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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
Politics and Taxes.

THE gentlemen who are going
about the state in an attempt to
make political capital out Of the high
tax issue in Idaho are bold to declare
that taxes should be reduced, but
when they are asked specifically to
detail their plans for reducing taxes,
they offer no plan. AT the meeting
held In this city few evenings ago
not one Of the speakers advanced a
definite idea as to how expenses are
to be reduced, barring, perhaps. some
petty appropriations for the salaries
Of a few minor office holders that
might be dispensed with in the gen.
erai machinery of state government.
As The Index stated in these columns
sometime ago, 1t isn't the smooth
sounding statements of politicians
that the present administration is re-
sponsible for high taxes and that II
you will let us in we will show you
how to reduce taxes--it isn't this that
the tax burdened people of the state
are looking forward to for relief. II
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
Dog in the Manager.
THE TRIBUNE has receive

THE TRIBUNE has received a
lengthy dissertation on the GER
tain drain that the Muscle Shoals pro-
ject will have on the treasurs of the
United States government in the
event Henry Ford's offer for the COM
pletion of this immense project is &C
cepted. Clear figures are presented to
prove that the big plant will cost many
millions for many years after it is
completed.
Muscle Shoals is-or will be-a nj
trate plant. Nitrogen fertilizers can
be manufactured there to fill a world
wide need. Alfalfa and clover won,
grow everywhere and the nitrate beds
of Chile are not inexhaustib1e.
Perhaps Muscle Shoals is another
step in the direction of applied Social
ism. Perhaps it means government
fingers in the pie of what is properly
private industry. Perhaps there are
objections to Ford's plan or any other
plan for the completion of this i'm
mense project. But the objection.
that have come to The Tribune are
from a fertilizer association. All in
all, the argument sounds like dog in
the manager" stuff.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
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The Party Whip.
The Republican leaders have been
obliged to confess that the "independ.
cnt voter" now not only votes at the
polls, but also votes in congress, The
discovery of these leaders is rather
tardy, because this condition, which
is no longer a theory, developed in
the last year of Mr.. Wilson's admin
istration. "Old guard" newspapers
are printing appealing editorials call
ing for party solidarity" in congress
and right now the party whip is be-
ing used in the National Capital. But
those who are observing say that the
whip has lost its Cracker"
The question as its exists today is
not so much of party loyalty as it i:
the audacity of an independent GROUP
to challenge the right of any GROUP
of officials to make definite part,
program Naturally the president il
the party leader, but Mr.. Harding it
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
Superpower As a Hope
OF the Future.

Not much has been heard of late
about the great superpower projects
by which the waterpowers from
Northern New England to the River
James in Virginia would be tied to-
gether in groups of electric distribute
ing units. The survey which was
made under the = leadership of the
geological survey reached the state Of
formal report, and this report is
apparently comfortably in the gov
eminent archives. In the meantime
the federal power commission seems
to be lacking in pep" and their rules
and the slowness with which they
bring their methods of procedure up
to date has failed to aruse any en-
thusiasm.
The interest in developing Muscle
Shoals is entirely due to a realization
on the part of the people of the Soutf,
| in the great benefits that can be made
to accrue to a community or Sec
ton of the country thru utilizing its
waterpower resources. And what tht
South has found in its awakening is
no more than a possibility that exists
elsewhere throughout the country
Hydro-electric plants in certain parts
of the South have recently demon
strated that they could run super
power project of their own The,
distributed their power from station
to station, "tieing in" as they call it
so that the system developed by these
different power producers was made
to serve over a circuit seven hundred
miles long. 1t is just such schem,
as this that is contemplated on Z
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
Breezy Snapshots
OF Local Sports.

Tonight is the night that the fur
should fly at the high school gym.
when the college wrestlers show their
wares for the first time this year. 1t
is too much to expect a master ex-
hibition of wrestling from men who
have, just recently learned the game
but a close exciting tournament is
promised by those in charge. Wrestl-
ing is on trial in Caldwell If this
first event is we'll attended and pleases
its audience, the sport will have Sc
cured firm foundation upon which
to build in future years.
Rome was not built in single day
nor has any athletic team of any kind
or description been brought in few
short weeks q a real state of perfec-
ton. A good line can be gotten to-
night on the College of Idaho's
chances in the coming big intercolle-
giate dual meets however and the ma
terial will be given a thorough try
out before the public. The way a
championship team in any brand of
sport is built is to teach the men the
fundamentals of the sport and then
to give them the necessary experience
and in this way teach them to use the
knowledge they have learned.
Nampa defeated Meridian handily in
the first game of the scholastic season
last Friday, There was very little
enthusiasm at the game but this will
not be the case in the first clash be-
tween the Caldwell and Nampa teams
unless the influence of the peace con-
ference does some tall hustling be-
tween now and then.
| The high school hoopsters dropped
a close hard fought game to Payette
but no one is discouraged as the
league season'does not begin until next
Friday night when Caldwell mixes i,
with Meridian at Meridian. This is
considered nothing more than ar
early season reverse and a long string
, of victories is looked for by the local
fans. Meridian seems to have strong
J team, it is said, and may prove in
1vincible on the Meridian floor, .,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24

broader scale, in the superpower pro-
ject from the Androscoggin 70 the
James. While the elaborate survey
submitted earlier in the winter by
Secretary of the Interior Fall, is ap-
parently in the somnolent stage it is
rather amusing to read some back
fire obviously put out in the interests
of builders of locomotives, in which
it is pointed out that the steam loco
motive, of today is quite different
motive power from the locomotive of
decade ago" And so, it may be
remarked, the electric locomotive. and
the hydro-electric power and distrib-
uting plants are also different. The
steam locomotives Of the country are
not only avaricious consumers of the
products of great coal mines, but the
almost universal use of steam is also
responsible for the railroads devoting
about half of all their transportation
facilities to the hauling of coal.
This tremendous burden that is
thrown upon the transportation faci-
lities OF the country is one of the
things the agricultural interests are
complaining of; and they charge it
with being largely responsible for the
high cost of living and for the agri-
cultural depression. While the gov
eminent urges waterpower and hydro
electric development it still maintains
restrictive rules that so curb the pos
sibility of reasonable returns to invest
ors, that the forward progress of this
phase of national development is ap
parently tagging. Meanwhile hun
dreds of thousands of men and I'm
limited machinery and transportation
are in constant operation in order
that piles of coal may be distributed
here, there and everywhere, so that
il, can be burned in a definite firebox
to heat the pipes in a certain boiler,
when everyone knows that the COM
4 nonsense of the thing is to develop
central power stations capable of tram
shifting all this energy over lines of
wire-"fre by wire"
Ownership of Homes.
More than ffty-one per cent of the
homes in Des Moines, Iowa, are own
ed by the occupants. At the other
end of the list is New York city,
where l2.7 per cent of the homes are
occupied by their owners. The pa
rents and grandparents of the adult
class of today were usually owners
of homes, and half century ago to
man who owned no home of his own
was regarded as poor citizen. While
homes are harder to acquire under
the changed conditions of the coun-
try, yet, one ought not to be too badly
discouraged by the official figures, for
who would want to own home in
New York city, unless possessed of
great wealth? The apartment house
and the tenements make houseekeep-
ing simple and the city women will
tell you that the system gives them
less to do at home and more time for
the movies and other delights of city
ldYellers. Des Moines stands high
among home-owners, but the small
towns still have people who live in
real homes.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24

is some concrete plan to cut expenses.
Taxes have been increasing for the
last hfteen years, and it has made no
oinerence whether the administration
was Republican, or Democratic. One
democratic administration, it is true.
did cut the tax levy for a brief period
OF two years, but at what a cost!
Every state institution was neglected
and impoverished and allowed to de-
teriorate until large expenditures were
necessary to restore them to their
usefulness. In the end, the saving,
II any, was negligible. 1t is unfor-
tunate that high taxes should come at
time of general business depression.
But the gentlemen who are capitalize
ing the situation for political purposes
are simply trying to fool the taxpay-
ers by their promises of making a
sweeping reduction in expenses with
out knowing where the reductions are
to begin.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
otscIlLA DEAN rzse"e 'ecss from COhFIlc =
Friday and Saturday, January II and 2S.
BOISE VALLEY TRACTION CO.

Interurpan Tirae Table
Northern Division
Leave Caldwell for Middleton, Star,
Eagle and Boise
$50, 500, $50, 1880 a. m.
80. $3.50, $50, $50, 1880. $50 p. M.
Southern Division
Leave Caldwell for Nampa, Meridian,
and Boise
tS5, S:23. 1923 a. m.
1913, 2:23, 4:23. 5:23. 6:23, 3:23.
1923 p. m.
Subject to Change Without Notice.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24

not stubborn in any demands or re-
quests that he is making on congress.
He takes the logical position that the
party program as set forth in the last
campaign must be lived up to. The
conflicting elements exist in the SEN
ate and in the house. The "old
guard always has made the program
and they have made it for this con-
gress. The independent groups con-
shutting principally the men who re-
present the farming interests have
looked over the "old guard" programs
and served notice that these sche
dulles will not do. Apparently they
are paying no attention to the crack
of the party whip.
The American Farmer
In Politics.
The American Farm Bureau organ
ization claims to have a paid member
ship of more than one million men,
bers. The central headquarters in
Washington is a tremendous affair, as
is shown by the fact that it spent
$492,393 during 1921. Even Wall
Street would admit, if asked, that they
are going some" The American
farmer feels aggrieved, inasmuch as
his product is raw material, which
under the operation of the economic
law is the first to feel the fall OF
prices. The American farmer, there.
fore congress definitely that tie pack
ers and the grain exchanges must lie
regulated and controlled, and their
demands were enacted into law al the
last session. The Federal Aid Road
bill was made to order by the farm
bloc" in congress, and they punched
holes in the tag bill and when it came
through the legislative processes il
measured up to all they asked for
Finally, the tariff bill that was prom,
ised last year has been subject to their
| objections, and everyone knows that
the bill cannot be passed without the
votes of the agricultural senators.
There is a good deal of an outcry
against the control of congress by
groups, and the discussion as to
whether this is right or wrong is be.
ing debated in the press and by pub
lie officials, including members of the
cabinet, two of whom have condemn.
ed it. But all this seems to be rather
fatuous, for the simple reason that the
American farmer has actively entered
into politics in an apparently practi.
cal way. These farm groups have thu
votes, beyond question, and they ar.
using them to shape legislation the
way they want it. There is nothing
so very unusual about the condition
but it is unusual that everyone shoulc
know about it. Congresses usually
are controlled by somebody-th,
farmers are unlike their predecessor
who have been bossing the job, be
cause they are Dragging about it.
The Knife Is Out
In Wisconsin.
Another round is due in the battl,
between the W;ecooc;n eapators
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24
The Knife Is Out
In Wisconsin.

Another round is due in the battle
between the Wisconsin senators
When Mr.. Lenroot sought reelection
he was opposed bitterly by Senator
LaFollette but he won out, neverthe.
less. NowNSenator Lenroot is to have
his inning. and he has declared wa,
all along the line against the senio,
senator. Senator Lenroot went so
far as to ask the senate Republicans
to disown his colleague as member
of the party, but the suggestion was
not acted upon. Both men are in the
senate as Republicans, but when they
speak of each other it is usual fol-
Senator LaFollette to describe Sena.
tor Lenroot as a "reactionary," Will.
Senator Lenroot is likely to call hi:
colleague mostly anything except tha
which is complimentary. The two mer
were originally staunch political anG
personal friends.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-01-24

THE man who will lay aside his
partisanship and look this tax
question conscientiously and squarely
in the face must admit that he and
his fellow taxpayers are largely to
blame for the present situation. Two
years ago when the proposition to
issue two million dollars worth of
state highway bonds was submitted to
the voters, the people fell over them
selves to vote for it, and it carried by
a big majority. The people demond
a commission for this and COM
mission for that each adding to the
expenses of the state. When the leg
islature attempted to either abolish
the state highway department, or at
least curtail its scope and powers,
strenuous objections were made from
very many sections of the state. Gem
county was one of the directors. We
wanted the Star-McCall highway. So
did Valley county. Other counties
wanted roads, and the legislature &C
coded to the demands made upon them
and let the highway department alone.
We are firmly of the opinion that no
hope for reduced taxes can be ex-
pected from either of the two political
parties. The taxpayers themselves
can only bring about a reform by de-
handing that all frills be cut out. But
we have become so used to an auto
mobile life that we doubt if the peo-
pie will be satisfied with anything
less.-Emmett Index.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13
PROHIBITION THE MAIN ISSUE

DROHIBITION will be dominant issue in not
I fewer than thirty states this fall, and results will
be watched with more than usual interest
The vets contend they are certain of victory
while the drys openly state that if other force kills
the hope for Eight wines and mild beers it will die at
the hands Of the booteggers VINO are making too much
money under their present system to permit the tfat
fc 20 become legaIized.
New York and New Jersey are all "het up over
the issue, which also will be paramount in ali OF the
New England States, and in Missouri. Pennsylvania
will face the question as will Maryland, Delaware,
West Virginia. Virginia. Kentucky Tennessee, Colo
rat". 'at, Wisconsin, Washington, Nebraska Mchi-
gan California Oregon Utah. Louisiana, Texas, Okla
homa, and Florida.
Pennsylvania vets pretendo to believe they are
81 ctory but the recent sweep Of the Pros
sive Pinchot points the other way.
1t would be difficult to predict the outcome in
many of the states, but it to be hoped that whatever
be the verdict it will result in an obedience to law.
!. decided dry victory will most emphatcally ex-
press the will of the people, and unless the bedrock of
American government is to be dynamited the sooner
the expressed will Of the people is obeyed the better.
And it will not hurt if Uncle Sam himself leads
the way the two Of the seven seas he is now
managing to navigate.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13

distinction of being the first architect
ever sent out by the Foreign Mission
Board and his appointment indicates
the vast extent Of the Southern Bap-
fist work in that country. More than
half Of the total number of mission
aries In the employ of this board are
located in China, where the results Of
their labors are very gratifying to the
officers of the Board.
Large interest centers, also, in the
launching of an intensive missionary
work in Palestine, to which country
there go Rev. and Mrs. Fred Bunyan
Pearson of Moulton, Ala, and Rev. and
Mrs. J. Wash Watts, of Laurens. s. G..
Some native missionaries are already
at work in Palestine, and the outlook
there is considered very encouraging,
despite the present complicated politi.
cal and racial controversies.
Campaign Brings Enlargement
In addition to the sending out of $50
new workers to foreign fields the rs
Million Campaign has made it possible
to increase the number of native
workers from III to l172, TO practical
" double The missionary equipment in
the older fields Of China, Japan AT
RIGA, italy, Brazil, Argentine, Chile,
Uruguay and Mexico, and to enter the
new fields of Spain, Jugo-slavia, Hun
gary, Roumsnia, Southern Russia, Pal
estine and Siberia. Southern Baptists
now have practically unhroken
string of mission fields encirciing the
globe, and a possible mission audience
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13

of 100000 people, or one-half the
total population OF tie globe.
And the results on the field have
kept pace with the larger investment
in the work and number Of workers.
Since the outset of the Campaign the
Foreign Mission Board reports the or
ganization Of lit new churches, 21,723
baptisms, 21l new Sunday schools
with a gain of 1856 pupils, native
contributions to Baptist work of ST.
COZ, 390.6S, and 529,642 treatments >ad-
ministered by missionary physicians.
Churches on the foreign fields, excln.
sive of the new territory in Europe
and the Near East, now number 622
with 64.251 members. There are also
971 Sunday schools with 1891 pupils,
and 694 mission schools of all grades
with 26,5O7 students.
ExpeAse Rate Is Low
More than 100000 net has gone
from the CO Ign into foreign MIR
sion work. J economically have
these funds en handled, the Board
reports, that b6.24 cents out Of every
dollar has actually reached the for
eign fields, only STA cents out of each
dollar being required TO care for the
total cost of administration. But with
these larger receipts and economical
administration the Board is unable to
meet the demands upon it, and at its
last annual meeting II was compelled
to reduce the requests of the mission.
aries on the field for appropriations
by more than S1,000,000.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13
xrYITH the sending out this season
wv of fifty new missionaries by the

rVYITH the sending out this season
wv of fifty new missionaries by the
Foreign Mission Board OF the
Southern Baptist Convention, ESQ new
workers have been sent to foreign
fields during the rs Million Campaign,
or one-haif the goal that was set in
the number of workers to be provided
during that movement. Ii is antici-
pated the remaining $50 will go out
during the remainder Of the Campaign
period that will expire In December,
1924 The workers going out this sea
son will enter the fields of China, ia
pan, Africa, Palestine, Brazil, Argen.
tina, Uruguay, Chile and Mexico.
lnasmuch as the largest missionary
effort of the denomination is centered
in the Orient, the larger portion OF the
workers sailed from Seattle Saturday,
September 2, on the Admiral Liner
President jackson for stations in
China and Japan. The missionaries
for fields on other continents sail
from New York Oh various lines and
some Of them will not depart until
September 80.
Varied Types Workers Sent
Included in the list of missionaries
are preachers and .evangelists, teach
ers, doctors, nurses, one architect, one
expert in domestic science. and spe-
cial workers among women and chill
dren. William Earle Hines of Spartan
burg. 8. c., who goes to Shanghai to
supervise the construction of all mis-
sionary buildings in China, enjoys the
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13

Purdy "That new tangled Doctor
can tell you just how long you are
going to live"
hickey That's fine. III go see
him I'm Just dieiue to hear"
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13

When sending your subscription to
The NEWS, ask for the Southern
Agriculturist. It's a good paper and
yours for the asking.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13

'The act of prohibiting" was once
the definition of prohibition. But
that was before the prohibition laws
were enacted.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13
NOT YET BROKE

Country Judge How long have
you owned a car ;"
Motorist Charged with speeding)
One week., your honor"
Judge-"Um-then you can still
afford to pay fine. Twenty dollars, :
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1922-09-13

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-24

after the Twins as softly as he
suddenly a branch cracked un-
der his foot.
Tho Twins stopped and looked
around quickly. what was that?'
said Nancy. But nobody answer
ed. for nobody was there. Light
Fingers was also Eght-footed auli
he'd scampered behind q thorny
bush quickly as scat.
So Nancy and Nick went on.
But after them glided q figure as
softly and nimbly as a little
shadow. It was Light Fingers
again.
And mind your without anyone
knowing II, he changed the pack
ages around in the pockets OF the
TwInsl
Bye m bye they came to tho
ap7le-tree. Here are your glasses,
Busk.ns. " called up Nick.
Next they delivered Tlngaling's
package at his home In the Blue
berry Patch.
Ito Be centinuedl
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