The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-09-24
TALKED ABOUT THE TOWN
The "Tribune'S" Big Ears do a Little
Service This Week.
Local Notes, Personal Affairs ana Items
of General Interest RODed In and
Ear.Marked.

John Lackey, the Snake river stock
man, says it costs $17 to ship horse to
Virginia, from which state he had just
returned Monday. He took three car
loads back there and disposed of them
to reasonable advantage. "The horse
market is no market at all though" he
said. at is practically dead in all the
large centers. 10 sell at the prevailing
prices there would scarcely pay the
cost of gathering and freight. l took
mine clear to the Atlantic seaboard in
an old town that had never had a
western horse in it-(except Texans)
and sold them as novelties to clerks and
other fellows about town who always
bite at a new thing. l sold some of
my stock at higher prices than good
young, native animals were bringing in
the same market. The market for
western horses is not only played out"
he continued, ''but the depression ex
tends to all classes but speed animals. A
young draft horse, weighing from 1900
to 400 pounds which sold in Omaha
and Kansas City two years ago at $3.50
up will not bring more than 500
now and more frequently less. We
unload eight times on the trip across
the continent and an animal that is
not fat on the start looks pretty raw at
destination"
"The price of sheep is lower in Chi
cago than in Idaho today" said Mr..
Lackey, land l can't understand why
unless it is on account of a short
corn crop. Feeders probably realize
that corn will be such price before
long that they cannot feed to an advan-
tage and are placing their mutton on
the market. If this is the case the
market will be depressed for three or
months and will then raise. If not,
Idaho mutton will not bring as large
a price as usual next spring.
"Dirt is still flying at lively rate on
the Payette," said NJ. b. Gwinn, the
contractor. Several of the contracts
will be completed next month. but
there will be work on the canal as long
as there is good weather. have used
200 kegs of powder on my contracts in
the last ten days and will need half as
many more before am through. The
completed ditch will cost not less than
100000, nice, snug sum to be ex-
pended in this section this year of dull
times"
"We have furnished the Payette
ditch 100000 feet of lumber so far
this season." said e. II. Shaw of the
Central Lumber Co., "all for fluming.
The fumes on this ditch are something
wonderful" he continued. First, reg
ular pillng are driven in the usual
manner and are then sawed off and
prepared for cap as in regular bridge
work. Two inch stuff is used for the
bottom and sides, and the entire tlume
is calked the same as ship, then 1t is
lined with one.inch stuff laid to cover
the joints and seams. Then the whole
structure is treated to u thick coat Of
an asphaltum preparation. The cost
OF this fuming cannot be less than $40
per foot, and as there are 5000 feet
OF it on tho canal you can readily see
that this item alone is more than the
cost of some entire systems in the
Boise Valley
THE building of this canal on the pres
eht line delays indefinitely apet scheme
OF our company" said Mr.. Shaw. "As
you we'll know the divide between
payette and Boise valleys in the vicin-
lly of Falks Store and the head of Sand
enlch is high but narrow. On the Boise
side of the divide from this point down
10 Snake river lie thousands of acres of
The finest sage soil in the west. A
canal to reach this bench from Boise
incorporating the water was there
would have to start from Star and