The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-03
JUDGE MERANDA AND L. B.
SNODGRASS GET THEIR
SKATES ON.
Sam Cream Does the Mud Hen Stunt
and Breaks the Yearly Record of
the Accumulation of Caldwell Real
Estate.


day struck Caldwell and have been
on the jump ever since. Caldwell
keeps fellow jumping to keep up
with the procession. Pm keeping up.
When | came here | decided that the
town was a hum-dinger and haven't
changed my mind yet, either, but a
few of the people here say | am a
hum -dinger. Don't know whether
they think | know more than the av-
erage or whether they think | don't
know eevrything at any rate they
treat me pretty fine and | like them
for it.
What | was going to say was this
The irrepressible gentleman-Judge
W. w. Meranda Che is judge here)-
and myself had an experience that
think you folks ought to know about.
The judge is tailor ordinarily, but
he stepped down off his perch one
evening and asked that Indifferent
young man, Clint Brann, and myself
to go to a pond about mile and
half from town to skate. | say in
different" advisedly as Clint was very
indifferent about going and did. not
go, and he was the lucky one this
time We picked up a young man,
Sam Cream, by name, and started out
bravely to show what we could do on
skates. | said started Well, we did
start and got almost finished at the
start. Now, here is the secret. We
got lost. (Read those three words
softly. Wandered around Idaho for
half an hour or so and finally it hap
pened. Judge was in the lead, Sam
next and L. B. brought up the rear.
Judge said: Boys, it's soft" We
thought ditto. 1t was so dark we
couldn't see our hands in front of our
faces, All of a sudden splash" the
dignified W. w. NJ went in part way
to his knees Sam Cream was next
and not to be outdone, let both feet
go through, and then, to add the fin
ishing touches, fell down and iammed
both arms into the soft mud up to his |
elbows, We were in a swamp. Now
don't think | was going to Guido Sam
and go in all over, for | had no such |
notion. When | saw, or rather when |
l heard the others go in, backed out;
retreated in good order. When we
finally got to the pond and to the fire
built on the bank, where we could
look ourselves over those two were
sights to behold. Sam especially was
sight. He scraped the mud off his
overcoat sleeves and then got what he
could off his shirt sleeves. But it
did not stop us from enjoying a good
skate. When we were ready to quit
and go to town Sam said: Not on
your lie I'll wait until some of these
boys go that know the way" Sam
would have stayed all night rather
than to have trusted himself with us.
We got back nicely with no further
mlshaps. Last Sunday the Judge and
| started for walk. Our walk led
us to Canyon Hill northeast of town,
to the city reservoir, where they are
putting up a new standpipe. When
that is up Caldwell will have the best
water system in the world Went
over to the north side of the hill and
followed the brow of the hill for a
mile or two. The view from there is
one OF the finest l ever saw. Beau
tltul farms are spread out before nc
with here and there an orchard. and
llhe farm houses dot the landscape
In the distance can be seen the town
OF Nampa and off to the left is Mid
aleton, Then away off in the far
distance are the mountains. They
RAISE their towering, snow-covered
peaks skyward, and from one point
overlooking the Boise river, which tbe I
Judge and | named Point Sublime =" q
he view is certainly grand. We then q
ollowed the Boise river down to the =
nterurban bridge, then followed the !,
racks down to the wagon bridge fl
winch we crossed, and went down tba c
vest side to the o. S. L. bridge Here a
"here we were tangled up in the .
'orst kind of thiekets. Came to !.
am which looked like we could cross =
ut on coming closer we found tbere ~
as a break in it about ten feet wide 81
nd the Judge still thought We could y
ct across. The only way we could IA
ave made it would have been II two al
mps. and one OF them would b7,. :,
zen IN the air, and Idaho air is TOO i,
Sht to hold man up. tr
II We had got across we would hsyr CO
en on an island and then we woptd 70
We been up against it. We came IL u
e bridge lust be fore s,,,r.+ ,,.4 /.