The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-03-31
THE MAGIC CITY
is ON THE BOOM
Building, Progress and Prosperity
In Evidence on Every Hand,
SAYS Silver City Nugget.
Caldwell.

While out of town last week the
Nugget man had the pleasure, for
the first time in several years, of
spending a couple of days in the
Canyon county capital town. 1t is
needless to say that, much as he
had been told of the growth of the
Magic City" 1--WE believe that is
the name its hustlirg business men
claim for .it), we were more than |
surprised at the evidence of thrift |
and prosperity everywhere visible.
The Improvements we noted and
the substantial character of the
same were so numerous that an
effort to give detailed account of
them will not be made, and only a
few of the more prominent of them
will be mentioned.
| When last in the town. the want
of proper hotel accommodations
was notable, the Pacific hotel, be-
longing to and run for the railway
company, and two or three small
lodging aud eating houses, being
the limited supply Now the very
handsome and modernly equipped
Saratoga, built and owned by
t Howard Sebree, Caldwell's wealthy
| banker, and managed by his son
Ralph, is all that the most lux
e urious sojourners in the town could
: reasonably wish for III the way OF
t excellent fare, we'll furnished apart.
/. ments aud polite attendance. And
aside from this, there are other
), lesser hotels, we'll kept, giving
O good fare and accommodations a,
n prices suiting thinner wallets.
l. The banking business of the
ot town is ably handled by two strong
= institutions. The First National
d Howard Sebree president, ane
g Ralph Cowden cashier, is one o
IS the most substantial and conserv
E. alive financial concerns in Idaho
e. carrying large surplus and hand
ID ling the funds of many large en-
ly terprises and institutions, livestocl
10 and woolgrowers and ranchers
ly The Caldwell Banking and Trus
st Co., Ltd, of which, since the de
a cease of its president, the lamente
G. Frank Steunenberg. Vice Presider
Monte B. Gwinn has been at til
head, is one of the most progresiv
at and rapidly growing banking il
VS. stitusions in the, state, With A. K
ke Steunsnberg cashier. All of il
us officers have grown up with th
TIC town; have participated in its pull
" lie affairs, and by their energy an
o. public spirit have made the tow
'p- grow, and have grown and pro
ie' pered as it grew and prospered
Surrounded by fine agricult'
raj country, with the mines
Owyhee. great grazing and stoc
producing regions on every side
&c them, and the timber belt to II
lat north, Caldwell business men enc
re- getically reached out for trade
1T. and got it, and now their comm
Oh dious stores and warehouses attic
TOT that they have kept right abrea
ne of the most remarkable prosperi
Ito now so visible in almost every pc
~ ton of Idaho. Many new busine
IT. houses are going up in the tow
co. and real estate is rapidly advan
&c ing. The first city park in Idal
VII has been laid out, and plans
VS. making it a beauty spot have be-
io- adopted.
e With the College of Idaho al
the fine public school buildings al
we'll conducted schools, education
matters are receiving careful I
tention.
The residence portion of t
town is constantly growing me
attractive. With no gaudy
sumptuous palaces for the rich, t
homes of her business men and
those of moderate means are e
orally tastefully constructed, w
neatly kept surroundings, and be
a,,sAaocac of com fort and ref,