Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-10-20
JOURNAL MAN ATTENDS
IDAHO STATE FAIR AND
DRAWS COMPARISONS
LIKES THE IDAHO PUSH AND VIM AND IS
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER HOTELS AND PUB
Lie UTILITIES--BOI THOUGH OFF
THEMAIN RAILROAD Line FOR
GETS IT AND GOES AHEAD.

Boise Idaho, Oct 49, spent two ayS here over the
state tar land only wish some our SoWgong SeIf-SatS
fled people of the willamette valley could have been with
me- Is revelation to see the life and push manifested by
the people of Southern daho The fair was great sue
cess and while not half the fair we hold at Salem the at
estimate 10000 people the grounds The racing was ne
an there continual vaudeville ,aCrobatS and comics in
front Of the grand stand In addition there was football
game going on in the midst of the race track and the after
noon close with five miles automobile race Two FordS
and two Bucks entered and the five miles we're run 626
an eighteen horsepower Buick mOde ten stripped winning
The contest
Some Fruit Shown.
There was remarkable fruit display Of about two car
loads mostly appeS Considering that frost killed nearly
country did most of the prize winning stepped into retail
store and bought Wolff River Bell Flower apple from Ore
gon for ten cents The grocer said that three years ago the
first law was enacted requiring fruit trees TO be cared for
and up to that time apples eaed at % 10 5 cents bush
e Caring for the trees made more perfect fruit and sent the
price up to dollar box There were practically no apples
ooo @ ySa Sp s Ga0 S% os 2EqSd a9d C RfSs
ma apples still more The apples from Northern Idaho have
bright cOOS like the fruit grown in the foothills of Oregon
Boise Off Main Line.
The capital OF Idaho is or The main line OF the Oregon
Short Line The branch of twenty miles long is CongeSted
with business Boise IS the main station between Pocateo
and La Ga9de and about twenty trains day over the stub
are required to handle the business PumanS are run direct
from Boise to Salt Lake and Portland and the business is
either profitable to The Hartman system nor to the town and
day Boise will have to be taken in on the main line or
get main line of its own large Obbng trade being built
up, and nteurbans are going in all directions while the live
men OF the town are unit to force a connection eastward
with he Chicago and Northwestern or with several east
bound lines at Butte Montana
Has Fine Hotel
Ibe dan-ha hotel IS now the best Boise has, but $3.50,
600 hotel to be called the Schubert is going up and near
completion II will be mammoth concern and occupies the
block The dan-ha has feature that have never seen be-
fore, You can order any one of ten different combinations
for breakfast from % to 30 cents, These combinations in
cde breakfast food Coffee eggs fruit and meat and cakes
and The same order at some of the hotels that have not as
good service as the dalha all over the northwest cost two
three times much The regular dinner in the middle of the
some places costing Sl50 Rooms are high on account of
the unusual demand orders be0s generally away ahead Of
the suODN and men stand in line to GET them Rooms are
from 50 to So ner daW paid $3.50 day for one bed in
double room with both,