Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-17
A Job for Each.

Sunday Capital News: Being free
born American citizen claim an in
alienable right to kick"
Just want to say, however, at the
beginning in order to allay any shivery
sensation that may be chasing itself
up and down the chiropractic play
ground of the moral elite, that this let
ter Is not going to develop into a dis
cussion of the provocative impulses
perverted or otherwise.
Boise is Well, I've been ramb-
ling animal, man and boy. for approxi-
mately 80 and a quarter years. Have
seen a little of this thing we call the
u. s. of A., including many parts OF
Missouri: wandered over the land OF
mescal pulke, tarantulas, centipedes
gila monsters, revolutions and Huerta;
have watched the throngs on Dear
born, State and LaSalle streets, and
swum the Rio Grande on Captain
Jack" have strolled along the tree
lined avenues of Washington, District
of Columbia, and other lovely villages.
have beheld the wonderful mirage OF
the far southwest deserts, aye-have
sat in the saddle at sunset on the Old
Kiowa range; have looked into the
depths of the Colorado's chasm and
stood, enthralled, before the face OF
the Grand Tetons; Rave listened to
the chant of the angel (wingless) choir
in the Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake
and heard the splash of Payette lakes
crystal drops when an 18-inch rainbow
trout jumped for a salmon fly: have
watched the playful antics of the fes-
tive Kansas cyclone and felt the rifle
of an Idaho breeze as it gently kissed
the ripening prune-all of this pre-
liminary to the prosaic statement that
in my humble Judgment Boise, Ada
county, Idaho, Is the best little town
for its inches on the map-eXcept for
two serious drawbacks.
You see Boise has many things to be
thankful for; its climate for one thing.
the fine soil for another; the splendid
street and interurban railway system;
the regular service on the oregon
Short Line branch from Nampa
thenceward; the lightless clusterless
cluster lights; the Barber railroad that
is going to be built POGO pronto; the
Boise Winnemucca; the Northwest
ern; the Boise Butte-and all the
other "Butteful' main lines that have
been recently (not) built; the elegant
homes; nice paved streets; pleasant
smell from the asphalt company's do
funny that fixes up the bum spots in
the pavement: the fine churches, elo-
quent preachers, elegant millinery dis
plays weekly shown; the good schools
solid business institutions and banks
with plenty of money (safely) inside
their vaults; all the fraternal societies
the Commercial club, baseball team
that is better than it thinks 1t is, tht
law enforcement league. the refined
and classical exhibitions at Forest
park semi occasionally; why, child
Boise has many, many things to be
thankful for-think of it: Smiley
Hunt is still in town and the Hyde
Park w c. T. U. is yet on the job
Boise is one of the most splendiferou:
little cities this side of Culebra Gu
and Is alright except
And then there is all the vast ares
of highly developed prune and othel
land tributary; the magnificent timber
resources on top OF the Sawtootf
mountains and the mineral wealth un
derneath them are. too. Boise assets
there's the Deer Flat project and sew
eral other dear" and tolerably fiat