The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-11-21
ARE NOT DANGEROUS.

AXE NUT DANGEROUS.
Ever since old Johann Gutenberg
opened up his print shop in good old
Strassburg, it has been the habit of
printers, publishers and journalists to
spend most of their time in convincing
the world in general what liars, fools,
scoundrels and inbeciles the profess
sion consisted of. People have become
convinced that newspaper men de-
served the reputation they have given
each other. They were convinced that
none but an abandoned profligate or
an INSCRIPTIONS charlatan would en-
gage in the business. Not having had
wide acquaintance with members of
the craft we also thought about the
same The few we had examined were
found to be without horns, and so de-
cided/ they were exotics and had no
title to their claims. When we heard
Monday that all the newspaper men
of southeastern Idaho were going to
come to Caldwell in body, we made
1t special point to notify the police
to put on special force. Our anxiety
was unnecessary. Upon arrival we
sized up the bunch. They were all
fairly decent. The worst criminal
among them all is Editor Barber of
the Shoshone Journal. He faults gre
viously in wearing side-burns, but he
may reform. At any rate he's not past
redemption. Then there was Editor
Broxon, whose worst crime Is in be-
ing editor of the Capital News. But he
always was Democrat, and can't help
1t. He can blame Senator Dubois for
his present predicament. II Dubois
had won he would have been a Repub-
lican. Senator! thy crimes hang
heavy on thy soul, Guy Flenner came
next. A happy, handsome young fell
low. He was trained in the Statesman
office, and while often trying never
succeeds in breaking away from its
Establishments. He has finally decid-
ed that evils are necessary and he
had better perpetrate his fair share
sAAdA pSA hitS q WCohCty OlIlA6
who under similar circumstances
might go to the dogs entirely. We
also found Truxon Talbot and Byrd
Trego, one of Pocatello and the other
of Blackfoot. We anticipated two mon
sters. We found two handsome, gem
tlemany men. They are not perfect,
OF course. Talbot cannot tell lie
and Trego runs to women's clubs-i. e.
is their paper. Talbot likes scrap
and Trego likes one too, provided Tai
bots In 1t. We next met young Liver
more, of the Pocatelllo Tribune. He
looks too good for a newspaper man
but this may be explained by stating
that he formerly sold insurance. He
Is regenerating and we congratulate
him. He wears good clothes and that's
cardinal sin. He parts his name
and his hair in the middle. Then next
Editor Jones of the Rigby Star, a be-
nevolent old gentleman, but we think
he's a confidence man. He hadn't
talked to us two minutes until he
started to inquire about certain Cald-
we'll people pretending that he knew
them. We also think he said he knew
our great, great grandfather in Mer-
thyr Tydfl, in the south of Wales.
He didn't insist upon going into details
remembering that there was a man
OF the same name hung for horse
stealing several generations ago. We.
appreciated this. We next met ]. p.
Wallin, also of the Fort Hall Indi, an
reservation. He is the man who Sds
covered James H. Brady. He has liy
ed in Pocatello so long that he ca n
talk Bannock like native. Mr.. VIII a.
len has pardner, Mr.. Int. Ar a,
these two gentlemen had civil tzed s,hs
Bannocks, Mr.. lift took up the m is.
sionary work among the heath ian
tribes of Germany. There's. sometb, ine
wrong with newspaper me n who want
to ciyilize all the savages in the VIC rid
We can't say exactly what ails w, hin
but something does and that's a ci nch
He wouldn't be in the bushes s n
there didn't. Later we found the 4 he
wasn't here at all, but ought to have
been. This also reminds us tina w
e. Wheeler wasn't here either. He's
too big fault to overlook. U mike
Barber he wears beard but no mus
tache. thus trying to emulate II GRACE
Greedy. This kind OF thing may have
passed for journalism in Horace rs day