The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-01-30
Last Thursday the house occupied by

took fire and burned to the ground.
Some furniture was saved, but more
was lost. The fire was supposed to
have originated from defective ilue.
Several members of the fire department
arrived in time to render valuable
mile from town, many others arrived
in time to see the ruin. Mr.. Cupp was
not at home at the time.
The Leak advertising car attracted
quite crowd of spectators Thursday
afternoon and evening The car is
built for advertising purposes and dis
played the fruit products OF Placer
county. California, in very effective
manner. Some eight or ten San Fran
cisco wholesale houses also had fine
exhibits of their wares. The car is
quite novelty and undoubtedly meets
the purpose for which it was built
advertising. The present contracts
have nearly expired, and Mr.. Leak is
now on his way to Chicago to perfect ar
rangements for the most novel and eX
tensive advertising scheme Oh record.
He intends having regular adver-
Using train, consisting of three cars
similar to the one he now has, and a
baggage car, with his own special en-
CINE. The whole train will be built es-
pecially for advertising purposes, and
he will contract with big wholesale
houses and manufacturers to introduce
their goods in certain localities. This
he accOmplishes in various ways
giving samples, painting signs and
various other ingenious devices. The
new cars will be fitted up with first
class newspaper plant, and a daily
paper issued from the train. The
entire force will consist of about sixty
men, and they will all sleep, eat and
live on the train. Mr.. Leak is an
extensive manufacturer of gloves at
San Fancisco, and has built up Won
derful business. He is crank on
advertising, but one of the kind who
make it pay largely.
The private car of the chief engineer
of the Union Pacific stood on the Cald-
well sidetrack two or three days this
week. Under his supervision the COM
pany is taking dispositions from all the
old timers Of this section, as to whether
or not the Snake river is navigable, to
be used in the case now before the Ore.
gon courts, brought against the com
pany by the Williams Bros, of Payette
THE TRIBUNE has often referred to
this case, and when it was first insti-
tutsd, published full particulars. For
the benefit of those who have not fol
lowed it, we give this brief synopsis
The Williams brothers are engaged in
mining the flour gold in the Snake
river bars, and had small steamboat
built with which they travelled from
bar to bar, and worked their mining
machinery with the same power which
moved the boat. In this vicinity the
Short Line has three bridges across
Snake river, which bar the progress o
the boat in its legitimate enterprise
Williams Bros. brought suit agains
the company for obstructing naviga
BILE stream: the company claims tn,
Snake is not navigable, and so tn
fight has been going on in tho court
for the past two years, and thus far tn
enterprising placer miners seem t,
have the best Of 1t, all decisions so ia
. being in their favor. 1t is matter 0
. history that in early days small boa
+ piled the Snake from Bruneau rapid
} to Odds ferry, rs many old-timers her
can and do testify. The company
y however, raise the point that since tn
immense irrigating canals have bee1
{ taken out of the Boise, Payette, Bru
neau, Owyhee and other rivers, a
! feeders of the Snake. that the latter
. no longer navigaDle. Mr.. William.
who is travelling with the officials i
: the special Car, and also taking depOs
3 tions, says everything is in their fave
and that he thinks they will win tn
i. case. Should his hopes be realized, tn
0 company would have to either put i
) draw bridges, or change their right-o1
: way, and stay on this side of the rive
0 instead of crossing, thing they can
Q until they get to Huntington. Th
n outcome is looked to with considerably
v interest.
r "Better have two cooks than one do