The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-11
THE DEWEY PALACE.

this way, ladies and gentlemen, to
the finest hosiery in the West!
Trains two hours late; plenty of
time to visit the magnificent, sump-
tously ordered and elegantly decor
ated Dewey Palace. You willenjoy
a ramble through its spacious cor
ridors and beautiful parlors 1t is
a pleasure to show you about and
doesn't cost a cent" This and
much more to the same purpose
was bawled out by the jovial, we'll
fed and well-groomed representative
of the Dewey Palace, as the train
rolled into Nampa the other day.
At the window of a. Pullman sat a
cynical individual who, when the
great domes of the Dewey Palace
came into view, exclaimed, with
sneer, "an old mans folly" An old
mans folly, is it? Let us see. Go
upon the streets of Nampa and the
first question asked you by the first
citizen you meet is, Have you seen
the Dewey Palace? No, you have
not. Well, you must see it. 1t is
grand. Every man, woman and
child in the fourishing little town
takes personal, enthusiastic pride
and delight in the Dewey-Palace.
They all feel kind of proprietor
ship in it. 1t is theirs, in sense.
1t is the glory and joy of the COM
munity. No patriotic citizen ever
tires of talking about it and dilating
on its splendors; and silent con-
temptation of it thrills every Nam
pate with inexpressible pleasure.
And what of the ''toolish old man"
whoseenergy and enterprise brought
forth the splendid structure? Why,
in that community he is idolized.
His very infrmities are regarded
with the most tender sympathy and
solicitude. He is respected, hon
ored, aye, revered. There is not an
other man in Idaho, there can be but
few in the world, who enjoy so large
a proportion of community affec-
ton as does this same old man, and
all on account of his alleged folly"
Is it folly to do the thing, in ones
declining years, which endears him
to whole community? Can there
be ANYTHING more gratifying to a
man than to know that, as he APP
proacbes the end of earthly strug-
giles, he has accomplished that which
surrounds him with faithful friends
and warm admirers? How many
of those who talk flippantly about
the "old mans folly" have wrought
as wisely as Col. Bill Dewey? They
may, perhaps, consult the prompt.
ings of avarice more carefully thar
does he; they may pinch their dol
lars until the bird of liberty utter:
more agonized scream than the
bird on Dewey's dollars do, but
what have they done to touch the
heart OF awaken the affections o
their fellowmen? But it does no
pay, says the tight listed business
man. Oh, but it does pay? Thu
building of the Palace was the mos
profitable investment Col. Dewe,
ever made. What is money goot
for but to satisfy human desire
And an expenditure which contrib
utes largely to the qualification Q
wholesome pride and generous i'm
pulse is certainly gratifying to
very laudable desire. Unless w
examine our own secret longing
with care and candor we shall
unable to rightly estimate the plea:
urable emotions which thrill tn
breasts of Col. Dewey and his goo
wife as they watch the shadow of Iii
frightening to the east. 1t is theil
to step from their private car
their private railroad into their pr
vate hotel. They live in such sta
and magnifcence. amidst luxuri
and elegancies that the rulers ar
potentates of nations, a few yea
ago, never dreamed of in their will
est fancies. They have innumer
BILE servants at beck and cali; tn,
come and go, withersoever, at wi
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