The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-06-06
STRAY THOUGHTS.

School Trustees recently elected, will
take immediate steps toward beautify-
flying the school grounds. Children are
influenced by their surroundings and
if you would instill into their nature
the habits of neatness and thrift, the
school ground must not look like a typi-
cal mossback's farm. Build fence
and plant trees around the building.
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1t looks as though Caldwell had the
"cincll' on the water question. 1t has
been matter of surprise and wonder
to u great many why Indian creek,
which runs through the center of the
town, has so much running water this
year when heretofore it was as dry as a
bone save short time in the spring
when the snow went off. The explana-
ton is simple. AL the waste water of
the lsidenbaugh and Phyllis bitches
eventually gets into Indian creek and
down it comes. The more canals they
build above us the more water for
Caldwell. All that is necessary now is
to dam the creek, construct reservoir
and let it fill with waste water. A good
lake for fire purposes could easily he
secured.
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What shall we Go with our dead is a
grave question. 1t has always been
conceded that these who have departed
this life are entitled to have their
graves kept green at least. Caldwell
has no cemetery. So far as we know
the burylng ground on the hill has
never been accepted by the city author
tiles, and hence the city is not COM
PEELED to keep it in repair. AS before
| stated the subscription plan is is worn
out and finds no enthusiastic reception
even for the laudabIe purpose of pro-
tecting the graves of our dead from
rowing stock. The question now arises
'shall Caldwell have a city cemetey ?"
10 The TRIBUNE's mind it is an abso.
lutte necessity. The authorities should
accept Canyon Hill cemetery or lay out
a new one, enclose it with neat fence
and sell lots for burying purposes. A
young town struggling with the
expense which necessarily follows in
corporation cannot do everything at
once, but this is question which
should take precedence.
The recent fire at Huntington should
be a warning to Caldwell to provide !
fire protection. THE TRIBUNE has
harped upon this subject until it has |
become a chestnut. Not because the |
danger is more apparent to THE
TRIBUNE than any one else, for all see |
and acknowledge our utter helpless
ness, but because it is something which !
concerns the very salvation of the city. |
The trouble, of course, is money. The ,
city is too poor and the private sub
scription racket has been worn thread
bare. In fact the old.time subscription
paper which used to be hailed with Joy
and Il good contribution, has fallen into
disrepute. Money is not as easy as it
once was and besides the subscription
plan is unjust. 1t is a tax on the few
for tho benefit of all. You cannot
make man give any more than you
can deprive him of the benefits to be
achieved. If some one would take
the many subscription papers circulated
in Caldwell, nearly the same names
would be found on them all. And the
names of many who have prospered
with the growth of the town would not
he found. THE TRIBUNE thinks there
is no show to defray the expenses of
fire protection by subscription. IT the
city fathers cannot handle it, we will
have to do without and trust to luck.
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Some people have queer ideas of the
newspaper business. They think it is
the editor that the public wants to see
and not tho paper. If anything of u
public nature transpires and the editor
is not there, although his paper may
contain full account of it, he is preju-
diced and opposed to the public good
in that particular line. Others think
the editor should be OH the streets all
the time, prying into other peoples
business and boring the lite out of
every stranger who comes into town in
frantic efforts to get him to subscribe
for a paper he don't want. 1t has got