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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
5
Large stock of watches and jewelry offered at the same prices year round with 25 percent off sale. Not selling out. store stays at the old stand with guaranteed goods. Each dollar spent enters a chance on a CHIME CLOCK. Bowen's Watch Work touted as superior and they fit glasses with a registered optician.
Parties hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Blatchley and by Mr. and Mrs. Little honor Hon. Montie B. Gwinn and wife. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Redway, Mr. and Mrs. Little, Dr. and Mrs. Boone, and others. Rebekah lodge elected officers, initiated new candidates, and served lunch. Neighborhood 600 club hosted by Mrs. Boon and Hagelin with about 32 attendees. Plans for a 500 party at Mrs. C. S. Davis’s home and a second 500 event by Mrs. Hagelin are announced. Ralph Oakes hosted a dinner for College of Idaho football team and coaches after a victorious game.
A hostile letter to the editor criticizes the Capital News for its wartime editorial bias and allegedfalse accusations against local figures. It predicts continued editorials aimed at influencing Canyon county politics, and hints at further schemes tied to Republican gains. Also notes a humorous birth announcement from F J Brown.
Robert Stark, recently returned from Cheney Washington in poor health, died Monday at his father H Starks' Middleton home where postmaster H Starks resides. Rev R D Osterhout of Bois conducted the funeral. Also noted: Mrs H Kyle Caldwell visited, Rosa Wilson seeks reform school release signatures, and Madam Marshall opens an office in town with prior Los Angeles practice.
Caldwell readers are invited to a Tuesday evening lecture by Rev Dr Alzamoni ra Lucas at 5216 p m about the Emmanuel Movement and fourfold nature Physical Mental Psychical Spiritual Readers are urged to come and reason together, with Lucas in Caldwell weekly from 2 30 p m to 9 30 p m at the Cooper Hotel opposite Tribune office Also listed are multiple local real estate transfers in Nampa with various parcels and considerations.
Ruth Maurie Brett, age thirteen months, died Monday night after whooping cough and spinal meningitis. Parents Mr and Mrs R D Brett mourn their loss as the community extends sympathy. Funeral service held at the home with Rev Springer officiating, burial in Canyon Hill cemetery.
A series of property transfers reported including Adam Blind and others to Bernard Strobelin for part of section 22 in township 8 north range 6 west. Transactions involve Park addition Payette Waterhouse addition Nampa Cald well Mountain View additions and various lots, with prices from 1 to 2400 dollars and other considerations.
W A Sanderson of Willow Creek near Middleton hired O T Shirley an experienced well driller to drill to 1000 feet if artesian water is not struck earlier. Shirley believes artesian flow will occur between 900 and 1000 feet and said if Sanderson’s well succeeds he has several more wells to drill in the vicinity.
A recipe for a pie to be used at the National Apple show claims adherence to a traditional method "mother used to follow." It lists Paste Four and one half cups with salt, water for dough, and a filling of sour apples sugar salt nutmeg butter and lemon juice. Baking involves lining a plate, filling with sliced apples, adding seasoning and butter, topping with crust, and baking 40 to 45 minutes.
Will Johnson traveled from Cald well to the payette forks to hunt feathered game for several days after a mountain trip where no deer were seen. The party did secure a fine mountain sheep at the forks, a sign locals say may foretell a hard winter.
An election will be held next Tuesday to fill the irrigation director position succeeding Mr. Calkins whose term expires soon. The article stresses the need for a candidate thoroughly acquainted with irrigation and the district's interests.
A respected farmer with irrigation experience in southern Idaho moves to Canyon County and resides on the Stoddard ranch two miles north of Nampa. Neighbors praise him as a good man and neighbor, and the Tribune endorses him to district voters.
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