Angie Craig: “I wish to honor one of Idaho's oldest businesses--Caxton Printers of Caldwell, ID. This year they are celebrating their…”

“I wish to honor one of Idaho's oldest businesses--Caxton Printers of Caldwell, ID. This year they are celebrating their 100th anniversary; they are older than many Caldwell mainstays including the J.R. Simplot Company and the Caldwell Night Rodeo. For 100 years, Caxton Printers has served the people of Idaho. Their ideals are reflected in the statement of one of the founders, J.H. Gipson: ``Books to us never can or will be primarily articles of merchandise to be produced as cheaply as possible and to be sold like slabs of bacon or packages of cereal over the counter. If there is anything that is really worthwhile in this mad jumble we call the Twentieth Century, it should be books.'' Well, times have certainly changed since then. One can only imagine what Mr. Gipson would say about the 21st century. Caxton Printers, though, continues to survive by focusing on quality--both in their service and in their product. My staff and I know this firsthand. What they do for us, though, is just a sliver of their storied history.”