Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-09-23
lNTE R-MouNTAIN
STATE FAIR FEATURES

which will be held Friday. October
13, will be without parallel in the
history OF Idaho. Never has there
been such interest manifested lnsslaly
occasion as the businsss smen OF the
city have taken in this festive week
and III the RaiEdlaksFs parade which
will be. the biggest event Of The
week. The parade will embody all Of
the features which so to make a n al
festival and at the same time 1t Will
follow out the idea OF the RainmalaTs
and will evsr Keep before the spaetar
tors what wonderful advance the
STATE has made through the agency of
irrigation.
For length, brilllancy and beauty,
it will TAR outdo the other parades
planned for the week. The fact, too,
that the auto parade which was
planned earlier In the week will be
cdmbined with this, will make the
Rainmakers pageant the one which
viii b. looked forward to with am
ticipations OF keen delight. There
will be music, the best in the land;A
also the real Indians the first who
trod the virgin soil Of Idaho; floats
showing the development Of the
state in its various stages; school
children doing fantastic drills with
jack @ lanterns; boy scouts show
ing what perfection they have at
tained in drilling; different societies
marching in uniform; floats laden
down with the products from tha
various parts on the stale; floats also
showing the land Of Egypt, the first
country to benefit by irrigation
scores OF oshaf equal interesting
features.
The committee IN charge of this !
pageant has met several times in the
past few weeks and several sub
committe have been appointed to
look after the details. Last Friday
ihighF there was a full meeting ofsthis
committee ard all of the struggling
details were taken UP and a con-
crete plan was adopted and the yef- \
forts of the committee will now be
concentrated to make the pageant |
the one bright, novel and entertain-
ing feature OF the entire week.
With the Indians in the parade,
painted and decorated as satisfies their
savage instincts, it will at the very
start give the impression that it is a
pageant out Of the ordinary. TheyE
will probably follow the Ferullo band, /
which has consented to brsak tacirE
rules a-d Participate in a parade.
Then will come sea of agebru3h.
A hundred or more boys marching
closely together and literally cover
ed with the wild sage win vividly I
typify In what condition the first set-1
tiers found the fast inland empire Of
today.
Floats will probably follow showing
the virgin country; the rough prove
uk shack of the settlers; then a
float showing the Nile and the land
Of Egypt. These will be allegorical,. f
but will appeal to the visitor as they
will show just what wonderful
strides the state has taken in the
past decade by means of this wondar-
ful agency, The horn of plenty show
Ing the various products of the state,
will occupy float This will be
unique and interesting, as few peo-
pie know just what are various pro
1ncts to be found in Idaho. The
rancher with the golden
'ields Of grain will also be shown,
rs we'll as many other equally inter-] I
ssting features.
The school children Of the city will
play a prominent part la the pageant.
They will go through various and In
evolutions with jack o'lantern
md the effect win be one which will
,e wierd enough for festive night 4
Ike this Is to be and at the same Ilt
ims one Of beauty. The boy scouts, 1
Who have been doing excellent work {
lrilling, will be on hand with their i
lews uniforms and guns. They have
such efficiency in drilling !
hat the visitors will be agreeably /
urprised at the youths. .It
A committee is also busy inter- !
sting the various irrigation companies B
n the pageant and il trying to have |
hem eiitsr floats typifying the con ,
litions in the sections where their 4
'rojects are. Assurance has been reaiT
eived thar shis viii be done BY some !
va II III expectedsto get all Of the /
into line. SO that those I
'eople from outside the state who I
llght be- hers, will .baTe some idea |
ltical aspirations buE Senator Good
ng was r0t Oh a nalfical mission to. II
Eay while in Boise and his accept
sacS W ffeaidepcy Of the WOOL