The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-06-23

The following question has been |
received in a good substantial hand |
writing and has been so worded as to
rather reflect on one of about forty
good women in the COUNTY, and to re-
lieve any localization of the answer |
will veil as much as possible. If you
were a preacher and your wife was
one who has a sharp tongue and is
lust little color blind when it comes
to veracity, what would you do if it
had gone far enough to hinder your
work?
We had good preacher here in
Caldwell few years since and he had
a wife that was the fly in the ointment,
the spider in his dumping, the bone
of his contention, the hobbe to his
feet, the stumbling block in his path,
The winding sheet to his happiness, and
if there was anything else bad for him
that she was not, then the Hired Man
does not know it. OF course the
church does not hire the wife when 1t
hires the preacher; but the wife ought
not to lie when she can get out OF It
conveniently and she should not be
the singer of the wasp that stings
people. | think | should write a ques
ton to the Hired Man and get him to
give an unbiased answer and then on
that week l SllOulu NlSSuSS CNIly olllSl
paragraph in the Hired Mans columns,
but that particular one. This question
has not been sent in by a preacher,
however | can see how God surely
does love a man when He calls him
into the ministry and backs him i'll
the good work, but if that preacher
has a wife that is n. G.. for the work,
if looks to me like it would have been
money in that preachers pocket If he
had never been born. We must all
remember, however, that Adam tried
TO crawfsh a mite, when he tried to
pull all that early trouble off on the
wife.
In another paragraph this week, the
Hired Man said something about the
wasted time and money III putting IN
the present engineering work Tor
watering the Boise-Payette project and
least some body supposes | am but
ting in where the angels are afraid
TO run their FORDS, let me go on
and say little more. TO have
watered all this region from the Pay
cite lakes is just as easy as writing
this paragraph and | consider that no
lob at all. One general canal from
the Payette side would have held the
project responsible for all the water
they would ever need, but what OF
that? That would have ben perfectly
RIGHT and would not have hamp
the rest Of us bit. A tunnel two
thousand feet long piercing Payette
Lake more than hundred feet deep
and three hundred thousand dollars
would have raised the lake - feet
and another fifty thousand would have
got the right to raise IT. Our, Dig
canals on this side would have been
different in geography, but not 50 eN.
tensive, and we could nave nulileC
Snake river and put the Gem district
IN linton shape for all time to come
The supply of water in that sort or
reservoir would have been six times
what it is now with Lake Lowell ant
Arrow Rock combined If no moisture
had fallen for four years, or even hV'
wears. all this region could have gone
on the same as usual. Then this 9lON
acres of Lake Lowell could have beer
farmcd and much more north side lrrl
gated. for the reason that | would haV
taken my main and general canal on
of Payette river a good deal highe
than the present aim. OF course w
may expect our neighboring city tina
got the silk finish out Of selling, Uncl
Sam a gold brick in putting the Dii
dam near its shores, will not contcn'
flat the farmers in all this poorl
thought out project ought to dig II
for its covetousncss but the HRS
Man is directing his point high at thi
feature Of the whole matter; what doe
Uncle Sam do with his other dehcltS
| think the deficit on this project m1gF
be taken, care of by few reVcnu
stamps since we are doing that sol
of thing pretty extensively just nov
Ross Madden is not such an Of
mani presme forty-two Will cate
him, but he does have to wear giass,e
We'll. the other day Ross telt NJ
right eye giving way and he carrie
his secret safely locked within n
own heart. He felt that some Loo
difficulty was cloudlng his sight, ol
then he could see Mr. Cooper gotn
the rounds with his stick, feeling e
the corners, and there was Mr.. h''
kaid with his poor eyes getting WorS
and worse as the years roll on, al
there was Mr.. Richardson so BIZ,
he can hardly see half way across u
street and so he was stirred up lest
was more than local trouble. fr
quently through the day he was &c
ting ready to go up and see VI
Laughlin. Frequently Mr.. Madden +
moved his glasses and rubbed 1
failing member carefully and thouA
what he could do when he had D
the left eve left and whether he cou
write with only the lett eye riSl
Wen, it was really no JOKE lot