The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-09-28

Inc department. VI asll~u4tuiC. anu
he keeps the organization at the Nat
ional Capital in constant touch with
throbbing agricultural life. One OF
these County Agents in a rich county
in New York state reports to the De-
partment that he has made a careful
estimate and finds that there are $500
radio receiving sets in farm houses in
his county. Another agent in a rich
county in Kansas has sent in an estim-
ate to the effect that there are 200
sets in farm houses in his county.
These are high spots in the reports.
but a tabulation of reports from 779
County Agents located promiscuously
in every part Of the United States
shows that in an equal number OF coun
ties 35.lS2 receiving sets are account
ed for on farms.
An incident of the reports from
County Agents throws an interesting
light on the perversi,y of human ma
,ure. In response t the individual OPP
inion OF the agents concerning the val
Tie OF radio to the farmers ia voiced
approval all the way from enthusiasm
to simple asset. and 22l hold out that
it is mo good" Since about one-third
of the gents replied that they had not
personally listened in to receive the
mystic messages OF radio the attitude
of the 22l doubling Thomisas seems
to be accounted for.
What radio can do and 5 doing
to improve the happiness and advance
the prosperity OF farm jewellers is al
together another story. The Agricul-
tural department takes it for granted
that there is at least nothing harmful
that can come out OF he air. and here
for it is constantly expanding its SER
ice in the hopes that every farm in the
United States will be reached in time.
And as the wave widens and the mum
Der OF radio users grows the Depart
ment proposes I increase its eficien-
cy and if necessary add additional
features to its service. because the
functions OF this branch of Uncle
Sans institution is almost wholly
Service.
The Ku Klux Khan
Independent. OF what the Ku Klux
kIan may be as An organization it is
universally regarded as dynamite in all
well regulated newspaper offices. But
by barking back to Ruxley's Lay Ser
mons. wherein it is recorded that "a
world of facts lies outside and beyond
the world Of words" we obtain a
background that takes us outside"
the Oklahoma struggle into the safety
zone wherin President u. s. Grant
like Governor Jack Walton) took
up arms against a sea Of trouble"
and by opposing the klan that oper-
ated in the South ended it. In a spe-
cial message to Congress on March
81. 1871. President Grant asked for leg
islation empowering him to deal with
a condition Of affairs which he des-
cribed as rendering life and property
insecure. and carrying OF the mails and
the collection of revenue dangerous"
Congress passed the force bill' with
in a month. The President was en-
powered to use "the militia or the
land ar naval forces of the United
States for the suppression OF such in
surrection. domestic violence. or COM
binations" as existed. A shor. time
thereafter President Grant issued a
proclamation calling upon members of
the associations in nine counties in
South Carolina TO dispense and sur
render their arms and disguise within
five days. Two hundred persons were
and the Klan was completely
overthrown in the country.
According to Governor Walton the
klan has become an invisible govern
in Oklahoma. and as such il is
claimed that it is replacing constituted
civil authority. The Khan of today
$ far different in purposes from that
existed after the Civil War. but
is methods are similar in many re-
Quite likely Governor Jack
Walton has been reading up" on
experiences, and has conclud-