The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-14

MIR. C. E. Curtis, who lives
just above the canyon, is sick with
spotted fever.
The time given Mr.. Annett by
the Silver City Telegraph Co, to
confer with Caldwell in regard to
substituting a telephone for tele
graph line, expired last Satur-
day night. No arrangements hav-
ing been made with Mr.. Annett,
the company viii proceed at once
to build the line, Independent of
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
Company.
Bob Bryant will be through
with the building of the immense
fumes on the Sebree ditch about
the first of May. In all there will
be about 4030 feet of fume, 10 feet
wide and four feet deep. The bents
are from four to twenty-five feet
high. When the fumes are COM
pleted, Mr.. Bryant will return to
Caldwell and engage in contracting
and building.
Some of our Nampa friends
seem to be somewhat excited over
the excellent advice THE TRIBUNE
gave them last week. The more
thoughtful class, however, have
taken the matter under serious con-
sideration, and have about conclud-
ed to withdraw their entire support
from Boise and let her rustic for
herself. Such a course would
knock the last prop from under
Boise, and she would go down with
dull thud, while Nampa, relieved
of her tremendous load, would soar
up like a balloon.
Mr.. P. A. Devers gave a din
ner to several of his friends at his
Bonanza ranch last Sunday. I'm
der the management Of Mr.. NJ. j.
Devers, Bonanza ranch is rapidly
becoming all that the name i'm
plies. About one hundred acres
is now cleared and cultivated. and
is as pretty a body of land as could
be imagined. Where last spring
was a desolute waste of sage brush
and jack rabbits, this spring will be
one vast stretch of waving grasses.
Mr.. Dever's will soon reap the re-
wards of his enterprise one hun
dred fold.
We understand that Boise
City has given up the scheme Of
running a telephone line to Silver
City via. Nampa. In this case
Boise has acted wisely. The tenn
porary excitement worked up by
three or four business houses up
there who are looking for pastures
new, seems to have been complete
ly squelched by the cool, practical
after-thought of less interested
men. Boise knows, or ought to
know, that she can never again
control the trade, or even a part of
the trade in this direction. Every
dollar invested in any scheme to
draw business to Boise from the
rich Owyhee country that once
poured a golden stream into her
Golfers, might now swell be thrown
into the river so far as any benefit
to Boise is concerned. The Short
Line has changed the channels Of
trade of stage coach days, and the
sooner Boise City realizes that she
is not the hub of the wheels of
the better it will be for
her. If all reports are true. there is
enough ore in the hills back of Boise
to make her Denver. Why don't
she turn her surplus capital in that
direction instead of squandering
it in vain attempt to compete
with what she is pleased to term
"alkali fiat?" What possible ad-
would it be to Boise to
build town at Nampa at the ex-
pense of her own business? In
sane jealousy of Caldwell is the
only answer that can be given.
Boise will begin to realize that
such work is costly after a while,
and will then turn her attention to
her own territory. In the mean
time Caldwell will enjoy the show.
THE DEVIL FISH TEscRIBED BY HUGO