The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-06
Interesting GOSSIP BY THE
Caldwell IRIbUNE'S HIRED man

upper part of Long Valley this week.
Ten years since he first was in that
region. A wonderful change is every
where visible. Those angling roads of
ten years ago have now been put in
lanes and made to turn square cor
ners. Houses are everywhere pre-
sent. Fields of ripenihg wheat and
maturing oats are on every side. Jack
Frost visited them two weeks ago
and left the foot prints of his hand on
half the territory to the tune of MAX
ing 1t necessary to cut much OF the
wheat for hay and put the green oats
on hustle if they get through to
maturity before the certain return Of
this jockey Jack Frost who comes
around every month in the year in
Long Valley. Commencing at the
lakes one can buy good land at
price ranging from $500 to $4,000
per acre, then extending twenty miles
down the valley this figure prevails.
The folks are honest and making good
money. There is the Missourian with
his log barn made after the architect
ure of his grandfather's day, and the
front gate hung on hinges of Uncle
i
according to those days when Gov
ernor Marmaduke used to get $500
per month for his labors in the neigh
boris fields. I asked a little boy if
the snow fell deep enough to enable
them to track jackrabbit. He look
ed at me in plying, searching way,
and remarked that you could track
an elephant in the SHOWS that they
have. In this l presume that he is
correct, for FIVE feet is the average
depth and five months is the average
time it takes it to melt off, with one
more month thrown in for q good
count. A woman standing in nice
garden said she had sown dirt first on
the snow. This was news to me and
asked why she sowed dirt first, and
she explained that little dry dust on
top of the snow took off the snow two
weeks before it would naturally go
off. To the end that they may be
able to sow this dirt, they gather it
by the barrel in the fall and keep it
good and dry.
Cabbage does very splendidly; turn
ips are the sweetest and best on earth
and are prolific; tomatoes make a
bold daring effort at it, but comprom-
Use the question with lot of beautiful
blooms that never see the hectic flush
of red Peas do we'll; beans have
made hit this year, to the surprise
and delight of the people. A few
roasting ears are reaching their ma
jority, and the majority is very much
limited. A few crab apples exist in
the very high part of the valley. The
Great Lake is exactly 5000 feet above
the level of its mother ocean Car
rots and beets jog along together and
There is to be found the real Fin
landers of Idaho. In the extreme up
per end of the valley, many Finlanders
have homes. They have community
hall in which they dance and have
church and hold all kinds of other
public gatherings. They have a code
of morals of their own kind and max
ing and usually are strict to adhere to
this code. There are two kinds of
Fins, one is the church goer and the
other is the Infidel Finn. The latter
are usually Socialists and ardent ad-
mirers of some dignitary in their cult.
Timothy seed is the standard crop
in the upper part of the valley Last
year they got 10 cents and better; this
year no offer greater than ~ cents
has been made. The region is ma
tural as timothy country
Huckleberries have this season tried
themselves. The woods are full of
them. Grouse are abundant. Out
side of the lake, the present time is
fine for angling. White fish and
Squaw, fish are the refuge for many
families, while the sucker is eaten
without question. Farmers bring
melons and fruit into the upper region
and get a splendid price therefor. A
watermelon that will sell here on de-
mand at cents on the Goth of August
will bring IS cents at the lake on just
as much of a demand.
The children are timid, but free
from much of the untoward freshness
and boldness found in the regions
where the toot of the locomotive is
heard and where the buzz of the NOV
ing picture machine keeps them ner-
vous. In Long Valley they go to bed
at nine and get up at seven. The work
ers usually get up earlier. but the
children get much sleep, which is a
good thing. They may not able to
tell us what was the color of Nap
oleon's mustache, but they are parent
lovers and home likers. Your Hired
Man said softly to a little girl who
was standing near smaller brother
what would you take for your little
brother, l may want to take him home
with mel" OF course this in one of
those sensless utterances that drivel-
ing idiots get off once in while when
they have no sensible thing to say
to children, and your Hired Man let
it slip there for his last time. The
little boy of five overheard the remark
as was intended he should; in an in
slant the child had become fighting
tiger, a foaming sea, a blistering
blight. He servered his social rela,
tons with me quicker than you can
say scat He was through and done.
He was all over with me. He ragged.
He scolded. He launched. He poured
innocent invectives at me- He would
not be comforted. No use. Nothing
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