The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-04
SCENE Of SP[ENDOR
At BOISE CONGRESS
City Is Filled to 0verfowing
With Empire Builders of
Great West.
NATURE SMILES AS
WELCOME IS EXTENDED
Addresses of Welcome Strike
High Note for Progress Of
the Great West.
Special to The Tribune,


BOISE, Ida, Sept. 3.-Another Of
those perfect days for which Idaho is
famous dawned on Boise this morning.
A cloudless day Of softest blue, a genial
sunshine, n temperature just right for
comfort, and gentle breeze that bare
ly stirred the wilderness Of decorations
and the leaves of the many trees lining
the residence streets, were the salient
features OF the morning ushering in the
first day of the Fourteenth National Ir-
rigation congress. The city was awake
early, if, in fact, it slept at all. Trains
yesterday were all late, people who
should have been here in the middle of
the afternoon not reaching here until
after clock, and some Of them not
until this morning. But they finally ar
rived and are still coming.
The city Is full to overwhelming, but
in order to relieve possible congestion
and insure accommodations for all ar
rangements have been made to run a
train to Nampa, Parma, Payette, On
tario and Weiser each evening and re-
turn in the morning, enabling delegates
and others living along the line to go
home each night and permitting all
who desire TO avail themselves of the
accommodations Of these towns.
Spirit of Hospitality.
A rate has been secured sufficiently
cheap to render this practicable In
order to better accommodate visitors
from other sections of the country
many Idaho people have done another
thing that is characteristic of the West
and we'll illustrated her generous spirit
of hospitality. Scores of Idaho men
who had previously engaged rooms at
the hotels have voluntarily released
them in favor OF delegates and visitors
from other States and themselves ac
cepted quarters in private residences,
in many instances in remote and incon-
venient parts Of the city,
The chief guest of the occasion, Vice
President Fairbanks, arrived in his spe
cial car at 3 clock this morning. AT
clock he went quietly to the Idan-
! ha for breakfast. He was called upon
during the morning by many citizens,
delegates and visitors, He mingled
with the crowds in the lobby in the
most democratic manner, dividing the
time until the meeting of the congress
between the lobby and the privacy of
| his room.
Senators Hepburn and Carter are
both stopping at the Idanha.
! Like all conventions, the congress was
late in getting started. When Secre-
tary Maxson went to the hall, an hour
before time for assembling, he found
that the cards indicating the locations
of the various State delegations had
not been put up, and he at once ad-
dressed himself TO the task Of correct
ing that oversight, The theater was
fully decorated in the irrigation colors
and at the opposite ends of the stage
were placed large crayon bust portraits
of Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Greeted With Applause.
The audience was also slow in as
sembling and at 10;30 the house was
but comfortably filed. AT 1l:05 the
vice-Presidcnt and other distinguished
| attendants of the congress nled on the
stage and were seated amid hearty
applause. The band stationed upon the
rear of the stage played march, the
people crowded in until the building
Was packed, VicePresident Shurtlif
called for order, and the congress was
| on.
After the invocation, by the Right
Rev. A. J, Glorieux. Mayor Pinney made
AN address of welcome on behalf of
the citizens of Boise.
An address of welcome on behalf of
the State was made by Gov. Gooding,
! He was heartily applauded rs he
! stepped to the front of the stage and
! launched into neat and well deliverel
! short speech. He said the work of the
! Irrigation congress had done much for
( Idaho. some OF which would be shown
the delegates in their trip over the
! State, and referred to the Minidoka and
| Twin Falls tracts rs good examples OF
/ the transformation of an utter waste.
He referred to the promise of President
! Roosevelt, made at st. Anthony slX
wears ago, that such legislation would
! be enacted as would greatly assist IN
| rendering fertile the arid regions, and