Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-19
BIG IDAHO FAIR
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Boise Elated Over Prospect of
Great and Successful
Exhibit.
TOWN is BEING BEAUTlFlED.
New Law Authorizing Counties to D.
sue Prizes Assist. Boo Raising
Funds for Good Showing.

Special Correspondence.
Boise. Idaho. oct ls.-The Idaho In-
tcrmountain Fair association promises
20 open Co the public on Monday next
in thie city. tho greatest exhibit and the
most winning attractions that have
ever been presented at any previous fair
held ln This state Tho city. too. o. be-
Ing specially decorated ana lighted for
the occasion. Six blocks on main street
and au the principal business streets
intersccting 10 will be strung with
thousands OF extra. light bulbs. thus
lighting the city by night as IL never
has been lighted before.
10 is expected that an exhibits WIN
De- in place. and that everything will
be- in readiness TO start on Boz FUN swing
on Monday morning. Tho track is ln
splendid shape and race horses are ar
irving by the dozen every day. The
premiums and prizes viii Doe better
than ever before. The new law passed
by the last session OF the legislature
authorizing the counties 90 give huan-
cial support VIII greatly augment the
usual difficulty in Offering adouuur s
prizes The premiums viii In many
instances be doubled this year.
The military band from Walla Walla
washington. WI! ho here Co assist tho
Boise band On furnishing music al the
far during the day and In the city in
the evening
WORK OF ATLANTA ROAD.
The Atlanta road question. which
has been am uucraCked nut I'm the
hands of the state and the United
states government has at last been
settled and construction work will be-
ain Do
leads up the Boise river 20 Atlanta. in
the heart OF the Sawt0oth forest re-
serve aud the final action as to its
construction was brought about by the
visit mere last week OF W. ~. Herring
chiet engineer OF the forest service
The citizens or Atlanta and the Boise
Commercial club VIII unite with me
state and the forestry service I'M Inc
execution Of the work and under tbe
supervision OF Mans Coffin it win De
pushed 20 a speedy completion.
ESCAPES CREDITORS.
r. L. Gambnl, a cement walk con-
tractor, quietly disposed OF his prom
crty last week and with his family
took his departure from Tho civ Trsy-
ing behind him over $1,000 Indebted
ness. No one knows where he has gone
or whether he win ever again be- seen
here. His creditors were principally
firms from whom he had purchased CO.
ment though he also received advance
payments on work which he never ex-
ecutcd.
II he Is not apprehcnded. action win
be taken by firms under the law which
says property owners are held liable
for bills occasionod by the purchase Of
material In work done for owners OF
property.
SUNDAY REsT LAW.
chief Justice Ailshio and Associate
Justice sullivan have returned from
Lewiston after holding busy session
~ the supreme court. IN which "a cases
were submitted. The most important
cases submitted were the two cases I'm
which the cOnstituuOnality Of the sun
day rest law Is involved. toWit. the
haheas corpus case OF jerome r. Ja-
cobs OF Shoshone county and the state
vs. W. r, Dolan OF Boise Both cases
Involved the same question and were
heard together and argued by an ar
ray OF council They were taken UNI
der advisement until such time as the
court can prepare decision.
IDAHo's FIGHTING MEN.
4 law PASSED at the last session 81
the state legislature made 10 the duty
uf the assessor OF each county of the
state TO cnumeratc the number of mon
Boo his respective county who We're cli-
ghlo 10 military duty and report same
DO the adjutant general. So far only one
assessor has reported and % Is said
that The assessors of most OF the Couu-
ties are wholly disrogurdiug their duty
in this respect. The county heard from
is Idaho county which reports i.189
lighting men. The reports which have
gone from this state 90 the war depart