The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-05-31
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

S~Ae~>S 80 ANh$S Va Quar- lSSueO
a loving proclamation to her several
children the other day which reads
as follows: II have cooked fifty-three
9Th OF July dinners in my home since
we have been married and commenc-
ing this year you children are to &c,
up the future feasts and invite me
and I'll be on hands,"
Susie Wheeler is moving with her
sister Alice and her brother Bonnie
to Nyssa where the children will make
their future home. Since they lost
their mother some months ago, Susie
has been doing heroic work in hold
ing the little family togather. Uncle
Tommy Wheeler spents much of his
time in the Old Soldiers home, where
he goes as welcomed guest owing
to his long service as an Indian fight
er in early days.
The Allison Industrial and Improve
ment Company has turned Canyon
Hill upside-down. planting 200 acres
to grain. 20 acres to orchard and q
acres to potatoes. Has laid q mile
and half of pipe line for irrigation
put up a modern bungalow. squared
the corners of angling roads, laid GU,
streets and roads and carried on other
general Improvements everywhere un-
til the heights look like another re-
gion.
William Fowler's children at Star
have converted their home into a re-
gular Greek school where they are
teaching the English language to the
ambitious Greeks who work on the
Boise and Interurban road. Among
their pupils is a minister.
Artesian wells in Keith Valley on
lower Reynolds, Is miles south OF
Caldwell, that have been gradually
failing for several years have been
renewed this season by a system Of
cleaning that has been inaugrated.
In some instances the cleaning done
but little good, but in the majority of
cases the work was success. They
go 1000 feet deep for water supply
and four inch we'll generally delivers
100 gallons per minute. John Keith
favors law compelling owners OF
wells everywhere in Idaho to plug
them up when not in actual service.
One of the otherwise sensible famil-
les in Caldwell came to a point of a
sensation this week when in fit OF
joking a young wife sliced loaded
gun and said to her husband that il
he wanted to die so soon she would
proceed to do the job up for him
Upon being assured that the gun was
not loaded, she pressed it to his heart
and pulled the trigger. Another mem.
Der of the family knocked the barre
up and the bullet went through the
ceiling. OF course it was reasonable
to suppose that the old thing was moi
loaded.
Two weeks since some strangers
passed through this region and camp
ed on the Boise river near the Wagon
bridge north of town. The rainy sea
son at this time kept them there -four
or FIVE days. During this time a Mr.
Smith among the movers, asked pas
sersby about the island that all of Us
have seen for years in the north part
of town. Making up his mind thai
nobody owned this land, Mr.. Smith
moved on and took possession there
of. There is a tract of 80 acres Of
this disputed territory. half of which
is elegant soil. There are 200 lords
of wood on the place. 1t ap'
pears from the most ancient
records at Boise that this tract is un
surveyed United States territory. II
made land or river-bed and belongs
to AUDITING landowners. or else be
loags to the squatter who holds pos