The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-12-09
SHERIFF THOMAS ON CALDWELL.
II is . Blsnketv Blank Country and tho man who
will Settle There is . Blsnkety Blank Blank.

Il is BIsnkstv Blank Country and tho man who
will Settle There is BIsnkety Blank Blank.
The Malad Enterprise says: upon
Sheriff Jack Thomas arrival from
Boise last week reporter of the Enter
prise called on the gentlemen and
asked his opinion of the Caldwell
country and ii he would advise farmers
from this locality to remove to that
section. Mr.. Thomas in his genial way
gave us the following answer: 1T is
the most f9rlOrn tract of country that
l have ever had occasion to visit. The
first impression you get when you
step from the train is alkali and the
last impression you make is alkali.
Alkali, my-!! Why, man after
walking the streets of Caldwell for an
hour or so looks as though someone
had struck him with a sack of pow
dered chalk, that's honest. You drive
out into the country and for several
hours after returning you are compelled
to retreat into some dark corner in or
der to prevent a sort of snOwblindness
that would surel. result If you remained
out too long before becoming accus-
toned to your surroundings. ut is
true" he said, "that there is plenty of
water, but the devil of it is those who,
use it on their lands do not VI derstapd
how to irrigate, or else the soil is SO
/ li9ht they cannot prevent its washing
away" Mr.. Thomas says he saw sew
eral farms where the original or top
soil had been carried by thevwater into
an adjoining farm bodily. This he will
vOuch for by, or any other man.
How they manage to raise such large
cabbage, potatoes and different kinds
Of fruit up there he cannot say. He is
| inclined to suspect, however. that they
must be struggled into the country
from Oregon and palmed off on the
tenderf0Ot as genuine productions of
the farms In the vicinity of Caldwell.
He Is willing TO admit that there is q
bare possibility that he has gotten the
wrong impression and may have been
deceived on account of the great
changes in the climate conditions be-
tween MalAd Valley and that country.
For this reason he would prefer that
parties intending to make homes in or
near Caldwell 60 and see the place for
themselves.
Are you in favor of the idea of pay.
ing remit to canal companies for water !
our reporter asked. mo sir, most EN-.
phatically not, that rent robbing is q
regular business scheme in my estama.
ton. The only hope for the farmer is
for the state to purchase these canals
J and sell him perpetual right. Then
he may stand a fair show, but other
wise his case to me looks hopeless
What do you think Of the editor of the
CALDWELL TRIBUNE? 81 think the
gentleman is a sort of a mesmerist, in
so much that when he tells you about
the country you are bound to believe
him and at the same time you can,
help but think that he is telling you
the biggest kind of whopper." Dc
you think that there is any likelihood
of yop r settling down in such cOun
try? "Me! Not much, Mary Ann
MaladN Valley is plenty good enough
for me-. If there are some too fresh Il
live here in this valley, that would be /,
splendid place for them to go to, as the
saline Qualities of the soil would sool
eradicate from their system anythin.
tending toward freshness" What is il
that seems to keep the country going
up thereP "Why, as nearly as | cOul(
find out, wind and water are the princi
pal factors. The wind ! found wa
manufactured right in Caldwell Will
the water is a natural gift. cOul'
! tell you "a great deal more regardin
this country but for fear that peopl
will think that wish to misconstru
; and give anything other than my Ow
impression, l will desist." Upo
which OUT reporter bid the gentlema
good day and withdrew immediately