The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-22
LOCAL GOSSIP.

Mr.. w. A. Stone was a business
visitor to Boise Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.
Mr.. John c. Rice, Judge Smith and
Walter Griffith were in attendance at
the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The next number in the Concert
course of the Y. M. c. A. will be a
musicale by the Hurby Bros. Quin-
tette Wednesday. Feb. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Reinking, old
Iowa friends of Mrs. A. X. Steunen-
berg, but who now reside in Mon
tana, are visiting with her.
The Notus and Middleton bridge
bonds case will be argued Monday
in the supreme court. The decision
will be awaited with interest by the
citizens of Canyon county.
Gus Tnman and the Misses
Stark and McClanahan of Payette,
were in Caldwell Thursday attending
the wedding of Mr.. Fife and Miss
Pearle Stark.
e. s. Saunders and wife returned
Saturday afternoon from Caldwell
where they have been visiting at the
home of R. w. Mcknight and wife,
formerly of this city but now of the
County seat.-Nampa Leader-Herald.
A number of prominent Canyon
County democrats went over to Boise
Wednesday night for the purpose of
consulting the oracle regarding the
prospects of landing one Of the dem
ocratic State conventions. The gen
tlemen were cordially received and
all left feeling that it was pleasant to
meet Ex-senator Dubois.
Monday evening the choir of the
Methodist church visited the parson-
age and left token of esteem in
which they hold Rev. Pringle, mean
while they enjoyed jolly time for
an account of which you will have to
apply to the members, as they keep
very quiet about 1t. The occasion
was the birthday of the pastor.
Ralph Sebree, Carl Geisler, Walter
Griffith, Mr.. Ruby, P. e. Smith, Jack
Moore, H. B. Aven, w. H. Thorp, w.
L. Parrish, and Ed Morgan and G..
F. Burroughs were a committee of
prominent democrats of this County
to urge that Caldwell be the place
of holding the Democratic State Con-
vention which elects delegates to the
Democratic National Convention.
Mr.. Spire, who was to give his hui
morus monologue, Lop Sided Folks,
in the Commercial Club parlor last
Tuesday evening, disappointed a fair
sized audience by failing to appear.
No reason or excuse has been re-
ceived by the secretary of the Club,
and no one knows whether he miss
ed his train, died, or simply didn't
feel like It,"
In the account, published in the
last issue of the Tribune, Of how
those naughty Obstarczyk boys ran
away, We neglected to state that their
father promised to make good all
the damage they had done at the
Lone Star school. We publish this
lest some of our readers get the idea
that Judge Hagelin is too lenient
with wrong doors.
Weiser, Payette and Boise High
Schools and the College constitute
the Southwestern Idaho Debating
League" There is also another de-
batting league called the "Interschol-
astic," consisting of the college, Boise
and Mountainhome high schools and
the schools in the western part of the
state. When the college defeated
the Boise high school they were de-
batting Southwestern Idaho Debat-
ing League debate. but as they are
debating, in the Interscholastic
League, the same question, "Resoiv-
ed, That System of Postal Savings
Banks Should be Established in the
United States" the B. H. S. agreed
to call the defeat one in both leagues
provided the same college team was
sent against the eastern schools.
Prof. Boone received a letter Monday
from Mountainhome stating they
were prepared to meet us at any time.
All arrangements are made except
the date. The debate will come of
at Mountainhome.
The boys will assemble on the col
lege block back of the court house,
Saturday for the purpose of fixing
up the grounds for baseball and a