The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-14

Some times when we see the free
and independent conduct of conduc-
tor on the electric car, we wonder
why a man getting $500 per month,
can glide along SO happily without /!
giving the travelling public more of |
his sympathy. The Hired Man used |
to have such ideas as these himself. |
but he has learned few things about |
conductors during the past ten years. |
They are out to do their work as out
lined by experience and their instruc-
tons. Last Sunday night the Hired |
Man came out of Boise on the car
pulling out the youngest conductor on
the road came to the front door and
called out clear and distinct "this car
for Caldwell by the way of Eagle,
Star and Middleton" A Chinaman
on the car did not catch the informa-
ton and sat STILL When he had reach
ed 18th street he presented ticket
for Nampa, via Meridian. of course.
The Nampa car had left the Boise de-
pot just two lengths behind our car,
and was now speeding along a par
allel track two blocks away. The
motorman, who is also the youngest
head-end man on the road, grasped the
situation instanter and came to the
conductors and Chinaman's rescue.
He put on little bit more juice and
our car spun on happily until we got
to the 18th street crossing, and there
we halted, until the Nampa car two
blocks parallel from us got to the
same street. Our motorman waited
until the Nampa car stopped so its
motorman could hear, and then our
man gave strange sort Of a shrill
keen whistle, and the Nampa car
stayed stopped. The Chinaman was
unloaded and told to get there with
vim and vigor. He did not under
stand readily, so the motorman made
sings. Mr.. Chinaman sped down the
street for dear life and was soon safe
on his own car. | tell this just to con-
have pretty careful and considerate
lot of fellows hauling us up and down
these valleys, no matter if they do
not make much noise about it.
One day this week the Hired Man
came along by the Catholic church,
the way the Catholics are getting a
lawn there), was fine manly little
lad about eight years old endeavoring
with all his might and main to stick
his pocket knife in the ground be-
hind him where he had thrown it
over his shoulder. He did not dis
cover the approach of the Hired Man.
so he kept up his performance with
alacrity and springtliness. Finally he
saw me in close proximity and made
a sweet endeavor to hide blush, at
the same time genteely stating to me
that he could not jump over the
world. Cant do WHAT" ! asked.
Cant jump over the world" he re-
piled, and then | remembered my boy,
hood days when we played humble
peg. Well, that's what this little man
was doing. 1t was Mr.. Demos lad
die. / passed on almost wishing l
could be boy again, only there were
some things in my boyhood that |
would want left cut if had that road
again. Well, | went to Boise. A
mani supposed he was one OF the
smaller well-to-do merchants in Boise,
with a woman, | supposed she was
his wife, were discussing serious
subject. 1t seemed that she wanted
some money for some purpose that
did not precisely take his. way OF
thinking. 1t might have been an
auto, it might have been new coat OF
paint OH TIC Vi ~ hfSh lio =
been something else, howbe1t there
was a discussion and it was dollars
to doughnuts that wife did not know
that her husband had not discounted
single bill in ten years and that he
had set his stake to begin it the firsi
of April Anyhow it looked to the
Hired Man that it was another case
where she wanted to jump over the
world backwards and he couldn't dc
it. I have had a good many womer
and men in my retina before now who
just couldn't jump over the world ne
matter how much they tried. | car
shut my eyes right now and see on'
of them lying over near the htti.
hamlet of Middleton. cold in deatf
and pistol near by him, and littl'
pile Of dead Goals hard by. SOM
body had tried to jump over thu
world. | saw prison doors openint
for friend nearer home. Somebod,
was trying to jump over the world /
is pretty tough jump, yet there VII
be folks trying il just as long a
others are doing it. The Hired MAJ
extends his sympathy to the man am
woman who want to jump. over In
world, when they are only Just aoou
equipped for jumping over vince
barrow.
Twenty-Five wears ago it was yer
few old people we had in this regioa
Today we have them everywher
about our region. Those who wer
middle aged twenty-five years since
have grown old, and middle aged pee
pie since our region has proven itsel
have moved their parents out hef'
Mrs. linus grand mother lived to D
ITO years OF age and was useful a
the way. When she was baby eve
the moon was young. You know
nave young moon w., 49, and ten
a long time to- inhabit this old wori!
but pshaw when we have been over
heaven thousand times that long an
we go to some old timer there to rs
about 1t, he will smile sweetly upo
us and say. child. when you are hei