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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
1
In Ta Trng publication the county commissioners will hear the district petition on January 15, with a 30 to 60 day window for a hearing. Boundaries may be altered by exclusion or inclusion of lands. owners should check whether their land lies inside the proposed district and appear to exclude or include as appropriate.
The Salt Lake Herald quotes D E Burley on Oregon Short Line aims to guide immigrants to Idaho. It warns newcomers face losses from poor soil knowledge, wrong crops, irrigation gaps, and misallocated resources leading to distress before crops mature. It urges public instruction to prevent hardship.
The piece argues William Jennings Bryan is preparing for a third race in 1904. It criticizes his rhetoric as hateful and mendacious while praising Richard Croker as a key figure in Tammany Hall and foresees Bryan leading a reform Democrats to defeat again.
The mine owners of Coeur d Alenes establish a central Employment Bureau in Wallace to match miners with job openings, screening applicants to keep out undesired elements. The plan seen as beneficial to workers and owners, contrasting with an earlier blacklist system. A Matrimonial Story from British Museum Newon and Mr Aare preserves tales of spiritualist seances and dialogue about a deceased wife.
General Passenger Agent Burley discusses Idaho and Utah immigration plans for three years. He cites vast irrigation, abundant land, and heavy advertising by the Oregon Short Line to attract settlers from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and other states. He predicts Idaho counties will double populations, notes canal projects, and highlights colonists moving to Nampa and Rexburg with substantial land investments and rising values.
Butte Montana reports a Canadian chemist and mineralogist C A Damours has uncovered a mother lode at the Kearsarge mine head of the gulch after leasing and bonding the site. Early estimates place ore worth around a million dollars with the potential for the largest gold quartz deposit known.
Treasury Bureau of Statistics finds the United States leads world in coal and iron ore, with Lake Superior deposits supplying three-quarters of ore used. Domestic demand expands, lowering production costs and expanding US access to global markets. Chicago Evening Post cites rising exports, shifting from imports to exports since 1880, with 1900 imports at 20 million and exports over 121 million dollars. Representative Crumpacker proposes reapportionment to add eight seats, altering North South balance per the Fourteenth Amendment, reducing Southern influence while boosting the North.
The first bill introduced at the opening of Congress proposes a new plan for Congressional reapportionment based on the latest census population figures. Representative sponsors outline changes intended to adjust seat distribution in the House.
Under date of September 11, 1900, Vice and Acting Consul General Hanauer writes that Indian corn will not mature if planted in Germany and central and northern Europe. Since 1891 Europe imported 23,000,000 bushels from the United States for cattle feed, with last year’s US exports totaling 189,000,000 bushels and Germany receiving 43,250,000. He urges educating Europeans on corn’s uses as human food, proposing corn cakes, mush, hominy, and corn bread in city kitchens, noting low coffee prices in Frankfort. Infants shoes with ankle supporters at Steunenberg's.
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