Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-03-10

ninth a6i B. IIOna
of' TIE Order Of Good Templars 81 thial
place Or Thursday night, March
3 1857, Boise Lodge No. 3, i. o. oil
!. was organized with the following
charter menbesss -
p. $. Kingsley, NV. G. Kihsslsy,
s N. Summer, q =. Walters, NJ. +.
Waldron, John McCrea, VIM. Roberts,
Mrs. Mary E. Pinney, Mrs. I. Il. Bar
bour, Asa Brown, James McVarrish,
.. B. Stevenson, @. Walker, Mrs. hi
w. Roberts. 4 ~.
VI the above named parties but
three remain in the Basin-Mr. and
Mrs Kingsley, Of Idaho City, and Mr.|
M. +. Waldron Of Centerville. That
the Order has been instrumental in
bringing back to q life of sobrietyI
many who otherwise would have gone
down to destruction and a drunkard's
grave, none can deny. The effects of
their noble work can be seen on ALL
sides. We are reliably informed that
between fifty and sixty men have been
snatched from the lowest depths of
degradation and gathered into the
fold of the Order since it's organiza-
ton in this community, and are now
reckoned among the best and most in
auential citizens. But had the organ
.ization been the means Of saving but
one unfortunate during the nine years
of its existence, the rescue of that one
would have proven ample compensa-
ton for the labor expended. Go on.
ladies and gentlemen; let there be no
cessation in the grand work of rescu-
ing your weak.minded and unfortunate
fellow-creatures from their downward
course to sure destruction.
GEORGE BALDWIN, in speaking of his
early California days, said he once owned
Touring mill in Sacramento valley, and
by strict attention to business soon earned
the celebrity of making the worst and most
no-account -four ever ground out in any
country. Like the mills of the gods his
mill ground slow and exceeding fine,
but it turned off -four of such poor quality
that even hungry Digger refused to fill
up on it. At that time most Of the flour
used at the hotels was shipped from Bos-
ton, and came in alright cans, and for
making pastry the cooks would use no
other kind. Finally Baldwin's mill got to
making superior brands-time, persever-
ance and experience having triumphed-
but the hotel men and public generally
failed to see it, and could not be prevailed
upon to try il, so bad had been the reputa-
ton of the article. George knew his flour
was good, and he determined 10 make peo-
pie recognize that fact whether they wished
to or not So one day he bribed the cook
at one Of the crack hotels to secretly give
it fair trial. and that important parsonage
soon pronounced it first-class, and contin-
ued to use it right along without the knowl-
edge Of the "old man." Meeting the pro-
prietor Of the hotel Baldwin told him
that he had greatly improved the quality
of his -four, and politely asked him to
try few hundred pounds as q sample.
an your four" was the rejoinder,
sthere wouldn't be enough room around
here to bury the dead If I fed that to my
patrons. A hog wouldn't eat it." But
George held tour aces, and replied: MY
dear sir, you and your boarders have been
eating my -four for month past, and there
don't appear to be any perceptible increase
| in the mortuary reports of the city, What
| do you meanr' asked the hotel man.
Just what say" resumed Baldwin; "go
ask your cook" The cook was Interview
ed, and in few days Baldwin's mill
couldn't grind flour enough to supply the
demand and his fortune was made. After
building few orphan asylums and en-,
dowing several colleges with portion Of
his money, George came to this country,
which was in '68.
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