The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-03-14

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THE kings GREAT SEAL.
hox. Wiley Attaches His Autograph
to the Canyon County Bill.
And it came to pass that upon the
Nh day of the Bird month King Wiley
aus.d his name and great Seal to be
ttached to the bill creating Canyon
ounty. that all people might have JUS
ice And when the news reached the
.;tv Of Caldwell. it caused tumult
,mong the people and they were exceed
,o Glad. And they caused the banners
~ Aoat in the breezes; and the drums
- heat and the cannons to roar, and
khey slapped each other on the back
I'd said one unto another 'this is
rreat" And it was SO. And when the
oeople were gathered together and the
umult had subsidized, an exceeding
wise man said tonight we will cele-
kbrate" and with one accord the people
Missed their voices and said seven So"
when the eighth hour had come they
gathered together as one man, and
they all brought lamps, but unlike the
foolish virgins they forgot not their oil.
And they caused the drums to be beat,
and the cannons to be fired and the
people cried out aloud. And they
caused a burnt Offering of old beer bar
rels to be made and the flames reached
up unto the sky. And while the fire
burned a man cried out with a loud
voice, "three cheers for Steuhenberg, :"
and the people lifted up their voices
and howled. Then again the loud
voice said ''three cheers for Canyon"
and the multitude howled even louder
than before. The voice spoke thus
once again saying, "three times three
for Caldwell" and the people filled the
whole earth with mighty roar which
assembled and shook the very heavens.
And then the multitude rejoiced exceed
ingly, each according to his kind. And
some yelled and some danced and some
drank and couldn't dance but all were
happy and tried to proclaim the victory,
for the fight had been mighty and their
enemies rich and powerful. For it
came to pass when the bill had passed
both houses, King Wiley was beseiged
lby men of much influence and cunning.
And they bowed before the king and
told him that Boise would never recover
from the shock; that the great city of
Nampa would be erased from the map,
and that all the inhabitants Of the
earth would gather at Caldwell and she
would become powerful and corrupt.
And when the king hearkened not un-
to them the mighty warriors whose
surnames are Kelley, Costin, McGee
and Kurtz humbled themselves to the
earth and put on sackcloth and ashes
and said, 20 King, live forever! We
have had vision and the Interpretation
thereof is terrible and we beg thee there
fore to hearken unto US. For so sure
rs thou signeth this corrupt measure,
the earth will cease to turn on its axis
and the sun will refuse to shine outside
the corporate limits of Caldwell. Bring
not this great curse upon us, o King,
for thy political sun shall also cease to
shine. Therefore listen to thy servants
and be WISE" And when they had fin
ished and were gone ont from before
him, the king was exceeding bored,
and he communed with himself saying,
"What manner of clumps are these
that seek to scare me-" And he
-saRightway had servant bring him
the bill and after he had perused it
carefully he said, II see no iniquity in
this thing. Verify it leaves the ques-
ton to the people interested and do
not my people govern themselves?"
And he straightway sig ned the bill and
caused the Kings great seal to be at.
.tached. And when the great wise men
and mighty warriors learned that the
king had hearkened' not unto their
voice they were exceeding wroth, and
they retired behind building and
kicked themselves in their rage. And
it was so.
Elmer McC onnell sold his laO acres
near Caldwell this week to Mr.. VIM.
Cupp for $4,000 cash. This gives
some idea of the advance Of land near