Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-09
A Local Capitalist Interested


Evening Capital News. Boise, Idaho
Issue of June 26th inst. will be vi
interest to many people in this city:
"The delegation of bankers. bonds
men and fnanciers of eastern cities
l54 strong and representing in the ag.
gregate of $4,000, 900, 600 capital
travelling as guests Of the Trow bridge
Niver company of Chicago, arrived Ii
Boise at 8 80 O'Clock this morning anC
after a whirlwind trip in 80 automo-
biles about the city and adjacent
country and an informal reception IT
the rooms of the Boise Commercial
club, boarded the special train of nine
cars at 12:l5 and departed for En-
nett. where the Canyon Canal COM
pany's project, financed by the Chicago
bonding house, will be inspected and
return trip then commenced.
The delegation of bankers. bonds
men and fnanciers is the largest
bunch of eastern boosters to visit
Idaho and the western states, the
delegation being Made up of live men
and representing almost unlimited
CAP ital, much uf which is being
directed toward the development of
Idaho and uf which much more will
doubtless be available as a result Of
the visit of the men that control such
Investments.
1.-THE members of the delegation in
the visit to Idaho and other states,
endeavored to AVOID as much publicity
as possible in regard to the personnel
of the members OF the delegation and
as to the banking institutions, bond
ing houses and firms represented on
the trip. In fact, the personnel of
the delegation was known to but one
man among the l54 representatives Of
banks and bonding houses, and he did
not have a list of the same except
concealed behind his gray matter.
Practically every city of any conse-
quence between Chicago and New
York, was represented on the delega-
I'll IN, there being bankers, hondsmen
and tinauciers from st. Paul, Mime
apolis, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus,
Chicago, Pittsburg, Boston, New
York, Baltimore and many other
financial centers of the eastern states.
"The delegation was composed of
one of the strongest aggregations of
vel-headed, conservative business
men that could BIZ assembled from
two score or more financial centers Of
the eastern states. The visit primarily
is for the purpose of obtaining first
hand information relative to projects
in which many of the banks and bond
ing houses are at present interested
ard also in regard to proposed pro-
1ects in which it is probable that
further investments will be made.
The members of the delegation have
let nothing escape their eye and were
loud in their praises of the vast irri-
gated empire taat is rapidly being
developed in southern Idaho and of
the many advantages that were OBJ
served in the capital city. The visit
to the Twin Falls country was one of
the most pleasant surprises that the
members of the delegation encount-
tered. The Oxbow power plant of
the Idaho Oregon Light & Power COM
pany on the Snake river was inspected
by the visitors yesterday and it was
while visiting at this point that a
misunderstanding arose as to the hour
of arrival in Boise The members of
the delegation had not returned to the
special train at late hour last even
ing and a message was accordingly y
dispatched that the visitors would not
be able to reach Boise before l O'Clock
today. The delegation returned to
the special train about 2 O'Clock this
morning, however, ready to continue
the trip to Boise so as to arrive at
the hour first fixed, a second message
to that effect being received by the
chairman of the reception committee
at an early hour this murning.
"Arriving in Boise about $50
O'Clock this morning, the special train
was de-tracked in the local yards
and the members Of the delegation
received by Chairman Payne and a
large reception committee composed