The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-08-16

Emmett has Us cars of peaches
for sale third Of which are ready
when the ranchers are persuing this
copy of the Tribune. The remainder
will come rapidly after. They are
trying to hold for SIPS per cwt They
have men securing the country for
markets and will find them if they are
to be had. In the mean time Caldwell
ought to send fifty wagons over and
get sort of a sisterly rate of about
80 cents per hundred. This winter
good Jersey cream mixed with En-
NETT peaches would so stir the Cald-
wellites that they would vote for new
bridges and draining districts, county
divisions, electric lines or what ever
else the shy people over in Emmett
might ask.
The people in the region of the gov
ernment reservoir south of town have
inagurated religious services at the
waters edge. They have preaching
when some minister can get out and at
other times they sing songs and have
prayer. Mrs. McAdams is one of the
promoters of the movement and is
working assiduously in the cause
This season will long be remember
ed as "The Waterspout" year. Never
before in the history of Idaho have
we had anything like so many cloud
| bursts and water spouts and wash
outs. Last week in the vicinity of
Guffey, twenty miles south of Nampa,
in an unexpected canyon, a wall of
water several feet deep came rolling
down on rancher, sweeping every
thing eff into the Snake river. This
same thing has appened-barring the
ranch feature-all along the range of
foothills to the south and west of
Caldwell reaching hundred miles
to the north and east. Reports show
as many as twenty five terrific cloud
bursts within hundred miles of Cald-
we'll.
The other afternoon a flock of hun
cry crows was trying to make fish
hawkes. of themselves in the Boise
river here at Caldwell. A shallow
| pond had remained on the sand bar
and as the water subsidized and in this
were numerous fish. The tempting
bait was too much for the poor crows
whose business is to lacerate roasting
ears, carry off tomatoes, catch small
| chicken once in while, and make
of themselves general nuisances, side
stepped and went after the fish. Such
another splashing and dashing this
was. The shallow water left the
victim fishes in great danger, for
when a back stuck out, Mr.. Crow
usually got him. At other times the
bird would miss his depth and strike
the water real hard. There was a
loud cawing and crying and an all
around fun time and the food supply
amply paid for all the fuss.
Mrs. Francis Perry went to Star
and spent three pleasant days with
friends.
| The butterflies are after the Boise
valley cabbage hard and are making
the growers hustle. Perry Shaeffer
near Star, turned his turkeys into his
patch and worms paid the last and
great debt by the thousands. The
turkeys soon learned how to do it.
While the $50 electric car out OF
Caldwell last Friday was speeding
along at thirty mile gate east of town
a short circuit took place that des-
troyed the insulation throughout. The
passengers saw queer sight and got a
move on themselves equal to the oc-
casion. A blue blaze took possession
of the front end of the car and smoke
poured from every aperture. The only
relief from the perlious position was
the wisdom of the condustor in draw
ing the trolly down. The non-com-
missioned car with its passengers was
showed into Caldwell to the yeards
where it stood until the next car came
along when all were transferred and
carried on their way. The damage to
the car was probably $4,000. The
cause of the accident was one of those
mysterious things that electricity
sometimes does