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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
2
The Tribune greets Mr and Mrs Charley Coon returning to Caldwell. Notices mention The Famous store sales and stock, jail occupancy, new rails for Interurban, price cuts on clothing and linens, and local people including J W McDowell and J Drennan. Community events cover sales days, church suppers, and civic happenings around Caldwell with several transfers and repairs.
Three saloons closed Wednesday due to license rise from 750 to 1050 dollars leaving five saloons, one brewery, two wholesale liquor dealers and two drug stores in Caldwell area. Wood River region residents favor local option, not prohibition, as Hailey draws anglers and fishermen to Hoard and Hailey locales. local option in Idaho likely keeps Wood River from going dry.
Harron H. McGrath from Ellensburg Washington files a contest against Ralph P. Crow of Caldwell Idaho for Homestead Entry No 7978 in section 35 township 5 north range west Boise meridian alleging abandonment nonresidence and noncultivation. Hearings set May 21 1908 and May 28 1908 before U S commissioner at Caldwell and the Register and Receiver in Boise with publication ordered due to service difficulties.
This feature describes the Greenland kayak as a centuries old craft vital for survival. It details construction from sea driftwood sealskin and bone, design measurements, the tight skin deck, and the paddling techniques including paddle lever and throwing stick to right the craft after a swim or upset.
The argument traces the Moon to a tidal event that stripped the earth's crust, leaving a missing hemisphere. Darwins stance is cited, noting a crust of about thirty six miles thick split, sending mass to create continents and islands. The resulting surface irregularities and density contrasts are linked to human life’s emergence.
The article traces early forenames from Adam and David to son of forms like Solomon ben David and Evan ap Richard. It argues Marmaduke as a leading candidate for oldest non biblical name, derived from Merodach, with Marcus and Lucius as Roman forenames dating about 2,500 years.
A Rural New Yorker writer advocates simple home mixes for asparagus. Suggested percentages target 4 percent nitrogen 8 percent phosphoric acid and 10 percent potash with a blend including nitrate of soda, ammonium sulfate, tankage or bone, acid phosphate and muriate of potash..Apply early in spring and work into soil then broadcast the nitrogen portion after cutting ends. The writer emphasizes tailoring mixes to local needs and costs over buying unknown commercial products.
Connecticut river valley farmers prove profitable onion growing as Arthur Hobart of Franklin countyMass harvested 2060 bushels of Yellow Globe Danvers from two and a half acres. At harvest 50 cents a bushel or more, with fewer than ten bushels of small onions. One ton of high grade fertilizer per acre cost about 45 dollars. Land rent for the year accounted for 125 dollars. The field often is operated on shares with another party handling the work and splitting harvest profits. Polish lease practices enable handling large areas with family labor, often more than double that of day labor. Green onions pictured from New England Homestead show productive results. Western ranches of 10,000 to 50,000 acres decline as farmers convert to smaller plots of 100 to 200 acres, increasing productivity and reshaping land use.
New York Jersey cattle scene centers on Meridale Farms in Delaware County with a 1400 acre spread and a historic lineage from Matilda Firth Stoke Pegis. The Meridale herd now numbers about seventy females from that line, including notable records for Josephine Hope and Poxgis P. A. with high milk yields and butter production. Also discussed are profitable hothouse lambs and winter care strategies.
In irrigated Colorado regions suited to fruit and beet production land values have surged. Previously low valued tracts now command 20 to 100 dollars per acre, with specialized lands near factories for sugar beets at 100 to 3800 dollars per acre. Potatoes and canta loupe lands range from 200 to 800 dollars per acre, while experts estimate annual net profits of 10 to 25 percent on these high priced parcels.
Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Texas led with crops surpassing 100 million bushels in 1907. Oklahoma, the youngest state, produced 118,265,000 bushels, among the few others reaching the limit.
In the eleven months ended November 1907 nuts valued at 9,450,761 were imported into the United States. Almonds accounted for 27 percent, walnuts 28 percent, and coconuts 14 percent of the total.
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