The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-07-23

Blatchley's.
There is no moss in Cakes Bros. shoe
department.
J. II. McGinty, Of Boise City was in
town Wednesday.
G. II. Reed and G. r.. Shaw drove tn
Nampa Wednesday.
DIR. Lee has fitted up an Office in the
rear OF Noes jewelry store.
You read this, and so do 1000 others: ;
suppose it was local of yours.
Miss Belle Pence, of Payette, visited
with DR.. Maxey's people this week.
The many friends of Tom HALEY in
this section, will be pleased to learn
that he was married at Pendleton, Ore
gon, on the Both ult.
Let us take your measure for dress
suit! Over 500 samples to select from
and prices strictly eastesn. A good fit
guaranteed at the "Finest."
We dropped into Cakes Bros. yester-
day, but they were so busy they
couldn't stop to describe their new fall
shoes which had just arrived.
Red Phillips and Johnny Murphy
recently fought for $3.50 a side at
HALEY. Murphy knocked Phillips com
pletely out in fourteen rounds.
The usual nigeria to the mountains
seems very slow this year. Most Cald-
well citizens have evidently learned
that camping out is not what it is
cracked up to be.
Uncle Dan'E Bacon, of the Nampa
Progress, came down Saturday night
to help the peoples party ratify. His
stentorian notes could be heard far
above the roar of the cannon.
The report of the First. National
Bank of Caldwell appears in another
column. 1t shows very healthy con-
dition and is rapidly becoming one of
the leading solid financial institutions
of the state.
Harry Jones, the gentlemanly dry
goods clerk in the M. B. G. NJ. Co.,
started Wednesday morning for Silver
City and De Lamar, to enjoy week or
two vacation among the hills of old
Owyhee.
b. Odom, of Parma, came up Tues
day to get repairs for his self binder
He says harvesting is begun; that crops
are unusually good, and that there is
considerable grain in his section.
Mrs. John HALEY, Jr. and children
arrived in Caldwell last Sunday even
ing from Pendleton, Oregon, to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. B. b. Haley, of this city.
MIR. HALEY is expected to arrive in the
city tomorrow.
The article in the Boise Statesman a
few days ago in regard to the Payette
ditch contracts, seems to have been a
bit of sensationalism that has no justi-
fication in fact. The enterprise is going
ahead in a manner that indicates posi-
tive and business-like methods on the
part of the management The canal
will be speedily completed.
The Ada county republican conven-
ton, for The purpose electing thirteen
delegates to represent Ada county in
the repubkcal state convention at
Moscow. on August Is. will meet at
Nampa Oh the ct day of August. The
convention to nominate county officers
vii be held in Boise City.
j. b. Smith, of Middleton, in
forms The TRIBUNE that the re-.
ports of the ravages Of grasshoppcrs
are not exaggerated. lie says they
completely took his alfalfa field after
no had harvested the first crop, and
from al appearances he will cut no
more hay from that field this year. If
reports from other sources are not
exaggerated, the pests will do much
damage in Boise valley this season.
The fire epidemic seems to have
broken out in Idaho again, and tho
Caldwell fire department should be in
readiness to act. We don't know how
soon our turn may come. Within the
past three weeks there have been
destructive fires at Shoshone, Pocatello
and Moscow. Caldwell has thus far
luckily escaped, but vigilance should
not be relaxed on that account. The
fire guard should make an inspection
of the town and condemn fire traps of
any description.