The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-06-06

1AAAD WE4-Ls IDAHO, SATU
Il is now figured by free silver men in
the Democratic party that az the Chica-
60 convention the majority win be
for the white metal. If this is the
case the financial issue viii be brought
directly before the people, and the vot.
ers can then decide for or against that
Operations at the Trade Dollar mine
are progressing in the regular highly
satisfactory manner, the property civ
employment to over one hundred men.
and turning out nice monthly dividends
for the owners. The product is now
greater than ever before in the mines
history Silver City A0alonce
Poeatello AdoGnce: Jack Burns and
Peter Durham, who left about six
weeks ago for South America, are ex-
peeted to be back in Pocatello in few
days. They reached the land of snakes
and scorching heat all right, but did
not like the country, and after a four
days stay, took steamer for home.
We are in receipt of a letter from a
prominent cattle man in Snake River
valley who states that plot has been
unearthed wherein gang of cattle
thieves were to round up large bunch
of cattle and drive them out of the
country. Cattle men and officers are
warned to look out for them.-Idaho
Falls Times.
The firemen will elect officers for the
ensuing year and straighten up their
business. An initiatory degree has been
gotten up and several of the unwarv
win be put through soon. The COM
pany is in a flourishing condition.
Montpelier Examiner. A pretty good
idea that could be adopled by our fire.
man with advantage.
According to the Lewiston papers a
accident occurred on the
Lewiston Water and Power company.
One shot of string of blasts failed to
explode. In driving new hole the
steel fired the powder and caused a ter
rifle explosion. Four men were injured,
two perhaps fatally, The shift-boss is
censured for alleged reckless disregard
for the safety of the men.
The Statesman says: "The FIRST print
ing press was brought to what is now
Idaho as early as 1886 by Rev. Spaul-
ding Presbyterian missionary among
the Nez Perez Indians. The press was
brought from the Sandwich Islands and
was used merely for the publication of
crude pamphlets containing scriptural
quotations and other religious matter
printed in the Nez Perez language.
The Lewiston chaps selling whisky
to Indians haYe had their turn in court.
Louis Thuiller got ten months in jail,
Leonard Best six months, Nesthead, the
Indian, 20 days Steve Newell received
sixteen months in the penitentiary, w.
j. Henderson and Bert Steel 10 months
each, Jacob Hanson - months and
"Spidir" Kelly 20 months. ]. S. Fall got
six months. Here is warning to 9th
ers.-Genesse Meas.
Sheepmen have been notified by the
people of Ketchum, that sheep will not
be allowed to Craze in that locality this
summer. This move will keep many a
dollar out of their town, and the sheep
will Craze on the government domain
all the same.-Shoshone Journal. Per
haps the people of Ketchum desire to
leave the grass grow on their streets, a
desire that they have a perfect right to
crafty.
1t seems to us that Senator Dubois
has gotten himself deeper in the water
than he anticipated when he made his
grand stand play. He must either con-
troll the st. Louis convention or bolt the
party. We believe it is going to be a
bolt, but whether or not he will be much
missed from the fold remains to be
seen. The quicker a party rids itself of
such men the better off it will be-
Oneida Standard.
The report of the Short Line has just
been published. By it we notice that
the net earnings of this branch for the
first three months of 1896, were 100000
This is tremendous considering that it
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