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tje Cûlkudt Srilnmc. VOL. 15. CALDWELL, IDAHO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1897. No. 51 Ä VERY SMOOTH RASCAL Sells a Railroad, Rolling Stock and Stations. THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE. The Nngget Pays Judge Stewart a Seat Compliment—Emmett Mandolin and Guitar Club—Figure Out the Gear or Your Wheel. From the following if. will be noticed that the old saying übjut a sucker being born every minute still holds good, and we venture the assertion that not one of the«« who were author ized by the alleged tramp are subscri bers to their home papers, or any others for that matter; Farmers along the line of the abandoned Meridan, Water bury and Connecticut {River railroad, in Connecticut have been victimized by a tramp under peculiar ciicu in stances. Ile stopped at nearly every house along the road and told his story : My employer, Judge Robertson sent me from hi3 New Haven office to close up the affairs of the rai'road. As the land through whicli the railroad runs reverts to the persons who owned it prior to the tracks being laid, Judge Robertson is disposing of all the pas senger stations, pumping stations, tanks, railroad ties, etc. The Judgeis arxious to sell off the incumbrances as soon as possible, so that the soil can be tilled once more in its verdant freshness." The man "sold" over £1000 worth of property to Herr Mischler for $2 on account with railroad ties thrown in. At West Chesting he offered to sell the depot for £100, dropped to $5 and accepted $3 from a confiding victim. In each case the tramp signed receipts for the maney. JUOQE STEWART. The Third Judicial District can cer tainly congratulate itself upon the manner in which the courts have bee n conducted under the administration of nearly every Judge who has presided for Borne time prior to the admission of Idaho to statehood, and since. A long line of presiding judges from Caso Broderick to the present Judge Stew art haye been learned, alert and fair men, who have added honor to the profession of the law, and none of them haye been more prompt, imparti al or better equipped to fill the posi tion with dignity and honor than the present presiding officer. The term of court closed last week disposed of two importsnt cases and some minor ones iu a matter which has given almost entire satisfaction, and all the officers of the court are to be commended. Were Judge Stewart to become a can didate for the same position at any time in the future, so far as Owyhee county, at least, is concsrned, the re cord made up to this date, would be alt the canvass required to be made, to insure bis election. When the costs of the last term of court are con sidered—a matter which concerns every taxpayer—it will be found that the amount is remarkably small. There were no delays and no time unneces sarlly spent. In this connection the Judge very properly paid a high compliment to the sheriff and indirectly to the jury men, when he commended his jexecu tive officer for the manner in which he had filled the panels from an open ven _ ire. In an important murder trial * only two peremptory challenges were made and the jury box was promptly filled with intelligent and honest men. With courts always conducted as the recent term was conducted, with men selected as jurymen such as were em panneled ât the recent term of court, Owyhee county will win back a repu tation its courts lost years ago, for getting men on juries opposed to con viction under any circumstances. H ung juries have too long been the r ule rather than the exception in Owy hee and the recent exception was a happy one—DeLamar Nuggett. MUSIC IN THE AIR. * There was music in the air around Emmett Monday evening, the bright moonlight, twinkling star-light and balmy summer-like air offering in ducements to some of our musicians, to strong too be resisted, to turn out and give their friends an opportunity of en joying a little of the melody which they so easily evoke from guitar, man dolin and organ. The music was of first quality, and the spirit of fun and merriment which prevaded the party seemed contagious with those whom they visited aud made the evening onq long to be remembered. Such episodes are like flashes of sunshine on a winter sopne in the Klondike, and the latch siring of the Index home will always be fouud "out" to such invaders. The muscians wore the fi»ll regalia of their order were chaperoned by |Madam Sbakepillow in a striking costume of scarlet, cut after the fashion of twenty years ago. Here's to the EmuielL man dolin and guitar club. Long may it continue to bring joy-and gladness to the man who has been oppressed by the terrors of a house cleaning season.— Emmett Index. HOW TO TELL YOUR GEAR. The up-to-date wheelman or wheel woman takes a great pride in being able to tell you the gear of the bicycle to the fraction of an inch. It was easy to determine the gear on the chain wheel, the process being simply to mul tiply the diameter of the rear wheel by the number of teeth in the front spro ket and divide the result by the number of teeth in the rear spocket. But the chainless wheel has been pU f 1iD * lh °? wh ° have bought them or intend :o buy them. To determine the gear of a chainless wheel, unless the formula is known, is an extended and difficult problem. The new chain less, as now made, has but two gears, the highest being seventy-two. Later on there will be others to choose from, but as it necessitates cutting teeth of a different piica in the rear cogs it will be impracticable to have the variety of gear obtainable in the cha : n wheel. The seventv-two-lnch geared chain less has forty and fifteen teeth, respec tively, in its front cogs. On its rear cogs it has twenty-three and twenty four. The formula for determining the gear is to divide the number of teeth on the inside cogs front and rear by the number of teeth on the outside cogs that engage them. These results are multiplied and the total is again multiplied by the diameter of the rear wheel. The result is the gear, as fol lows: ^40x15) x (23x24) x 28-71.56. THEY MAY HAVE NO CASE. Joseph Perrault, the new Surveyor General of Idaho, has discharged the majority of the clerical force of the office, and the gentleman removed to make room for others are said to in tend to appeal to the livil service commission for reinstatement. During the past summer it was commonly reported that the work of the Surveyor General's office was greatly obstructed by the efforts of the Surveyor General to remain in office. Applicants for patents to min ing claims were delayed on one pretext or another, until over 80 mining claims were thus tied up, and the mojority of them were thus held so long as to ren der it impossible for the applicants to get their claims patented this year. If the Surveyor General's office is re sponsible for any considerable propor tion of these delays, it is clearly to the public interest that those so respon sible should be made to suffer. In such a case the changes will be shown to have been proper, and the appel lants will have no plea.—Hailey Times. LADIES ATTENTION! We haye been appointed agents for BUTTERICK PATTERNS All orders promptly filled. The Falk Bloch Mercantile* Co., Ltd Boise, Idaho. AN AERONAUT DROWNED. An teronaut named Stewart Young went up in a balloon at Chicago last Wednesday, and when at a great height the balloon exploded and Young dropped into Lake Michigan and was drowned. OUR LOCAL ROUND-UP. lev Business Concern—Chase Alter Forgeis. LARGE TUBERS FROM CASTLE CREEK. Land Office Business—Meadow* Stage Robdery—To Feed Cattle For Market. John Sebree Recovering—Sale of the Union Pacific. John Sebree, who has been confined at home for some time suffering from an attack of rheumatism, was seen on our streets last week. The Epworth League of the Method ist church held a business meeting and soc'al Monday evening. All present had an enjoyable time. Mr. Smith of Ola has rented his rauch there and moved to Middleton where he will remain during the winter and send his grand-children to school. Our merchants are laying in a sup ply of holiday goods. 1 n conversation with several we learn it is the general opinion that a good trade will be had from this time forward. The surveyor general's office at Boise Ida., has ben crowded with applications for surveys and mining patents this quarter more than for any quarter lor the past ten or twelve years. Montie B. Gwinn has been confined to the house for the past week with what, at first, was diagnosed by the physician as a sure sign of measles, but later developed iuto only a severe cold. There are rumors of a large saw mill to be put ou the banks uf the town of Weiser. It is said the parties are contracting for 1,500,000 feet of sawlogB to be brought down the river in the spring. We have bought from factory the high grade Baking Powder named Per fect and guarantee it as pure as money can buy. Caldwell Forwarding Co. Miss Edna Jones, who has been teaching in the Emmett schools, has resigned to accept a similar position in Boise Valley. She will be succeeded by her sister, Miss Ida. They are both daughters of Councilman Harry Jones of this city. The Shoshone Journal says if all the counties in the state do as well at each term of the district court as Lincoln county did at Its last term, Idaho will soon resume her place in the Republi can column. All five of (he convicts sent to Boise last week were pops. Shares of the Idaho and Alaska Gold Mining Company are the most desirable investment before the public. Safer than savings banks and bank stock paying large dividends. For information address C. R. Shaw, Sec retary, Caldwell, Idaho. The New Cash Groceryjis the nam6 of a new business house started in Caldwell by Mr. Sam Kettle. He pro poses to carry a good line of all kinds of groceries and provisions and will sell them as close as possible. He makes a bid for a fair share of the trade. Messrs. A. P. Dodd & Sons, will feed about 200 beef steers this winter. They have dehorned the entire lot, believing it will baye a tendency to keep the cattle more quiet and thereby cause them to take on weight faster. They paid, on an average, 921 per head and with anything like a fair market in the spring should make a handsome profit on their investment. At the Land Office in Boise last week a desert land entry was made by Thomas S. Nipper of Emmett, upon 160 acres in section 11, township 9 north range 1 west. A final homestead entry was also made by Willis L. Parrish of Roswell, upon 80 acres in section 19, township 5 north, range 5 west. With the issue of November 3, the District Silver Advocate, published at Vale, Ore., W. E. Lees severed bis con nection with th? paper, b;iag succsedei by John E. Robert» and E. R. Murray. Mr. Lees is a successful newspaper man as well a brilliant lawyer and we wish him abundant success in whatever field he may decide to enter. Editor George E. Simpson, of the Mountain Home Republican was a Caldwell visitor Sunday. Mr. Simpson is a brother in-law of W. F. Dolan, of the Record office and whose guest he was while here. "Jerry" is always a welcome visitor in The Tribune office, where he at one time held forth as a compositor. Monday's mail between Meadows and Warrens was robbed by masked men. The carrier, Homer Levander, was held up and ordered to dismount, unpack his horse, cut open the mail sack and look for registered packages. He was then ordered to move on. As soon as the carrier arrived a deputy sheriff started out with a posse in search of the robbers, but no clue has so far been obtained. Tuesday evening a merry crowd assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Keller and gave their daughter, Miss Mattie a very pleasant surprise, it being her birthday. The earlier part of the evening was spent in games and music, and at about 11 o'clock they all participated in a "taffy pull", after which they departed for home leaving tokens by which the uight might bo remembered. T he T iubune is in receipt of a box of potatoes sent from Castle C-eek. which were grown on the Evans ranch. They are beauties. Oiie potato would make a good meal for any ordinary family. 210 sacks of this yariety were grown on one-half acre of ^ground which is a pretty good showing for Idaho. The box also contained a few Ben Davis apples. They were large and firm,and not wormy like most of the apples this season. About thirty five hundred of these were sacked. W. A. Carter, of Westt'all, Ore., was in the city Sunday. He was on his way to Boise to try and locate a couple of men named Berry and Chllcot, who have been representing themselves in Malheur Co. as organizers of the Mac cabees. It appears that Mr. Carter is a member of the order. He is also a hotelkeeper. The two "jlners" appeared in Westfall, organized a lodge, and af ter securing the initiation money be gan to drink and gamble. After spending all they collected and all they could borrow, they then forged Mr. Carter's name to a check for $00. The men were followed to B o I bb . Mr. Carter expected to find them there and then prosecute them to the fullest ex tent of the la w. DEATH OR MRS. J. C. BROWN. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. by m s received the sad news Monday morning of the death at Boise, of Mrs. Brown. De ceased was the wife of Mr. J. C. Brown, of Shoshone, and mother of Mrs. H. J. Syms. She has been ailing for some time and about a month since was taken to Boise for treatment. All that human hauds could do was done for the sufferer, but Sunday she gradually sank and passed away about 1:30 Mon day morning. Her son Henry, who lives at Shoshone, and Mr. and Mrs. Syms were quickly notified, and Mon day noon reached Boise, where it was decided to inter the remains. The funeral services were held Tuesday at the Episcopal church, of which she was a member, after which the remains were carried to Morris Hill for inter ment. The pall bearers were all old friends of the family, some of whom bad been acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Brown for over fifteen years. SALE OF THE UNION PACIFIC. Omaha, Nov. 2,—The Interest of the United States to the Union Pacific railroad terminated at 11:45 o'clock yesterday morning, when at the fore closure sale the mortgage held by the United States against the road was purchased by the committee of eastern capitalists formed for Its reorganiza tion. The amount due the govern ment is made up as follows: Princip al of debt, $27,236,512; interest paid by the governm»ut up to September 30, V7, $30,830,885.37; interest accrued by Sept. 30 and still unpaid,$286,147.69; interest accrued in October, $95,382.56; total due the go vorn ment, $58,448,928. 61. SIPHON OVER THE BOISE Vlll Be 1700 Feet Long and Fonr Feet m Diameter. PRESSURE OF 1401bs TO SQUARE INCH To Introduce the Kohlo Meyson Bird— Destroyers of the Codlin Moth—Their Introduction at $150.00 Considered Reasonable. The many friends of jovial Sam Gundal.er will be pleased to hear that he has secured the contract for one of the greatest works in the country. We clip the following from the Boise Statesman: Sam Gundaker will leave this morn ing to erect the siphon over the Boise river for the Twin Springs [company. This will be one of the greatest works of the kind in the country, The siph on will be some 1700 fe«t in length and four feet in diameter, crossing the river on a bridge 60 feet above the water. The pipe is made of steel varying in thickness from one-eighth of an iucli to nine-sixteenths. The sections of pipe are 15 feet and weigh from 2000 to 4500 pounds. One section that stood on a wagon at the corner of Eight and Main yesterday afternoon weiglmd 3180 pounds. It seemed almost large enough for a man to walk through. Where the pipe crosses the bridge it will have to sustain a pressure of about 140 pounds to the square inch. The load upon the bridge when the pipe is filled will be enormous. On the Sheep Creek side the siphon will at tain a perpendicular height of 363 feet. In erecting the siphon the pipe will be handled in cars, a tramway being built for that purpose. The joints will be rivlted and the seams at the joints calked. It is the agree ment that the work shall be com pleted by January. The Importance of this portion of the Twin Springs catnpauy's works may be made more clear by statement of the fact that the pipe for the siphon cost $22,000. A VALUABLE BIRD. Mr. C. C. Elffe writes from Germany that It will cost from $125 to $150 to de liver in New York 400 of the "Kohlo Meyson" birds which have proven to be the exterminators of the fruit pests, especially the codlin moth, iu Germany. This Is a matter which the state horti cultural society should be able to give immediate consideration, but we pre sume that is out of the question, for several reasons, chief among which is that the board is a kind of a dress parade affair, rich in otatory but as poor in pocket as a Methodist circuit rider. There is the state board of horticultural inspection which bas a few thousand of state funds at its dis posal, but without authority to use the same for such purposes as that of buy ing birds. In our present dilemma there is but one thing to do, that is for our Payette Valley fruitgrowers to pass the hat, raise the necessary amount required and import a suffi cient number of the birds to thorough ly test their utility. Mr. Eiffe will be coining home in February and will be only to glad too be of service In the matter of securing the birds and bringing them over when he comes. If this German bird is all that is claimed for it, this community alone would have been benefitted a good many thousand dollars by its presence the past season. It Is to be hoped that someone will take the lead at once and see what can be done towards raising funds sufficient to secure at least a few hundred birds. We understand the birds art not migratory in their habits, and the communities that se cure them can safely count on reaping the full benefits accruing from such investment.—Payette Independent. FARMS FOR SALE. If you are looking for good farm lands, improved or unimproved. Call on or address Jasper Nichols, Caldwell, Idaho. dli