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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
MELLEN AND The RAILROADS.

Five years ago no prominent railroad official
would have made the statements that Chas. s.
Mellen, former president Of the New York, New
haven and Hartford railroad, made on the wit
ness stand. Mr.. Mellen stands for monopoly Ii
.4aportation under strict government regu4.
ton Strict regulation Of the kind such monop-
j. demands is but step toward governmeu.
ownership. railroad men, the country over,
are commencing to accommodate their views OF
country generally. 1t will be but a IL,
years at the utmost when railroads themselves
will be inviting government ownership.
we pointed out Ill our last issue that the rail
foads cannot raise the money to make improve
ments needed during the next % years. These
improvements must be made The only way of
raising money is by government guarantee of
the bonds, if the railroads are to remain in pri-
Yate hands. Otherwise government ownership
inevitable The government will not guar
antee the bonds unless it is permitted to partici-
ate IN the management Of the properties. Far
tlclpahon III management again is but another
step toward government ownership. The ten
denotes OF the time are in this direction There
is already well defined public sentiment in
lavor OF government ownership Of the telegraph
lines. Two postmaster generals have recon-
nended such step. Telephone lines will nat
urally go with the telegraph lines. Desirable
or undesirable, this country is headed for public
ownership Of number Of public utilities.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
BLANK DIPLOMAS.

The public school system of the United States
is habitually inefficient. The teachers employ
ed, as class, are VIGOROUSLY incompetent In
order to cover up this ineficency and incompt
ency, students are permitted to go through the
ceremony OF graduation although they have
not the required credits and are unable to pass
satisfactory examinations The commencement
exercises of the Caldwell public schools have
Just closed. There were seven members of the
graduating class who received what is common
~ called blank diplomas Last year there were
four such graduates. These diplomas are the
badge OF disgrace to the teacher; an indignitv
to the student; and an insult to the patrons Of
the school. Their sole purpose is to cover up
the mcompetency of the teacher Heaven knows
that the average school teacher needs covering
up. They must make showing and they do it
In this manner Only the teacher, the pupil and
few others are permitted to know that the
diploma is fake This is honesty with a ven
genance, and suggests the ethecs our public
schools mculcate. Not content with failing to
teach and train these young men and women,
they crown their ignominy with dishonesty.
Teachers should not be callow youths of
either sex. They should be men and women who
nave decided to make teaching their life work.
we would not employ woman teacher who has
not abandoned all hope of marriage unless she
were successfully married. Married women.
preferably with children of their own, would
make ideal teachers. Men in training for the
law, medicine or farming should not be consid
cred at all. Teaching must be raised out Of the
rut that leads to something else. 1t must be
come real profession whose end is itself When
this comes about we may be able to get honest
conscientious men and women to engage in
teaching as their life work Until it does come
about the public schools of this country will be
what they are today, dishonest, inefficient means
OF separating the taxpayer from his money with |
no adequate return to his children
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
ADDISON T. SMITH IS NOT FORGOTTEN

special dispatch to the Statesman contained
the information that Addison r. Smith is
candidate for the Republican nomination
Tor representative in Congress. However he
wall remain at Washington attending to his
duties until the adjournment of Congress. Mr..
Smith has occupied little space in the political
discussion thus far. He has simply
attended to business at WASHINGTON.
While we, and others, have said little about Mr.
Smith III connection with the Republican nomi-
nation, we have not forgotten him. He has made
such splendid record that there has been no
criticism Everybody assumes that he will have
no opposition and the condition seems to be ac-
ceptable to the people,
MI Smith is not noisy congressman He
goes about his business quietly and SYSTEMATIC
ally. lie seems to accomplish his purpose with
out causing ripple which is the best and most
satisfactory method of accomplishment In fact
the thing is done before most of us know that
1t is IN contemplation. Mr. Smith is different
from many other Idaho men. Their method
would be to ON Monday announce that certain
project was in view; ON Tuesday that it had
been investigated; on Wednesday that this or
that department had been consulted ON Thurs
day that the bill would be introduced in Con
gress; on Friday that is was in the committee
ON Saturday that action had been deferred until
the next session of Congress. Mr.. Smith $
method is to state ON Saturday that the house
OF representatives has passed house bill No
2o6,6l3, which upon investigation is found to
be bill of the greatest interest and Importance
to the people of Idaho
The Tribune is convinced that Mr.. Smith will
have no opposition for the nomination and little
1t the election. He has quietly made good and
S entitled to be continued in Congress-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
COUNCIL INCREASES CITY PAYROLL.

Every move by the city of Caldwell is at
tended by an increase in the city payroll. No
matter what we attempt to do it requires more
employees to do it. Even a well directed effort
to cut expenses, by the reduction in the number
OF employees, usually winds up with an increased
number of employees. The Tribune is con
vlnced, and every taxpayer in the city of Cald-
well is convinced, that the business of this city
can be handled with two-thirds of the number
OF hands we now employ. Honestly we do not
believe that there is any necessity for two men
In the city clerk s office; nor three men in the
city water department We are quite sure that
Caldwell could get along with one man less ON
the police force by making the superintendent
OF streets police office. Instead of attempting
anything of this kind the time and efforts of the
city council seem directed toward increasing
the number of employees
We are now to have a salaried fire chef. It'll
may be wisdom to have salaried man in this
position bat we do not want fifty dollar
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29

real estate at three times its
actual value.
"This man evidently got his
inspiration to run for office
from taking a look at himself,
frequently, in a handsome plate
mirror while one foot was rest
ing the brass rod in front of a
mahogany bar. Most of the
self-constituted wouId--be-pro-
fessional politicians get their
call" that way
We would say that the
Record is undoubtedly peeved
to more or less extent.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
FREDERICK R. WEDGE.

From newsboy, fighting for his
rights on the city streets, to a prize
tighter, battling for money in the
padded ring-and then to University
graduate and minister, fighting in
brotherhood's arena for the better
ment of his fellow men. That is the
brief story of Frederick R. Wedge,
who is to lecture here at the Chau-
tauqua. KID Wedge is red-blood-
ed American. He has seen vice in its
various forms; he has turned back
from the life's morass, and today he
rs doing wonderful work in point
ing others to the right pathway.
But with it all he does not come as
a retormer. He comes with story
that is full of fire and action, a story
that crackles with vitality, a heart
gripping story that holds the almost
breathless attention of his hearers
men and women of mature years. as
well as the youths.
After Wedge graduated from col
lege he returned to the "Barbary
Coast, as San Francisco's notorious
red light district is termed, and began
war on the fragrant vice that Haunted
itself there so brazenly. The hired
sluggers of the underworld tried to
get him, but this smuggling game was
mere " an appetizer for kid" Wedge.
who had fought and won sixty battles
IN the ring, his conversion had not
sottened his fist materially nor slow
ed down the lingtening-like swing of
his sleep producing right" So those
who went forth to slug always re-
turned to their dens badly battered
while the Fighting Parson," contin-
ued to turn young men and Young
: Morlen-and older ones, too-away
rom On the abyss of degradation.
ms IS the man who comes here TO
lecturer He bears on his face the
marks of his ring battles, but his
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
WILSON'S CHIEF CRITIC.

(Sa1t Lake eHrald-Republican.)
Mr.. Bryan's criticism of the Presi-
dents attitude in the tolls exemption
controversy is, while unwilling and
unattended, more severe than any OF
his opponents have voiced. None
would apply to the President of the
United States the epithets the Neb-
raskan uses. Few would dare ex-
press the sentiments Mr.. Bryan has
uttered concerning any who, like Mr..
Wilson, repudiates pledge made in
the platform upon which they were
elected.
Not long since, in discussing the
principle that a platform is a pro-
gram a pledge and promise, Secre-
tary Bryan said:
"a man who secures Office upon
platform, and then holds the Office
and betrays the. people who elected
him, is a criminal worse than the man
who embezzled money entrusted to
him.
Far be it from me to say that any
man elected to any office should, as
an official, do thing that his con-
science condemns. But does that mean
that he should violate his platform?
No; it means that his conscience,
should commence to work before the
election and not hibernate until after
the election.
"If man, after his election, finds
that his platform contains something
which he cannot honestly support,
what ought he to do? He should re-
sign and let the people select man
who will do what they would have
him do. l desire to announce it as
a settled principle, not to be question
ed in this country, that platform is
binding upon every honest man who
runs upon that platform.
President Wilson has not resigned
and, dispite the position assumed in
the above, Mr.. Bryan has gone to his
rescue and endeavored to explain
why he renowned his platform pledge
and his personal promise. 1t was
difficult task for the Nebraskan, be-
cause Mr.. Wilson's position is COM
plicated by the circumstance that his
conscience not only hibernated until
after the election but impelled its pos
SCISSOR to take the stump in favor Of
tolls exemption.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29

THE OBSERVATORY.
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have been out of the city towards
the north and crossed the Boise river
bridge; doing so | saw the new re-
planking which is now being done on
the bridge; for some two years there
have been two layers Of plank; three
inch on the stringers and two inch on
top; this method has supplied a good
opportunity for dampness to get be-
tween the layers Of planking, and con
sequently, make them rot badly; now
four inch plank is used and a gener-
GUS space left between them, through
which dirt and water can freely es-
cape; the tenders for wagon wheels at
the bottom, and the new railing is be-
ing put up in a most workmanlike
manner. Much of the old plank is
good enough to use for many places
on the roads, and ought to make quite
a saving.
There has been no real high water
in the river this year in our region;
one plainly sees the effect of such
large quantities being diverted higher
up into the big canals. After the
Arrowrock dam is finished it will
probably be a rare occasion when the
BOISE river down our way will see a
reshct; but those of us who recall
the high water of 1896 have vivid
memory of its size and the havoc it
wrought; nearly all the northern part
of the city was under water and much
of Dixie was passable in boats only.
and the Parma-R Roswell bridge was
torn out. And speaking of that am
told needed work is being done in
the orm Of jetty at the north end
Of the bridge to keep the water in
the river channel. OBSERVER.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
NORTH IDAHO NOT SATISFIED.

The Kellogg Record dom think much of Hon.
NJ +. Lewis as candidate for governor. The
Record says:
This man not only thinks he has been call
ed to become the sacrfcial bullock ON the alter
OF the want-ins, but he presumes that his print
ed announcement will be wonderful soul-stir-
ring piece Of news, and that country editors will
grab at It as trout would a royal coachman
tie also thinks that the country editors will take
1t as great privilege to give real estate shark
some cheap publicity and then mail him sam
pie copy of the paper so that he may file the
same where he can see it often and gloat over
his triumph of getting something for nothing
at the expense of the poordamfoolofacoun
editor, for whom he cares about as much as he
does the sucker to whom he sells piece of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29

month man. Mr. Golden is an estimabe man
in every way. He is said to be first class car
yenter but we have never heard him accused Of
being a fireman by training or education If
he efficiency of the fire department is to be pro
NOTED why not employ good fireman as chief
Of police! What particular business has Cald-
well with a chief anyway! But if the dignity
Of the city demands one let us give him greater
.rers y also making him chief of the fire de
lrtment, This may not be an ideal combiUs
lion Of duties but there is certainly some posi-
"a city government that the chief Ct
fire department can fill while awaiting his semi
annual summons to a fire.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
THE IRIH PIPES.

(Katharine Tynn.)
l heard the piper playing,
The piper old and blind,
And knew its secret saying
The voice Of the summer wind.
| heard clear waters falling,
Tapping from stone to stone;
The wood dove crying and calling
Ever alone, alone.
l heard the bells of the heather
Ring in the summer breeze,
Soft stir of fur and feather
And quiet hum of bees.
The piper drew me yearning
Into the dim gray lands
Where there is no returning.
Although l wiring my hands.
There to the piper's grooming
saw my dead again,
All in happy incoming
Of golden sun and rain.
Your piper, kind and hoary,
Your pipes upon your knee,
If | should tell my story
The things you piped for me.
The folk would leave their selling,
And bid their buying go,
If | could but be telling
The things you let me know.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
Couldn't Find the Place.

a very small man-not only small
as to stature but lacking also. in width
OF beam-sat in a street car until he
became tightly wedged in from both
sides Then there entered the car a
large, handsome woman. upholstered
to the minute. She took the strap in
front OF the small man and was hang
ing to 1t in discomfort when the small
man arose with flourish of politeness
and touched her on the arm.
AXE my seat, madame" he said
with a bow and smile.
oh, thank you very much" she re-
Piled and turned toward the seat. ,
Then smiling genially she asked;
Where did you get up from ?"-
Chicago News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
SECRET OF YOUTH.

Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, in her
beautiful studio of white marble at
Roslyn, said of an artist recently de-
ceased, whose work had been very
popular.
"The secret of popularity in art is
easy-let every picture tell a sincerely
sentimental story Yes, this secret is
as easy and efficious as the other one
indicated by the magician.
At bal masque group of girls de-
manded of a magician:
Tell us-oh, tell us-how we may
remain always young and beautiful
&" Hump! Nothing easier grunted
the magician. Get million and stay
single. '"-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Quick loans go. See Fisk first. If
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
Why He Wept.

At reception one night a loud
voiced young man was invited to sing.
Desultory applause followed and he
responded with a vociferous render
ing OF My Old Kentucky Home"
The hostess was passing among her
guests, beaming at the success of her
entertainment and sure that everyon.
was having good time, when sudden
ly, to her surprise, she came upon a
middle-aged man but slightly known
to her, who was weeping silently but
bitterly in secluded corner. Think
ing that his heart has been touched
by the old song, she asked, sympa-
thetically:
:, Why do you weep? Are you a
Kentuckian?"
No, madame he replied. Pm a
musician, "-Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
buds Dilemma

Representative Dudley M. Hughes
of Georgia, is called farmer states
man and devotes much of his time to
the agricultural interests of his dis
trict.
He has requests for many new kinds
OF seeds and time ago received this
letter:
Dear Dud-Sam Yopp's been tel
ling me of a new seedless tomatter
the Guv'ment is a CROWN, Pm writin'
to you in hopes you will send me
some of the seeds"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29

1t is a great bother to run from the
third floor to the kitchen to get a
dustpan, for instance, or to make the
trip from the second-hoor front room
to the kitchen for dust broom.
If she has a convenient closet to de-
vote to the purposes of cleaning, she
can at little cost stock it with
broom, dust cloths and a small mop.
1t will save many steps and increase
her household efficiency"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
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PROVERBS AND PHRASES.

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Cultivation to the mind is as nee
essary as food to the body.-Cicero
The love of money is the root of
all evil; which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.-1 Timothy, vi, 10.
The life of pious minister is wish
BILE rhetoric.-Hooker.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
STORIES OF THE DAY
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Fragile Father.

A man travelling in Maine met a
middle-aged farmer, who told him his
father, 90 years old, was still on the
farm where he was born.
Ninety years old chr"
yep, pops close to co."
rs his health good?"
faint much now. He's been
complainin' for few months back"
What's the matter with him?"
Il dunno; sometimes | think farm
in don't agree with him. Saturday
Evening Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
Horse Power Cut Down

a man was fixing his motor car.
Trouble" asked bystander.
Yes, " was the laconic answer.
What power car is it?"
"Forty-horse," came the answer.
What seems to be the matter with
We'll, from the way she acts I
should judge that 80 of the horses are
dead. Chicago News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29
PUT CLEANING THINGS
IN SEPARATE CLOSET

The housewife blessed with a house
that. contains plenty of closets and
storing space should not rest content
until she has furnished one of these
closets up stairs as a cleaning closet
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-05-29

heart beats in warm sympathy for hi
fellow men.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-03-27

1-he readers OF this paper VIII ~ D
y,,1sssa Ia learn that there Is az least DE-
dreaded disease that science mas tbaf 5 IL
l s.us ~ t4alis fsafnrrh Cure IL the only
nos1tiv@ cure now known TO the msai .s
tprafsrnsfv (safarrh being a constituents
disease. requires CONSTITUTIONS e spen IN
sAesasf artSng directly upon the Dioou
and ',a mucous surfaces OF the system tne a,s
W. dssfroving the foundation OF the as y,
ease and giving the patient stFe aasistiDg
,ats9rn H. DANG Ife work. The proprletoIs
have 40 much faith in Its curative pow Pow
es~ Sg,@f thew offer One Hundred ioliaf :
Tor any case that It fails M cure. S1nu
Yor Ist of testimonials. m.,.a. n
~ daresH. n j. CHENEY & COZ Toledo. "
Eold ~ MI Druggists. l5c.
Take Haii'a Family Pills TOT conptipAtisA.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-03-27
Village Officers Of Meridian.

Board of Trustees.--J. M. Anderson,
chairman; n. O. Pfatae, Ed. Hartman,
Geo. II. Atwater, Elmer Sharp.
Village Clerk, w. H. Peer; Treasur-
er, J. w. Harrell; Marshal, w. F.,
Downey; Justice of the Peace, ". H.
Peer
Meridian Independent School Dist
riot No. 33:- Directors, n. r. Neal
chairman; w. A. Palmer, J. M. Flack,
]. A. Watts. j. $. Dewhirst, T. M
Hashbarger. w. +. Downey, Clerk
A. w. Fuller, Principal Grade Schools
Rural High School No. Al: Directors
VIM. Moreland, President; Fl. +. Neal
Secretary; Walter Evans, w. n. Dow.
ney, J. 4. Whitlock. Charles w. Holt,
Superintendent of Schools.
Meridian Post-ofiice: s. Nj. @.
Reynolds, Postmaster. Mails close for
Boise at 90 pm. and $3.50 pm; for
Nampa and east points at II NJ noon:
for Nampa and east and west points
at 400 p. nj and at $50 p. M. Rural
Route No. /, 5. w. Hutchinson, carrier
mail leaves Meridian each day except
Sunday at 500 am. Rural Route No
2, Mrs. Mcclure, carrier, mail leaves
Meridian each day except Sunday al
8 a. m.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-03-27
TO the Housewife.


Madam, il your husband is like
most men he expects you to look
after the health of yourself and
children. Coughs and colds are
the most common of the minor
ailments and are most likely to
lead to serious diseases. A child
is much more likely to contract
diptheria or scarlet fever when it
has cold. Ii you will inquire
into the merits of the various
remedies that are recommended
for coughs and colds, you will find
that Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy stands high in the estimation
of people who use it. 1t is prompt
and effectual, pleasant and safe to
take, which are qualities especial
IL to be desired when a medicine
is intended for children. For sale
by all dealers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-03-27

mails, minimum Of waste and loss. =
eSilage replaces high priced
hay, cheapens the ration. keeps
the digestive tracts 10 good con-
difion." -... tlssa .s.s $3.50. $50
III must Esay that = s..ssiIo is a
success throughout. If | had to
do without silo / would quit
farming right now ! cannot too
strangIy indorse the use Of silo.
| think Il Is the best feed a.. farm
er can have.
Cattle keep in better condition,
COWS give a.more even quantity Of
milk, keep ipsbetter aesh 4 RssA
M"Keeps up milk flow in winter
Doubles the amount Of. feed
per acre
Most Of the farmers quoted
when asked about the disadyan.
tages Of the silo, answered none
The main difficulty seems to be
the first cost and the labor need
ed in filling the silo
There 10 not space to tell aboal
the various kinds Of crops which
may be used foI ensilage, or this
types of silos in use throughout
ID Q country Concerning tht
latter, however, it would seem tina
the concrete silo is the best typt
to erect, Concrete silos arr
simple of construction, cheap, anc
durable. They cost little more
| il as much as a wooden silo, neel
little attention once erected anc
last for life time. They do no
tumble down and are fireproof
They keep the silage as we'll as |
stave silo and in every way arr
more satisfactory.
"The silo is badge Of honor OF
any mans farm