The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-20
NOTES FROM BOISE.
A Good Place for Congressman to
Pay Visits To.
AN ENTERTAINER GETS LEFT
The Constitution is Too LOng-The Scarcity of
Water and Destruction of Timber by
Fires-Other Interesting Matters.

BOISE, luanO, aug. 10 > peCldl COrrG-
spondence ofu THE HERALD. About the
time of the adjournment of the coRstitu-
tional convention and when its members
had resolved themselves into mutual ad-
miration society, one might have thought
the country would have been secured for
type-setters, and ere this, car loads of
paper have been imported that the constitu-
ton framed by the late convention might
Pp0e printed and spread broadcast through
out the territory. 1t is now shrewdly sus-
pected by many that such promiscuous cir
culation was not intended by the managers
that they desire to get men committed to
statehood regardless of the contents of the
instrument that has been framed, and
when once so committed it will be much
easier to lead or drive them into the sup
port of the instrument than before. 1t is
formed in the interests of capital, as will
readily be seen from inspection
if it is allowed to see the light at all The
reports of committees were very liberal so
far as the interests of the people were con-
cerned. This was part of their system,
designed to induce innocent newspaper men
to fall into the trap and speak pleasantly of
the great fraud. But either in committee
of the whole or in open convention the rail
road attorneys and mOnopolists always sue
ceeded in having liberal provisions stricken
out, until now it is one of the most aristo-
cratic charters Of which it is possible to
conceive in this intelligent age and country.
Why do not the progenitors poke their
bantling to the frOnt-eXpose it to the sight
of day and give it a breath of fresh air!
Life is short, and it is not expected that
many persons will read it through. There
ot.a &c in hot CHI ha "a I,r
the press and people, the premises of which
should
= NOT DE MERE HEARsAY,
but an authoritively printed copy. The
mere assertion on the stump or in a news
paper paragraph that this or that is en-
bodied in the instrument is insufficient.
Let the people see it, reason upon it and
discuss it in public and private places and
judge of its merits and dement's. If the
instrument had been less prolix it would
would not have required so much time to
Judge of its merits and dement's.
IT Is LONG, VERY LONG,
longer than is necessary for the biennial
statutes of most states and territories
Many are saying that this extreme length
was for a purpose-to hide beneath the
ocean of words Objectionable features.
Whether this is the fact or not we do not
pretend to say. 1t is said that money will
be raised and expended to influence the
people favorably to the constitution-nOt
necessarily to buy votes but to pay the ex-
penses of stumpers who will travel through
the territory and enlighten and enthuse the
people. TIE ball has not opened yet
With the thermometer in the nineties it is
considered too early for opening the cam
paign.
Inc people of this territory have at
length awakened to realization of the fact
that the population Of this territory cannot
materially increase until its industries are
multiplied, and the key to this lies in in
creasiug the extent of its mining and agri-
cultural industries. Great interest is being
felt in irrigation. Governor Shoup takes
the lead in this matter, both by precept and
example. He has but recently appointed a
commissioner in each county to furnish him
with such facts in the premises as will be
useful in properly representing the interest
to the government at Washington, as well
as to guide him in all that he may do or re
commend at home. 1t is only recently that
he completed large canal of the length of
four and half miles in Lemhi county, de-
signed for the
IRRIGATION OF HIS RANCH
near Salmon city, one of the best improved
and most beautifully situated of any in the
west. All of the natural grass land, not
on reservations and such as were easy to
irrigate on account of the diversion of
small streams, have been taken up The
bodies of water to be made use of now are
large, such as the Snake, Salmon, Clear
water, etc. Attention is just now more
particularly directed to the former of these
because of its immense volume and the
vast amount of tillable land it will render
suitable for agricultural purposes. A pre-
liminary survey was made by private par
ties about two years ago but one is now
going on under the direction of the general
government under the fiction of geologi- |
cal survey. 1t started out from this city |
about month ago and is now in the field |
We presume that most of your readers |
have read that there are two plans being |
considered to take the water out of the |
Snake-one at or near Eagle Rock |
the other near Shoshone falls. Either |
may be made to irrigate vast quantity of |
land the honest estimate upon which has |
been 500, 900 acres, or land enough to make |
5000 good farms for we hold that 100 acres
properly cultivated is as much as one man
should attend.
THE ARTIFICIAL WATER COURSE
at this place, known as the Boise & Nampa
canal will be extended during the fall
months. To give employment to several
hundred men and teams during the spring, |
it is expected a repetition will occur before |
long Of the busy. scenes that then took !
place. rveyor-General Straughan, of |
this city, has taken great deal of interest |
in this matter Of irrigation and contributed |
much towards inducing interest to be taken |
in the matter at Washington. 1t may be
said to be his hobby. The senators, Stew
art, Vest, Plum and Reagan, accompanied |
by Major Powell, of the geological depart
ment, are expected to arrive here on the
east-bound train this evening and
preparations have been made for their re-
ception. They will be hauled about in car
riages, wined, dined and waited upon to
their hearts content if they are not unrea-
sonable in their expectations. In matters of
this nature the Bolseites do not allow
themselves to be excelled and all they re
quire or expect in recompense is a little
speech from the distinguished visiting
strangers, wherein reasonable amount of
soft soap shall be deicately and skillfully
applied, These things have occurred so
often that the average gentleman has cul-
tivated taste on the soap question. Unjust
not be so gross as that of Mr.. Goss, the dis
tinguished West Virginian, who told the
convention that all our men
were handsome and all our women lovely
as the roses of June. Whoever would
solicit the most unbounded applause in this
town must delicatelv hint that the promi-
nent citizens are smart rich and states
men, for be it remembered that this is a
capital city and failure to possess states
manlike qualities would show
AN UNPARDoNABLE NEGLECT
Of opportunities. The senators will not prob
ably arrive in the city until late in the
evening. On Saturday, during the day,
they will be shown the various canals and
bitches with which the city is surrounded,
and in the evening be called OF for
speeches, expected to give their impress
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