The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-17

Farm loans at per cent. No DELAY.
+. G. Hoffman. l2l0-tf
County Attorney Grifiths was at
Nampa Tuesday.
Rev. ]. C. Cowden has fully recover
ed from very serve attack of the
grip.
Mrs. Tugg Watts dislikes the for
mer Sultan SO much that she habit
ually refers to him as odd Alb"
Don't forget that Ross McClanahan
IS paying highest prices for turkeys
delivered at Notus. l2-l7
A marriage license was issued last
| Monday to L. B. Wann of Lawpwai,
Idaho and Grace NJ. Phillips of sCald-
well.
Eve was about the only woman that
ever moved into new quarters and
didn't kick about the dirt left by the
women who moved out
Thomas Dryden, state deputy game
warden, is in the city from Bruneau
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Crews. Mr.. Dryden will be here un-
til after the holidays.
]. B. Mansell, one of the Pioneers
of the Boise Valley, locating here In
1875, was in the city from Notus last
| Monday, for the purpose of paying his
taxes, renewing his subscription to
The Tribune and attending to a num-
Der of the necessary affairs.
When Claude Kitchin, Democrats
hoor leader in congress- says that four
htths of the majority membership will
stitle their convictions and vote foc
preparedness under the Presidents or
derS, he opens up some interesting
speculations regarding the status of
constitutional government in this
country.
Judge Ed L. Bryan returned Tues
day from north Idaho where he had
been for two weeks presiding at the
trial of the highly seasoned divorce
suit of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kerl. A
decision in this suit will not be reach
ed for several days. Judge Dunn, who
has been in Caldwell while Judge
Bryan was in north Idaho, has return
ed to his home at Occur d'Alene City
Patrick Rock, a former resident of
this city, died in New York City on
November % of tuberculosis. Mr..
Rock worked in the mines at this
place about IL years ago, and was well
known by number of the present day
residents. He leaves a wife and three
children and two brothers and two
sisters, Mrs. w. H. Schuyler of this
city and Mrs. Quirk of Boise, Michael
Rock, and brother living in Colo
rado.-Silver City Avalanche.
The Owyhee Avalanche has been
sued for libel by County Commits
sioner Kelly of Owyhee county The
Avalanche, charged, so we understand,
that money was used in the selection
rs N6A GrorAxysn,,y k~,Ioa 80
know little of the merits of this par
ticular case. We do know that the
Avalanche is a fair, honest nswspa-
per and that If it is in error in this
case il has been misinformed. Repu-
table newspapers do not Intentionally
libel citizens of the community, al
though they may at times be misin-
formed. We imagine this libel suit
will not get far.
F. f. Weymouth, project manager
of the Boise project for the United
States reclamation service, is critically |
ill at hospital in Boise. His condi- |
ton is considered extremely grave. |
Mr.. Weymouth was taken i'll 1o days |
ago, suffering from something akin
to la grippe. He appeared to be hold
ing his own until Sunday, when pleur-
isy developed. This complication was
followed by pneumonia on Monday |
and he grew rapidly worse. His
splendid constitution, the result of |
outdoor life and clean living, is show
ing wonderful resistance. and his
friends are still hopeful of his recov-
cry.
The preliminary hearing of Frank
Schaffer, who was held on a charge |
of having abetted George Smead and
Lloyd Sevey in the theft of harness
and some meat, was held at Nampa |
Thursday before Justice G. H. Moore
and a jury. The pEincipals in the af-
fair testified that Schaffer had moth
ing to do with the thefts and when
the jury declared him not guilty, Pro-
secutor Griffiths dismissed the charge |
against him. 1t is taken for granted |
that the two other Nampa youths will
plead guilty when arraigned on a lar
ceny charge here. They are in Jail
here now.
W. H. Thorp, deputy game warden,
is Investigating complaints that hunt
ers are killing Chinese pheasants. The
state game department has put man
on the ground and he will remain In
the county for several weeks gather
ing evidence. Hunters of Caldwell, |
Parma and Nampa are said to have
killed the pheasants. Mr.. Thorp says
that the law must be obeyed. Chin-l
csc pheasants are becoming very
plentiful in certain sections of the
state, says Mr.. Thorpe. In some dis
tricts the birds are so numerous that
they destroy crops, digging up whole
fields of potatoes. Mr.. Thorpe pre-
diets that an open season on pleas
ants will be established at the next |
session of the legislature.
Messrs. d. w. Stanrod, T. c. Coffin
and D. w. Stanrod. Jr., have formed |
a partnership under the name of
Stanrod. Coffin & Stanrod. for the
geenral practice of law with Offices at
Pocatello, Idaho. Mr.. Stanrod was |