The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-06-24
IMPRESSIONS or IDAHO.
The Congressional Party Gives Ex-
preston To Its Real Sentiments
Caldwell Is Best.

pACSosVH ~ aIS NG@h OGNtAUeGHLS
Caldwell Is Best.
By special request commissioner
of the Tribune met the Congress
sional party at the union depot at
1I:35, Thursday, and after partak-
ing of dainty luncheon at the ex-
pense of the party. he was granted
private audience in the auditor
ium and observation car.
The party, through its spokes-
man, said: "Mr. Commissioner of
The Tribune, we are honored in
having the pleasure of meeting you.
Our stay is necessarily brief. We
are about to pass from the State OF
Idaho, possibly never to return,
Before going it becomes our duty to
communicate to some responsible
representative of the arid press the
impressions we have received of
your great State. We cannot speak
too highly of the generosity, cour-
tesy, intelligence and culture of the
people of Idaho. Everywhere we
have been accorded cordial recep-
ton and marked consideration. Un-
der such circumstance the least we
could do was to favorably comment
upon the advantages of each local
ity coming under Our observation.
At Minidoka, we said, here is the
best government reclamation prof.
ect in all the arid West We said
substantially the same thing in Ari-
zona, Nevada and Utah, speaking
Of enterprises in those States. But
we then spoke without adequate
knowledge. Our judgment is re-
versed. Since seeing the Boise val
ley our judgment respecting Mini
doka is modified. The Boise Pay
cite enterprise is the best, and if
ever we settle in the West it will be
here. We were treated beautifully
in Boise, and out of gratitude and
politeness, said some very fine things
about the town that Elwood Mead
had prepared two years ago and
used in his lecture. Boise is a nice
little place, but it is rather too far
from Nampa to ever amount to
much. We are surprised that you
should contemplate locating your
State capitol permanently at Boise.
By all means reconsider and put it
in Nampa.
"But, now, with respect to Cald-
well. We perceive at once that this
is the coming city of Idaho. 1t is
located in the very midst of a vast
and fertile agricultural and stock
raising region. Right at the city
gates the great Deer Flat irrigation
reservoir; on the north, the wonder
full Payette storage and gravity
works; here is Caldwell, the natural
business and commercial center of
the most extensive irrigation sys-
TENS in the United States. Why,
there is no town west of Chicago
that can compare with Caldwell in
advantage of location. All this
country around will soon be settled
upon by industrious farmers. When
we return, we shall tell our people
about CALDWELL; we shall talk it tc
newspaper men and railroad emf
grafton agents. We want the
thousands and tens of thousands o.
the congested east to know of the
opportunities that here await them
We are confident that within two
years Caldwell will have a popu1a
ton of ten or fifteen thousand. Be
lieving this, we have arranged t.
invest a few thousands in towr
property. Now, we must bid 20,
a farewell" The whistle whist1et
and the train sped forth.
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