The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-02
CALDWELL.



out town site, erect hundreds of GOO
buildings and establish business aggr
eating many hundreds of thousande I
dollars in space of eighteen months
fest only accomplished whore there
more than ordinary Inducements 70
such enterprises. In the settlsmen
and boilding of Caldwell. this has NOR
than been accomplished, even in les
time than that named. 1t was no far
.ther back than September lit, 1883, tina
the town was started by the surveyors
and it was one month later when the
first house was butt. Now there is Q
population of 500. ard at the last cleo
ton 200 votes we're cast in this precinct.
These people do not live in tents after
the fashion Of new frontier towns, but
they hAvs neat and good houses, mostly.
in which to enjoy the comforts of life.
A telephone exchange connects with
other places, extending as far as Boise
City. The various kinds of business
are we'll represented. and social and
public affairs have not been neglected
in the least.
A coed schoolhouse was among the
earliest buildings to be erected and now
over ninety pupils attend the excellent
pubic school.
A Baptist church costing SIS 900 was
erected the past 81 m mer and the Meth
odists arc preparing to build an equally |
good church next summer. Cilzsns
justly take pride in referring 80 this
class Of Improvements.
1t is estimated that nearly fifty neat
residence houses were erected the past
season at cost Of fully forty thousand
dollars, aud preparations are being
m ade for many more during the COM
ing season. Some of the residence
houses compare favorably with those of
any town, and there is much taste ex-
hibited i'll putting the grounds and prem
ises in good condition.
PERMANENT BUILDINGS.
Last May fire swept away an entire
block of wood buildings, threatening
The balance of the town. This has
Inundated business men to erect brick
buildings. Howard Sebrse Company
Immediately provided themselves with q
arge brick store, and 6rsproof under
ground storage rooms. +. r Coffin &
Bro. have lately completed ana NOV, d
nto brick 40A1C0 feet, having a store
DOM with twenty feet space bstween
he floor and cei,i9g. Galleries ten
set wide extend on three sides, at an
levation Of twelve leet, making it ,onaI
D two stories. THERE'S tia snop 3ox- (
y feet IN one cerner, and an flee 15x-
feet IN the front, with sleeping \
partment 10x14 feet abov5, ana a CO..
" below 3Ox4O feet. This BUILDING
it'll its Office furniture cost over 81 O. 8
I'D 1t Is one OF the best arrrnged estab.
'hments in the West.
G"inn & Baker &C join them with q II
10 brick store rs 100 feet, having 8
teen foot ceiling 25 25 foot osllar
ID an offics 1910. sixty fact Of the
ont is for the So sroom, and the bal.
co for storage. 1t is such improve
ants rs these that gves CaldwsIl such
permanent appearance ard adds 20. "
rlty 10 the place. Several such are
be erected the coming season.
CENTRAL LOCATION
y aturally the reader inquiries, "whv
lid such u town here; what induce
nus are there Tor buiineSs, and
ere will your business CO mo fromp,
glance at the map of Western Idaho
Eastern Oregon shows that C,ld-
Ii is on Boise River. about half wav
ween its confluence with Snake river
where the river emerges from its r
yon above BOISE City. Snake riyar nv
lies around from the southeast 10 the o OF
invest, while the Payette and Weiser osa
on the north. Each sids of these
'ams and the country between than
immense tracts which only await M
lement and bitches to become ar- 4N
riogly productive Of all kinds ~
pals adapted to a mild climate. with
Is, etc. The low lands in tho vol -
have largely been brought under tt
vitior. and this !itches being nro. +
q will bring tho higher lands Ill
lily rich, into use. Good roads
been made connecting all the i'm.
ant towns and farming DISTRICTS II
III Sc are exerting an influence in vi
slrg trade here from all points of III
&C mpass within radius of fiftv IL N
9 or more. In this circle we enn, III
ate such places as Silver CITY. the Unit
hee and Malheur valleys on the On. tn
70 slde of the Snake river south and per.
Weiser, Payette and Snake river TIL
US north and west; the Boise Basin Lette
Try, Upper Boise liver and valley Tn
The rich plains all around. The Wate
lde p ing only 2 600 feet above the Engr
svel and the surface of the COUNTRY engrC
able, makes this a fine climate for Sp
and comfort and for the growth kno,0
tits and all hardy crops. sue O
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