Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29

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Indian races and will also give an ex-
Inhibition OF a number OF tribal dances
and games.
From every standpoint the coming
Intermountain fair should break all
records both az to excellence of exhibits
and attendance and will amply demon
strate to visitors from outside the state
that Idaho IL indeed q land Of plenty.
The Rainmaksrs.
In connection with the fair the sec-'
ond annual Festival Of tho Rainmak-
era takes place each evening In tho
city and from the plans made by the
various committees having the DIFF
ferent features of this big northwestern
Mardi Gras in charge, should prove an
even bigger event than the noted Pot
| latch at Seattle. Each committee IL
working overtime to make its portion
Of the mammoth spectacle . success
In every way.
From a spectacular point Of view the
main event Of the festival promises to
be the big parade of Rainmakers which
occurs on Thursday evening Of fair
week. In this huge pageant at least
1000 school children of the city will
take part. In addition to large delega-
lions representing the various ma
tionalities in the state.
| In the school portion Of the parade
alone over 30 magnificent floats will
be used, each telling It's own particular
story Of some event either Of an his
torical or allegorical nature. The
floats in this division will be the handi-
work Of the boys and girls of the man
ual training department of our schools
and will remain the property Of the
school department from year to year
to be worked up by the students into
new creations for the succeeding fes-
tival.
Under the direction Of Superintend-
ent c. S. Meek and Chairman ]. F..
Pencil, the manual training students
are now busily engaged in creating
the wonderful floats. A feature Of this
division of the Rainmakers' parade will
be the Overland Limited, in which an
engine, dining car and observation car
will be faithfully reproduced. Other
floats in this division will portray such
historical incidents as the landing of
Columbus, the entry of Washington
into Yorktown, the treaty of Penn with
and the teachers of each school in the
city are enthusiastic over their parade
and are working earnestly to make 1t
the most notable pageant In the north
west.
Industrial Parade.
The Industrial parade in which the
progress Of Boise and Idaho in manu-
featuring way will be demonstrated
will also be held on large scale. over
, 100 floats representing various bust
, nesses and industries of Boise and Ida
| no will be in line, many of them of an
, extremely artistic nature. Others Will
cater to the unique and some new ideas
, in float construction are promised
Chairman II. J. McGirr who Is direc-
ting the staging of this parade declares
that practically every merchant and
business house in Boise will be repre-
scented and an effort will be made to
have particular division of the indus
, trial parade in the nature Of MADE
? in Boise exhibition.
2 In an event such as the Rainmakers
Festival, it is necessary that the life
and customs of the early days be dem
, onstrated, not alone as a tribute to the
) men and women who made the present
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prosperity of the country possible, bu,
IN order tnat the newcomers anu ,ne
younger generations might realize .n'
t hardshlps ana 'rlpuiatiohs OF '''
/ pioneer. The Pioneer parade will oc-
cur on iuesuaS Ihoihi''e anu 10 VIZ
only event of the Rainmakers Festiva
which occurs other than at night. Un-
der the direction of General JOSEPH
Perrault and John HALEY. both O.
whom are some of our earliest pioneers
this feature Of the celebration is rap.
idlv being worked into shape.
The early history of the state vii
he DENOTED and the types of those day.
will he strictly adhered to. In thi,
parade the element of beauty will b,
missing. If we except the faces OF tn,
nioneer women who through the hard
sbips of early DAYS have taken on ,
beauty al, their own. Everything n
connection with the parade will be a
nearly a reproduction of condition.