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I'OfST ir», 1924MEEKLY, $2.00 PER YEARGlobe Trotter is Visitor HereOn Last Leg of Long Journey•n and Knudsen Work When ird ApprovesAlter having been the sub-tutions between the coun-i the state highway cum-more that a year, the k canyon section of the n Valley market road will istrucied and one of Mai y's most difficult road II have been solved, me known Tuesday when ife E. H Test announced unty court had agreed contract for the grading e* by Morrison kuml* contractors, who, it is have already begun to eir crews for the work t calls for the cxprndi-325.00.■d was made following inent of the work by the ly commission and bids J on July 29th at the com-ting in Portland, which :d by Judge Test and ■rs G. W. Dean and Cne meeting bids were relic grading and graveling te and Weber spurs con* mcrstate bridges at tho** the Old Oregon Trail of the offers made were rngineer's estimates they :lcd and the work ordered However, Judge Test i that the day following of bids a delayed offer I which was within the this contractor has made urposc of submitting his igust meeting.Valley Gets ition WorksK. R. Carlson with 71.(XX) Miles to Credit Nears Goal; Hears Mattie Craw ford.E. A Cirbun, with 71, 000 net miles to his credit, walked into Caldwell last 1 Friday and walked out Saturday i morning, bound eastward. He is on i the last leg of a hiking trip around the , ■ world, a trip which has already taken ' hint thtough 41 countriesCarlson, who is a youtig man of i about 30 years, started July % 1*119 I He sailed to Europe an has been going steadily eastward ever since. His method of keeping a time tabic is | by the simple means of visiting newspaper offices and obtaining from them a statement of the date and hour oflu visit thereHis visit in Caldwell was not with | out interesting incidents, lie look 1 in” the Matin Cratviord revival and healing meeting- and stopped over I night in the local tourists park. Not , being equipped with a car and the ordiiur) tourists accessories, lie protested paying the newly levied tourist park fee. As a result. Ins best persuasive abilities were necessary to prevent his arrest on a vagrancy charge.Of tin* Crawford meetings Mr. Carlson remarked that this meeting was one of the real wonders be found on his trip The other outstanding event on his tour was the Japanese earthquake, Mr. Carlson says.Carlson finance* his trip by the simple expedient of taking photograpsWRIGHT THINKS'SBelieves Senator Is On Right Track at Last; Would Help Re-elect Him.Editor Tribune:Senator Borah's idea of outlawing war is all rightWe read in one of the old spelling hook * that poor dog Tray got into had company and fared rather badly; that was the fate of Borah when be fell into the views of Hiram Johnson and others, but hr partially retrieved himself when lie saw his error and offered a resolution calling for the disarmament conference.Few public men have the courage to perform such a feat And now with his outlawry ideas he is getting safely hack to where he should have beenon the league of nation covenant.Better late than never.”Tins league has never been pulaqua rely up to the American peopleand perhaps never will be but in spite of cuuiiing politicians, we are slowly getting around to it. Borah has been one of Idaho's best representatives in of interesting places and incidents Hr | congress and his faithiul services in is writing for magazines of his trav , the interests of Idaho as well as the els and has been paid generous sums | nation should not be forgotten.for several of his photographs, one in particular netting him $750 At present lie has about 12,000 photo graphs.Mr. Carlson carries no baggage ex ccpt a knapsack of letters, pictures and documentsI believe he will do more for Idaho and the great west in another term hi th* senate than any other man that could be selected. His ability and experience and especially his association with the progressive people of the west for many years, qualifies hint for great future usefulness Though a lifelong Democrat I voted ; for him in his last election and think i I would do so again if 1 was in
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The Caldwell Tribune
Caldwell, Idaho, US
Fri, Aug 15, 1924
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