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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08

final proofs is accommodating and
that attention will soon be called
to specific cases. We are already
in possession of facts which
warrant the conclusion that patents
have been issued in many cases on
peUured evidence. We have in
mind specific case where one of
the witnesses had never been upon
the land and had no idea where it
was located. In another case of
proof on desert entry, after careful
search, not even a plow furrow
could be found. Some day a bona
fide settler will squat down on one
of those desert claims and the facts
will be sifted to the very bottom.
This thing of fraudulently acquir-
ing title to public land is not only
robbery Of the government, but
under the circumstances, robbery
of the people, robbery of this
immediate section of country.
Some Irregularities might be
winked at if the lands were
acquired for cultivation, but such
is not the case. 1t is, simply
stupendious and ruinous system of
speculation which deserves not
only exposure and condemnation
but condign punishment. Every
honest citizen in Canyon county
is interested in breaking up this
business and opening the way for
legitimate and productive settle.
ment. Talk about English land
lordism; why if something is not
done to interrupt the immense
land grabbing schemes which are
now in operation in this part Of
Idaho. the country will soon be in
worse condition than Ireland.
But something will be done, and
before many days the perjured and
greedy land holders will begin to
jar loose, and consider themselves
lucky if they are permitted to
quietly leave the country.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08

$2OO,O0O This perpetual right
means that the ditch company
will furnish as many inches Of
water as there are rights, provided
the company has it to spare, other
wise conversely, but without rebate.
One might foolishly imagine that
the ditch company would be
measureably we'll satisfied at that,
but it is a mistake. 1t is now
calculated that 100000 dollars are
invested in the ditch-result of
more perfect system Of irrigation
consequently interest must be made
on that and annual rental of two
dollars per inch is charged which
on 10000 inches amounts to $4O,-
600. 1t will cost, perhaps, $500
per year to keep the ditch in repair
and for incidental expenses.
Leaving little item of 1913, 800 for
profits and salaries, For this
reason, farmers are slow to take
up and cultivate lands in the
vicinity of canals built by corpo-
rations, and the consequence is
that the enterprises are not profit
able. OF course this is unfortu-
nate for the capitalists, but there
doesn't generally seem to be any
remedy. We apprehend that
many years will go bv before the
canal companies begin to realize
in their dreams. So many years
in fact that their defendants will
have forgotten the names of the
original projectors. The Caldwell
ditch company, though, has better
hopes. 1t is a local enterprise,
and may be directed in a legiti-
mate channel. II The TRIBUNE
made any pretentions Of CONNER
cial acumen, we would undertake
to tell the company how they
could manage their property With
advantage to themselves and bene-
fit to the country, but modesty will
not permit such suggestions at
present. In the mean time the
owners of the Caldwell ditch will
find the. burden growing heavier
and the prospect of per centum
vanishing into the silent, sad and
unrealizable distance.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08
ATsrribls Accident.

Silver City Avalanche.
Last Monday Matt Joyce, ST.. of
Sinker creek, an old gentleman 81
years of age, who had been in town
with produce, had a terrible acci-
dant befall him on his way home.
He was driving a spirited team and
descending the steep.grade beyond
the New York summit, when the
brake slipped and before he could
catch it the heavy wagon had at
tanned a fearful speed. In attempts
ing to stop it he pulled the team
sharply into the bank, upsetting
the wagon and throwing himself to
the ground, breaking his leg below
the knee. This happened about
l o'clock and it was about three
hours afterwards that he was found
by Jas. Pistone, who Immediately
came into town and sent assist
ance. Mike Rock and Peter Dom
nally drove out and brought the
injured man to the Idaho Hotel.
DR.. Lippicott was called and found
that the fracture was compound,
both bones being badly crushed,
and called DR.. Plumer of DeLamar,
in consultation. when it was de-
cided that amputation was neces-
sary. This was done this morn
ing by DR.. Lippicott, assisted BY
Drs. Plumer, of DeLamar, and
Thompson of Boise. sh IN
Canyon county, the fruit-grow-
er's paradise.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08
the DIRECTORY BUSINESS.


About every twenty days some
enterprising genius strikes the
town with an advertising scheme
as destitute Of merit or profit to
the victims as it is possible for any
thing to be, yet, it is informally
successful. A short time ago a
gentleman inveigled number of
substantial business men into the
notion that their business would
experience phenomenal impetus
by having a little 2 3 card
framed amidst a galaxy of other
announcements and hung on hotel
walls. The fake succeeded adj
mirably and we hope the investors
have realized accordingly. No
doubt Caldwell business will pro-
fit largely by being announced in a
delicate blue pearl frame, behind
plate glass, down in Muskeet
county Arizona. 1t must fill q
business mans soul full Of relig-
ious pride to know that the Digger
Indians are appristd Of the fact
that he is engaged in the dissem-
ination Of toilet soap and complex
ion waters. Next comes a direct
DRY man who will put your name
and avocation in a large, we'll
bound book for the trifling sum Of
five or ten dollars, according to
taste. This is a splendid device.
Jyst think Of the famel Most men
would rather have their names in
4 book than be president. It must
be great aid to business to have
il announced in an old directory
that is read about as extensively
as the Talmud. It must be a
source of comfort for an energetic
business man to know that his
latest announcement has been
carefully buried and hid away
amidst the archives where it will
never, except by chance, be des-
ccrated by the hands or eyes oil
man. If Caldwell business men
want their business proclaimed on
framed cards, why don't they have
them printed themselves. It would
not cost one tenth as much and the
work would be more effectual.
If they want their names in a
directory, why not get up a Cald-
well directory? It would be quite
~ cheap and do more good. Who
ever reads q directory, anyway,
except some belated traveller who
has pored over old almanacks and
patent medicine tracts until they
have lost all their sparkle and
sweetness? But, perhaps, it is
better to say nothing on this sub
jcct. People love to be hum-bug,
sgd, but they do not like to have
their weaknesses exposed. The
frame man and the directory man
continue to flourish, but thanks Ia
an all.wise and bene6cent provi-
dence this class of fakes prosper
mostly at the expense of those
all-contained individuals who do
not believe in advertising, anyway,
Aud who, perhaps, know of no
more effective way of practicine
their faith.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08
WHY DO We WANT eEoPLga

The question is not an unreason-
able when one gets to thinking Of
it seriously. Besides. it would
puzzle the ordinary man to give a
satisfactory answer on the spur of
the moment. 1t might be said.
we want people to come here and
develop the country. That is all
right in . general way, but very
natural retort is, why don't you
develop it yourselves? Why do
you want other people to come
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08
BIRTH NOTICE.

BORN-To the wife Of Grover
Cleveland baby. Mother and
child doing we'll.
This announcement may be q
little premature but it has the ad-
vantage OF being plain and pointed.
The worst feature about it is that
it lacks local interest. Had the
event happened in q Caldwell
household, we might have been
more concerned about detail and
given the weight, complexion, sex
and age Of the new conner. But
we can't afford to waste valuable
space over every baby that comes
into the world, and we doubt if
anybody, who reads the TRIBUNE,
cares a continental whether Gro.
YER CLEvELAND's wife has one
baby or six, or none at all. Plain,
commonsense people have about
sickened of the little RUTH and
baby MCKEE racket. Had there
been something in the line of sim.
maculate conception" about them,
there would have been something
to awaken curiosity, but those
baby's came the same road the rest
of US Travelled, and babies of equal
divinity are born at the rate of
about two a second or 10000
every twenty-four hours. There
are about ten millions of just as
respectable mothers in tho United
States as Mrs. CLEVELAND, and
every time one of them gives birth
to a child something has happened
of as much moment to the nation
as when another CLEVELAND comes
forth. We don't mind much dis.
tinguishing some fathers above
other fathers, but when it comes to
mothers and babies our whole ma.
ture rebels against artificial dis
tinctions. Mothers are sacred, and
any man who doesn't believe that
his own mother and the mother Of
his baby are the grandest, noblest
women God ever created, has got
some constitutional disease. There
is something radically wrong with
his heart or brain. Mrs. CLEvE.
LAND may 60 on hereafter having
babies at pleasure or convenience
but if she wants any further notice
from the TRIBUNE she would better
move to Caldwell before the next
event. We shall always welcome
Caldwell productions cordially, be-
cause, in a measure, they will be
ours; but people that persist in
building up other communities
need not expect any encouragement
from this source. We mean, of
course, outside of Canyon county.
FRAUDULENT PROOFS AGAIN.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08

answer to that lie, we haven't the
means. But there is something
behind this, and perhaps it is as
well to be frank about it. This is
mercenary old world and we are
all influenced by selfish motives.
We are apt to want people to come
here in order that we may make
some substantial profit off them.
We want them to come here and 90
the work IF development in order
that we may enjoy most OF the
fruits. We want to sell them
some land or some water for more
than it cost US. Perhaps, many
of US are SO narrow that we have
no other thought in connection
with the subject, except pecun-
larry one with all the advantage on
our side. It is about time that
western people were taking q
broader, more humane view Of the
immigration question. 1t is about
time they were beginning to
consider the other side of the bar
gain little. The settlement of
this country is going to bring
benefits Of greater consequence
than mere pecuniary considerations,
from an individual standpoint.
There are plenty Of people here
now who are quite as we'll off inan-
cially, as they will be after the
population doubles, and there are
others who, in fact, are better of.
The mere fact of people and de-
velopment does not compel indi-
vidual prosperity. That depends
on the individual. Most of ne,
though, are apt to think that if
only we can get plenty Of people
here, we can manage somehow to
make something out of them. We
reason, on the theory of the more
people the more suckers, but for
get that we are something of suck
ers ourselves and just as liable to
be sucked as anybody. 1Tbe mat
ter Of inducing immigration must
be regarded from very different
point of view. The peopling and
developing Of the country must be
desired for other reasons. In the
last few centuries the human
animal has come to regard civiliza-
ton as a boon, and his reason and
experience tell him that there can
not be much civilization without
society and no society without peo-
pie. The desire to live in a civilized
community is laudable, because it
means increased virtue, improved
morality and advanced intelli-
gence. We of the west realize the
fact that we are too few in number
to attain that degree of civilization
which we long TO enjoy. We real
ize that we are too weak to main
tain those social institutions which
are essential to our best moral, in
tellectual and spiritual develop
ment. In order, therefore, to adj
vance ourselves on these lines we
ought to offer every possible in
ducement to other people to come
here and civilize US. What have
we to offer in return? Correctly
speaking, nothing, absolutely moth
ing. 1t is true that we have settled
in a country that some day will be
q veritable paradise. There ie no
country on earth filed with great
or promise, but we did not make
it, and whatever nature made best
we have already appropriated.
What then have we to offer by way
of inducement? What do we want
people to come here for? Abou.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-07-08

Canyon county, the fruit-grow-
er's paradise.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

ACCORDING to the latest arrange ments, Dr Nansen will leave Christina on his Arctic expedition at the begin ming of June. The explorer recently spent fortnight in the silk tent which is part of his equipment; with the ob- ject of testing it, and Captain Sterdrup and Naval Lieutenant Scott Hansen, |, members of the expedition, will soon try the experiment of sleeping in the open air covered with wolves skins which the party will take out with them. Arrangements have been made by M. Revterskjold the Swedish Nor. wegian minister at St Petersburg, for establishing depot of about thirty of the best sledge dogs on the YukahiI road, in Siberia, where Dr Nansen will call for them in July. Several improve. ments have been made in the sledges M. Reuterskjold has also succeeded in obtaining promise from the Russian government that the authorities along the Siberian coast shall afford Dr Nan sen any assistance he may require. The expo dition will be provided with 16, ,OOC kilos of a specially manufactured ships biscuit.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Negroes on Southern RaiIroads,

Negroes on Southern Railroads.
 It is generally believed at the north that special cars are provided for ne- groes on the southern railroads, and that they are forbidden to ride on the cars reserved for white people. Such Is not the case. The simple fact is that every railroad in the south sells first and second class tickets. whereas only Rrst-class tickets are sold on most of the northern roads. A second-class ticket entities one to passage on the smoking car. As a rule the southern negroes are thriftless and poor, and but for the blessed institution of second class tickets would hardly be able to travel at all, for rates of fare are near ly double what they are in the north. There are usually as many white peo- pie as black ones in the smoker" and although 1t seems little odd to find women in an apartment that is filled with the fumes of pipes and cigars, 1t really causes no suffering to them, be- cause they are smokers, too. We'll dressed negroes, who are able and will. ing to pay full fare, are seldom inter tered with if they choose to ride in first slass cars
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
LARGE AMOUNT OF BULLION.
10, 900, 900 Ounces of Silver at the Phila
 delphia Mint.

10000, 900 Ounces of Silver at the Phila-
 delphia Mint. PHILADELPHIA. March 13.-The vaults of 'le United States mint, in this city, hold ',u largest amount of bar silver ever stored n one place in the United States. The uantity is 110,000,000 ounces or fully nOugh with the usual alloy to make nc ss than 150, 900. GOO silver dollars.
 The steel walled treasure holders are filled D oyerilowing and the bullion is being re eivcd from the government at the rate of ,SO0, ,0O0 ounces a month. Besides this mount, there is sealed in the separate arllts S50, ,000, ,000 in coined silver. The al on the door has not been broken for wo years.
 It has been found necessary to have an ,ther steel-li vault constructed for the ;ole purpose of storing the bullion. The lew vault is about ten feet from floor tc ,eiling, eight feet wide and thirt> five feet ong With the silver piled clear up to the ,eiling, this new storage place will hold ,nly 20, 900, 900 ounces, and at the present ate it will be filled in less than six months The construction of still another storage place will be an absolute necessity should he purchase of silver continue.
 Previous to 1890 it was rare event tt nave stored within the walls of the min more than a million ounces of bullion There never was day up to that time wheI there were three million ounces at one tim on hand
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
|SCARING THE WARDENS
Charlestown Prisoners Again
 Raising a Rumpus.
MATERIALS FOR ESCAPE FOUND

They Have Been Shut:in Their Cells Since the Searching Began and Becoming I'm patient They Shake the BuiIding and Break Nearly Every Pane of Glass in the Establishment.
 BOSTON, March 13.-There were more lisgraceful scenes in the Charlestown prison yesterday. Pandemonium reigned all day, md the prisoners did not cease their nois. liter nightfall
 It was started by rattling. the windows n the lower tier. This was the signal fos general din all over the institution.
 The noise from the 600 cells seemed to hake the building, and alarmed the guards nost thoroughly There was hurrying il various directions, as there was a feal hat some of the men were trying to escape nder the cover of the noise.
 The convicts have been locked up since tov. Russelrs first visit, and their demon Srations since then have shown that they o not like it. The presence of WardeI overing had no effect, for the men kep D the racket all day, and very little O ne glass is left. The new warden is tt ike charge next week.
 In ferretting among the workshops yes rday the guards found all the parupher llia necessary for an escape. Hack anC md saws, coils of rope and scaling hook ere discovered sufficient to liberate every lan in the prison if once the guard. ere disposed of. The equipment wa rost complete. No religious services were cid yesterday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
AFTER THE FIRE.

Another Body Recovered fr0m the Ruins Condition of the Injured.
 BOSTON, March 13.-The body of Henry
 Turner, an employe of the Jaquith com pAny and who has already been included
 in the list of dead by Fridays fire, was
 found in the ruins by a fireman. It wal
 terribly mutilated and identification was
 only possible by means of a ring that he
 wore.
 The body of c. T. Odiorne has not been
 found. The condition of the injured re mains about the same as yesterday, Miss
 Margaret Flynn, Fred Meadowcraft and
 Theodore Crocker still being in a very
 critical condition, while all the others are
 improving rapidly.
 A large force of men are working on the ruins to-day and their movements are being watched by a large crowd of sight seers.
 The loss Is complete wherever the fire took good hold. The underwriters ac- knowledge that they will get practically no salvage The loss to the property owners per cent. of that loss will fall upon the in surancs companies.
 At 8 special meeting of the Boston Board of Fire Underwriters it was unanimously decided to at once increase the rates in the conhagration district to allow for a confla- grafton hazard, an element for which nc provision is at present made in the rates. The advance will be $1 per $100 worth of insurance-that Is, a firm paying 40 cents per hundred will pay $1 40, and firm pay l ing $5 per hundred will pay SC. The in crease Is made on the basis of a fixed charge for a fixed hazard and not by a percentage because the board believes that the con | struction of O building should not be con sidered in 0 great conflagration, where goot or moderate construction has very little effect in staying the progress of the flames
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

ONE of our enlightened republican organs has made the surprising sug- gestion that the British government will probably object to the appointment of General P. A. Collins, as consul general at London, as ''persona non grata, on account of his connection with Irish national politics Our contempo- rary evidently fails to remember that the tories are not now in office in Eng land, and it is a democratic administra- tion that is running the government business at this side of the world.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13
Foreign Cooks in America.

There are probably one hundred and
 fifty schools for cooking in Germany
 and Austria. the best of which are at
 who wishes to become chef must be- gin at the very bottom of the ladder at peeling potatoes work up round by round to the top. A course of schooling as strict as that of any poly technic school in this country must be followed for four years before the stu dent can get diploma. Every year competitive exhibitions are given in which as many as two hundred chefs take part. The chef who was employed at the white house by Grover Cleveland, and who, it is rumored, may be again, has gold medal which was presented to him by Empress Frederick for
 excellence in cooking, silver medal given by the king of saxony, a diploma from the queen of Austria and numer- ous other marks of approbation and honor won in competitive contests in cooking. It is not to be wondered at that European cooks command ex- traordinary salaries in. this country.
 A POLICE judge Of San Francisco has stipulated that in his court @ woman must always be spoken ot lady. A point in etiquette. backed by the dig nifty of the bench, can only be ignored by those willing to run the risk of be- ing in contempt. The saleslady has al ready won her place, with the kitchen lady a good second and the scrublady- a likely candidate. To demand that a policeman shall say: "Yer honor, I ar rested this lady in Tar Flat bowling drunk" and the court responds: ''The lady is fined six dollars" does seem at first to be stretching politeness, but doubtless the public can be educated ur
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

IT is reported that Queen Victoria has been investing quite actively in real es- tate in this country of late. The Ger man royal family have already heavy real estate interests here, and, in fact, about every monarch in Europe, includ- ing the Russian czar, has set stake down in our soil. Of course they have to make their investments through private agents, who must be citizens of the United States. Louis Philip, when he was "king of the French" evidently felt the insecurity of his tenure of office, and provided for the possible rainy day by purchasing some of the most valu- able business property in New York-a matter which was only brought to light after the revolution which made him an exile in England. The death of his agent here, and the consequent settle msnt of his affairs, disclosed that the French ''Bourgeoise king was one of the shrewdest spectators in real estate in New York. He may have given Queen Victoria "tip" on the matter in his latter days in England.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-13

How short time since 1890 when the new tariff was enacted amid the ex- ulting plaudits of it's beneficiaries They said then it was good for twelve years at least, and New England, to rivet it upon the country, urged the bringing in of six new states, with twelve sena- tors, thus killing the votes of it's own twelve senators. Now, after only three years, in consequence of that tariff act, the democrats have control of legisla- tion. They will next winter repeal the tariff of 1890. And what is remarkable, the fact that they are in control of both branches of congress, and able to legis. late, is due to the senatorships created to maintain republican ascendancy in one branch forever! The New England senators were smart, but their smart. ness had the fatal flaw of being in spired by a policy essentially unjust, vicious and offensive. They were smart as respects details, but not wise as respects principles.