Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-01
dahos New Capitol Building the Pride of the Entire State
lRY j. e. TourteIotte.l

just a little deeper. If the wilderness,
or the country. if you please which is
uninhabited by man, is so much super
Tor to the city | would ask why II IS
that the country offers up her best of
humanity to go to the cities The VII
lage, the town and the city are made |
np to a great extent rom the country !
bred population.
The prophets of cid in speaking Of
Heaven describe i. as city with
golden streets, and in thaa city every
individual was prosperous ana was the
possessor of a mansion in the skies. II
is true that God made the earth, or
country, but he made man and com
manded him to go forth and improve
and dominate the earth.
Constructive Development.
The great difference between man
and every other living thing created is
that man was given the power to Gre
ate and improve his condition. In the
olden times we are told of a wise man
who was not only the wise man of his
age and generation but the wisest man
the world has ever seen or ever VIII
see. and his life work was the building
Of a temple in honor of his Creator
and standing for the dignity of man,
and genius by his Creator; to create
great and wonderful constructions.
Men congregate in centra- points for
the sake of convenience and because
mankind in his interdependence and by
their CO. operation take conditions bet
ter and more pleasurable for ALL
Commonwealth have throughout the
ages aspired to build great architec-
tural monuments. which in their own
times should stand for and celebrate the
creative ability possessed by every in
dividual of the community and TO
glorify his Creator who gave him this
great and wonderful possession, for his
benefit and happiness, and the more
industrious, intelligent and highly cul-
tured the people of that common
wealth. the greater merit always re-
suits in their architectural creations,
which go down through the ages
being true message Of the lntelli-
gence and culture of a people from
past generation to the present and
succeeding generations.
ldaho's Mission.
Idaho the most democratic of the 4S
states, and whose people perhaps on
the average are more enterprising, am
bilious and intelligent than any other
our great nation, felt great longing
to build and construct In her capital
city a monumental structure for her
capitol which should raise her head up
and stand before the world as a true
exemplar of the physical intellectual
and moral standards of the people
composing her commonwealth, and in
honor TO the great God Who gave them
the great expanse of plains and noun
tains and the capacity in each indi-
vidual composing her population to go
forth, improve and develop the won
derful resources found within her do
main.
TO do this work and to represent her
in the Doing Of 1t She chose a most
wonderful and honorable set of men
to serve without remuneration, whom
she named her capitol commission and
delegated them to de this great work
in her behalf
The central unit or section of this
building, which has but recently been
completed, is a result OF their vision
and Judgment III the carrying out of
the trust placed in their hands by their
state.
Select Close In Site.
The grounds upon which the capitol
was constructed is in the central Sec
ton of the capital city and contains
about 10 acres said tract having Csc
feet frontage on Jefferson street, which
is the main frontage Of the capitol, by
about 300 feet in depth This location
being SO central makes access to the
building easy ana convenient to the
people all over the state and in the
city as 1t is close to the business dis
-
also for the reason that al people COM
ing to the capital city. II only stopping
here for few hours, are given an OPP
portunity to visit the building ana 10
through it, which would not be the
case were it located at d distance of
one or two miles from the business
district Of the city. a portion of the
grounds are now laid out and give
promise of the beauty Of the said
grounds when the entire building shall
have been completed ana the whole
has been laid out into beautiful curved
walks, driVeways. and the beautiful
lighting system which is planned to
surround the capitol, namely, Corin-
THAN columns with large globes Of
light resting on top Of same, form
margins for walks, drives and either
side of entrance ways TO the grounds,
on each of the four streets surrounding
said building
Exterior Construction and Design
The greatest cathedral in ancient
times was that of st. Peters, At Rome:
in more modern times ST. Paul's ca
thedral, at London was constructed
and was very similar and to certain
extent a copy of ST Peters,
When the architect Of our national