The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-10-08
POCATELLO PAPER
APPRECIATES THE ADS.

Editor Tribune,
Caldwell, Idaho.
just cut the following clipping from
the Boise Statesman:
Boise Fair.
For a considerable period Boise has
been struggling along on the basis
of trying to establish state fair.
Other towns have bounced into the
game, and perhaps with just as much
license, but it seems that Boise orig
mated the plan and is entitled to the
game.
Sometimes a fellow perfects pro-
cess, mechanical or otherwise, and
another fellow steals it from him,
and profits by it for time. The
theft may be kept up, but as time
goes along he fails to keep the game
going as he would were other than
monetary interests involved.
This year Boise has a good project
along the line of a state fair and it
should receive the most liberal sup
port from the people of the state, as
the idea is good and carries out the
principle that the state capital is the
central point for the exposition of
state resources The Boise state fair
will be held on four days of this
month, commencing on the 5th, and
the event is worth keeping in mind.
-Pocatello Tribune.
The Gateway Tribune must have
been running an ad for the Boise fair,
at least the writer can think of moth
ing else that would inspire such an eff
| Id h. 60,
with the facts he certainly would not
accuse anyone of pilfering a state fair.
Hideous crime, the first of the kind on
record, not even mentioned in the sta
tutes. The only analogous case the
writer ever heard of is a rumor that in
early times Boise stole the territorial
capital from northern Idaho and NOV
ed it to Boise. This however was
sometime before she patented the
state fair. 1t is also rumored that not
long ago Boise attempted to take a
horse market away from a neighbor-
ing town.
OF course the Idaho State Fair held
at Caldwell is not mentioned but it is
not going too far to read in between
the lines that some other State Fair
is referred to and it might be the one
held at Caldwell. However a state
ment Of little past history might not
: be out of line at the present time.
Formerly, fair known as the Inter
Mountain Fair was held at Boise In
1913 the Association which managed
the same went into the hands of a re-
ceiver. In 1914 no fair was held and
in the spring of 1915 it was reported
that Ada county had bought the old
fair grounds owned by the Inter
Mountain Fair Association, and that
the county proposed to use the ground
for poor farm. In view of the fact
the directors of the Canyon County
Fair decided to open up their fair to
state competition. 1t might also be
added that the Canyon County Fair
;. had the longest record of continuous
! annual county fairs of any county in
: the state and had Loyalty supported
the Boise fair while it was in existence
with large exhibit and attendance
and was the logical association to
open to state competition after its
neighbor was dead and buried. But
shortly after it was reported that the
Canyon County Fair Association had
> been changed to the Idaho State Fair
the alleged poor farm at Boise was
suddenly changed to the Gem State
Fair and the directors of the Idaho
State Fair were advised they were tc
have scrap on their hands. Now the
supporters of the fair at Caldwell have
no hard feeling against the promoter.
: of the Boise Fair. They only wish them
success if they are honestly seeking
to better the livestock and agricui
= tural interests Of Idaho, but the,
would be much obliged in the future
if whenever any Boise institutions an.
e nounce that they are dead that the,
would stay dead. We all love Boise
she is a dandy, pretty little town anC
: We are all proud of her for A stat,
e capital. But Boise has not many ma
2 tural resources in the wav of agricuI
. ture Immediately surrounding her anC
if she is to grow she must depend or
y the business from the outside agri
: cultural communities and perhaps /
r. would be just as we'll if she were no
G so selfish. There is not enough apri
= culture resources within a wagon han
u of Boise to supply her domestic use,
r and it has always occurred to tn,
writer that state fair was essential,
q an agricultural and live stock proposi
j. ton and should be held where pcopI,
! interested in these industries are 10
n Gated. SUBSCRIBER.