The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-06-14
SOME LOCAL and PERSONAL items


Mr.. Geo P. Hunter and daughte
Miss Helen of St. Joseph, Missouri
were guests of Mrs. Lotte E. Hunte
and Mrs. w. E. Boulton, the latte
part of last week.
Mr.. Hunter is a delegate to tn
lodge convention at Portland.
Doc Humrickhouse in the southern
portion of the city finds it difficult
grow a foreign variety of grapes. Tw'
winters now he has lost them back t,
the ground by the frost. Last white
he took unusual care to cover tn
vines and protect them. but the WOO
was too soft. They make an enor
nous growth during the summer
which growth cannot stand the win
ter.
Con Sutton of Sheaville brough
his wife and babies over to see tn.
circus and incidently give some in.
structions about his wool sale. Mr.
Sutton has bought a summer home
over in the Silver City region where
he spends some weeks eating grouse
aud fish and giving joy times to his
friends.
Rev. Deal of Nampa preached few
times at Maple Grove school house
recently. Rev. Osterhaus gave SER
mon Wednesday night to the Maple
Grove people and the two are looking
the field over with an idea of organic
ing Methodist church.
Mrs. Paine got after things on cir
Gus day and raised a storm of protest
against certain performances in one of
the side shows. A female was selling
obscene pictures and making things
interesting for young men who hap
pened to stop at her stand. Mrs. Paine
threw terror into the ranks of such
people and stood guard for long time
and then tried to have the whole She
bang run in, but this could not be
brought about at the moment. In de-
fence of their conduct they suggested
that the city had on sale at all times
post. cards that the reform ladies
should by all means get a glimpse Of;
this thrust was enough for the irate
woman and she started right off with
blood in her eye declaring that every
post card rack in the city would be
cleaned up of Objectionable pictures
md that arrests would follow every
'efusal to comply.
One afternoon last week when a
rio of really aesthetic people of the
'ity was passing one of the several
places where a good deal of old
ashioned churning is done by hand
md where they have real dog pups
he old fashion dog pups of our tore
athers' days and where the churn is |
llways left setting as it is when the
10Y ticks off the last handful of butter
ust as he decides it is come, tn, ee
hungry pups were playing lickemgood.
The little rascals were standing on
lind legs scrapping for a handful of
ioppy butter that had been over
ooked by the boy when he resigned.
he little dogs were getting pretty
erious about it, for each fellow SUD-
osed it all belonged to him. They
tuck their tongues down the churn
asher hole and blew and sucked as
heir dogology would dictate. Round
nd round the churn they went on
heir hind feet, all the time keeping
| least one foppy tongue gouged
own by the side of the churn dasher
ID as it was being Topped first one
ay and then the other. When one
tile fellow got lump a little bigger
ian his partner thought was equit-
Die, there was rumpus and for a
loment would look like the flies were
Ding to have it their own way, but
lis let up Was only for the moment
nd backed jumped the pups with vim
I'd vigor that would put Sunny Jim
Ut OF the ring. Presently the churnl
p was comparatively clean, the dogs
ere done. and one of them took
,other by the ear and led him off to-
ard the house.
Councilman Bardsley whose home
the nice house near the Boise and
erurban line in the north part of the
ty. has a water system all his own
I'd the only one like it in the. state
tached to his splendid artesian we'll
has baby ram and this machine
evates the water into the second
ory OF his residence. At times
hen the ram is not operating, the
'ol clear water is run through his
liar.
In looking over the geology of this
gion one is impressed with the ma
raj way in which things have been
rOwn together II would b,u. h