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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-11-23
LEAGUE READY
To PROSECUTE
WORK IN IDAHO
Maps Out Program at
Nampa Meeting Mon
day for Continued Ac-
tivity in This State.
Especial Dispatch.)

Nampa.-At what was evidently to
have been state reorganization meet
ing for the Nonpartisan league Mon
day at the city hall but which, throu. h
lack of attendance was later said to
have been only a county meeting,
steps were taken for continuing the
work of the Nonpartisan league in
Idaho. Memberships will continue to
retail at $l8 per member per annum.
But instead of having an organizer
in each agricultural county as has
been the practice in the past, five
organizers will be allotted to the en-
tire state. And instead of working
on commission basis, these meh
will operate on a flat salary. The
amount of their remuneration was not
exactly determined but it is expected
that it will be set at about $500 per
month. These organizers will oper-
ate singly and will go from county
to county as the situation requires.
Extra effort will be made to. induce
townspeople to join the league i.ove-
ment, according to the decision REACH
ed at the meeting here. Instead, how
ever, of the regular organizers doing
this work, it was determined that the
members of the league themselves
might do better work and this l!'ase
of league activities will be left lor
them
Samuels as Big Gun. r
H. F. Samuels opened the meeting
with one of his characteristic adj
dresses in which he dwelt at con-
siderable length upon pledge lie as
serted to have given his grandfather
upon coming west to devote Lis life
to the interests of America. D. c.
Droman, introduced as the national
organizer of the league from head
quarters at Minneapolis, outlined the
history of the organization and told
of the pioneer work which he and
Townley had done in getting the
movement under way. He assured
his hearers that the showing made by
the league in the recent elections was
not cause for encouragement and as
serted that the Nonpartisan idea neel-
ed only time to become popular. He
cited the fact that years were re-
quired in getting prohibition and re-
called the bitter fight that was nee
essary before suffrage for women
became reality. His remarks were
followed by the general discussion
which led to the reorganization work
as outlined above.
Between 40 and 50 persons attend
ed the meeting, this number includ-
ing all of the organizers and other
men in charge of Nonpartisan activi-
ties in the state.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-11-23

Mrs. Fl. M. Ruddock, who has been
i'll with pneumonia, is improving.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-11-23

]. H. Merritt of Nampa, a brother
of George Merritt of this city. died
Saturday: The funeral was held
Monday at 2 p. m. at Nampa. Serv.
ices were conducted by Rev. B. w
Rice.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-11-23

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Magnuson. Miss
Cleda and Thelma Randolph, who
have been in Hood River packing fruit,
returned home Monday.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-11-23

R. K. Lovejoy and son Thorne re-
turned to their home here Saturday
from the White home in Midway.
where they spent last week.
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
II. II. S. Leads Off
With Two Victories

The Hope High School added it's
second scalp Friday evening when it
defeated the fast-Aneta five with a
44 to 1S score. Joslyn at center and
Brewster at forward scintilated in
both offense and defense, while
Plaine and Capt. Reynolds at guard
broke up every play of the Aneta
team. The Aneta boys played a
clean hard game, but were hopeless
ly outclassed from start to finish.
On Saturday the Hope team played
at Finley, coming home with another
victory, this time with the score 10
to "a. The game was slow in spots
but towards the finish the Hope
boys found their stride and looped
in basket after basket from all an
giles. The girls teams of both schools
furnished the preliminaries, the Fin
ley girls winning with a 10 to 6
score. On the boys teams, Brewster
Joslyn, Mccullough and Reynolds
starred for Hope, with Christianson
and Bow the main cogs OF the Finley
quint. The Finley girls were out
classed in the first half but came
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23

One dozen round doughnuts, will do,
And three loaves Of bread made of
wheat.
Now that our tasks are finished,
The the results makes US justly
proud,
And I, for one, am thankful
belong to the good old crowd.
May Xmas make you merry,
And the New Year happy, too,
And may sweet blessings, ever,
Attend my friends, that's you.
Our able president, Mrs. Kraabel,
was reelected, but withdrew in favor
of Mrs. L. H. Smith, Mrs. Wamberg,
vice president; Mrs. F. r. Philip,
secretary; and Mrs. E. D. Washburn,
treasurer.
The report of the treasurer showed
that. two thousand dollars had been
raised during the year, and the Ia
dies resolved to do equally we'll and
if possible better, during the coming
year.
Mr.. Cassell gave concise report
of the expenses of the new church
building, after which refreshments
were served and a social hour en-
joyed.
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
ACCOMPLISH GOOD WORK

Boys and girls of North Dakota,
thru the club work of the Agricultur-
al College extention department,
have accomplished work that many
adults might be proud of, record of
the attainments of the 1875 boys and
girls who attended the eleventh an
nual Achievement Institute at the
Agricultural College last week shows
The accomplishments include do
ing the sewing for an entire family,
growing tracts of corn, larger than
one acre, that averaged SO, IS and
"a bushels to the acre, potatoes that
averaged better than $500 bushels to
the acre, and the requirement of
herds of pure-bred stock. Delegates
were present from 10 counties.
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
Annual Meet
Ladies Aid

A very delightful evening was
spent at the home of Miss Marjorie
Cessell by the Congregational Ladies
Aid Cociety on Wednesday evening
last. It being the final meeting of
the year. new officers were elected
and general account of the years
work given. Three months ago, each
member was provided with a quarter
and requested to turn it into a five
dollar bill. by whatever method she
thought best. Over one hundred dol
lars was brought: in and many inter-
esting accounts were given of how
this was obtained. Some baked
bread and beans, others did hair
dressing and manicuring, while an
other bought seed and raised wheat,
but by far the cleverest account was
from one of our cleverest but mod
est ladies who composed the follow
ing poem:
MY TASK
Capital, twenty-five cents,
With five hundred cents to be made
Was the aim of every woman
In the Congo Ladies' Aid.
TO fitting one dress, a Quarter,
Some beets brot fifty cents more,
Writing two letters, later,
Put fifty cents more in the store,
What to do next, is puzzler" said
But just then I sold two loaves
of bread.
Tuesday brot orders for five loayes
Ill admit that batch was poor.
Then Kluky, dear, you know her,
Longed for maple cake and pie.
So I. for one-fifty silver,
Her wants did satisfy.
Next comes Mrs. Schwalje, the true
To help me, my fund to complete
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
Pillsbury Notes.

Mrs. Huey and children returned
home from Minot Monday.
M. G. Peterson spent a few days
recently in the Twin Cities.
w. ]. Smith of Fargo spent Tues
day and Wednesday in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Algeo and
Mrs. Mel Mckay spent Wednesday
in Valley City.
The basket ball team drove over
to Page Thursday evening where they
played a game, the score being IL
to in favor of Page.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Smith spent
Thursday and Friday is Fargo.
Carl Nelson, Mrs. Sowden, Mrs
M. G. Peterson and son, Vincent
spent Wednesday in Valley City.
Continued on last page)
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
Aged Pioneer
Laid to Rest

On Sunday. December 10th, 1920,
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Jessie German, of Pine River, Minn.,
occurred the death of one Of the old
est pioneers of this territory, Mr..
George Saunders. The funeral was
held at the First Congregational
Church of Hope on Wednesday of
this week and interment made in the
Hope cemetery.
George Saunders was born at Alb
erdeenshire, Scotland, March 18th,
1924, and died at Pine River, Minn.,
on December 10th, 1920, aged sc
years, months and % days. In
1S47 he was married to Isabella
Wardner, Mrs. Saunders proceeding
him to the Great Beyond thirteen
years ago. In 1882 Mr.. and Mrs.
Saunders and family came to this
country and emigrated directly to
this territory, coming by way Of VAL
ley City, and taking up their claim
on the Sheyenne River twelve miles
west of Hope, where they made their
home until the death of Mrs. Saund-
ers, after which our subject made his
home with different relatives, spend
ing four years of the time in the
state of Washington.
Ten children were born to bless
the home of the deceased and wife,
and three sons and three daughters
survive their parents. They are:
George, of Cooperstown; Mrs. Ellen
Chalems, of Shields, N. D.; Alex, of
Cooperstown; Mrs. Mary Padham,
of Centralia, Wash; Mrs. Jessie Cor
man, of Pequot, Minn.; and John, of
Centralia, Wash. Mrs. German and
Alex were at the bedside of their
father at his demise.
The deceased was a staunch Chris
tian throughout his life, and was a
member Of the Baptist Church since
he was eight years old. His life has
been long and useful one, his
friends many, so now that he has
gone to his reward he will be assured
of lasting peace and happiness, and
leaves behind the memory Of q good
father and husband.
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
BIab0n News Items

q. 3. Rye was visitor in Fargo
Saturday and Sunday.
L. Verwest left Saturday for St.
Paul with a car of cattle.
Oscar Thompson and Robert Schmidt
spent Sunday in Fargo.
Oscar Thompson left Wednesday
for his home at Hatton, N. D.
Mrs. ]. G. Walters and Kenneth
were visitors in Aneta Thursday.
Miss Minnie Langager returned
from Mayville Normal Saturday and
will spend Christmas vacation at
home.
Misses Bertha Safer, Gertrude
Samuelson and Myrtle Oxton were
Finley visitors Saturday.
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23
Steel County
School News

The children of Newburgh No. 4
are learning how to make rope. The
boys have hauled sand and filled in
the low places around the porch.
The Blabon School reports that
they are serving hot noon lunches
to the pupils these wintry days.
The following teachers have re-
ported their schools enrolled as Ju.
nior Red Cross Cesters this past
week. Supt. Bergum of the Finley
School, Clara Groth of Westfield.
Marie Wilson of Broadlawn and Ag-
nes Steuverud of Hugo.
Newburgh school No. 4 has recent
ly purchased water jar and two
new pals in order to provide drink
ing water for the children.
Miss Sarah Moen Of Primrose
writes that her school has organized
a health society which meets every
two or three weeks. A program Is
given at these meetings, the children
taking charge of same.
Agnes Stuverud Of Melrose No.
raised $40 by social. The money
is to be used for school equipment.
Hilma Johnson of Westfield writes
that since organizing a Little Citi
zen's League in her school, she find:
/ that her pupils have worked up {
great deal of initiative.
A social was given in school No.
of Willow Lake which netted $56
Books and other school material viii
be bought for part of the money
the remainder to be added to schoo
money raised previously, and an or
gan or playground equipment to b.
purchased.
Agnes Larson of Riverside No.
writes, "Our school gave a social las
week at which we took in $25. W.
have started hot lunch. Every pu
pill, including the boys, have thei
share of cooking and dish washing.
| Hilda Ostlie of Newburgh report
having netted $40 at social givel
some weeks ago. She sent in IS t.
the Near East Relief, $.45 for Ju
nior Red Cross, and $3.50 for Tn
Kendall Book; the rest of the none
is to be used to purchase a set o
modern maps and globe. A ney
drinking fountain has been secure
and the pupils are working to ear
a new flag.
! Myrtle Finell reports that he
school raised $50 at social give
November Goth for this money vic
trola, records and lavatory equip
ment have been bought. Two swing
were made and put up by the direct
or last fall. The pupils are busy pre-
pairing for Christmas program.
The following schools enrolled i
Reading Circle work last week: Yves
field No. 2 and No. 3. and Primros
No. 1.
Near East Relief dues amountin
to IS from each school were sent i
last week by Marie Wilson of Broad
lawn and Hilda Ostlie of Newburgt
Inspector Edward Erickson wa
here last week and inspected Schoo
No. 3 of Franklin, Willow LAX
Schools No. 2, 3, and 4, and Luvern
school.
The Newburgh School Board ha
put up steel flag pole in School Nc
s. The desks have been fastene
to strips and new blackboard pu
in. A hot lunch equipment has bee
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23

back strong in the second half, TAX
ing advantage OF the shift of green
players to loop in sufficient shots to
win the game before the first shift
of players could be put in again.
Curry and Needham stared for the
Finley girls, while Kicker, Johnson
and Brewster were the strongest
players for Hope
The Hope pioneer., 1920-12-23

Continued on last page)
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

an industrial and economic life COM
mensurate with its population and
its own resources, the resources
found in territory to which the Ger
man title is not debatable, could
not be a menace to the peace of
Europe; it would not have the num-
bers OF the resources to undertake
the old struggle for political con-
troll, which was itself the prepara-
ton for the economic domination.
France, with 40,0O0,0O0 people, Sc
cure in her present frontiers, as
sured Of great iron and steel ex-
pansion, fortified by the ever grow
ing weight Of her North African
colonies, whose man power would
enable her to face Germany on even
terms, would be relieved of all the
anxieties which have been endured
since 1870.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
With Closed Eyes

We are asked to do this without
any full appreciation Of the fact
That the character Of this economic
expansion was such that it led III
evstably to further German attacks
Upon neighboring states, and in truth
compelled the Germans to conquer or
TO migrate. Thus we are asked
to contribute to restoring what were
after all, the conditions out of which
the war inevitably resulted. And
those who ask it close their eyes and
would close ours to everything ex-
cept the merely superficial circum-
stances, seif-interest, contemporary
terror OF disorder, the desire to get
the war over and forgotten as soon
as possible.
IN America, more than anywhere
else, the specious plea to restore
Germany finds ready hearing. be-
cause Americans are little familiar
with the circumstances of the max
ing OF this Germany. The story Of
the fashion in which for century
and a half the Polish race has suf-
fered every sort Of wrong, because
Tor Frederick the Greats scheme Of
'eresslng . strong Prussia the de-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Map Shows Stealings

4'AesF "o 1SCd11Il&S
The partition Of Germany sa.n.
an act of violence, and every cirrnn.
stance in the restoration OF st.I.,
territory to its rightful owners H..
similarly been translated to y.
American public as an act Of Va
lence. Yet if one chose to s.t !.
fore himself the map of Eurone !,
the hour when Frederick the C,,.
arrived and compare it with H.
map of the present hour it voula
be perceived how extensive ara q.
stealings which have been left !,
German hands even by the Treat,
of Versailles.
Criticize the economic feature, a,
the Treaty of Versailles as one NAV
and on this side the debate il IN.
evitable-the territorial features On.
title it to recognition as the fairss
of the great settlements which hsr.
been made in all European histon
From Germany it took AIsace-Lr.
raine, Posen, West Prussia, Dan,jr
and, conditionally, upper Silesis
and the Saar. But each Of th.ss
sections represented successfrl
plundering in past times, and II
each was a foundation stone of con.
temporary Germany's economic ex.
istence it WAS no less legally and
morally the possession of another
nation.
If Germany had acquired Lone
Island by successful Intervention IN
American affairs at the time of the
Civil War or Of the Spanish-Ameri.
can War the first condition of Ii.
Treaty Of Versailles, so far as
Americans were concerned, would
have been the retrocession Of h.
island. Granted that the Germans
had colonized it SO every last resi-
dent of Brooklyn was Teutonic, con.
ceded that the development had
been such that Brooklyn had be.
come the greatest of world port,
allowing that the loss of it might
have spelled economic prostraAm
for Germany. would any one Of
these considerations have weighes
with Americans seeking to reclaim
their OMn2
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Cause of Defeat

AS for Great Britain, can there
be any sound basis for the belief
that if Germany regains economic
strength she will not reacquire the
old realization that her economic
life is, after all, at the. mercy Of
the British feet? To-day the Ger
mans specifically condemn France
or even the United States, bus under.
the surface every German realizes
that the real defeat wes that suf-
fered at the hands of the one great
commercial rival, Great Britain.
Moreover. there will be = steadily
increasing recognition Of this on
the part Of the Germans as the facts
OF the war and the conditions Of the
years Immediately following the
war are brought home to them.
Germany would be economically
strong, economically the architect
OF tho new orSenixation Of Central
Europe aad ot III Russian Empi.s.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

'perity, how can ono escape the con
viction that German political life
will take the old directions? 1t is
nonsense and worse than nonsense
to believe that German policy was
dictated by insane militarism, which
sacrificed the economic life of the
country to delusions of political
grandeur. The truth is that the
German economic expansion devel-
oped the militaristic view. The
army has for 2 century and half
been merely the pioneer. preparino
the way for Prussian and then for
German commercial development.
The proposal to sacrifice Poland
and France to Germany so that Ger
man industrial life may be recon-
stituted and the dangers incident to
German economic paralysis avoided
is based upon a willingness to forget
the historical circumstances, both in
the German economic development
itself and In the recent attack upon
the outside world. 1t refuses to con-
cede the fact that the German war
had its origin in German commercial
aspirations far more than in German
militaristic concepts. The war was
fought for world markets by the Ger
mans, for whom the markets had be-
come matter of life and death.
The Other Side
1t is undeniably true that the al
tentative is unattractive. Germany
emerges from the war still a nation
Of 60,000,0O0 on territory reduced
from $4,000 square miles to little
more than 10000 square miles and
smaller than Spain. But the signifi-
cant fact is that this population, SO
per cent larger than the population of
1870. now inhabits a region which is
not only incapable Of providing food
3or this enormous aggregation Of
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
At Others Expense

What is asked of the world, what
is specifically asked of the American
people, is that under the specious
plea Of humanity, and under the
even more effective menace of al
legged anarchy, they aid in the res
toration of Germany at the expense
of all Germany's neighbors. We
are asked to give our counte-
nance to legalizing the stealings Of
Frederick the Great and all his
successors, to dooming the Poles and
the French so far as their economic
aspirations are concerned, solely be-
cause the only visible alternative is
the enforced migration Of upward
Of ten millions of Germans and the
concomitant decline Of Germany
as the economic master Of the E,,-
ropean Continent.
The contemporary passions due to
the war will pass away-are, in fact.
passing. No sensible person will
now echo the cries of the other years
about furnishing Germany" since
this is only child's talk. 1t is not a
matter of furnishing Germany that
is before the world. It is purely
and simply question Of restoring
to Germany the property which she
once stole from her neighbors, be-
cause she employed this property
with extreme skill and turned it to
such account that she became the
greatest economic state on the Con-
tinent.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

particularly if the Russian assoc1a-
ton opens the roads to India and to
Egypt. And for this development
the British will have themselves to
thank if any temporary desire to
seek the restoration of trade and
the termination Of unrest leads
them to support Germany's claims
for rehabilitation at the expense Of
the nations who were Britain's al
lies in the recent struggle.
The German attack upon the
Western world in 1914 was charge
able beyond all else to very deep
causes resembling, in some meas
ure, the causes of those other Ger
man irruptions which ended in the
destruction Of the Roman Empire
and the temporary observation of
Christian civilization. The Ger
man was driven by the necessities in
cident to overpopulation and under
production of food. He had lit
orally to conquer or to die; he must
acquire new areas and new mar
kets or consent to the reduction Of
his own population.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
There Is an Active Faction i'm
England That Is Advocating
This Course

gions Of Poseu, the port Of Danxir
and the control of the commerce
of the Vistula have served Il
supply Germany with the opportu'
nifty to transform herself into great
Industrial nation. In 1870 her pop
ulation was no larger than that Of
France; in 1914 it was almost twice
as great.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Disregard Poles

Disregard Poles
This argument, Of course. disre-
CARDS the desire Of the French to
replace the Germans in the world
steel market, to gain the position
which would have been theirs, meas
urably, but for the German stealing
Of 1871 and, beyond question, but for
the combined stealings of 1814-'l5
and 1871. AS for the Polish indus
try--and LODI has vast possibilities
and Poland the population for eco-
noif1ic expansion-this is set aside
and the decision based upon the as
serticn that the Poles never have
been an orderly people.
But, granted that the restoration
Of Germany on the economic side
would solve many contemporary
economic problems, what would be
the political effect? In any event,
tho Germans will find themselves
with the same dense population,
capable Of maintaining itself only
by foreign commerce, and more COM
pletely at the mercy of the British
sea power than before the recent
war. They will find themselves
faced by certain further handicaps
growing out Of the territorial read
justments, the loss Of the Lorraine
iron and the Alsatian potash, the
loss Of Posen, Danzig and the con-
troll of the lower vistula.
II Germany did not, could not, &C.
cept the limitations Of 1914, how can
Germans accept those Of 1919? If
German economic life is brought
back u the old situation. Of pros