The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-07-04

Tribune was standing at the 1nterur-
ban station with three or four other
persons, when a six-footer with q
little roll of bedding hung across his
back struck me for "l5 or 20 cents.
He showed me a crippled hand and
said his chum had worse hand than
his. He went on to say he had just
got to town and would certainly not
buy booze with the coin, "for," said
he, you can't buy it in this town"
He had only been here ten minutes
| and had gathered this information
pretty rapidly. I said now here are
two dimes, one for you and one for
your chum, but don't let me see. you
go into a saloon UP the street"
mo-" he replied, 1--WE will have to
get bologna and bread in Caldwell"
Thus saying he gave me p!enetrat,,
ing look ass "a wise expression tell
upon his face. He turned and passed
away.
The Tribune c. D. visited a place
within ten miles of Caldwell one day
this week where church house has
been bored full of holes by wood
peckers and where peewees >inhabit
and bats live placidly during the
day. There are several Christians IN
the vicinity who have made a hard
battle for years to keep up services,
but outside power and influence have
made it an uphill drag. Fifteen adol-
escent girls and half as many Adde'S
cent boys grace the neighborhood
and await the hour when they. can
act upon new testament teaching,
while a score of men and women hes
itate to act in the direction OF con-
centrated Christian teaching lest
denominational ismshould be offend
ed
OF late the worm has turned and
the old wheel horses of the work are
getting together under union de-.
partment of the Congregational
church and will rebuild the walls,
forget the discouraging things of the
past, cement the heart power OF the
place into one solid foundation and
twist together into one cable all the
single wires and establish a definite
church into which every believer in
the Lord Jesus in the region may
freely come and bring all that is es-
sential of his doctrine and the whole
mass will work for that which is best
for God and humanity. This place is
half way between Star and Middle
ton.
Your Tribune c. D. accosted upon
the streets here the other day a fell
low townsman who had just been
liberated from the penitentiary at
Boise. He was making bold fight
to be him self, even in the face of his
late conviction. He said he is going
to cut out the booze hereafter and
try> to do better, He is good work
man and if he had had as much
sense as a horse in times past, he
could have had good home and
money for a rainy day, but he is suf-
fering from prenatal influences, cou..
pied with the natal influences of
others. There are few fellows
in this town who take delight in
getting him to drink with them and
when once the least bit slushy, he is
off the slope and gloriously drunk
and then dangerous citizen. Cald-
we'll has about five males of this sort
who are causing the commonwealth |
a lot of trouble and some others who
want saloons back in order that the
weak fellows can more readily get
drunk. Your c. D. feels that those
who make it their business to get
these little Drained fellows drunk,
and crimes follow, ought to be made
share the punishment and in order
to rid society of the coming genera
ton of pasterity of the like, snogery
is a pretty good solution OF the prob
lem.
Your Child Discoverer was out the
other night. to hear Attorney Walters
discourse about capital punishment
Mr.. Walters does not think that all
the people have any more right to
kill one person than any one OF them
has. He doesn't think we ought to
go on killing our criminals, but ought
to quit it instanter. He recognizes
society's right to protect and shield
itself, but he feels that this can be
done better another way.
l have never thought it just the
right thing to do, but how to get
around it is the question. There are
some human beings who would just
like to blink out an enemy's life If
they got nothing like it themselves.
They think-but think wrong-that
killing an enemy the greatest injury |
that can be brought upon him; hence |
every murderer breads his own death |
more than he fears anything else, and
to remove the likelihood that the
blink will come to him certainly liber-
ates his murderous heart.
! would like for Mr.. Walters to
give us . 500 words essay on this
huge subject.
The Tribune's c. D. was in rural
Sunday school on a recent Sunday,
At 2 place where this report is not
likely to be read. when the regularly
elected organist. a little girl of II.
was the victim of an annoying cir
cumstance. The organ being dam |
ened by the moisture from an open
window failed to let loose with about
q dozen keys. The little girl was at
hrst nervous, but soon showed her
pluck, Rising from her seat at the