Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17
CAPITALISTS OF
EAST PAY VISIT
TO THIS STATE
Inspection Is Made of Irri-
gation Projects With a
View to Investing Heavily
Now in Boise.

Idaho's big irrigation projects. its
raw lands awaiting to be reclaimed to
make rich ranches and homes for hun
dreds, it's water supply and its numer-
GUS other resources are being inspected
by a party of 13 milionaires from the
east, who have seen the southern Sec
ton of this state from one end to the
other under the escort of w. B. Slick
and Joel l.. Priest and while several of
the party were familiar with condi
lions here and have seen the wonderful
development during the past few years,
the visitors were agreeably surprised.
Noting the accomplishments of the past
in irrigation work they could picture
the possibilities of the future and admit
that they are likely to become finan-
cially interested in reclamation devel-
opment in this state and have under
consideration at least two projects Of
considerable size.
The party consists of F. w. Prickett,
q member of the firm of Frazier &
Company, a bonding house of Philadel-
phia; II. R. Carl. president Of the First
National bank of Auburn, Pa; ID. d.
Erhardt, president of the Hanover
Trust company; Edward Adams, vice
pItSlutHl VI Tic budi ditGO lllc "
Trust company of Baltimore; c. P.
Hernig, prominent business man Of
Philadelphia; C. d. Smith, president
of the First National bank of McSher-
rystown, Pa. w n. Haslup, treasurer
of the Utah Savings bank of Baltimore:
s. !. Whitmarsh manager of the bond
department of the Guarantee Title &
Trust company of Baltimore; T. M.
NJ a~gl 90 he fphi
ings bank of Atchison, Kan; G. M,
Crawford, of f. McLain Waters &
Co, of Philadelphia; T. F. Waters, F.
s. Carmack and A. S. Everest of the
bonding firm of Carmack, Waters G.
Everest of Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
Some Already interested.
A number of the men in the party
are heavily interested in Idaho and are
seeing their projects for the first time.
Upon entering Idaho they were taken
over the North and South Side Twin
Falls tracts, inspected the power de-
velopment at American Falls, whirled
west in their private car to the Weiser
section, inspected the orchards and
lands adjacent to the washington
county metropolis then into the Crane
Creek project. now being developed,
and visited the head of the water sup
ply for the project
Not only was the party shown
through Idaho. but they were taken to
ranches and talked with the men on
the farm learning from them the crop
yield under the process of irrigation.
One of the party declared that t\e
stories told by Mr. Slick about Idaht
produce seemed incredible, but after
having gone through the state and
made investigations for himself. he was
obliged to admit that Mr.. Slick under
estimated rather than overestimated.
Other members of the party were
obliged to make the same admissions.
Today the prominent flnanciers are
to have a conference with Governor
John M Haines and ]. H. Peterson at
torney general. to talk over irrigation
matters and after the conference they
will make an investigation of the Sun
INSIDE tract near Mountain Home.
They will then make the return trip by
easy stages, taking in prominent cities
and the sights of interest en- route
after their strenuous trip through the
irrigation empire of the northwest.