The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-07-19

volume OF water. II mas Decn tel
years since anything like food has
been produced by this channel to irri-
| gate everything in the state and then
some. The mysterious undercurrent
l is ever present and man or beast who
unfortunately combats it rarely ever
| gets out to tell how it was done. Many
| years ago a man was drowned near
| Benard's Ferry and fruitless search
| for his body was being abandoned
when it Observation-Disclosures
when it was suggested that a log the
size of a mans body be put into the
water at the point where the map was
| last seen. This was done and little
skiff followed the log down the river
The floating fraser of the drowned
man kept up steady but slow travel
ing along for three miles, when it
changed its manner, bodied mement
SHE'D off toward the bank, where it
went close to the willows along the
the shore; and there stranded within
twenty feet of the body where it had
made the same journey.
A bible writer said: What has
been, is going on now; and what is
now, has been; and that which is here
after to be, has already BEEN" History
repeats itself. Fifteen hundred years
ago men hitched up their wives to
crude plows and titled the soil. On
Tuesday afternoon of this week John
Caldwell on Canyon Hill, attached
himself to plow and his wife plowed
him all the afternoon, doing splendid
job of cultivation. The Mormon
women walked from Omaha to Salt
Lake City and pushed a hand cart
with 500 pounds of freight, stopping
occasionally to give the baby its din
ner, but not resting until distance of
twenty miles had been reeled off with
the cart. Mich cows pulled wagons
loaded with house-hould goods and
gave the milk for the coffee along the
route and nibbled grass while they
rested at night. The babies who eros
sed the plains at the hands of the
push-cart mothers made splendid
citizens whether man or woman, and
our young Idaho folks don't know
anything about hard times Mr.. Cald-
we'll makes a good single harness
plough creature and does the work,
not because he is hard up, but because
he can thus cultivate more soil than
can four men with hoes.
Snake river vicinity is trying itself
this year for rattle snakes. This
promises to be banner year for this
crop, More of these reptiles are
being found now than any former
season. During recent years their
royal highnesses. had vamoosed some
what and had made themselves come
up missing, but not so this time. Some
big fellows have been discovered in
June and just where they have been
all this time is the mystery for large
percentage of them have as many as
six rattles, while seven and eight
rattles are to be found. The people
never lose an opportunity to kill this
reptile. Wiseacres claim these are
good signs for either hard or very
mild winter and no one ventures to
decide which it will be.
James Bernard at the ferry of that
name south of Nampa, has an old
Tallyho coach setting in the shed.
This is one of the old time vehicles
hat covered miles of territory in this
,egion. Mr.. Bernard is going to keep
he coach until some 4th of July, or
another special occasion, when he
will put it out in all its glory, when
stories of how it used to fight the In
1ians and stand off the robbers, will
)e told to admitting crowds of east
.rners who will stand in awe of the
lncient creature.
The range in the hills to the south
md west of Caldwell has not been
IS good for ten years. The sheep
eed is simply splendid and horses
md cattle are getting fat. The winter
eed on the big fats was never better
md stock men have commenced to
get over the blues that were generated
n the late spring when heavy losses
we're everywhere present.
Dick Ayotte, George Barnett and
I'd. Madden were crossing Snake
liver at the. Noble ferry, seventeen
niles south of Namp, on Saturday /;
asst, when their skiff drifted into the /;
able hanging at the waters surface. F,
)ne of the men seized the cable and /.
:apsized their canoe. Mr.. Madden :
tayed with the boat and drifted to !.
he shore half mile below. The two +:
,ther men chung to the cable. Mr.. /:
Ayotte is an old man and was fighting :
losing fight with the rapid current
While Mr.. Barnett squirreled it along :
oward shore. The old man hung on
until Madden got back with the boat !;
md rescued him from his perilous
'redictment just in time to have him !;
70 into violent cramps from which the /;
nan was later restored. The three |:
'ictims did not lose their nerve until |:
fter the ordeal was over with and |:
hey were sitting safely in camp with :
big pail of hot coffee. At this time
lr: Ayotte fell into violent nervous
hill and the other two men did very
title joking all the rest of the night. |;
Did timers in the region say it was
mother case where men show their
for no more dangerous
ct can be perputrated on the river
han to undertake to stop a drifting /.
'oat by grabbing the wire cable. /: