The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-09-13


signal followed instanter and away
we sped, nobody sorry for the delay,
but the high-tension wires quit send
ing their juice through that car while
the good conductor did just what any
one of US would have done, even if it
was just trihe outside of his instruc-
tons. He did not stop to think, but
did as he was told.
A great big beautiful heron stood
| majestically upon the sand at the
waters edge in the river at the out
skirts of Caldwell one day this week,
and risked his life at the approach of
two young men with murderous rifles.
The huge bird sqatted to fly but then
thought different of it and trusted a
little further to the dangers that rest
in the steel-nosed bullet of the pug
nosed lads with rifles. The shy heart of
the bird stood its ground and his long
proud legs held aloft his graceful body
and his radiant blue feathers glistened
in the sun and for the moment the her
on food in the green water was safe.
The keen eyes of the fowl turned
neither to the left nor to the right,
but focused directly on the deadly
objects he had spied hundred yards
away. Too long did the immense bird
trust to luck or his judgment. One of
the boys raised his wicked rifle to his
shoulder and again the heart of the
bird asked him to fly but once more
delay presented itself and the heron
shifted his weight to the other leg.
The aim was taken, the trigger touch
ed and swift as lightning the bullet
sped on its way, and before the crack
of the rife reached the heron's ears,
the deadly missile had penetrated his
heart and the great feathered creature
lay trembling in foot of water while
his life's blood streamed upon the
surface and flooded slowly out to sea.
1t was not much after all, you think.
The lad owned the rifle and had paid
for it or would pay for the cartridge.
Nobody held deed to the bird. and
no one knew where his mate was at
that moment and no one will follow
up the case, but it remains fact that
a useless and sinful deed was prepe-
trated, life was taken that was abso-
lutely harmless and feathered form
| of beauty and trustfulness, a heart
that trusted too far and a physical
body of perfect design, ceased to be
and death ensued. Cruel act.
In the outskirts of Boise is a big
ranch called the Davis place. On
this place is a nice little bungalow in
which no one lives at the present. On
Sunday, September LIST, four or FIVE
boys and two or three girls went onto
ehis ranch and into this house. They
shot off the every knob from thu. doors
and knocked out every pane from the
windows. They bent an iron bed
double and pounded lip tine rods.
They then went to The chicken pen and
shot dead a number Of the fowls and
then went off to their homes laughing
a good sized laugh in their sleeves. A
woman happened to be near and wit
messed the whole transaction. She
told on the vandals. The foreman OF
the ranch simply called beautifully
upon few of the ringleaders and gave
them until Tuesday evening at {
o'clock p. m, to have everything as
they were before. Some sparring for
wind was INDUCED in by the smartest
of the set, and a general shaking Ut
was ordered. Monday went by with.
wrong, but Monday nights sleep wen
from some of the guilty and Tuesday
morning found about dozen lads and
lassies up bright and early. In fact
the birds slept a little longer thai
morning than did some of the busy
gang OF mischief makers. The sub.
ject was growing upon them more rap.
idly than ever summer squash got
there. Even the katydids and cricket:
wondered what so many big boys an6
big girls were stirring around in the
heavy dew about. The woodpecker:
chatted as they sharpened their bill.
for the days work and the bats wen
to rest as these busy boys and girl!
Clipped in of their coin of the realm te
buy door knobs and window pane!
and to pay wages for good carpen
ter, for that day at S p. M, curfev
should ring for them.
| The nice little bungalow looks abou
as we'll now as it did before, and no
body is going to kick up much of ;
| fuss about it, and the boys and girl
are just wee bit wiser than the,
were before and a whole lot NOR
careful, and there are this number o
children on the outside of the reform
school who have missed that whicl
has sent hundreds to the inside of il
These boys think it was a case o
laughing in their trousers legs instea'
of in their sleeves and they are no
going to try it again any time soon.
Bulletin on Hog Raising.
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