The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-30

offered to bona fde settlers only, in
small tracts, at actual cost of put
ting the water upon it and the
slight additional charge of so cents
an acre to cover expenses connected
with the preliminary work.
CALDWELL.
Caldwell is hourishing town of
1900 inhabitants, constantly grow
ing, and with natural advantages
not possessed by cities many times
It's size. While it has never exper-
fenced "boom' its progress has
been gradual, substantial and pera-
ment, which has placed it's business
Industries on sound rather than e
t1uctuating basis, and makes the
place an established certainy. With
active business and professional
men, intelligent and social citizens,
good railroad facilities, excellent
schools and churches,-with fine
modern Improvements, and backed
by a fine surrounding farming
country, rich in the fertility of it's
soil and the variety of it's products.
CALDWELL is indeed blessed. The
Oregon Short Line, upon which it is
located, and the Idaho Northern
which is now building afford ex-
cellent railroad facilities. Caldwell
has always taken an active interest
in educating its youth, and our
public school is a source ofofgreat
pride to our citizens. It is presided
over by first class superintendent
assisted by competent corps of
teachers and is conducted under the
graded schoolsystem. The College
of Idaho, located here, is another
excellent temple of learing, giving
thorough courses in classical, scien-
tifc and commercial branches and
is yearly becoming more popular.
Thus it will be seen this town pos
sesses rare educational advantages
and expresses a 1audable pride in
their possession, as it shows ge1lel-
Gus public spirit and good taste in
fostering them. Hand in hand
with the schools has gone the
church, and in Caldwell FIVE relig-
ious denominations, the Baptist,
Presbyterian, Methodist, Christian
and Episcopal, are represented with
large and commodious church edi-
fees, while each of the church Or
ganizations are large, and, and the
component Individual liberal with
money, active in zeal, and thor
oughly devoted to the advancement
of that scriptural admonition,
"peace on earth and good will to ali
men"
The business part of the town is
built up with brick business blocks,
and no town in the state can boast
Of more enterprising and progress
sive business and professional men
all OF whom are alive to the inter
ests of: the place, and walk hand in
hand to promote its welfare and
growth, which in a great measure
is the secret of its prosperity.
THE MIDLAND.
We have in the foregoing briefly
outlined what Caldwell is, and it
may not be amiss to indicate what
it hopes to be. In the last six
weeks the Idaho Midland railroad,
which for many years has been the
dream of this section, has taken
substantial form and now promises
to become an established fact at an
early day. The road in its entirety
contemplates north and south
transcontine1 line between San
Francisco and Butte, Montana. At
present some four hundred men are
at work in the Boise Canyon, some
thirty miles from here, and within
the next thirty days it isconfdently
expected that a large force will be
at work grading out of Caldwell.
For the present and some years to
come this will be the southern ter
minus of this great railroad, and
will always be the crossing point of
two transcontinental roads. This
means that Caldwell is to be half
way house between the great north
west and the south Pacific slope,
and being on the shortest direct line
between the east and west, from
here traffic will debouch to north