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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18
Photos eopyrtgh 1914. by American Press Association

north Pacific coast. There will he lit
tic, if any, change I'm prevailing condi-
tions i'm this vicinity during the next
30 hours. Fresh south and southwest
winds are expected ana there will
probably be some cloudiucss Tuesday.
II. -. COWDRiCK.
Official i'm CHARGE.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

Berlin is using IS storage battery
driven street sprinkling and scrubbing
machines at a saving of 80 per cent. of
the cost Of the same number of horse
drawn machines.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

Fish guano exports from Norway
during the first half Of this year to-
tailed 9,000,0o0 pounds, or almost doJ-
bic the quantity in the like period
last year.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

Ants have been found in Dalmatia
that actually make bread by chewing
seeds into pulp, forming it into loaves
baking them in the sun and storinq
them away for future use.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18
STUDY COUNTRY
ROADS IN MICH.
Federal Authorities to Cooper
ate With State Officials

Washington d. g., May lS.-Detailed
studies of local road building systems
I'm one hundred counties are now being
carried ON by the department of agri-
culture i'm cooperation with state
highway departments and local au-
thorities. The following counties IN
Michigan have been designated by the
state highway officials as those in
which the investigation should Dc
made Dickinson, Kalamazoo, Mon
roe, Saginaw, and Wayne.
The purpose of this study is to dis
cover the points of excellence and de-
fects i'm existing local methods of
building and maintaining roads which
will aid the state authorities TO put
local road MANAGEMENT on systema-
tzed basis The cooperating state au-
thorities have hecn asked to dcsignat"
counties that present typical and cN-
ccptiuual features as To topography
character OF road materials, methods
of construction ana maintenance, ad-
ministrative organization, methods of
road financing, and traffic conditions.
From these lists 100 counties will lie
selected. and i'm these counties the di-
vision of Road Economics will malvr
intensive studies.
No Systematic Plan.
This investigation is prompted by
the fact that there is at present very
little knowledge as to the most effec-
tive and economical methods by which
a county can develop it's roads. At
present the methods of financing loo Il
road improvements vary from callinS
on farmers for certain number #
days labor in lieu of a road tax, or the
use of county prisoners i'm road con-
struction, to bond issues or maintancc
Of roads from m-shop license funds.
The department will study all If
these systems with the view 10 deter
mining whet system or combination of
systems works best i'm actual practice.
There is, moreover, at present no
standard system of keeping accounts
for road building and maintenance, and
as a result. while some counties know
to a penny the purpose for which mon
ey was spent, others have no definite
check or reporting system.
Uniform Costs.
Among various counties with the
same conditions. cost for excavation or
other labor is anything but uniform,
ana many counties because of the
absence of definite knowledge, fail 10
use local and cheap materials and con-
struct roads which are unnecessarily
expensive for their purpose. or when
will wear out before the bond issues
are redeemed. The Investigation viii
include careful STUDY of the use of
convict labor in road construction.
In connection with the scientific
study, the departments highway en-
gineers will advise freely with local
officials as to improvements. and thus
give each county visited the advantage
of direct cooperation, engineering, SUI
pervision and assistance.
The Investigations, it is believed, w:ll
yield important economic data bearing
especially on the benefits and burdens
of road Improvement ana showing the
extent To which financial outlay under
given typical conditions is justiiable.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

The federated Malay states include
the four native states of Perak Sell
angor Negri Sembilan and Pahang.
having a total area Of 27,506 square
miles and population i'm 1911 of 1886. =
800.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

William Orenstein's smoke and wa
ter damage sale. Look for the an
nouneement in this paper, Wednesday
May 2o.-Advertisement. 10
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18
Weather Forecast


CTul +. NJ. Tuesday,
Copper Country: Fair tonight ana
probably Tuesday.
Weather Conditions.
a field Of very high pressure IS To-
Gated over the East the highest re-
ported barometer being AT stations a.
the lower lakes and Middle Atlantic
coast, while the pressure is above nor
mai as far west as the first tier oi
states west of the Mississippi Rive,
fair warm weather hts resulted over
all sections east Of tho Rocky Noun
taius. The pressure is moderately low
over the Canadian Northwest ana the
Rocky Mountains rain is reported
from Montana, Wyoming, and the Ia
kotas. The barometer is rising ON the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

l9O2-Boer delegates arrived at Pre-
toria To discuss terms of peace.
More than 100000 women pay taxes
in Michigan.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

William Orenstein's smoke and wa
ter damage sale. Look for the an
nouncement in this paper Wednesday
May 2o.-Advertisement. 10
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-18

tn-lish is spoken by more than
10000, 000 persons.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20

cost incurred by the installation and operation
of the system ought to bring the perpetrators
of the law under the Mann Act. So long as the
people in choosing men for the legislature
lose sight of the quality of statesmanship in
their eagerness to find men that will further
their own particular hobby, so long will the peo-
pie of Idaho stand in danger of the political
White SLAYER.
Idaho needs genuine Home Rule law-one
that cannot be taken advantage of by pernicious
interests. There are other and glaring needs
in legislation Notwithstanding the marvellous
crop of bills passed. There is no particular
reason to hope that the next Legislature will be
much better than the last. Other states have
laws in actual operation that would cover our
needs Is there nowhere within the state a
Moses that will arise and form a legislative
league to consider our wants, frame practical
bills that will meet them, and lead us into the
ever-Promised Land of Lower Taxes?
Our next Legislature, being relieved of the
burden of trading in a senatorial fight, may have
time to pass such bills-for it is probable the
people would strongly back such league
9 IT'S a consummation deyoutly to be
wished"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
MUNsEY LOSES CASTE.

Frank A. Munsey stood at Armageddon and
6attled for the Lord nightly and financially
during the presidential campaign of 1912 When
the battle was over, the disappearing smoke dis
closed the Democracy in possession of the field,
Mature reflection eventually convinced Mr..
Mmsey that he had contributed vastly to that
deplorabe result because he had been one Of
the angels of the political movemnt that was
destined to make the world a better place for
Mr. George W. Perkins children to live in. saws
the Salt Lake Neutrality-suspicious.
= Further application of the intelligence
providence had given him brought him
to see that only by Republican party re-
union could prosperity and protection be again
relnstated. He has been since that time an en-
ergetie advocate of that reunion. His belief is
tnat industrial democracy and social Justice
must follow and not precede, the re-establish-
ment OF industrial activity. He would provide
employment for all idle men at the prevailing
wage before embarking them upon a campaign
TO reform business conditions that cannot be re-
formed until business exists
AS a natural corollary to this common sense
view, Mr.. Mmsey is now denounced as a re-ac-
tlonary by those who once hailed him as a high
priest of progressivism. Haek-writers who were
accepting Munsey money year ago to stimulate
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
THE REPUBLICAN BANoUETs.

If there was ever any question In the minds
of the observers as to the political party IN
which the people are interested; to which they
look for solutions to their problems; and which
they will support at the next election; all doubt
was dispelled at the last Lincoln Day banquet
in Boise. Over 200 Republicans, from all sec
tions of the state, went to Boise for this occasion
Those who could not attend sent messages of en-
couragement through friends, by letters, by tel
egraph and by telephone. 1t was the greatest
political gathering seen in this state since the
old time Republican conventions. Enthusiasm
was keyed to high pitch. Everybody was
happy except of course n few Democrats and
Progressives Joe Bogart was seen to cast hun
CRY looks at the assembly and in humiliation
confessed to friend that he ought to be part
of that gathering. There were present many
who had followed Roosevelt at the last election
They were chastened in spirit and willing to get
back to the fold
The skit at the banquet which represented
the quarrel between Roosevelt and Taft truly
and kindly satirized the Republican party and
accomplished u world of good. 1t was conceiv-
ed in the right spirit and was appreciated by
all. 1t cemented the bonds OF good feeling and
good fellowship that exists between all Repnb-
leans who have no axe to grind and who are
working to the end that Republican principles
and Republican policies shall prevail no matter
what they may have thought of the Chicago con
yention and its results. No one could expect
the Republican party to re-unite so quickly and
so firmly in such a short length of time The
disintrigation of the Progressive party in Idaho
rs taking place as rapidly as possible and it
didn't take the election returns from the second
congressional district of Iowa to accomplish the
dissolution.
The same evening the Republicans through
out the state held banquets in different cities
There were well attended meetings at Lewiston,
Idaho Falls, Preston and Twin Falls. The same
harmony was manifest at all of these meetings
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
SELLING A GOLD BRICK.

Could anything be more brazen than the
open attempt of the self-appOinted leaders of
the so,called Progressive party in Idaho to OBJ
tain -with-a- barrel as a candidate for the
United States Senate?
A. r. CruZen was first trotted into the lime
Lght-but Cruzen is a Spug-a member of the
Society to Prevent Useless Giving, and so he
figured it would be useless to give to the horde
of aggregated freaks posing as reformers his
dearly beloved dollars for the empty honor of a
nomination for senator, and he sidestepped
Then it is an open secret that the barrel
hunters, as keen-scented as the head-hunters of
the Philippines, next attacked Ed. III. Dewey of
Nampa, but Ed. also proved tight-wad and
coldly spurned the tempters
Now the people are RECALLED with the de-
hghtsome stories that the scent led the hungry
patriots to northern Idaho and the nomination
was rendered to Thomas j. Humbird, president
OF subsidiary company of the Weyerhauser
timber trust!
But Mr.. Humbird, like Cruzen and Dewey,
winked the other eye and although profoundly
grateful that his barrel had attracted the atten-
ton OF the would-be dispensers of senatorial
gently declined and is sitting tight
at last accounts fearing an open attack Ism
this pretty spectacle! The entire Progressive
leadership frantically in search of an easy mark
with the dough whom they would exchange a
worthless nomination for the ducats to finance
Guy Martins campaign for governor
Selling gold brick, especially political
one is not as easy job as it used to be-The
New Freedom
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
SENATOR ROOT BEGINS HIS SEVEN.
TEETH YEAR

Elihu Root, Republican leader in the United
States senate and generally conceded to be one
OF the abest men who ever occupied seat in
that distinguished body, entered upon his seven
t!eth year Sunday. Senator Root shows few
signs OF his age. His face has few lines and his
hair lacks the frost appearance usually associ-
ated with the locks of the septegenarian.
Yet no man in American public life TODAY
has had more active or distinguished career
than the senior New York senator. While his
world fame has largely been won in the last
eight years, since he became Secretary of State
IA Roosevelt's cabinet, his work in reorganizing
thee war department during the four years he
held the war portfolio was a good index to his
sagacity, skill and constructive ability.
Mr.. Roots legal ability has been recognized
IN has a"nolntment as member of the Alaskan
boundary tribunal in 1908, his services as com
Tor the United States in the North Atlantic fish
cries arbitration in 1910 and his selection as a,
member m OF the permanent court of arbitration
at The Hague
He trained Cuba for self-government, help
ed pacify the Philippines and framed the organic
act for both islands and instituted their civil
government. His tour of Central and South
America accomplished marvels in the way Of
bringing about a better feeling of harmony
among the southern. The award of the Nobel
peace prize for 1912 to Senator Root was wor-
my recognition of his great services as n states
man and an advocate of peace
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
TOO MUCH sELF-LovE.

In the matter of friendship l have
observed that Disappointment arises
chiefly, not from liking Our friends
too well, or thinking of them too
highly. but rather from an over-esti-
mate of their liking for and opinion
of us, and that, if we guard ourselves
with sufficient scrupulousness of care
from error in this direction, and can
be content, and even happy, to give
more affection than we receive-can
make just comparison of circumstan-
ces, and be severely accurate in draw
ing inferences, and never let self-love
blind our eyes-then l think We can
manage to get through life with con-
sistency and constancy, unembittered
by that misanthrophy which springs
from revuIsion of feeling. The moral
is that if we would build on a sure
foundation in friendship We must love
our friends for their sakes rather than
our own.-Charlotte Bronte.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
PRINCESS NICOTINE.

To airy Princess Nicotine,
By poets long time sung,
Though it is easy to be seen
That you're no longer young,
love you none the less, my heart,
Though in the ancient days
Sir Walter turned his lyric art
To GROWING you with praise.
For you are still as young and fair,
AS in those other times
When grateful poets everywhere
>, Poured forth their local rhymes
10 prove you queen of sweet surcease
FROM trouble and from woe
a sort of Hebe, bringing peace
To mortals high and low.
| love you for the kindly veil
You cast DER ugly things;
AND Tor the hints that never fail
10 give the spirit wings,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20

that first track were split rock, . On
Tbicb the iron chairs receiving the
rail ends rested; just imagine now
much elacticity to such road-Deot
I remember to have seen some of
those stone blocks under the Ialls oi
that road. midway of the raiis, anu
lust a few years ago many OF tnose
Stone blocks were to be seen IN the
stone walls that fenced the right OF
wav: and doubt not are there stu;
one wears trial of that carefully MADE
road-bed was Illuminating, and when
the line was double-tracked, 1t was
made much as today, and the rams
tied with wood. l..
All freighting was then done ny
canal, but before long the managers
OF the railroad advertised that they,
were considering the feasibility OF
attaching a goods car TO their daily
passenger train for the transporta,,,
ton of small articles of freight.
There has been some growth IN
freight traffic since that day. The
Middlesex canal had recently been
opened and was prospecting, but the
railroad dried it up; and today only
those who know can trace its line
between Boston and Lowell.
OBSERVER.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
THE TAXPAYERS APPROVE.

We think that there is little doubt but that
the taxpayers of Canyon county approve the
action of the board Of county commissioners
in granting relief to the county fair While
taxes are high, the board is to be commended
for doing everything in its power to reduce the
so badly needed and the fair is such worthy
institution that an exception should be made in
its case. The money appropriated for prem
nms is immediately returned to the taxpayers
public money which goes to fair exhibitors
there are thousands of dollars spent in special
prizes. OF course above and beyond this inn
mediate return the stimulation of agriculture
is the great benefit that the county derives.
The officers of the county fair association
feel that now the fair can be placed upon sound
and firm foundation. They feel that the period
OF hardship is over. They feel highly grateful
to Messrs. Partridge, Mitchell and Blair for
coming to their relief at this time
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
A TALE OF TIMBUcToo

Oh, tell me, have you ever been
Across to Timbuctoo?
And have you any notion what
Timbuctoozers do?
You see, l know exactly what
They say and how they look;
For read all about them
In big, three-volume book.
To sum it up concisely,
Here's the gist of what l read:
The Timbuctoozers rise-they eat
And drink-and go to bed.
And now, although | hate to end
This interesting story,
That's all know of Timbuctoo,
And the Timbuctoozers' glory.
Carolyn Wells, in Youths Compan-
ion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
PEOPLE WOULD BACK LEAGUE.

The Home Rule law of Ohio has resulted
IN Cleveland's getting city charter in which
ship and the preferential ballot are firmly EN-
bedded; in Dayton getting commission form
OF government which includes the city manager
feature as well as other reforms; and in varions
other cities getting local government which is
an immense Improvement upon its predecessor
The present revenue law of Idaho has re-
suited IN the prostitution of justice where the
poor taxpayer is concerned; and the immense
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
A MARTYR FOR HIS COUNTRY.

"My grandfather amt got any
arm, COS he was in the war at Gettys-
burg" boosted young woman of
7 years.
MY dad was in the war, too, said
another.
Did he fight any battles, darling?"
asked an older person.
Yes, Bull Run and Antietam, and
Chattanooga"
And was he wounded?"
mo, but he had awful headaches
from the sound of the cannonp
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
STORIES OF THE DAY
X 4 XXX %&4
PROMPTED.

Willie was struggling through the
stor yin his reading lesson. mo,
said the captain" he read, twas not
a sloop. 1t was larger vessel. By
the rig judged her to be a-a-a-a-a-"
The word was new to him.
"Barque," supplied the teacher.
Still Willie hesitated.
"Barquep repeated the teacher. this
time sharply.
Willie looked as though he had not
heard right.
Then, with an apprehensive glance
around the class, he shouted:
"Bow-wow"
Detroit Free Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
THE DEMOCRATS WILL ELECT POST.
MASTER.

The election which will be held at Boise
Saturday, February y, for the purpose of elect
ing postmaster will be watched with interest
Boise is the largest city where the postmaster
has been chosen by this method The method
should give satisfaction to everybody as the
candidates will pay the cost of the election.
National Committeeman Elder has called the
election. Any Democrat in good standing is
eligible to run for postmaster, and any Demo
erat can vote. The election will be conducted
the same as any other election except that only
Democrats will participate The two leading
candidates are p. NJ. Davis and Curtis f. Pike
but the indications are that there will be num-
Der of other candidates.
The naming of postmaster of Boise re,
suits from the inability of the Democrats to
agree upon any one. The party is hopelessly
divided upon the matter of appointments as
they are upon everything else The Hawley
and Nugent factions cannot get together. The
party leaders are in hopes that by settling the
appointment in the manner named above, that
the ill feeling already existing will not be in
creased and that the result will be satisfactory
satisfy all claimants '
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20

AS when you hover DER scene
By worry sore beset,
And meath an opalescent sheen
Envisor all regret.
But most of all, dear Nicotine,
I've loved you since that day
When, in nook of leafy green
And roses hid away
foundry Polly blowing rings
OF incense rich and rare,
As blithely as the bird that sings
His heart out on the air
John Kendrick Bangs, in Ainslee's
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
PROVERBS AND PHRASES
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Jesus never made choice without
a prayer.-J. H. Jowett.
If we are ever i'll doubt what to do,
it is a good rule to ask ourselves what
we shall wish on the morrow that
we had done.-Sir John Lubbock.
The sin we do by two and two We
must pay for by one.-Kipling.
Life is like walking along a crowd
ed street; there always seems to be
fewer obstacles to getting along on
the opposite pavement; and yet If
one crosses over matters are rarely
mended.-Thomas Huxley.
Some persons are born bald-head-
ed. Some acquires bald-headedness
and Providence gives some of 'em
plenty of hair because they are bald
headed on the inside.-Bard of Lizard
Butte.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
SAME OLD CROUCH.

An old lady who saw "The Mer-
chant of Venice" many years ago,
recently witnessed modern produce
tlon of the same play. When asked
how she liked it, She replied: well,
Venice seemed to have been spruced
up bit since the first time / saw it,
but that Shylock is just the same
mean, ordinary thing he was forty
years ago"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20

accepting Munsey money year ago
10 stimulate their own inept, unin-
formed enthusiasm to exploiting sup
posed conditions OF which their read
ers knew more than they, are now de-
nouncing him at so much per de-
nounce in any columns where too
much space and too little judgment
afford an opening.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20
AN AMBIGUOUS WORD.

Teacher-"What little boy can tell
me where the home of the swallow
is"
Long silence, then hand is waved.
We'll, Bobbie, where is it?"
The home of the swallow" de-
clared Bobbie seriously, "is in the
Stummick."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20

A bridegroom is person who
spends a lot OF money buying him
self wedding suit that nobody no
tices.-Dallas News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-02-20

The sin we do by two and two We
must pay for by one.-Kipling.