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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
Better Government

No ere these days knows so much
about fundamental principles of Am
erio1n government that they can not
learn something worth while when an
opportunity is coming TO Caldwell in
the person OF Harry F. Atwood.
His short books. several OF which
are o being avidly consumed BY
Caldwell citizens. are a revelation TO
most readers. We are getting far
away from the theory upon which
this government, was established. And
we need. sometimes. to be reminded
to OF the straight and narrow ra,h
to success in government, that is pos
sible only under the most rigid adher-
enee to the constitution.
Lectures on the constitution OF the
United States need not be so dry as
the suggestion is. Mr.. Atwood's are
not. Better citizenship canno, fail to
follow his lectures in Caldwell. And
every person who misses him will be
the poorer.
Mr.. Atwood is not interested in
politics. He is not interested in propa-
ganda. But he is intensely interested in
good government. So should be
every citizen. And MIR. Atwood can
tell all OF W lot OF things about
government-oetier government than
we are getting RICH, now in these
United States.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
FRIDAY, June 6, 1924.

In order to make Their
promises good a Certain admin;,,rs
lion in Powder City began ,.
hearted attempt to bring one o, ,s -a'
numerous lawiess gangs 10 .s''
The prosecuting attorney bs.,''es-
duly enthusiastic and things 20, W. m
together too hot. IL
Said one member OF the y,,
had been absent from IN. "no
i hear as how the boys sbo, sS'
OF their witnesses in cou-, .I
other day" me
Yep" was the answ ~-h.,
yers was a-gi'ten' him ratified. 60
just had to shoot him"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
DO AND SAY

Two brothers once lived down our
way.
ma ore was Do and one was Saw
II The streets were dirty. taxes high
or schools too crowded. Say would
cry.
ord. what a town.. BIZ, Brother Do
would set 70 work to make things new
And while Do worked, old Say would
cry:
he does !, wrong. 7 knew tina, T
.ouid do Il right" So all the dav
was heard he clack Of Brother Saw
hu' his one thing from none was rid.
say always talked; Do always did
agency Items
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06

The highest speed eve achieved on
an English railway Vas that attained
by u tram known as The City OF
Truro" which at n point reached
the amazing speed OF more than lU2
miles on hour. Even then the going
MAS rs smooth az II the train had
been moving al less than ten miles an
hour.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
Il REAL. AMERICAN" GIVES
entertaining LECTURE
Stronshcsrt, Yakima Indian, Tells
Thrilling Story.

II am proud TO shake the hand
Of a real American"
These words. uttered by General
Jofrre. when he grasped the hand
of a bronzed chieftain at recruit
ing duty In New York. stirred all
America. The man thus singled out
was Strongheart. hereditary chief
of the Yakima Indians, who will
address Chautauqua audiences this
season.
Strongheart Is equipped with q
college education and natural his
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
Fire and Idaho Tourists

Just how serious the rain short
age is becoming and just how much
It IS increasing the danger of des-
truction by, fire OF Idaho forests may
be readily appreciated from the dras-
tic steps contemplated by the fores
try service 10 protest Idaho timber.
Unless copious June rains alter the
situation materially. i, is likly that,
travel in national forests this sum-
mer will be limited to public high
ways. Smoking may be forbidden in
all national forests, camp fires will
be taboo or built only by permits
sion and roads and trails that lead
deep into the weeds will be closed.
That is the program. 1t is based
on the reasonable assumption that
denial Of the RICH, to enjoy Idaho tim
Der lands and the streams that run
there for is single season is far bet
ter than laying those beauty spots
waste tor years to come.
Al least it behooves every person
who goes into the mountains this
season to be careful. Not careful in
the ordinary way. but exceptionally
30. Every forest today is a finder
box. waiting only the chance fiker
" fame that will destroy timber by
he millions OF feet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
Rain Makers

A circus. thinks The Statesman.
is the only hope left for rain in Ida
no. Probably The Statesman over
looked the fact tina, Idaho farmers are
abou; to begin haying.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06

Golfers rates Idaho at about 81
percent dry Blu; that Wis before
We concluded j, has forgotten how to
rain in Idaho. The percen, is way to
low.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06

$500 cash, first prize for the he,
article, either prose or poetry.
$1,000 cash prize for the secord
best prose article.
$1,000 cash prize for the bes, poetry
article.
$500 cash prize for the third be,,
prose.
$500 cash prize for the third hes,
poetry.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-06-06
SIS CASH PRIZES
FOR THE BEST ARTICLES
ON THE SAMPSON
TRAIL
Contest Ends June 18th
Don't Fail to Nal Your Manr..--.
By June 18th.

Your opinion of the Sampson Trail
is wanted. and cash prizes are oHer.d
for articles. either prose or poe,rv
written by yourself. This con,.s, !,
inaugu-ated to get your views Of n.
Sampson Trail, looking a: it from n.
standpoint of a service to the public
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
NJ YS I cry
LONG To
FANS
Easily Reach Distant Points
While Monumental City
= Remains Silent.

The dead spot" that prevents
ordinary radio communication be.
tween Washington and Baltimore
10 being investigated further by
radio experts who SO far have de-
clined to give q definite opinion az
to. what causes the wave interfer@
ence.
Local listeners-in have wondered
often why they were unable TO
reach Baltimore when far Western
stations came in like a bullet, and
they have been given several req
sons for the phenomenon.
The Annapolis power plant, static
in and around Baltimore and an "u1-
explainable dead spot" have been Of
fered in explanation.
According to an official Of the
WCAP broadcasting station, the
fault lies entirely with Baltimore
and the static in the air around
the city.
Baltimore is a poor receiving city
at best, it was pointed out. and has
some trouble hearing from the
north. This trouble increases al.
most to impossibility from the
South and conversely Baltimore Is
seldom heard from stations to the
North and South.
Occasionally a Baltimore station
Is heard in Washington on a crystal
get. This phenomenon, it was said.
would be in accordance with the
static theory which allows for &C.
caSional diminishment of the
amount Of static in the air.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
RADIO PROGRAM
OFFERS MUCH
VARIETY
Opera, Comedy, Drama, and
Talks Will Fill Air
Tonight.

Opera. light and grand, with a
dash of comedy. will make tonight
memorable for the air-wave grab
bers.
The exceptional programs. all
coming at the same time, also will
set a pace which may not be
eQualed very early in the new year.
Headlining the bill will be Wag-
ner's der Ziegeunerbaron," sung
by the Wagnerian Opera Company
from the Manhattan Opera House
and broadcast through WIZ the
New York station of the Radio
Corporation Of America.
In Schenectady. w. R. Her
bert's two-act operatta. The Bos'n's
Bride" will be sung by the WGY
Light Opera Company and broad
cast through the WGY station.
The accompaniment will be played
by the WGY augmented orchestra.
Drama Is Offered.
Philadelphia will offer the drama
in the form of Dunsany's one.act
play, THE Lost Silk Hat" which
will be produced as part of the
Philadelphia Music Clubs program
to be broadcast through WIFI.
The Wagnerian opera perform
ance will inaugurate a series Of
nine of the operas to be broadcast
from the Manhattan Opera House
and List.
Nearer home, WCAP will ioin
with WEAF, New York, in one of
it's variety bills.
Headlining the entertainment Is
Mary Wildermann, concert pianist
and protege OF Archduchess Marie
Valerie. Among her selections will
be several by Chopin. Beethoven
and List
Charles Ray. he of many films,
whose most recent production is
The Courtship of Myles Stand
ish," will lecture for a time on
the Pilgrim fathers. His sidelights
undoubtedly. will he interesting, as
Ray. always a stickler for details.
spent weeks studying the charac.
ters he reproduced in his film.
Irving A. OberIander, barytone:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08

about the Sol Minister Trio and the
Honolulans of Ernest Beale.
Prizes and Romance.
When we heard the announce
ment that a prize Of $25 would be
given to the listener.in who tele.
graphed five words of Henry
Strickland's address from the great
est distance, our mind went arc
mancing.
Out in Oregon, in Western Can.
ada, perhaps across the Atlantic.
someone would pick up that adj
dress and send part of it back
whence it came.
And perhaps some woodsman in
Western forest, miles away from
a. telegraph station and badly in
need Of $25, might be the person
to get the address from the greatest
distance and still not win the prize.
The rules Of the contest provided
that the kilograms should be pre-
paid; contain five words Of the ad.
dress, and be filed not later than
two hours after the conclusion Of the
speech.
We await with interest announce
ment of the result tonight.
Winter Sports.
It's funny, but when the radiator
was sizzling away pretending to
create heat when it wasn't and the
window panes bespoke bitter night
outside, we could not get UP much
interest in Henry Stricklands talk
on Winter Sports at KDKA. It
sounded too unpleasant.
If, however, it had been one Of
those balIny nights and we had
raised the window for relief from an
overheated room. the talk undoubted
ly would have led us to wondering If
we couldn't run up to New England
for a little skiing and shoeing.
Girl Scouts.
For the benefit Of Washington
Girl Scouts who listen in to the
KDKA scout meetings on Monday
night but were compelled to be alb
sent from the meeting last night, We
wish to announce that Miss Holland
has returned as leader of the classes.
Meetings in the future will begin at
1870 o'clock Monday nights, instead
of at 1915. Any girls who have failed
to enroll in the class may do so now
and receive an outline of previous
lessons. Address correspondence to
Girls Scout headquarters, Pittsburg.
We are inclined to believe that one
of the chief occupations of radio
night owls in Washington is to tune
in WCAP. Chicago, when operators
of stations nearer at home have gone
to bed. The brand of music that is
blown from the Windy City in the
wee, small hours is nothing worth
while. We, for one, have been losing
sleep on its account.
And having said all that, we sign
zee
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
BEGIN INQUIRY INTO DEAD SPOT BETWEEN D. AND BAL TM0R
Radio Program
NAA-NavaI Radio Station, Airing
fOh-S. 0kO MekARas

NAA-NavaI Radio Station, Airing
tOh-5,06O Meters.
10 a. m.-Weather forecast.
1920 a. m.-F'ruit and vegetable
shipments.
3:45 d. m.-CTosing live stock.
$50 p. m.-Daily market, grain.
RadiOphOne-435 Meters.
9:45 q. m.-Live stock report
1:45 .. m.-Fruit and vegetable
markets.
3:45 p. m.--weather report.
4:25 p. m.-Dairy products.
1850 Meters. Spark.
IL noon and 10 p. m.-Time sig
nails.
1901 D. m.-Weather report, ship
orders, naval press news.
WCAP-Chesapeak and Potomac
Telephone CO.-469 Meters.
1870 to 10 p m.-Joint program
with station WEAF, New York.
including Brooklyn Daily EaglO1
weekly digest by. H. v. Kalten-
WRC-RadiO Corporation Of Amer.
ica-469 Meters.
3 D. m.-Fashion development@s
Of the moment, by Dorothy Maurice.
$40 p. m.-Solos Of the harp
guitar by George A. r. Hanson.
1926 p. m.-"American Leader
ship" by the editor of the In
ternationaI Interpreter.
S:35 p. m.-Song recital by Frank
$50 D. m.-Report of the Ma
tional Conference Board.
a p. m.-Piano recital by Elaine
Glenn.
Sis p. m.-Instruction in inter-
national code practice
p. m.-Children's hour, by
Peggy Albion.
WEAF-American T. & T. CO.-493
Meters.
7:3O p. m.--Daily sport talk. by
Thornton Fisher.
7:40 p. m.-Solos by Irving A.
Oberlander, barytone.
7:55 p. m.-Recital by Mary
Wildermann, concert pianiste.
$40 o. m.-"What 1t Means to
Go Bond" by Jarvis w. Mason.
500 p. m.-Solos by Anita Die
trich Kneit, coloratura soprano, ac-
companied by Mabel Anna Corby.
$3.50 p. m.-"Brooklyn Daily Eagle
! Weekly Digest" by H. V. Kalten-
born.
9p. m.-Recital by Mary Wilder
mann, concert pianiste.
9:1O p. m.-Solos by Anita Die"
trich Kneit, colatura soprano.
9:2O p. m.-"The Courtship or
Miles Standish," by Charles Ray.
$50 p. m.-Musical program.
GAS p. m.-"Eveready Battery
Trio"
10:45 p. m.-Wendell Hall. barry
tone, the popular music maker from
the West and his ukulele.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08

H. v. Kaltenborn, speaker on cur
rent events. and Anita Dietrich
Kneit, coloratura soprano, are
among the other features OF the
program.
The afternoon program today
from WRC includes a piano recital
by Glenn Allan, comments on cur
rent topics by the editor Of the In.
ternational Interpreter, song re-
cital by Frank Rand and a travel
talk prepared by the National Geo.
graphic Society.
A mandolin concert by the Allie
gro Sextet. under the direction of
Percy Lichtenfels, will be Pitts
burgh's chief contribution. 1t will
be shipped from KDKA. beginning
at $3.50 p. m. A special late concert
beginning at 1880 p. m. will be
given by the Queen City Orchestra
with assisting artists.
Meyer Davis Bellevue Stratford
Orchestra will be heard again to-
day at o'clock and at o'clock
from WIFI. Philadelphia. Newark's
WOR station again headlines Hal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
D. C. LISTENERS-IN MAY
GET THE COAST TONIGHT

Washington listeners-in should get
the Coast tonight when the new
station KGO, the Sunset station of
the General Electric Company at
Oakland. Cal. broadcasts for the
first time.
The program will start at S
o'clock, Pacific time. II O'Clock
Eastern time, and will include adj
dresses by +. w. Richards, COVER
nor OF California, and ]. l.. David,
mayor of Oakland. The KGO or.
chestra and male ouartette will
follow the addresses. The operat.
ing wave length of KGo is 3l2
meters,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08

able to whip their sets into share
so that they can get out-Of~town
stations even when local sations
are in operation.
In short, the argument is set
forward that instead of radio con-
ditions being made to conform with
the whinls Of the radio fan the
radio fan should work 20 be in
harmony with radio conditions as
they now prevail and are salts
factory to the vast army Of opera
tors and receivers.
Point is made that a silent.
night" is not necessary and would
be just as foolish and as dlscrimin-
atory as IL an ordinance was
issued prohibiting all low-powered
automobiles from operating on
Pennsylvania avenue on q certain
night each week.
Canvas Of numbers of radio fans
further reveals that many Of those
who have stood in favor of the
silent night" have been converted
upon the challenge that IL they
handle their set wisely they will be
able to. hear both out -of-town and
local stations any night in the week
at will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
RADIO LOCATES NURSE
SOUGHT BY ILL MOTHER

Radio has again demonstrated it's
ability to locate people in an EN-.
Urgency, WYG, at Schenectady, re.
ceived request from Fort Ann,
N. Y, to broadcast a message mott.
flying Ruby Wood. a nurse from
the health department at Albany,
Of the serious illness of her moth.
err in Iowa.
Miss Donald, of the Albany Hos.
pital, an acquaintance of Miss
Wood. heard the message and 10.
Gated her. Miss Wood started at
once for her home in Iowa. =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
O'FARRELL, NATIVE CUBAN,
IS ANNOUNCER Al PINK

Remberto O'Farrell is the an
nouncer of PWX (Havana. Cubal,
and in spite of his name is a native
Cuban of Spanish descent. He
speaks perfect English, however, and
makes all his announcements in
both English and Spanish.
PWX Is owned by the Cuban Tele.
phone Company, an associate of the
International Telephone and Tele-
graph Corporation, New York city.
1t operates 400 meters and broad
casts regularly on Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 1880 and 10 o'clock,
central time. Jose Izgueerdo is
chief operator, and Urbano del Cas-
tillo, program director of the station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08

sey Miller's orchestra during the
dinner hour.
For Distance Seekers.
For the distance seekers Dallas
offers its Mozart Musical Club, be.
ginning at 1890 p. m, and Detroit
will offer about midnight the Red
Apple Club, direct from the Ar
cadia Theater. The Dallas station
is WF,AA and Detroit, WICK.
WRC is getting all set for navy
night tomorrow, at which time Sec
rotary DENLY will speak from their
studio. The United States Navy
Orchestra will contribute to the pro-
gram, and there are features.
While the Radio Corporation will
be holding navy night here. its New
York station will celebrate army
night with a special program.
Among the features of especial
interest to women this week are
the fashion talks to be broadcast
this afternoon at 3 o'clock and
Thursday and Saturday at the
same hour by WRC.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
RADIO TAKES ALL WORLD
TO SMALL MAINE TOWN

Orr's Island. a small community
in Maine. would be in for a mon
otonous winter were it not for
the radio. Mrs. Dennis l.. Wilson.
has written WGY. at Schenectady.
N. Y, that there is sometimes a
week in which the people there
don't see soul and can not get
to the nearest neighbors."
They have only a small outfit
one tube. with three dry cell batter
les, and twoo head sets, but have
been hearing concerts and having a
feast of music and lectures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
FIFTYWATT STATION HEARD
UP TO THOUSAND NILES

wIAB (Rockford, Ill) is only a
50.watt station radiating ga am.
peres, but 1t has been heard in
twenty.one States within the last
five weeks. 1t is reaching out reg
ularly to distances up to a thous
and miles.
The transmitter is a 50-watt os.
cillater and the modulator is also
50.watt with a suitable amplifier.
This station broadcasts Monday
night at 8 o'clock, Friday nights at
8 o'clock, and Sundays at 1890 D.
m. The Joslyn Automobile Com.
pany operates the station.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08

Silent Night Problem.
!. Need for the silent night comes
from the fact that many radio oper.
ators have sets which make it i'm
possible for them to tune i'm out
OF town stations while the local
stations are broadcasting. Operators
IN this class favor the silent
night" as it would give them a
chance once a week to try for out
of-town stations unhandicaped by
Washington broadcasting.
On the other hand, the bulk of
radio fans who have sets which
nave been attuned so that they can
get any number OF out-of-town sta
lions even while the local broad
casting headquarters are going full
force are vigorously opposed to the
proposed silent night"
Opponents OF the silent night"
point out that should Washington
take such a step 1t would be fol-
lowed by other cities resulting in
no end of confusion insofar as
radio programs are concerned.
They further contend that il the
radio operators verse themselves
sufficiently in the technique Of
radio they will find, they will be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
POSToFFIcE RECEIPTS
SET DECEMBER RECORD

Postal receipts in December, 1923,
were the highest in the history of
the Postoffice Department, it was
announced yesterday.
The aggregate receipts in fifty
selected cities last month were $751;.
351 ,015, compared with $29,15O, 025
in December, 1922. an increase of
$50 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
N. Y. Red Cross Teachers.

NEW YORK. Jan. S.-With an
enrolment Of 2.599 blind students
last year the Red Cross Teaching
Center at "a Fifth avenue is pre-.
pairing this year which will break
all records for free education in.
stitutions in the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
ILLINOIS P[ ANS
RADIO USE IN
SCHOOLS
Class of 100000 Children to
Be Given Lectures by
Men of Note.

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Jan s.
Three hundred thousand school
children in one class. That will be
achieved in Illinois If plans of the
Illinois State Teachers Association
made at the recent annual meeting
here materialiZe. The organization
plans to bring all of the public
school pupils Of the State into one
class two or three times a week
by the means of radio.
Through arrangements to be
made with a powerful broadcasting
station. probably in Chicago a
period during school hours on GER
tain days of the week will be set
aside for the radio lectures. a
prominent educator or some other
outstanding parsonage will lecture
through the radio at this hour. and
receiving sets in schools through
out the State will be turned in to
receive the lesson
Fund is Provided.
The association appropriated SIn,-
900 to establish central office.
part of the duties of which will he
to arrange for the radio lessons.
Numbers OF schools in the State
already have radio equipment. and
others are expected to obtain sets
when the lectures begin TO go
out regularly.
Through the broadcasting plan
the worlds great men will speak di.
rectly to the entire body of Illi-
nois pupils. according to it's advo.
Yates. Statesmen, authors, artists.
scholars and engineers visiting IL
linois will be asked to talk to the
States children. Sitting at their
desks in widely scattered schools,
the pupils will receive advice and
instruction from the worlds best
brains. They will feel the force of
the personalities that are doing the
worlds big jobs.
The voices of presidents and
premiers will sound in country
schools when the plan becomes op.
erative, it's promoters explain. Pres
idents of great universities will in.
struct in rural high schools. The
inspiration of men of achievement
will pulse through every school
building.
Local educators, while admitting
that the radio has great possibilities
as a factor of education. fail to see
that it has proved itself as a
workable and practicable plan. They
are unwilling to admit that as yet
it is any more than i'm an expert
mental stage.
John J. Tigert, United States
Commissioner of Education said
that the radio may have great pos
sibilities but that as yet it has not
shown that it is any more than a
flash in the pan. He, 1t might
better be said, believes in the radio
but must be shown beyond doubt
that 1t Is better than other methods
of instruction before he is willing
to use much money in it.
James T. Lloyd, president of the
Board of Education, is more or less
of the same mind. He is willing to
admit much in regard to it's future
development, but believes 1t has not
reached the stage at present where
it can be used as an economical
and stable method of education. He
also doubts the practicability OF
lectures by business men to chill
dren. Lloyd thinks that it may be
useful In the same manner that
lecture course in a large university
is, to bring the successful teachers
in contact with a greater number
of pupils.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-08
!" Silent Night" Ne,Ds
of Fans Sought
uld Washington have a silent night

Should Washington have silent night
Radio fans who interested in this mooted question
which appears be coming to the front again. invited
write their views to the Radio Editor of The Washington
Times