The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-23
MIDDLETON MELANcE.

MIDDLETON MELANGE.
The rain has stopped sheep shearing
and the teams from here have to stop
hauling wool for few days.
The smiling face of Bob Altman
was in town yesterday; although it was
raining like split it appeared to be like
sunshine whenever he was around.
Mr. Williams, the mill man from Dry
Buck, was in town last Monday. He
said the roads were in such a condition
that it would be some time yet before
they started to haul lumber to put in
the lumber yard in Middleton.
Mr.. J. Alchenberger who was seri-
ously hurt by the kick of a horse the
other day is slowly recovering; thirteen
or fourteen years ago he met with a
similar misfortune and on or near the
same part of the body which adds
greatly to the present trouble.
IT'S whispered around here among
the boys, that Dan Brown and W. H.
Thorp run against, some of the tougher
sort of Coxey's Army, and the one of
them got head put on him but we
will have to take it Cum GranOsalis
until we have an official or more au-
thentlc report.
Monday evening Messrs Ed. Hedden,
Joe Fahy and Robert Halford started
up the valley to perform some survey
ing work for the new ditch company
and had a little trouble on their way.
The team got frisky at something and
started to run but the whiffletree broke
and so saved them runaway.
Billy March. Groves factotum got in
to town today noon with a load of wool
from Bob Aikman's and was as wet as
drowned rat. | can just imagine |
can see the blue streak that followed
in the wake of Billy's wagon all the
way down Willow Creek after he had
relieved his wet soul of it's load of an
nathema's against the weather.
Perry Groves the, rustler sent team
to finish hauling wool, that Dan Mas
terson was to haul; Dan having to
send his teams over to South mountain
to start in on his contract there. Perry
and Fred MastersOn will have in the
neighborhOod OF hundred thousand
pounds to haul, reckoning wool from
the ranch to Caldwell, and salt return.
ing. Groves is going to put six horse
team on the road to De Lamar as soon
as he gets through hauling the wool.
Dan Masterson's two big teams
start for Jordan Valley and South
mountain Owyhee county today, Friday
18th inst, where they will be employed
all summer hauling lumber to De
Lamar Dan and his family will follow
in a few days with their household
goods. We shall miss old Dan and the
baby. and in fact the whole family fol-
we shall be so dry and so sleepy that
we do not know where we shall get the
next meal. We have strong notion
to join Coxey's Army.
We have a great deal of sympath!
for the commonwealers but more fol
the people along the railroad. who
have to feed them they 60 to BET
at night in fear and trembling, les
they should be called out to feed o.
care for some of them while we can &C
to bed and peacefully sleep, and fea
nothing vet we never know when W.
are well off. Here we are aspiring TO
the county seat with all it's concOmi
tant evils, hobos, Coxeyites, floods, jails
interpretations, mayors, police judges
|
stable, and tramps, stray horses, COWS
dogs and City taxes. What do w
want anyway?
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman with Their sol
and daughter from near Auburn, Ne
braska, are visiting Seth Bixby ant
family. Mr.. Coleman is brother O
Mrs. Bixby whom he has not seen TO
thirty years. They have travelled ex
tensively through Utah and Californi;
and are looking over 18th the te country to
of locating in the far west We hop
it will be somewhere near here, for w
, need lots of just such people. Mr.. {
is practical farmer and agriculturis
They have a greater variety to selec
from in this state than any other west
, ern state. BRICK TOP.