The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-10-06

f. T. Rodgers Saturday afternoon and
spent several hours very pleasantly.
The hostess served delicious refresh
ments.
A brother of H. X. Ferguson ar
rived Saturday for visit. His home
is in Montana.
Guy MCGEE was over from Caldwell
transacting" business here Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Travis, Miss
Alberta, Mrs. NJ. Travis and Mrs.
Bamford were Sunday dinner guests
at the Schenck home.
Sam and tackle Minton of Parma
were guests at the o. A. Megorden
home last week.
Mrs. T. H. Gather. who is on her
way from visit in Iowa to her home
in Oregon, is guest at the Thos.
Tarr home. Mrs. Gather is sister
of Mrs. Tarr and Miss Mercer.
There was large number of babies
entered in the better baby contest
fair day and the winners were: Under
six months, the c. M. Sutton baby;
between six months and sixteen
months, the Dennis White baby; and
between sixteen months and two years
the Otto Blackaby baby. In the sec
ond class the Adam Blackstock baby
was very close second.
Part of the remaining premiums are {:
First on jelly, Mrs. F. +. kaufman;
| first on sweet pickles, casserole given
| by Vanderhoof's store, Mrs. 0. A.
Megorden; first on pickalilli, pickle
dish given by Vanderhoof's store, Mrs.
| o. A. Megorden; first on threshcd
barley and rye, 81 each, Charles
Tabor.
Arthur McClain, superintendent of
the state farm here, reports that
threshing at the farm has been COM
pleted They threshed 3272 bushels
of wheat, $500 bushels of oats and
1000 bushels of barley. Besides the
land in grain they have Is acres in
potatoes, Is acres in millet. and IS
acres seeded to alfalfa. all of which
promise to make good crops. They
have four hundred head of hogs which
will be sufficient to supply all the
meat needed at the penitentiary for
the next year. The farm is proving a
big paying proposition for the state
So far its operation has not cost the
state cent as more than enough was
produced last year to pay all costs oil
IOpCIdllOlL up W llldl lllilCs II INC ioi II
continues under the management oil
Warden Shook and Superintendent
MCLEAN it will be only few years
until it will produce enough to sup
port the penitentiary.
The stockholders of the ferry boa
association held a meeting Saturday
evening fer the purpose OF electlns
board of directors for TIE following
six months. The board elected is a.
follows: l.. J. Magee, Lewis Smitl
and Raymond Eidemiller, and the,
+ will serve until March l, 1917 :
motion was made and carried tina
stockholders be allowed to cross unit
| 1000 p. m. instead of p. m. free o
charge.
Hoyt S. Gale, superintendent of tn
U. S. Geological Survey of Washing
tom, D. c., was here last week and in
, spected the potash fields. He wa
5 entertained at the D. J. Sullivan home
A community masquerade party wi
| be held at Heath Hall Tuesday even
ing, October 3lst in honor of A.
= Halloween. Games and dancing wi
r be the amusemen tsof the evening an
refreshments will be served. One c
y our good, jolly, ueighborly times
S assured.
A box social was held at the schoo
J. house Friday evening with an e>
cellent attendance The number c
G boxes was short and number {
:. Young gentlemen were compelled t
:, keep their mony and go hungry. In
proceeds of the sale was $3.50 whic
f will be used for athletic supplies. !.
e very pleasant evening was spent b
n the young people Another soci;
d will be held later so that the boys {
our ball teams may be outfitted wit
the regulation suits.
J. D. Wright is doing some carper
ter work in Fargo.
: Martin Shenefield who was operate
= on at the Caldwell hospital sever
weeks ago, is much improved.
s The big increase in the number (
q pupils, attending the Homedale scho'
S is excellent evidence that this scctio
l., srowin. ,.p'aly. Last :, ear. the g.
!. rrllr,cnt wa less than one humid
but with the Il ening nf Il third we
A of this term there is an enrolment
! 1872. This places the Homedale scho
at the head of the list of schools
| ~ ,hee county in matte. of enrol
| ment. The school is in charge of fo'
experienced teachers and will compa
4 favorably with any school in this pa
OF the state.
The Gem District pumps stopp'
Saturday at midnight.
Lewis Smith made a business tr
| to Parma Friday and Saturday.
Ed Burns is doing some work at t
| sorghum mill in Fargo.
- Mrs. J. L. Yaden of Klamath Fa
II arrived here Saturday for a she
\ visit at the home of her son, L.
Yaden. She left Tuesday for Gun
berland Gap, Tennessee, at viii
place is her old home. She will
main there and as soon as her hr
band can settle up business matters
the west, we will join her and tn
will make their home there.
Mrs. Otto Blackaby and SIN
daughter. Miss Helen, left Mond
for a visit with friends in Jord
VALLEY.
Charles Brewster will go east Il
week with a carload of horses.
will spend three months visiting at
Al old home in Minnesota before retul