the gas company and the
third 20 be selected BY these two. to formu-
late some basis OF settlement II possible.
The resolution will come up at the meeting
OF the committee Of the whole Monday
afternoon. According to many members of
the council, this body will delay action on
Funkhouser's measure this afternoon. The
resolution Is not received with favor among
the councilmen. as they take It 10 mean
that the council Is unable to solve the
question aud the resolution directly calls
on outside help TO adjust the differences.
This Is the main reason why the resolution
Is being opposed and will be laid over for
a week ct least.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
DOubOnett Cocktail
Puts Society Folks
Truly "Under Table"
Three Little Drinks Put Three Very
Proper People "All to the Bad
They Blame the Cook.

The ''Doubonettr cocktail is a perfectly
proper drink-sometimes.
They are perfectly proper persons-an
three Of them-an the time
But three "Doubonett' cocktails put the
three under the table.
il all happened out West Farnam way
In a perfectly proper home. early Sunday
evening too.
A fashionable surgeon was one Of the
trio Of friends enjoying a sociable half
hour before the play.
"Oh. just love mixed drinks" purred the
tall brunette
The host deftiy poured forth the In
gradients and stirred them with a long
mixing spoon just like a really truly bar
tender
Just enough for three he remarked.
as he filled the glasses for his guests. You
see 1 always take mine straight"
Three cute little cocktails disappeared.
Then tho guests wilted and the tall bru-
nette lolled over like a dropping lily.
The parlor looked more ike a hospital an
hour later. "You'n be all right in time for
the second act" said the Surgeon en-
couragingly after they had been restored
90 consciousness.
THAT was a lovely drink. but II seemed
rather strong, don't you think" sug-
gested the brunette, as she opened her
eyes.
This is not a poison plot in high society.
In fact, there is nothing to it at alex
cept that the housemRid had put the
chatting dish fuel in the gin bottle.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
ALUMNI TO CONTROL COLLEGE
Nebraska Graduates Of Allegheny Get
Board Representation.
PRESIDENT MINISTER'S GUEST
Or. w. N. Crawford t. Entertained By
Methodist CIerEymen at Lunch
eOn-Comes west TO Or
Eanize Work.

Some time in the future the Omaha and
Lincoln alumni Of Allegheny college. Mead
Vile, Pa, will be organized and given rep
resentaton on the board controlling that
institution. This assurance was given
Monday by Or. William II. Crawford. pres
ident Of Allegheny college. who was given
a complimentary luncheon at the Hotel
Loyal at noon by about thirty Methodist
ministers Of Omaha, South Omaha and
vicinity
Or. Crawford explains mat at the last
annual meeting Of the eonege board that
body voted to give the alumni Of the col
lege representation on the board and in
order TO organize the groups Of alumni in
at least the larger cities of the west. DR..
Crawford was chosen to conduct the work
Of organizing and he came here on that
mission, en- route TO the Pacific coast.
The most effective organizations will
be formed on the Pacific coast" said DR..
Crawford in speaking OF his work in the
west, for there are to be found the largest
groups OF alumni why there are not more
Of them in the middle west am not able
to explain, but It is true that there are
more alumni on the coast than in any
other part Of the country. There do not
seem to be enough Of them to form an eff
feotive association here. but 1 feel conf
dent that later on it will be possible for
the Omaha and Lincoln alumni 70 organize
Jointly.
The largest groups in the country are
at Los Angeles and Pasadena, and we will
have two very effective organizations
there. Alumni are to be found in en-
couraging numbers also in Seattle, Port
land and other Pacific coast cities I will
be in Lincoln Tuesday to meet the alumni
there ana then / go to Denver and across
the divide"
DR.. Crawford is not only organizing the
alumni, but he is seeking to establish
closer relationship between the college he
represents and the high schools of the
country. IL is the desire of the college
board that better understanding be es-
taDlished between the college and high
schools especially with relation to cur
rioulums. In every city visited by DR.
Crawford he familiarlzes himself with the
work carried on in the high schools, and
upon his return he will make fun report
Of his findings to the college board.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28

Jaundice. malaria, bllliousness. vanishes
when Or kings New life Pns are taken.
Guaranteed s5o For sale By Beaton
DRUG CO.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
CHARITY GRAFT ORGANIZED
Public Charges Buy Homes on Install.
ment Plan.
LAX METHODS ARE AT Fault
System Of IssuinE Supplies by County
Permits Operation Of Scheme
Families on Books for
Twenty wears.

Two forms Of graft which have been
worked on charitable associations for
years. have been unearthed by the board
Of county commissioners. who recently
asked the Associated Charities to take
up the work connected with the county
department Records Of the county board
show that many persons have been living
off OF charity for more than twenty years
and the charity habit has been handed
down from generation TO generation.
The records also show that many persons
have been receiving help from the county
and at the same time making regular
payments on homes. which have been
bought on the instaument plan.
These systems have been made possible
by the lax methods which prevailed in the
county offices many years back before
the dispensing OF charity was reduced to a
system
Though the investigation has not been
completed. records have been produced to
show that these two forms Of graft have
been worked systematically for more than
twenty years in some instances.
"Tho charity habit has become chronic
among many families in Omaha" said
one Of the county commissioners Tuesday
morning. Records show that twenty or
thirty years ago, some people were given
help. And the habit has been handed
down to the children and grandchildren.
There objects Of charity have evidently
instructed their children how to approach
the association and get on the payroll.
Some Of these families have made II q
profession this method Of getting help,
and the younger generation has developed
the system to the highest possible plane.
Several Pay for Homes.
Though deplorable. this system is not con-
sldered as fragrant as that which has per-
United people to pay for their homes while
they were receiving aid from the associa-
ton. The latter scheme was easily worked
as the methods I'm vogue in the charity Of
feces at the time made 1t easy.
Cards were issued to families emitting
them TO so much coal each month and TO q
certain number of orders of groceries. The
recipients OF the cards lived off the sup
piles secured from the county store. In the
meantime they hustled enough to earn
money to make payments on homes which
had been bought on the installment plan.
In few cases the grafters have been en-
abled to pay out the total cost OF their
homes.
On Roll Forty Years.
The records show that one man has been
on the charity payroll for forty years
Under the system recently instituted by
the Associated Charities. when this office
was requested to take over the dispensing
Of county money such practices win be inn
possible. The charity office is calling in
these cards and confiscating them. OF more
than 100 cards issued the Associated Char
tiles has succeeded in confiscatinR nearly
100. The collecting OF the others Is but
question OF time as they are taken up as
fast as they are presented.
The investigation has not been completed
OF fifty cases investigated It has been
found that ten 'paupers" were paying for
homes ON the installment pIan.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Major r. s. Wilcox, manager OF the
Browning, King & CO. store ia Omaha. re-
turned Monday from a three weeks trim
20 New York.
William II. Brill formerly with the iu-
inois Central road in this city has lust
been appointed assistant general passsnFer
assent at New Orleans The new office Al
considered a big promotion
Brigadier General Ramsey d. Potts. com
mandant Of the army service schools Al
Fort LeaVenWorth. was q visitor az The
headquarters Of the Department OF the his
souri, Monday. lie came 20 confer with
General 4. A. smith with reference 10 me
work being carried on AZ Fort Leaven-
worth.
O. L. 0riggs, train dispatcher OF ths bur
unston a. ctefNEg, Colo, has been an
pointed as the new train dispatchcr al
Omaha, succeeding .. b. Austin. lie viii
take his new position March 4 Mr. Austin
viii be assigned TO other duties on TIE Fur
linston lines west, the exact nature not be
ms known yet
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
BOARD MEMBER FAV0RS
INSPECTION OF TEETH
ar. Grant Williams says He L. Op-
Essea 80 Medtesi La
speettOn.

Though opposed TO the proposed bill.
which provides medical inspection Of the
public schools Of Omaha, Dr. Grant VIII
Jams. a member OF the Board OF Eduoa-
ton. declares himself IN favor Of any
measure providing for the dental inspection
u public school children
'Dentai Inspection Is needed in Omaha. p
declared Mr. Williams Monday morning
NJ ne mouths and teeth Of children were
properly Inspected and treated. the danger
Of diseases would be reduced to the min.
Mum ana there would be little need for
medical Inspection
There are thirty-two disease germs
which lurk IN the mouth and II these
were properly treated there would be
much less complaint among children.
-rhe time Tor medical inspection has NOT
come. AZ citiEen and a member OF the
board, / am opposed to Il"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-28
HAVANA HAS CLEAN STREETS
,. d. Rahm f. Also Impressed with
the efficient Police Force
OF That CITY.

Mr.. ana Mrs. ]. b. Rahm are back from
trip 70 Havaaa, where they stepped off
for the benefit Of Mrs. Rahm's health after
starting out to make a more extended tour
10 South America. Mr. Rahm Is greatly
impressed with two things about Havana:
its efficient police and its clean streets
Il was present al the ceremonies held
on the 18th in communication OF the sailors
who were blown up on the Maine great
crowd was out and the vice president OF
the republic made stirring address
also witnessed the flight OF McCurdy In
his aerOplane around Moro castle and over
the harbor prize Of Neo was put I'D
for this performances, ana he could not have
won Il more neatly"