The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-06-24
A GOOD MAP TO STUDY.
The Central Point in a Rather Rich
and Productive Country.
A Young and Thriving City--Its Pres
ent and Future ODenings and Ad.
yantages for Everybody.


yantages for Everybody.
Upon our first visit to this section OF
Idaho, little map, in bright colors,
was shown us purporting to be a geo.
graphically correct representation of
south western Idaho, showing the great
farming, mining, timber and grazing
regions tributary to CALDWELL. in
big black type. Caldwell was repre-.
sented by a cOmmodious square in an
eminently central location, around
which a generous portion Of the uni
verse seemed to revolve. On the north.
in red letters, we found fine farming
and stock raising regions; on the east,
timber lands. placer mines. dense for.
ests and quartz locations, on the south,
splendid summer and winter ranges
and the almost fabulously rich mining
districts of Silver City and DeLamar,
while OH the west were grazing lands
and an unparalleled fruit growing
country. Caldwell itself seemed to be
the center of gravity, so to speak, and
every trail, road and river in the whole
region appeared to be moving on to its
works. While we didn't have much
faith in the accuracy of the picture, we
couldn't help but admire the ingenuity
of the artist, and concluded that any
country which could produce or sus-
tain such genius was worth investigat-
ing. 1t did not take us long to discover
that the map was much better than
our opinion Of it, or rather, the artist
who made it, knew the country better
than we did. This was something of a
humiliating surprise, as we had always
prided ourselves on knowing all that
an ordinary individual had any right to
know. On examination we found that
Caldwell really does occupy the central
position indicated in the map. And
we found out some other things which
increased our respect for the
veraclty of that map il they did not
flatter our judgment.
The physical formation of the coun.
try for hundreds of miles around Cald ::
well is such that every part naturally
becomes tributary to the city. BY the
way, it is city, with all the trimmings,
such as aldermen, marshals, police
courts, ordinances, fire companies, wa
ter works, telephones, court house, city
hall, secret societies. free postal deliv.
cry. college, base ball park, bicycles
with alarm clock and head light attach
ments, dog tax, street sprinklers. elites,
afternoon teas, churches, public schools,
literary societies, gymnasiums, dudes
with modern Improvements, and every
thing which gives character, tone and
eclat to civilized community. In Or
der to get a just idea of tie advantages
of Caldwell's location it is necessary to
know that there is no town of any con-
sequence. except Caldwell, on the Ore
gon Short Line between Pocatello and
Portland, distance of seven hundred
and fifty miles. In fact there is no
other place to put town that would
be conveniently and suitably situated
except at Caldwell. The whole coun-
try by instinct, as it We're, draws down
to the Boise Valley and Caldwell is in
the center of it. The stockmen on the
north and the fruit raisers on the west
come to Caldwell to do their shipping;
the miners ON the east and south come
TO Caldwell to purchase their supplies:
the farmers from all directions come to
Caldwell with their grain and vegeta-
bles. In short, Caldwell is the
general supply and distributing point
and headquarters for everybody and
everything. We didn't'realixe this un-
Ill we had learned that people from
and Doise counties do
heir banking here; sheep men from
Ada county consign their wool here;
miners from Owyhee county buy all
heir supplies here and all eastern Ore
yon comes here for everything they
want. When we learned all these
Kings the impression forced itself upon
,ur mind that the man who made the
osephs coat map referred to, was in
'pired. Volumes could not convey all