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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
PACIFISTS THINK NO DEFENSE
NECESSARY IF We BUT BEHAVE

Jones say, in the first place, that
none of the other nations of the
world will attack us if we are neu-
trail and do not attack them. and,
in the second place, they will not
have the strength or the
to attack us when the European
was is done.
Not one of the belligerents will
lie able to attack any other coun-
try for a generation if it wanteI
to- says President Butler. Even
the most military of European states
at the end of this war will find it,
self as Serbia and Bulgaria founi
themselves after the Ions struggle
in the Balkans
That was an unfortunate illus
tration for Mr.. Butler. Since it
was uttered Bulgaria, the county
which he thought exhausted in h
Ealkan wars, exhausted for a gen
g ation, has plunged into the great
er fray as an ally OF the central
powers.
The exact converse of hat rea-
soning is true. AS Maj. Gen. Wood
told the senate military commit
tee, there isn't going to be ANY
weakness abroad after this war is
over You will find that more
male children will have been born
than have been killed or injured"
Japan has been in three wars in
the last II years and is better
prepared than ever.
"A century ago, quoting from
The Valor of Ignorance, EurOne
watched complacently the self de
vastation of France. The mon
archy had been murdered; the no
bility g~uillotined; commerce ruil-
On: manufactures destroyed; the
countryside was a tangled thicket
presided over by a half starved and
tattered people. The wealth of the
nation had gone up in the bonfire
of the republic. Suddenly a little
s?llow man took hold of these fam
ished people, this nation devoid of
commerce, manufactures or rege-
nues and with its poverty conquer
cd the whole of incredulous Eu-
rore." Napoleon.
Take a more recent instance.
Japan. only a Few years since,
on some mountainous islands, y.
people little known fought amOnS
themselves with weapons as prim-
tive as those of the seige of Troy.
Their entire revenues were less
than those of the American city, the
c%ultivable land of the whole empire
less than one-half the area of Hi
nois. Suddenly they also rose 10.
and with the perennial power OF
Poverty, in less thar one decade
disemboweled the two vainest ami
vastest empires on earth, causing
the world to whisper in old and
stale wonder at this new sun hat
rose with the s~uddenness of an n
known comet n of the eastern
sea."
Opponents of preparedness ask
this nation to lean on a broken
reed, for surely this war afforcs
sufficient proof that the pacifist be
lief that a peace seeking coun-
try is immune from attack is a
shattered reed. The case of Bel
GUM is a powerful exhibit against
hat doctrine. The cause II
France another. And the case OF
China yet another. And the case
f Greece supplies the latest proof
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
THE RENO GUN CLUB
INVITED TO MEET

The Reno Gun club has been iu-
vited to participate in the big blue
rock shoot to be held at San Jose
May 1881. The Nevada-Califor-
mia Trap Shooting association mas
notified the Reno club that the
officials desire the attendance CT
their organization. The Reno cl;t
holds shoots at Moana Springs ey-
cry week and will be in fine trim foi
the big meet
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
(Spokane Spokesman Review


IF we conduct ourselves in a
neutral way" asserts Senator Wes-
ley l.. Jones, none of the countries
engaged in it (the present war; will
want to get into a contest with us"
Pretty much the same view is TAX
en- by President Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia university: mo
people will be hostile to us unless
we, by our conduct, make them So"
President Butler thinks that the
functions of our army and navy
should be confined to police. phil
anthropic and sanitary" service.
and that we should put behind us
forever the notion that we must
arm in peace as a prevention oil
war" q.
The whole pacifiist ease for un-
preparedness hinges on that opinion.
If it were tru hat no people will
be hostile to us unless, by prepar-
edness, we make them so, prepared
ness would be wanton waste and fol-
ly. for we have no aggressive de
signs on the territorial integrity
of any country anywhere. We do
not covet our ~neighbors' lands. We
have undeveloped territory and re-
sources sufficient for five times as
many people as now dwell under
t e stars and stripes.
But it is not true. We have
been scrupulously neutral through
out this war. We have not taken y
single alien life nor tried to take
one. We have not interfefed any
where with the trade and commerce
of the world. We have been so
scrupulous in our efforts to obey
the law of nations that the belliger-
ent governments have not even lodg-
ed an accusation that we have in
any way violated international law.
We have been more than neutral.
We have been chivalric and gener-
Gus. Our people have given enOr
mously to funds and organizations
laboring in the war zones to miti-
the wounded, to feed the famished,
to care Tor the refugees.
Yet we are attacked on land AID
on sea. Our women and children
have been slain; our lawful car
goes have been c~onfiscated; Il
lawful ships have beer halted at
the lannon's mouth and men under
the protection of the flag taken off
and imprisoned.
The whole anti preparedness case
of paciicists like Mr.. Butler and
Mr.. Jones stands on the assumption
that we can safely leave our rights,
interests and national safety to the
sense of justice of foreign nations;
that always all of these foreign gov
ernments will look out for Ameri-
can rights, liberties and interests
as we look at them.
This is analogous to saying that
an American citizen need never de
fend his interests in an American
court of law. That no One will ever
sue him unless by his conduct he
invites suit. That if he has large
property interests he need not spend
money for legal defense, because
Re can safely and confidently yield
his judgment and his sense of jus
tice to the sense of justice of every
other man and woman living in his
judicial Jurisdiction.
President Butler and Senator
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
To Investigate Schedule

The Nevada public service com
mission has instituted an investiga-
ton into the rates charged by the
Steamboat Canal company under
the 1916 schedule. at the request
of several Reno and Washoe IL
ty water users. Water users have
petitioned that the preliminary
hearing be held at Reno. They
claim that the increased rates for
water per inch is excessive.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25

In connection with the question
y: national preparedness, the time
ly admonition is made by the New
Republic that the time has come
for the country to make up
it's mind what policy it lei to
defend"
If we purpose to continue the
Monroe doctrine greater prepared
ness will be needed, it thinks, than
if we ditch it. If also we are TO
stand up for John Hays doctrine of
the open door in China, still greater
preparedness will be needed. If We
make up our mind to throw both doc
trines to the discard, very moderate
preparedness, it thinks, will be
enough for our safety, for these are
potential sources of friction with
Germany on the n hand and with
Japan on the opposing side.
I'm other words,' says the jour
nal, what we are preparing to
Cefend is not our territory, but a
national policy in Latin America.
Let the United States abandon all
pretensions in this hemisphere out
side it's boundaries; it will be as
safe from Germand as Greenland
is.
THE same searching of mind ~
needed in our relations to Japan.
We are in conflict with Japan over
two main issues, exclusion in Cali
fornia and the open door in the
far east. Neither can be allowed
to rest underlined. Are we or are
we not aiming to challenge jap
anese dominion in the Orient? Ii
we are not the Japanese problem
will not fight us merely to secure
admission for her coolie labor.
But if we are concerned about the
fate of China, if the new navy is
designed to give weight to Amer
lean diplomacy in the east, then the
sooner our people realize it the
better.
To this point the New Republics
thesis is mainly sound. It's argu-
ment is defective when it passes to
the contention that invasion of this
country by the armed forces of All
enemy would be followed by lignr
and easily borne penalties. Does
anyone suppose" it questions,
that Germany would care to con-
quer and administer the continer-
tai territory of the United States?
1t would be the most fruitless ad-
venture a nation eve undertcoh,
and the absurdity of it is evident
when we realize that even if tho
AGermans in this war could take
, London they would evacuate il
again. If the Germans captured
London or New York it would not
he for the sake of holding it, but in
order to change certain British Or
American policies to which they OBJ
iect."
But this takes no note of the
price that would be demanded for
evacuation, the indemnity that a
conuuering and occupying army
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
Wendover Route Again Blocked

Traffic v e the Wendover route
has been seriously hindered all
winter by the mud flats soaking up
the precipitations and becoming I'm
passable to any vehicle. The ground
has become so soft that gravel plac-
ed on the roadway has settled into
the soil and disappeared entirely in
some instances. Much of the road
will have to be rebuilt before auto
mobile traffic can pass over it
safely. Parts of the route are nov
under water varying in depth from
a few inches to several feet.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-03-25
VISITORS RETURN HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Speelman of
Coyington, Ohio. who have been
visiting their son and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. w. d. Shue. for the past
three weeks, left this morning for
their home.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
WIDOW LOST HER HOME;
HUSBAND-NO INSURANCE

philip Sullivan of Fall River. died,
leaving heavily mortgaged house. a
widow and three children. In, vain
the widow worked to pay off the
debt; the property was sold to salts
fy the mortgage and the poor woman
and her little ones were turned into
the street. She brooded over her loss.
became mentally unbalanced and nm
ally was possessed of the fixed idea
that if she and her children slept one
night in the house one-third of its
value would revert to her. On New
Years eve she struggled them into
the attic and the next morning the
purchaser of the house discovered
what had been done and sent for the
police. AT the station it was found
that nothing could be done for her ex-
cept to send her to the almshouse
The children began to cry piteusly al
the thought of separation and were
with difficulty taken away to an or
phan asylum"
The lesson taught by this pathetic
story is obvious. The husband mad,
| mistake in buying a home if he coule
not afford at the same time to protec
it by a policy sufficiently large to dis
charge the mortgage and leave a bal
ance for the use of his widow in main
tanning the home.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14

At the same time that the above
tests were made 576 samples taken
from car lots of commercial oats were
tested, the average termination being
70 per cent. This shows that where
commercial oats must be depended on
for seed supply it is even more i'm
portant to test the seed for germina-
ton than when local supplies are re-
lied upon.
Seed showing a low termination
should either not be sowed or enough
extra seed should be used to insure
getting a good stand.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
X X X X X X X X + X X x x = =
X PLEASANT RIDGE.
4 X X X X X X X 4 \ 4 4 < = >

J. T. Whittig has decided that
horses are too slow for HIM, SO he
purchased a new Ford. Geo. Fro
man. Chas. Vogt and other experts
spent the greater part of last Satur-
day giving him lessons in running
the animal and no serious mishaps
have been reported as yet.
Mr.. Bruce Lesser of Caldwell was
a guest at the T. B. Wilkins home
Sunday evening. :,
Rev. and Mrs. Henry Martin visited
at the George c. ,Doughtery home
Tue sday evening.
The Epworth League business meet
ing was held at the Bradley home last
Friday night A goodly number were
| in attendance. A membership contest
was started to run Tor six weeks at
the end of which the winners are to
be entertained by the losers.
Ben Wilkins is able t., be around
again after being confined to his ped
for fifteen days.
The Appleland telephone line is
busy now days conveying the COM
PARSONS of the different incubator
matches around the neighborhood.
Miss Ethel McKague of Claytonia
is spending the week in this neigh
borhood.
Several from this neighborhoood in
tend to attend the District Sunday
school rally at the Riverside Method
list church next Sunday. The program
will not begin until the afternoon, but
the majority are going in the morn
ing for Sunday school and join in the
picnic dinner at noon.
Mr., and Mrs. Charles Olson haC
rather exciting time with a mac
: dog a few days ago. The dog was
living under the stove while they were
, eating their breakfast, when sudden
: " he jumped up and began to sho"
/ serious symptoms of madness. Mr.
and Mrs. Olson Immediately retired
: to another room to consider the situ
5 alton. The gun was in the room witt
the dog so that thew had to contriv
] some means of removing the dog. Nj
Olson finally succeeded in extracting
the dog with the aid of a shove
: handed through the window. Afte
animals misery. The dog was bite
n by two other dogs that came BY
S which were afterward killed in Caid
well.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X !
X CANYON HILL.
X X X x X X X X X X X x X + +

There was a drainage meeting held
at the school house Saturday night
to see who was in favor of organizing
a drainage district Mr.. Sloan. an ex-
pert, outlined the plan and a majority
who were there favored the system.
There is plenty of land that needs
draining.
Next Monday is the annual school
meeting. Those with children should
attend, those without Mox Nix Ouse.
Mrs. Dave Hagelin of Willow Creek
came down Saturday to visit her hus-
band and daughters.
G. H. Myers, the Canyon Hill ditch
boss, had a gang of men working on
the hume that crosses Willow Creek
this week.
VIM. Rodenbaugh was down with
his sprayer this week. He sprayed
for G. H. Myers Tuesday and We'd
nesday. =,
A letter just received from L. M
Lake, now of Deming, N. M, state:
that when Villa made his raid at Col
umbus that he was getting. close
enough. Mr.. Lake states that thu
neighbors and himself set up ONT
night expecting Villa. They were al
armed and ready for Mr.. Villa bu
unfortunately he didn't show up.
Miss Myrtle Rigley returned ,.tt
Boise Sunday to resume her studio
at school.
Miss Carrie Smeade was down from
Boise Sunday, visiting home folks.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
A WOMAN'S. ANSWER.
To The Vampire"

To The Vampire
VERSES by Felicia Blake.)
with apologies to Kipling,)
A fool there was: and she lowered
her pride,
Gwen as you and H.
To bunch of conceit in a masculine
We saw, the faults that could not be
denied,
But the fool saw only his manly side
Gwen as you and ID
Oh, the love she laid on her own.
hearts grave
With the care of her head and hand.
Belongs to the man who did not know
(And now she knows that he never
could know
And did not understand.
"A fool there was. and her best she
\ gave.
\ Gwen as you and. ID
OF noble thoughts. of gay and grave,
(And all were accepted as due to
the knave.)
But the fool would never her folly
save,
Even as you and l.)
Oh, the stabs she hid, which the Lord
forbid
Had never been really planned.
She took from the man who didn't
know why.
(And now she knows he never knew
why)
And did not understand.
The fool was loved while the. game
was new.
Gwen as you and ~
And when it was played, she took her
cue,
| (Plodding along as most OF us do.)
Trying to keep his faults from view,
| Gwen as you and ~
And it isn't the ache of the heart, or
its break,
That stings like white-hot brand
It's the learning to know that she
raised a god.
And bent her head to kiss the rod,
| For the one who could not under
stand
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
THE VAMPIRE.

(By Rudyard Kipling)
A fool there was and he made his
prayer
Gwen as you and H.
To a rag and bone and hank of hair
We called her. the woman who did
not care)
But the fool he called her his lady
fair
Gwen as you and I.)
Oh. the years We waste. and tears we
waste
And the work of our head and hand
Belong to the woman who dad not
know
(And now we know that she never
could know
And never could understand.
A fool there was and his goods he
spent
Gwen as you and ID
Honor and faith and sure intent.
| (And it wasn't the least what the
| lady meanD
But fool must follow his natural
bent
Even as you and l.
Oh, the toll we lost and tho spoil we
lost
And the excellcnt, things we planned
Belong to the woman who didn't
/ know why
(And now we know she never knew
| why),
Il And did not understand.
"A fool was stripped to his foolish
hide
Gwen as you and |.
Which she might have seen when she
threw him. aside
(But it isn't on record. the lady
tried)
So some of him lived but the most OF
him died
Gwen as you and. ID
But it isn't the shame, and it isn't the
blame
That sting like white-hot brand
It's coming to know that she, never
knew why
(Seeing at last she could never
know why)
= And could, never, understand,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14

cleaning work.
A very heavy snowfall for this sec
ton was experienced during the
month, being about feet deep at
some points. This snow all went OFT
within few days and caused very
heavy run-off in the foothill streams.
Construction Distribution Unit.
Owing to the winter weather, little
construction was done on the lateral
system, but preparations were made
near the .end of the month for spring
work. The following minor struc-
, lures were installed: Ten masonry
drops, one masonry weir, 3 concrete
drops, 4S lifting-device supports for
lateral headgates, $50 linear feet OF
small metal hume.
Good progress was made on the
Pioneer and Nampa Meridian drain
age, with four drag-line excavators
which were run practically continu,
ously for the entire month. Nine re
inforced concrete pipe culverts were
in stalled, 7 being under railroads ane
canals, and under highways; ano
Five Mile Drain diversion structure
was rs per cent completed. The. ex
cavation work accomplished on the
drain lines during the month is tabu
lated as follows:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14

d. Hyslop and Misses Mabel Wilson
acted as chaperons. The time passed
very pleasantly playing games and in
dancing.
Robert Mckinley has arrived from
Kansas and is farming the ranch left
by his father. Charles Mckinley, who
died last fall.
Chas. M. Headrick was here last
week from Boise in the interests of
the Royal Highlanders, a fraternal
insurance order. , IF enough members
can be secured a castle will be in
stalled here.
The regular yearly election OF the
school directors occurs next Mon
day. All those interested should at
tend.
John Edmiston ran away from the
took a horse with him and has not as
vet been found. He is described as
follows Weight, about los pounds;
age, 81; height, 5 feet 9 inches; build,
medium; complexion, medium; eyes,
light blue; hair, light brown, thin on
top; moustache. brown, The bridge
of his nose has been broken and a
vaccination scar shows on his upper
| lett arm. Hc usual iCWdiu VI pSo'oN
is offered for his arrest and detention
Notice should be sent to John Shook
warden of the penitentiary at Boise
or Arthur MlcLain, superintendent OF
the farm at Homedale.
The Harshman clover huller is a
work in the upper end of the district
A crew of seven men left here las
week for the Isaac ranch on Succol
Creek to survey the ranch for reser
voir site. The work is in charge o
Engineer Lockwood and under. thu
supervision of Guy MCGEE, who I
chief engineer for the Succor Creel
Irrigation District. About 1000 acre
of land will be covered by this new
system, which it is believed can b
built at very low cost.
The water is in the Gem Distric
bitches and irrigating has begun.
Mrs. w. J. Helton and Mrs. Ton
Freeburn visited at the Ben Pain
home is Roswell Saturday and Sunday
: Snappy. new Hats at 1895 and sly
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
MONTHLY REPORT ON BOISE
PROJECT FOR FEBRUARY
Reclamation Record Gives Water
Storage at Arrowrock and Deer Flat.

The April Reclamation Record is at
hand. The Record gives the follow
ing data on storage waters at Ar,
rowrock and Deer Flat. The data arc
up to March lst Arrowrock: capaci-
ty in acre feet, 25A,000; contents,
vailal,c. first of month, $500 acre
feet; contents, available, end of month
5000 acre feet; maximum 5O,Ooo;
outflow O; elevation of water surface,
first of month, 3,095.o; elevation OF
water surface, end of month. 3,0oo2;
maximum elevation, 3,097.l. Deer
Flat: teracity in acre feet, 177,ool
contents in acre feet, beginning OF
month, 1872; end of month, 32,993;
| maximum, 1880; elevation of water
surface, 2,4935 at beginning of month;
2,4o7.S5 at end of month; maximum
2,4oS.
Progress of Work.
Water to the amount of US second
feet was turned into the Main Canal
February II for the purpose of clean
ing the canal Of snow and ice, prepar-
atory to filling Deer Flat reservoir.
| This was gradually increased to about
1000 second-feet on February 20,
when it was turned out for inspecting
|
necessary repairs. A small head was
turned on again on February 20.
February 9 and 10 there was very
heavy runoff from the foothills, which
overtopped the upper bank Of some OF
our principal canals. including the
Main Canal and did some damage
That running into the upper Main
canal was diverted into Hubbard re
servoir to relieve the lower lands. One
thousand two hundred second fee
were diverted from Indian Creek from
the lower section of the canal anc
run into Deer Flat reservoir to relieve
the towns of Nampa and Caldwell
About 700 second-feet maximum raj
on down Indian creek from the poin
of diversion of the Main canal.
The Main canal was cleaned ant
F.. prepared for the seasons run, and
little cleaning was done on the latera
system, though in general the .groun
was too muddy for the general sprin
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14

Theaverage termination was lowest
for Indiana and highest for Iowa. OF
the 1900 samples tested from the three
states 268 or over 9 per cent germinat-
ed less than IS per cent, l22 camples
or over four per cent terminated less
than 50 per cent, and 81 camples or
nearly 2 per cent terminated less than
Is per cent. This shows that much
of the seed oats intended to be used
this spring terminates poorly and that
termination tests should be made in
all cases before sowing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14
First Baptist Church.

The school of the church meets
promptly at 1890 o'clock. Mr.. B. G.
Skidmore is the superintendent and
wishes everyone to know that there
are classes for all ages. Morning
worship at l.30 O'Clock. The pastor
will dwell upon the subject of True
Riches: How to Secure Them. B. Y
P. u. at 700 o'clock. topic: Good
Prayer Meetings and how to have
them" All young people of the so,
ciety and their friends are requested
to be present at this meeting. Even