The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-20
THE 1R|BUNE's
HIRED MAN

Your Hired Man has the. greatest.
respect Tor the elders OF the various
churches and he would never lay
stone Ill their way under any circum-
stances. he has stood up. tor. them
even when they were being derided
and critized by brainer men by lar
than he h,nselt il, but Il got. hold Of
a story today that MUSI De tod. n
pastor who had labored long ana
earnestly in certain town was wen
beloved by all. ! do not claim TINS
was DIR. Powell, nor Mr.. Golightly;
neither was it, one of the present able
ministers III Caldwell, am only tell
ing the story as it was given to me.
Let each pastor figure it out tor him
self. The pastors wife had presented
her husband with a fine baby girl. lhat
thing did take place here IN Caldwell,
Three nights prior the whole com
munity had come i'll with a big dona-
ton party and filled up the larder
with goodies--so did that take place
here. Now here is the part that is
bad on the elders and the elders too
may clear their own skirts, LOT l
do not believe we have many elders
in the Caldwell churches who will
make like wagers. Two of the elders
bet each other ten dollars that the
preacher in his next Sunday morn
inR's prayer would thank heaven lrst
for the baby, while the other elder bet
it would be the food the minister
would first mention. That day the re-
freshed preacher said in his prayer;
Lord, l thank Thee for the timely
succor that came to our house this
week." The elders are wondering
which one won the bet and the La
dies Aid Society have demanded that
the twenty dollars be turned over to
them to get new carpet tor the ros.
trum. Your Hired Man does not tell
names and tales both.
A strange phenomenon is taking
place along the Boise river at the pres
ent. in which we are losing the larger
per cent Of the. Balms which grew
along the river bottom. These trees
are losing their leaves and are dry
ing up, apparantely for good and an
time. No body seems to understand
what the trouble is. 1t is remarked
that there are no old trees anywhere
on the river. The Oldest age ,ascribed
to any Of the largest is forty years,
while the bulk OF the, growth cannot
be more than rs years. This leads
the wise heads to suppose that It is a
regular thing for the timber all e
be annihilated at regular intervals. II
alSo pointed out that no trees grow
along snake river in this section OF the
state, and that too. is mysterious. The
Old timers state that the present
growth Of Ralms on the river IS Flany
times the area Of thirty yeats ago. I'm
those early days it was difficult TO
find tree halt mile from the river
or even q quarter of q mile. The tree
growth was q narrow strip right on
the banks Of the stream, This matter
will be watched with curious interest
and the budding time next spring will
tell q tale, of lively concern to all the
people in this part of Idaho. 9..
South Of Caldwell twenty miles lives
c. O. Barnett. Your Hired Man was
there the other day and saw his host
shaving with an ancient iooking Laz ~:
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A. r. Hart OF the planning mil II
Caldwell. discarded a pair OF celiuloi'
cuffs not long since that ne had worl
every Sunday for FL years. He co',l'
have still worn them but the buttol
holes had commenced to get worl
aud did not look in keeping with MI
Harris present prosperiety. This pal
OF cuffs was worn to church more thai
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