The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-11-20

the playground, and others Wer
working at their trades In the build
ilgs. Warden Whitney informed th
visitors that the records bore no eyi
dence that printer or an editor ha,
ever been committed to keeping ii
/ the prison. This brought forth seri
GUS comment, and many of the part.
conceded that not all printers ant
! editors had received their just dues
From there the party was taker
to the Boise barracks and then on 4
general circuit touching all the in.
teresting features and principal
streets. At 1880 they were taken to
the elaborate rooms of the CONNER
cial club and served with luncheon,
after which most Of them took the
2:30 train for home.
1t was source or regret that they
could not stay longer, as nearly all
of them had friends they wanted to
call on in the city, but the time had
been SO completely taken up they had
to extend the stay longer than they
originally planned or telephone their
regrets to friends for not coming.
Boise is city of about 10000 peo-
pie, situated $500 feet above sea
level Besides being the capital of
Idaho and being known as Boise the
Beautiful, it Is the best watered, best
paved, best heated, best lighted and
best summed city in the United States.
February is the only cloudy month
they have; many buildings are heated
by natural hot water and the pave
ments under which the mains are
laid are kept SO warm from it that
snow never has to be swerG off, but
melts and runs away as fast as it
falls. Natural waterfalls furnish
electric light for all, and for the
street and interurban railways. It
is a city of trees and fint, buildings,
rapid transit cars, big hearted people
and professional politicians.
1t is the place where were held the
Moyer-Haywood trials that proved to
he world that Idaho was sufficiently
great and just, to lay its iron hand
upon working men and handle them
firmly but gently, and then set them
,ree when they were convicted before
he world, but not quite convicted
before the law.
Boise, besides being the capital OF
daho, is the seat of the state land
BOARD, department of the state gov
,rnment that has to do with some Of
he greatest of reclamation projects ,
md more of them than any other
tate; a board that deals in public
ands by the thousands-measure
nd involving wealth measured by
he unit of millions. A board that
ellis the great plains to the actual
ome builder on the installment plan
nd still has money to loan to him for
uilding and furnishing school houses
or his children.
II Boise the Beautiful" were not
o big and broad at heart. 1t might !
md time to be vain, hut is the capital
a great state that is astonishing
ne world with its development and
ttracting capital by its possibilities
today that become its realities of
Y
And this city beautiful is building IL
, keep pace with state wonderful. IA
90 progressive to be narrow, too
usy to be meagre, Boise sets an ex- II
mple Of which the state can be proud A
nd the Press Club members, trained "
J an appreciation Of all that is great la
1d good, came back home to indulge A
that western weakness the dream lF
empire, with no spark Of jealousy
y other localities, but with pride X
lat every part Of the state we visit IL
50 abundantly favored In natural La
ealth ,.l.a rerple VIC t.lcw how tc n
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