The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-12-13
PERTINENT news OF
STATE With OUR
Own Comment
The 0overnOr's Friends NAV
be Storing up Trouble for
NAMPA HAS wINDsToRM
First Jury IN the State Entirely Com
posed q Women Finds Member Of
Seq Guilty Of Assault-Jury Fail to
Agres In Case Of Blackfoot Banker,
D. r Jonss,

SEX Guilty OF Aooault-Jury Fail to
Agres In Case Of Blackfoot Banker,
D. r Jonss.
While the friends of Governor
James H. Hawiey are urging that he
be made Secretary of the Interior in
the cabinet of President Wilson, they
should remember that they may be
creating trouble for our governor. The
last western man who occupied this
distinguished position was driven from
Office by the faddists and muckrakers
of the eastern states. Hon. Richard
A. Ballin6er, 20 honest, able and con-
scientiou6 cabinet officer as the
country has ever had was pestered
to- distraction simply because he tried
to carry out the western idea in ac-
cordance with the law. Secretary
Bailinger insisted upon keeping with
in the law even though undertaking
magazines and politicians thought
differently. III Governor Hawley be-
comes Secret6fyof the Interior he
will have the same fight on his hands.
The Pinchot- Roosevelt idea of the
conservation Of our natural resources
is not the idea of the people of the
west. The people of Idaho believe
that they are perfectly competent to
conserve such resources within the
state as may need conserving. As
little interference on the part of the
federal government as possible is
greatly to be desired. The Inhabitants
Of Idaho want to see their state devel-
oped. They want the timber placed
in homes and buildings; the water
placed upon the land; and the water
power utilized. To accomplish this
purpose the national policy as formed
by Clifford Pinchot ana enforced by
Secretary Fisher must be changed.
The change will arouse storm in the
eastern states. The people there hav-
ing squandered their own heritage
now wish to assume the guardiash ship
of the west.
In the development of the eastern
and Mississippi valley states the re-
sources at hand were freely used.
While there may have been
great waste we believe that
there are few people VIII o
would care to restore those states to
their primal glory. To utilize without
waste or extravaganza is the aim OF
the west. The people here belive that
conservation that simply bottles up
is the quickest and most indefensible
method by which we can dissipate our
natural resources. As Governor Haw-
ley is of the west he naturally takes
the western view of conservation. We
trust that he will be appointed Secre-
tary of the Interior and that he will
escape the fate Of Secretary Ballinger.
Another Failure to Agree.
D. r. Jones. formerly banker OF
Blackfo0t, was tried In the district
court of Bingham county this week
on the charge Of endorsement.
The jury failed to agree and the
case will be tried again. It 10 al
legged. that the uefalcations Of Jones
caused the suspension OF the Mackay
bank a. we'll % ono Of the Black
foot banks. This II the second time
the jury failed to agree where for
mer bankers were on trial. In the
case against b. r. O'Neil the same
result ensued. Just what the ulti-
mate result will be b unknown, but
1t Is safe to say that both culprits
Will eventually get clear. Idaho
has experienced q number of bank
failures within the past two or three
years. Among the failures were
one at Boise, one ct Wallace. one
at HALEY. one It BlackfOot and one
at Mackay. In every instance they
were banks organised and operated
under che state laws. n q least
two instances Il Wa shown that the
state bank examiner was debtor
to the insolYsnt institutions. It ID
openly charged that the state ON
cial used his knowledge Of the con.
dition Of the bank to secure loans,
Il such be the case = deplorable con.
dition exists. The noxt session Of
the legislature should overhaul our
banking laWD. ';
The greatest insurance that stock
holders and depoaitors can have Z
the ho0esty and integrity OF the Of
mcers Of the bank. In ninety-nine
cases ont OF . hundred our bank Of
hciaA are all that can be desired
Once IN while, however, reck'
iees. not 70 say dishonest. man be-
comes connected with . bank. II
guard against such the laws must
BE- made most stringent. To safe.
lie eenotally should he one Of thu
chief measarss that the next lekis
iatnre should consider.
Water Power Of The State.
According to Allen Miller and
other men who have filled the once
OF state commissioner Of immigra
tioh. labor and statlstics. experts -