Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-26
THE EXCURSION 10 BOISE.
The Capital Of Idaho.-Attempts at
Booming.

The party Of exrnrsionists which
left this city on Thursday Afternoon
last, and which numbered i'm tn,
neighborhoOd Of seventy-five
reached Boise at about 2 pm. mex
day, having spent about twenty-on,
hours en- route. From Pocatello tn,
Oregon Short Line extends north,
westerly over a very sparsely settled
region. Long stretches Of sage
brush prairie, vast beds Of lava, and
now and then range Of hills-they
can scarcely be called mountains-
are passed. Between PocateIlo and
Nampa, a distance Of about 23O
miles, no towns are found having a
population Of Biore than two OF
three hundred, and there are only n
few Of any size.
From Nampa on the main line OF
the o. ;. l., branch road, 10 miles
long, was finished 20 Boise some
thing over two years ago. The two
cars occupied by the excursionists
were detached from the main train
and taken 10 Boise over this branch
road. Pending the switching ofthe
car, etc, the passengers had TWEEN
" minutes or 80 in which 10 see
Nampa. This town employed some
writer Of "bOom" literature to adj
vertise il, and on the train were
distributed circulars in which the
place was designated "the future
metropolis Of IdahO.'' The present
population was given at s's5e souls, -
which estimate is probably not eN-
:Sgciated more than a hundred or
50.
The town has a weekly paper,
which sent 4 reporter to meet the
eXcursiOnists and had 4 telegraphic
special giving some account Of them,
and Of George Francis Train printed
in its issue in time to circulate on
the train.
The Boise Board OF Trade had
made arrangements n entertain the
visitOrs. The band-anexcellent one
by the scrrnsdcd The hotels
where they were stopping, and the
business houses generally were dee
grated with flags. A feeling of wei
come and cortiality towards the
strangers was shown.
Boise is pretty town, and has a
fine location. It's site is smooth
and level, and near TO a range Of I
The streets are eighty /
fest wide, including sidewalks, and /
he blocks are 260X3O0 feet in size. I
The business portion % the town is I,
and the buildings In It are
neat, As Z rule. Some Of them are I
quite pretentiCus, and NEATLY all Of !
hem haze n substantial look, stone /
ind brick being the material gener-
lily used.
The residence streets remind one
Il Provo, aud have a coy aud at
ractive appearance. The homes Of
he people are frame cottages gener-
lily, many OF which have pleasing
icsigns and proportions.
The Capitol is an imposing
truciure and cost 100000. About
90 yards 20 the right Of II is the
Ada County court house. costing
%, ON', and al = SIMILAR distance 10
he EFT stands the Boise public
chool building, which cost SlO0. 900.
These three structures make hand
ONE group.
Near the capitol j. an equestrian
tatue Of Washington. The figures
( the man ami horse are about half
ife size, and are we'll executed. The
emarkable fact about the two i
hat they were cut out Of the root O.
n immense tree, iustas they stand,
ave that a covering OF gold leaf has
cen applied to them.
Boise has n population OF about
300, but the number and extent OF
ne business houses would indicate
ouble the number Of inhabitants.
:, however, the center Of an tx
,nsive ranchiBg and cattle raising
sgion.
To = person familiar with the his
lry Of the Mormon question in
taho, visit 20 Boise will recall
haptcrs Of K, the reading Of which
III ailori pleasure to no true pat
lot. The arbitrary denial Of seats
men lawfully elected TO the legis- /
.ture because they were members ,
Fan obnoxious religious sect, the ,
Oncoction Of n religious test that ,
i'll be famous in the future history
the American continent, and the
Of n state constitution ,
'hich disfranchises n large proper |
on Of the people OF whose liberties !
is presumed 20 be the charter, are I
Ntraoulinary and historical incl
ents which will keep alive in
.meric1n annals n recollection of
le place where they ocCurrei- ,
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