The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-30
Its Business, Social, Religious and Edo
cational Advantages. It's History a
Continuous Record of Progress.
Brief Biographies OF Its WideAwake and Pub1fc Spirited
Business Men--Their Methods and
Their Characteristics.
By E. D. W.

Home pride is natural. Every
good citizen takes pride in the ad-
vancement in material respects of
the community in which he lives.
Surely, then, the people of Caldwell
may be pardoned for feeling espe-
cially gratified that their town has
progressed SO rapidly and become
so popularity known as thriving
community of prosperous business
enterprises. The rich soil of Can
yon county, of which Caldwell is
the county seat, with its bountifu1
crops is attracting homeseekers
from every directions For many
years the great unoccupied areas of
Idaho were taken up by cattlemen
and herders who were not much in
terested in the agricultural posi-
bilities locked up in the bosom of
the silent landscape, and the only
value they placed on the bounteous
gifts of nature was that they caused
the hills and valleys to be clothed
with thick coat Of 1uxuriant
grasses, while the numerous streams
contained plenty of clear, sparkling
water, the whole making up coun-
try exactly suited to their needs.
This condition obtained for many
years, but the longing eye of the
American homeseeker was on this
section, and the time at last came
when the cowboy and the herder
were forced to give way before the
steady, resistless march of progress.
Nowhere is there afforded better
advantages to farming people than
in Idaho where cereals, fruits and
vegetables can be grown in abund
ance, with the purest water. accessi-
BILE at depth of from S to 80 feet,
and with no possibility of a crop
failure by drouth, because of the
splendid irrigation systems estab-
lished throughout this country.
This is purely a commercial
writeup of Caldwell and Canyon
county. There is no history of
consequence here given and no un-
necessary verbiage indu1ged in.
We aim as thoroughly and truth
FULLY as possible to tell the story of
our present greatness and wonder
1ul resources as a-county and town
OF Idaho, one of the richest States
In the Union, and tell it in such a
manner that it will bear the closest
inspection and investigation as to
lts truthfulness. One of the great
est advantages which we claim for
TINS section of Idaho is it's adapta-
Dinty to wide diversity of crops
diversity of crops has become one
ot the most important considera-
.ons In the success of the great in
oustry of agriculture, and the peo-
PIE OF one, crop sections should be
maoe aware of its importance. Our
people are not dependent on any
one crop but upon sufficient num-
Oer to guarantee certain reliable
support. All fasteners should for
a moment think of the limited va
l,ety OF grains, fruits and vegeta-
oLes they can raise, and then post
themselves upon these things that
Gan be successfully grown in Idaho.
II canyon county the. principal
p1ooucts are wheat, oats, barley,
torn, t, potatoes, hay, alfalfa, clover,
Inothy and red top; and that fruit
1as been very successful is evi-
Senced ;. in the many beautiful grow
aug orchards to be seen here, there