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VOTE FOR SCHOOL BONDS.
Elsewhere In this Issue of the
Tribune appears a call for a special
bond election. This election Is to be
held In the Caldwell school district
and for the purpose of voting bonds
in the amount of $8000 for the pur
pose of repairing and enlarging our
present school houses, and their fa
cilities. We are informed that the
Lincoln school house Is unsafe, un
sanitary and congested. The school
house has been thoroly examined
and found to be unsafe. At compar
atively little expense improvements
could be made that would make the
building absolutely safe from fire and
comfortable for teachers and chil
dren. The Washington school house
is not completed, necessitating con
gestion in the Lincoln building. The
expense of completing this building
is not great as Is shown by the
amount of money asked.
The Tribune knows that the people
of Caldwell take great pride in their
public schools. It also knows that
there is nothing that better adver
tises a community or better illus
trates the progressive supirlt of a
town than the public schools. We
are cnfldent that the people will be
willing to spend a few thousand dol
lars to insure the lives and protect
the health of their children. We
cannot afford to permit the present
conditions to remain. The school
board has done well in calling the
election, and we believe the people
of Caldwell will approve their ac
tion by voting the bonds.
S. F., I. & M. R. R.
Work on the new depot will be
commenced next week. Some
changes have been made in the plans
which caused some delay. Mr. Rich
ardson of the engineer's department
was at Ememtt this week looking
after the purchase of ties, which will
be bought from Fred Barnes' com
pany. Invoices have been received
for 45 tons of rails, that are ex
pected to arrive next week. Col. E.
R. Place and some parties who are
interested in the company are in the
Jordan Valley country this week
looking over the resources of the
country. They will p-obably remain
for another week.
The following article is taken from
the Winnemucca Star and will be
read with interest by the readers of
the Tribune:
the town of Winnemucca and north
ern Humboldt county is the building
of the San Francisco, Idaho ft Mon
tana railway, to be known as the
"Golden Gate Route." During the
past month or so "The Star" has been
in receipt of much advertising mat
ter pertaining to the building of the
road, which is now being construct
ed south of Caldwell, Idaho. While
the illustrated booklets and maps
greatly advertise that portion of
Idaho through which the road will
pass, Winnemucca, which Is to be
the southern terminal, is receiving
its share of the publicity. This place
will be the terminal or junction point
with both the Southern Pacific and
the Western Pacific railways and in
all probability the shops will be lo
cated here. The road is almost an
air line from Caldwell to San Fran
cisco and will be 600 miles shorter
to the Bay city than the present
route. The people of southern Idaho
are very anxious that the road be
built as soon as possible, as it means
a greater and better market for the
products of that rich agricultural and
mining country.
Looking on the map of the north
western states, it will be seen that
Winnemucca is just 24 9 miles south
west of Caldwell, and to go by rail
from the Idaho town to San Fran
cisco by the way Of Portland It is
1848 miles. While, on the other
haad, taking the /©«te by way of Og
den and thence over the Southern Pa
clfic, the distance Is 1223 miles. The
building of the Golden Gate route
from Caldwell to Winnemucca will
reduce the distance to San Francisco
by 620 miles. Not only will the new
road open a vast agricultural and
mineral country, so that the prod
ucts can be marketed at a profit, but
the merchants of that portion of Ida
ho will receive goods from San Fran
cisco much earlier than under pres
ent conditions.
The completion of the road means
much to northern Humboldt and Ida
ho, and especially to Winnemucca,
the southern terminal, as all freight
and passengers for that vast empire
will pass through here, besides fur
nishing better facilities for the trans
portation of stock and agricultural
and mineral products.
The new line, as located on the
map issued by the officials of the San
Francisco, Idaho and Montana rail
way, will enter Nevada at McDermltt
and thence follow down the Quin
river valley to Winnemucca.—Winne
mucca (Nev.) Star.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Could Someone Have Lied?
The Issue of May 30 of the Cald
well Tribune contained an article re
garding the right of way of the 8. F.,
I. & M. R. R., which Is of interest
more as an example of someone's
inventive ability than for any truth
it might convey to the people. Could
the matter have been misrepresented
to the Tribune reporter?
Is it strange that Col. Place should
meet with opposition? I dare say It
is; railroad bluffers generally get
what they want, and when and where
they want it. The American people
have built railroads and then have
paid high rates to ride and to ship
on them for many years. It does
seem rather unreasonable for sage
brushers to want an Impoverished
railroad company to pay for its right
of way.
Sagebrushers Rhodes and Rowland
have received no offers from the rail
road company. Their right to the
land has not been acknowledged by
the company and Col. Place made no
offer of arbitration with any fair
ness. He brought out a lot of land
sharks from Caldwell who berated
the sagebrushers for presuming to
want damages from so fine a concern
as a R. R. company. He was the
R. R. Co's pick as a member of a
board of arbitration, but after hear
ing his views, the sagemen decided
he wouldn't do as one of the arbi
trators. They know they sin by
holding land a R. R. wants, and hav
n't the money to pay damages to the
R. R. company as the Caldwell land
agent suggested would be the right
thing.
Mr. Olsen's conscience has been
troubling him of late, for taking
fifty dollars from the company. We
understand he will give Mr. Place a
rebate if he will come out.
A SAGEBRUSHBR.
Death of Tom Davis.
Tom Davis, one of the oldest pio
neers of Boise, died suddenly Tues
day night at his hime In that city.
Mr, Davis was well known by all the
old timers in this valley. No ar
rangements have yet been made for
the funeral. The following is a
sketch of his life:
Thomas Davis was perhaps more
closely associated with the early his
tory of Boise than any other one man.
having located upon his present city
property several years before the city
was even thought of or named or the
barracks built. He was born in Cin
cinnati 70 years ago, and at a very
early age he and his brother Frank,
who was associated with him until his
death some years ago, were left or
phans and were bound to a wealthy
farmer in Monmouth, 111. Here they
grew into manhood and after some
travels both crossed the plains in 18
62 going first to Lemhi County, and
just before Christmas of the same
year landed in the Boise basin. Here
they secured some rich placer prop
erty which yielded them Quite an
Income. But they were sons of the
soil and their hearts were in that
work rather than mining and early
in the following year Thomas Davis
walked from Idaho City down to the
present site of Boise and, looking
over the land, selected the property
which Is now his home, as a ranch
upon which to raise vegetables, there
being no gardens in Idaho City, both
the climate and soil preventing. The
garden was a great success ajid Mr.
Davis, remembering the fruit of his
early home, was Inspired to plant
an orchard. The year that the first
crop matured freesing weather occur
red early in September, completely
ruining the crop. When this disaster
occurred everyone predicted that the
climate was not suitable for fruit
raising, but the following year, about
1866, weather conditions were pro
pitious and the apples brought II
cents a pound and the crop netted
its owner about $40,000.
George Ellis of this city was a
partner of Mr. Davis and his brother
in those early days but the partner
ship was dissolved in 1868 and from
that time Mr. Davis was never asso
ciated with any one except during the
last few years when he took his son
Edwin into partnership with him.
His property is chiefly in ranches
and stock. The site of Boise was
formerly a part of Mr. Davis' ranch
and he often told of the high rye
grass which covered nost of the prop
erty when he located on it. Some
years \ater he acquired what is
known as the government ranch
property, 800 acres, which lies across
the river Just below the bench. The
value of this ranch f.lone is estimat
ed at $200,000. Du-ing the last IS
years he has engage! extensively in
stock raising, most cf his horses be
ing pastured on ranches belonging
to him in the Brune; u country. His
wealth was variously estimated by
old friends of his who were inter
viewed on the subject yesterday and
the consensus of opinion was that it
was close to three-quarters of a mil
lion dollars.
Mr. Davis and his partner built
what is known as the Nye house on
Grove street between Seventh and
Eighth and at the time it was the
finest home in Boise. Here Mr. Da
vis lived during his bachelor days.
After his marriage with Miss Julia
McCrum he built a small house near
er the river, where they resided for a
number of years. Soon after this he
planned a veritable castle to be erect
ed near the site of his modest home.
The foundation, a pretentious one of
Btone, was laid and later the plans
for this home were abandoned and
the present home, an attractive frame
residence of 12 rooms, was built.
During all the years of his life at
Boise Mr. Davis never held any pub
lic office, devoting his entire time to
his personal affairs. He was one of
the réorganisera in the new Boise
City bank and a heavy stockholder
in it, but outside of this enterprise
his money was^ in land and stock.
Mr. Davis was a man who cared
absolutely nothing for public opinion
of himself. He wanted but few
friends, but these he wanted con
stantly with him whether sick or
well. He was passionately fond of
music and was quite a skillful vio
linist. In the early days he was a
member of the city's band. He had
the name of being a very careful bus
iness man. He was devoted to his
family and to them was indu)gent in
the extreme. His death will be a dis
tinct loss to the community in many
ways.
A Jury of Women.
According to the New York Times,
Denver is, appropriately, the first city
in the Union to have a lawsuit tried
before a petit jury composed entirely
of women, as Denver is the metropo
lis of Colorado, a state which permits
women to vote. The first Jury of
women sat thru the conflicting tes
timony of a noteworthy suit and ren
dered a memorable verdict. It Bhould
establish a precedent in such cases,
but, alas! with a Jury composed of
Ignorant men the point will be always
confused.
Every woman knows that when
her own dresa does not fit it Is the
dressmaker's fault. Every woman al
so knows that when another woman's
dresB does not fit the fault is her fig
ure. The twelve women in the Den
ver suit decided, with their Inborn
knowledge of such things, that the
dressmaker defendant was not to
blame. The dress was all right Its
fit was perfect. Clearly the plaintiff's
figure was at fault. How could a
woman with that figure expect any
dress to look well on her? This was
a point on which the twelve could
agree amicably. The verdict would
have been the same, too, if any one
of the jurywomen had been plaintiff
and the plaintiff on the Jury.
To mere men this way of getting
at a verdict by Intuition will not seem
fair. But what jury of men knows
whether or not a woman 's dress is
a good flt? What lawyer knows?
What laws avail in this matter? The
Colorado woman Jury, as we have
said, has established a precedent
which ought to be studied and ob
served.
N. 8. Miller Returns.
N. S. Miller returned Thursday
from a trip includipg Hillsborough,
Forest Grove, Cornelius, and other
points in Oregon, where he went for
the purpose of investigating cream
eries and condensa rie». Mr. Miller's
Investigations were confined to Wash
ington County, Oregon. The prin
cipal Industry of the county is dairy
ing, and condensartes are the medium
thru which the milk Is disposed of.
Mr. Miller is very enthusiastic over
the résulta of his visit. He says that
this conntry is far superior to that
portion of Oregon where he visited.
This country is much better adapted
to dairy Interests than Is that. The
yield of hay is about two tons per
acre, while the average here is fully
five tons. There is no alfalfa raised
In Washington County, and the far
mers all admit that this country is
much better adapted to dairying pur
poses. Hay costs $6.00 per ton in
the field and last winter it went as
high as $16.CO delivered. Mr, Mil
ler will make out a detailed state
ment of his Investigations and also
will give- his conclusions regarding
condensaries and creameries to the
Commercial Club next week.
Mr. Miller spoke about the roads
of the country, he said that the
county owned a rock crusher and
other nec essary machinery In making
good roais. The streets of Hillsbor
ough are planked and the planking
has been renewed several times.
There is no gravel and rock has to
be crushed for load building. Mr.
Miller's visit will doubtless be of
much benefit to Canyon County as
he is a close observer of local con
ditions and his judgment can be
safely relied upon.
Give* Up.
The Dumocratlc party of this State
is sadly demoralized and could have
no hope of winning even tho it were
in the majority. No party can en
gage in a religious war and win. If
it has political principles it must
stand for these principles and let re
ligious questions severely alone. Sen
ator Dubois has endeavored to make
of the Democratic party a purely an
ti-Mormon party, and all he has ac
complished is the utter ruin of the
Democratic party. If there ever was
a possibility of succeeding in array
ing the people of Idaho against the
Mormon church, that possibility
could exist only in a separate and
distinct party, with a name indicat
ing its purpose. Dubois succeeded
at one time in his war on the Mor
mon church. He then organized an
anti-Mormon party and elected a
majority of the members of the Leg
islature. The teBt oath was the re
sult of that victory. But the Mor
mon church has changed since those
days and a strictly anti-Mormon par
ty could have no hope of winning.
Dubois has undone the Democratic
party In this State and so long as he
remains a member of It the party
will continue to be a disrupted and
demoralized organization.—Idaho
World.
ROSWELL
Roswell, Idaho, June 10, 1908.
Madam Nordlca, the great singer,
gave the people of Roswell and Big
Bend the pleasure of meeting and
conversing with her at Mr. E. H.
Brumbach's Tuesday evening from
8.30 to 11 p. m. All found her to
be very sociable and an exceptional
entertainer. Dainty refreshments
were served to each guest after they
had met Madam Nordlca. Each one
expressed themselves as being very
thankful for the privilege of meeting
such a noble and noted lady.
There has been quite a number of
sturgeon caught from Snake River
the past week ranging in weight
from 25 to 320 pounds.
Haying will commence next week
in earnest; the hay is not quite so
heavy as usual but of a very fine
quality.
The entertainment given by the
school was a grand success In every
respect.
The Roswell school was given a
lawn picnic at W. F. Howard's Tues
day. Quite a large number of the
children and parents were present
and one of the main features of the
day was the boy's show. About 10.30
the big barn door of the Howard
barn slid open and out came the
young boys with their calves hitched
both single and double, hauling their
drivers on carta and in the rear
came the children with flags and em
blems of all nations. After the din
ner was served each person had ice
cream to their heart's content and
as the sun was going to sleep behind
Mitchell Butte all departed to their
homes saying they had had a great
day of pleasure.
TOD.
Union Stock Yards, 111., June 11.
Caldwell Tribune, Caldwell, Ida.
Market 76c. to $1 higher than last
week. Top clipped lambs $6.35;
wethers $5.75; yearlings $6;° ewes
$5.25; expect light receipts and good
market next week.
Knollln Sheep Com. Co.
Odd Fellows' Mémorial Services.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
of Caldwell and vicinity will hold
memorial services on Sunday, Jane
14, at 2.30 o'clock sharp, at Odd Fel
lows Hall.
The memorial address will be de
livered by Rev. D. H. Jones of Boise,
chaplain of State Lodge No. 77. The
Caldwell band will attend and rsn
der several selections both at the hall
and the cemetery.
The Odd Fellows Male Qnartet
will lead in singing the memorial
hymn. H. B. Aven will also sing
a solo. The prescribed service will
be given by the proper officers of the
lod ge.
At the conclusion of the exercises
at the hall, a procession will be
formed under the direction of W.
C. Dyer, marshal of the day, and
merch to the Baptist church corner,
whare carriages will be waiting to
convey the members to Canyon Hill
Cemetery. Here the ceremonies pro
vided for decorating the graves will
be performed. Gem of the Mountains
Rebekah Lodge will have a commit
tee to look after the floral offerings,
while brothers will be designated to
place these offerings on the graves
of the deceased members.
The Odd Fellows' memorial ser
vice Is an Impressive one and will
no doubt be'witnessed by many, both
in and. out of the order, as the public
is cordially invited to attend:
Friends should remember the hour
which is 2.30 sharp at the Hall.
The general committee from Cald
well Lodge No. 10 having the cere
monies in charge are A. E. Glpson,
O. V. Badley and F. E. Phillips.
Mrs. George Handy, Miss Patton,
and Mrs. F. E. Phillips represent the
Rebekah Lodge. Geo. W. Williams
and Charles Oakes have charge of
the transportation arrangements.
It was hoped that arrangements
could be made for a special car ser
vice on the Bolse-Interurban, but
owing to the condition of the road
leading to the cemetery from the
nearest point on the Interurban line
It was found impracticable to use
this service and hence It was decid
ed to provide carriages for the oc
casion.
Death of Miss Iva Weymouth.
We are pained to learn of the
death of Miss Iva Weymouth on last
Friday at Sernia Madre, California,
where she had gone, accompanied by
her mother, in hopes that the change
of climate might benefit her health;
she had an attack of typhoid-pneu
monia in the winter and tho she re
covered sufficiently to be out of bed
she never regained her strength and
quick consumption set in of which
she finally died. Miss Weymouth
was a graduate of the College of
Idaho and gave great promise of a
long and useful career at that time.
She was especially bright and of a
lovable disposition and her many
many friends here will learn of her
death with sadness. Her father, Mr.
E. L. Weymouth, left here Saturday
morning and with her mother will
accompany the remains to this city.
Notice of Special Election.
To qualified voters of Independent
School District No. 28, Caldwell, Ida
ho.
Notice Is hereby given that a spe
cial election will be held on Tuesday,
June 23d, 1908, at the Old City Hall
in the City of Caldwell, in said dis
trict, between the hours of one
o'clock p. m. and five o'clock p. m.,
for the purpose of voting on the
question whether the Trustees of
said District shall be authorised to
issue negotiable bonds on the Dis
trict to the sum of eight thousand
($8000) dollars, said bonds to bear
interest at not exceeding six per
cent per annum payable semi-ans
nually at the office of the Treasurer
Turner, the Jeweler! )/
We have tried to give Caldwell a first-class and
up-to-date Jewelry Store since we catne here. The
people of Caldwell realize that we have succeeded,
as is shown by our business.
A New Departure—
We are confident that a First-class Piano and
Organ Store will also pay, and have put in such
an institution. We have a line of the finest
Pianos, Organs,
Phonographs
and other instruments. We are prepared to sell
m in competition with any place in the country,
\ both in quality and price.
[Turner, the Jeweler $ \
J OALDWELL, IDAHO jj j!
of said District, or at such other
place as may be hereafter designat
ed by the Board of Trustees; and
the principal of said bonds, or any
part thereof, may at the option of the
District, be paid at any time on in
terest payments, on or after ten
years from this date, and must be
paid in twenty years from the time
said bonds are issued, and in the
order in which they are Issued and
numbered.
The proceeds arising from the sale
of said bonds are to be used for the
purposes of completing, furnishing
and repairing school buildings and
providing sites therefor.
Dated Caldwell, Idaho, June 11,
1908.
FLORENCE E. LOWELL;
President of Board of Trustees of
said District.
R. S. MADDEN,
Clerk of Board of Trustees of In
dependent School District No. 28,
Caldwell, Idaho.
Notice of Meeting of Republic*«
State Convention.
Pursuant to the authority and by
the direction of the Republican State
Central Committee, a Republican
State Nominating Convention will
convene in the City of Boise, State
of Idaho, on Tuesday, the first day
of September, 1908, at 11 o'clock a.
m, at which State Convention a Re
publican platform of principles will
be annuonced, a new State Central
Cmmittee will be elected, and can
didates will be nominated for Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, one mem
ber of Congress, and State officers
to be voted for at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, Novem
ber 3, A. D. 1908.
The various counties of the state
are entitled to delegate representa
tion in this convention as follows:
Ada 24, Bannock 18, Bear Lake 14.
Bingham 23, Bise 6, Bonner 10.
Blaine 8, Canyon 18, Cassia 7, Cus
ter 3, Elmore 4, Fremont 37, Ida
ho 13, Kootenai 13, Latah 18, Lin
coln 6, Nez Perce 21, Lemhi 6, Owy
hee 4, Oneida 22, Shoshone 16,
Twin Falls 4, Washington 9.
The County Central Committees
are hereby requested to perfect all
arrangements for primaries and coun
ty conventions for the selection of
delegates to said convention.
JAMES BRADY,
Chairman.
Addison T. Smith,
Secretary.
Excursions to Payette Lake«.
Via O. S. L. dally June 20th to
September 30th. 30 day limit from
date of sale. See agents for rates
and further particulars. to J 16.
Francis B. Hardy of Desmlth, S.
Dakota, arrived In this city Satur
day. Mr. Hardy Is a twin brother of
Frank Hardy, one of the oldest resi
dents of Caldwell. The brothers
have not met for 27 years. Mr.
Hardy stopped off at Twin Falls land
sale, but finding that water lor do
mestic purposes was as hard to get
there as it is in, well say Goldfleld,
he concluded not to locate. He will
visit with his brother Frank for a
few days before returning to his
home, and may conclude to locate
In this country.
Charles Winkle and Miss Dell Mil
ler were married at the home of Ed
Miller in this city Wednesday. Mr.
Wickle Is a stockman living in Cas
sia County. Miss Miller is a resident
of Caldwell where she has many
friends who extend congratulations.
Sheriff Thorp has not yet returned
from the Twin Falls country.