The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-21

Brother Wheeler wasn't here. He is
ripe old gentleman, full of wit and
wisdom and the dean of Idaho jour-
nalism. That is enough for one poor
man to bear. H. Grabbe of the Morn
ing Post Of Idaho Falls is a man who
thinks he can run daily paper in
Idaho Falls. And he's doing it. By
doing 1t proves he has no business
in the business. Something should be
done to him. Following on Editor
Grabbe's heels he found James H. Wal
lis Of Rexburg. Wallis mixes politics
and religion together some say. The
beauty of 1t Is that he does it so nicely.
But we are convinced that no safe and
sane man can run a newspaper, fix up
political fences, do good church work
and raise large family at once.
Among so many men we almost forgot
Charles j. Lisle Of Shoshone. He is
a pardner of Barber's, and he ought
to insist upon Barber cutting OFF the
side boards. Other than this he pub
fishes mighty good paper and is
getting rich. That's bad sign we
freely acknowledge, but he can't help
1t. He will overcome the habit if he
sticks long enough. That's no dream.
E. H. Hummell, young man of
American Falls, was along. In early
life he started off wrong by getting
into the newspaper business. He re-
formed, but meeting Truxton Talbot,
fell into the mire again. We kind of
like him, but he should be more stead
fast In his ways. He cannot make Tai
bot take all the blame for his fall. He
looks something like Bill Nye, but
has more hair. A few years of news
paper work will releave him Of that.
Now comes another Mormon or two.
Here we see c. E. Wright of the Mont
pelier Examiner. We don't know
whether he's Mormon or not. If he
isn't he ought to be. Wright suffers
from strange hallucination. He
thinks Montpelier is larger than Po-
catello and will soon be as large as
Caldwell. Outside of this he seems to
be a decent, lovable fellow. He in
common with the rest publishes a
mighty interesting paper His fellow
criminal in the same county, e. T.
Hyde of the Paris Post, was along to
look after Wright. Hyde must be fair
ly saturated with politics. He lives
at the home of the Budges and accord
ing to some the Budges run Idaho If
he is politician we have no use for
him. He looks like Republican and
that covers a multitude of sins in any
country. We met Mr.. E. G. Brady,
but forget whether he halls from Mont
pelier or Pegram. At any rate he
comes from some outlandish country
or foreign seaport He is entitled to
no sympathy. He deliberately and with
malice aforethought broke into the
man OF more sense, but appearances
often deceive. We now come to c. s
Shaw of Bellevue. A man WHO thinks
Bellevue Butte and Mercur piled
into one, Is liable to do anything. HI
may not be to blame, but that's no
our fault, either. And he may b.
right. We kind of hope he is. But WI
don't like him much anyway, as HI
hasn't put us on his exchange list
This is all of the boys, and they av
erage up pretty we'll.
Several of the men were accom-
panied by their wives. But in doing
them justice We fear we may excit,
the jealousy Of their husbands.
the members Of the Idaho Press Asso
citation at a convenient time will tel
us how they won the heart and hant
of such cha rming and accomplished
wives we W Ill forgive them all thei
short-comir lgs and mistakes.