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

1900 dollar ZOO dollar home had to
be sold or disposed of in some man.
ner. He had been paying off the 2400
dollar no value all these years. In
nine times out of ten hadn't yet paid
off to the actual value He could
borrow only on the value Of the
property and when a loan company
or investment company would only
loan him say $l100, he roared his head
off and damned the country and every
body in it. Eastern money or any
other money is not seeking investment
in something that does not exist.
When the West gets its values where
they belong, backed by western grit
and western common sense, it can get
all the money it needs. In the mean
time it cannot expect eastern inter
ests to invest its profits of the past
two years in investments that will not
stand up Take mining. Some
where in the dirt that God used to
fill in lies hidden treasure far be-
yond the widest dreams of the dream
lest dreamer and bunch of it lies
tucked away in Nevada. But you must
go at it in a sound and sensible way
to unearth it. To my mind the day
of two-cent shares has passed Men
with money here and in the east are
ready to invest it in western mines,
but you have got to show them
where their coin will be placed. Sat-
isfy them in that direction and the
rest is easy. Wine suppers for the pro-
moter and no payroll for labor won't
get you anywhere.
Another thing. Encouragement to
the honest but poor seeker after
home should be carefully weighed be-
fore bringing him here. 1t is said
that all that's needed in Hades is wa
ter. I've never been there, but l do
know that 100 acres of land here needs
water, and no mortgage. Dry farming
is some localities is a success. In
others it's a failure. When you en-
courage some poor devil to journey
here in covered wagon, drawn by
span of emaciated cayuses, carrying a
wife, half a dozen youngsters, a tin
stove and perhaps $40 gold piece,
and set him down on a waterless strip
OF land to fight fate and appetite, you
commit crime that may not be pun
| ishable by statute, but some day if
you meet that same poor devil where
they need water most, you won't have
to be reminded that the way of the
thirsty is hell'-your punishment will
be deserved.
PLENTY of splendid land in Nevada.
Homes for thousands. Get settlers
here by right representations and all
that you induce to come will be an
everlasting asset to your state instead
, of knock or liability.
Only One Bush.
Il do not know what will be the
final adjustment of the affairs of the
Western Pacific and the Missouri Pa
cifc. / do know however, that both
properties are being handled in the
interests OF their owners by the best
railroad talent on earth. Mr.. Levy,
the general manager of the Western
Pacific, is making wonderful show
! ing. He hasn't many tools to work
with, yet he is fashioning the garment
according to the cloth, has hopes for
the future, just works and smiles.
i MIR. Bush, of the Missouri Pacific,
and the Iron Mountain? Then they
made Bush, they threw the pattern
away. The West will never know what
they lost when Mr.. Bush's plans and
ideas for the upbuilding of this coun-
try were sidetracked. He is not sulk-
ing nor crying over spilled milk. He
has not been banished to the Isle of
St. Helena or Siberia He is actively
engaged as the head of the Missouri
Pacific and its allied lines. He will
certainly bring that great system to
the front and someday-well, there are
a lot of days ahead of Bush He has
always got an ace in the hole You
can't tell what he may draw to it.
The Winnemucca Northern? |
have hopes that it will be constructed.
Everyone recognizes the crying need
of it, but crying doesn't seem to pro-
duce dollars to construct it. Maybe
something else will. I've hoped a
lot. Perhaps it's because | haven't
prayed enough. Let us pray"
Accident at High School Building.