The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-04-29
Caldwell IS The
HORSE MARKET


The Capital News published an in
terview with Mr.. D. G. Ruby, We'd
nesday, in part as follows:
Caldwell is easily the greatest
horse market in Idaho. D. G. Ruby,
the importer and dealer in Caldwell
of pure bred stations and heavy
draft horses, has sold over $4,000
worth of these animals since the first
of the year; and Charles Turner &
Co., the big horse buyers, have sold
over $4,000 worth of horses of var
ious classes since January /, 1910.
Mr.. Ruby is an enthusiast for Ida
no and eastern Idaho. He is ma
tive of Pennsylvania but has been
in the horse business for years in
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Okla
homa. He stated that financial con-
ditionS with the Idaho and eastern
Oregon ranchers is far better than
with the farmers in the foregoing
states, basing his statement on the
fact that he gets more cash and gets
it promptly, from Idaho and eastern
Oregon ranchers than he did from
the farmers to whom he sold horses
in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas or Okla
homa.
Mr.. Ruby, who is not only good
judge of horses but may be termed
a keen judge of general affairs, stat
ed that he lived in Nebraska, Kan
sas and Oklahoma when they were
first being settled up along practical
lines, and he has seen much of the
Texas settlements during the past
10 years.
Mr.. Ruby has been a resident of
Idaho for several years and has
watched its wonderful development |
during that time. He said the peo-
pie who have been settling in Idaho
and eastern Oregon during the past
few years are as general rule more
intelligent, more progressive and are
better fixed financially than the peo-
pie who have been settling in Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas, and Mr..
Ruby was quick to add that the nat
ural conditions in Idaho and eastern
Oregon are far superior to the natur
al conditions in the southwestern
states, and that the people of Idaho
are more contented and more pros
porous than the people in the south
western states. The climatic condi-
tions here are far superior to the
climate in the eastern, central and
southwestern states.
Mr. Ruby spends considerable time
every year in Illinois and Iowa, buy
ing fine horses and shipping them to
Idaho. He does a good deal of driv-
ing in the country in Illinois and
Iowa and thus is familiar with the
actual country conditions there. He
stated that much of the agricultural
lands in these states is constantly de-
teriorating in fertility and are pro-
many of the big land owners in these
states have retired from active farm
work, have moved to the towns and
have rented their farms. The renter
of course tries to get all he can out
of the land and pays little attention
to keeping up the fertility of the
soil.
On the other hand it is found in
Idaho that many former business and
professional men and others from the ,
east are buying ranches and are liv-
ing on them and are applying bust /
ness principles in conducting their
ranches. Idaho soil is naturally more
fertile and productive than Illinois .
or Iowa soil, and a large per cent of
the Idaho ranchers are keeping up
the fertility of the soil. The splendid ,
crops they are getting makes them {
a contented and happy people. AS s
they are growing more and more ,
prosperous, they are buying a better |
class OF horses and stock. 1t is |
found in Idaho that more and more l
pure bred, registered, horses, cows, |
sheep, hogs and poultry are being
raised on the ranches with each sue I
ceeding year. These and other fav |
orable factors are causing Idaho to /
be the mecca for many of the dis
satisfied people of the east. |
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