The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-05-12
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CALDWELL.

Con,merce Undreamed of by the
Tounders of TOwn-Ten Thou
sand People Inside of Three Years
10 Judgment of Journal. !
The Rocky Mountain Bell Tele-
,houe Co. publishes at Salt Lake, a
weekly journal devoted to matters
|, interest to telephone people, pa
rons operators and the public gen.
.rouv It is a neat, attractive pub
ication in magazine form. Each
week It gives an illustrated article
m one of the leading towns in the
erritory covered by the Bell Tele-
Dbone Co. Last week two pages
we're devoted to Caldwell. The
write-up was handsomely illustrated.
among many other things the Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone News says:
The founders of Caldwell perhaps
had small idea of its strategic posi-
ion. 1t is doubtful If they very
seriously considered its commercial
ppportunities as thew were to de-
yelop through the years when the
newcomers were to strip the sage
brush from the soil and prove its
Fertility, when hamlets were to dot
and show themselves on the slopes
and valleys and contribute to a COM
mon center of trade and barter. But
that the location has been stategic
the growth of the town has proved,
and from what few years ago was
b struggling hamlet, has grown to
be one of the very best county seat
towns in Idaho.
Five thousand people imbued with
the conviction that in three years
more there will be twice as many, a
city well built and with every acces
sorry of modern life; street railways,
paved streets, electric lights, tele-
phones, free postal delivery, free
public library, splendid water works,
complete sewer system, all these
things bespeak progress.
The postal receipts of a city are
the very best indications of its
business, and their increase shows
the growth of the city in a way
that cannot be mistaken. The pos
tai receips of the Caldwell postoffice
in 1909 were $13,728.54, and in
1910 they were $16,956.1O, an in
crease of 23.5 per cent. During the
year of 1910, 1913 foreign money or
ders were issued. The total amount
Oh those orders were $7041.89. The
number Of domestic orders issued
was SO13, amounting to SCI, 171.09,
and the number paid was 1855,
amounting to $44,533.05. Every
year for the last Is years the Cald-
well postof1ce has shown an In
crease in business over the previous
year OF from 10 to % per cent.
Railroad Business.
The Oregon Short Line Railway
company has IA men employed in
It's depots at this place.
For the month of September there
was 8,666,3S3 pounds of freight
handled at the Caldwell depot, and
OF that amount there were IT'S full
cars, and the balance was in ship
nents OF less than car lots and Local
freight, and for this immense vol.
uine OF freight the company re-
celVed in tariffs $4,000. Last
year for the same month the com.
pahy paid into the treasury fol
lreight few dollars more thar
slS'oOO, which shows a so per cent
Increase During tho same month
last year this company handled 9E
cars OF freight In carload lots. &c
the Increase for this month THU
year over the same month last veal
III carload lots is pretty near go pc,
cent The sales of passenger tick
CUB run close to $4,000 per month
one of tho great contributing fac
'Ors OF Caldwell's growth is tn,
"'ue extent Of territory tributary t
~ Not only Is It tho market tow
lOr Its own immediate rich fruit
sFa'n and dairy section. but I
reaches far over into Oregon from
whence come tho millions of pound
u wool that are annually marketed
"'re' Last years crop was thu
'Somated by a local statlstiolan:
Wool Production.
mo Jordan Valley section fur
nlSnes about 100000 pounds, an,
.ne balance of 1000 900 pound
'0'peS from the Payette section. To