The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-07-05

lows, OI ucCilHlHB years, not Quer'
as to their welfare, as to their hope
and fears of grocery bills or meat bills
. He did not touch upon the remaining
hours of enfeebled life; in fact, thu
son wrote the letter of fve-year ole
baby and yet it filled the soul of tina
simple old person with joy unspeak
able and with out alloy. He though
not of the spires and steeples of hi.
sons city, nor of the river that run:
through it, neither of the fight thai
state is making for higher mora
life, neither of the splendid improve.
ment of late in the public school,
system, neither of the falling gloom
of his own death and the silverine
hairs of the son, but he had gotten a
letter and in that letter his child was
pouring out to him that child's sur
roundings with all its environment
He had received a letter from a child
and that was all there was to it, and
nothing could be better or have more
ring about it.
When the afternoon passenger train
pulls into the station at Caldwell,
there are every kind of people on the
platform. Not as bad as it is at the
town of Nampa, however, for they
do say you can tell how many peo-
pie live in Nampa by simply multi
plying the number on the platform by
three and then add few for those
who wanted to be down to see the
train, but who had an ear or tooth
ache or an liberated tooth, Or whose
baby set up a cry at the last moment
At Payette there is also another good
sized audience at the train. l hap
pened to be at all the stations in one
day not long since, and took the whole
thing from this standpoint. At Pay
cite there were not so many right
pretty girls out, but they were there
in dead earnestness. There were
those who would be keeping up an
animated conversation with the girl
chum who had come along for the
same purpose, and both girls would
be talking pleasantly about some sup
posed matter, smiling and posing,
while at the same time watching every
young fellows face at the car win
dows. There were about ten couples
of this kind, and from the cars, made
Payette look attractive to the last de-
gree. Little boys sold red cherries at
five and ten cents a box, but the
peaches that were not for sale were
the most interesting, Parma tried to
do the same thing. but it was only |
poor imitation so far as numbers
were concerned. The quality was
that OF Idaho proper and of course as
good as that of Payette. Notus did
not undertake much of a move in this
direction, but there's a school marin
on the lookout for a place to train
parents and pupils this winter, was
met by some big pretty girls, farmer
lad or two looked anxiously upon the
big wheels of the great locomotive,
and soon all was over. But here in
Caldwell there was something going
On. Two dozen pretty girls stood
luiet and serene on the platform. Not
one OF them appeared to be on the
ookout for sweetheart, for no Cald-
we'll girls need to prospect any in this
inc, for our boys all get good salaries
and all are up and coming, Some were
,aressing friends goodbye, others
we're meeting friends who had come
% stay while, travelling men were
'unning around trying to get their
'alices IN the car seats ahead of some
woman who was going away, the en-
'loyees about the station were runn-
ng great truck loads of express and
baggage here and there, the conductor !
TODD, watching with watch in hand,
or merchant to get through kissing
lis wife who had come to see him get
started on his journey safely, the
ngineer was pouring In some oil on
happened to leave their Office Just at
rain time and were holding rapid
ire communion with attorneys or
lients they Glanced to meet with
heir heads stuck out of the car win
lows, and mass of goers and corners
Tiled in the back ground and gave
Caldwell a platform the appearance
If metropolitan places.
The splendid work of the Swy Flot-
ers is every where ia evidence about
Caldwell and vicinity. Up to date
here has not been three flies taken
rom all the soup plates in all the
hotels in the city, and not three boys
n the town have found flies in their
AXE. About the streets there are no
lies carrying consumption spitum in
Try chunks to the anticeptic drinking
ountain to soften them up so thew
nay be fly-eaten, or be more deadly
pasted to the fruit in our stores. The
tore keepers however are taking no
'hances that the fly swatters might
neglect their duty, but are shielding
very open thing about their premises
hat is open to the fly. SWAT THE
Fly.
This integral feature of The Tri-
'une visited Parma as per your in
'tructions, and the first representative
nan he met was our former fellow
owneman, Kellar, the furniture dis
'enser. Mr.. Kellar stated to your
eporter that the nearest thing to
.aldwells lineup of teams on Satur-
lay afternoon, will certainly not pass y
Parma by. Scores of farmers come 4
o town Saturday afternoon and do /
trading. If the reader will
'ut his finger on the map and move \
t around slowly, he will discover
what il iS that oivec D,rro, 49,. t.: |