Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-24


ing the water Cor the coffee, and the
third is for heating The water for dish
washing. w. e. Snodgrass, the head
chef, stated the first pit filled with
the finest of choice roasts viii be. fired
Tuesday noon, and thaG all Of tho pits
win be fired by o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon. The meat win be continuously
roasted UP to Wednesday noon when
every detail will be complete for the
serving of 10000 big, juicy sandwiches.
AUTO SHOW.
The automobile show is the largest
and most elaborate affair OF its kind
ever seen in Idaho. The decorations
are artistic and beautiful. This Is
really one OF the most attractive fea-
lures Of the fair The big auto-show
tent occupies the space Immediately to
the northeast OF the fine nrts hall.
The entire east wing Of the fine arts
hall is used by the extensive exhibit Of
the state boys and girls club work
This is one Of the most important ex-
hibits at the fair. 1t 10 by odds the
biggest and best ever shown at any
fair in the state. A feature of this de-
partment looked forward to with ~,uch
interest IL the canning demonstrations
all day Friday.
NEEDLE AND ART WORK.
The south wing Of thiss building Is
occupied by the women's departments
where most beautiful display of
fancy neeedl work may be seen. The
art department occupies the north
wing. A feature here is the fine col
lection Of arrow heads owned by
Fields Caldwell Of Boise. They are ex-
hibited in three frames, one of the
frames being noteworthy from the fact
ii lis made of cigar box wood beau
tifully hand carved
A large tapestry that Is very beau
tiful is another feature OF the art de-
partment as is also very large can
vas In water color depicting the
Enunciation. Some wonderful China
painting Is also exhibited here.
GREAT MINERAL EXHIBIT.
The states great mineral exhibit is
shown in It's entirety. 1t takes In the
whole Of the west wing OF the fine art
building. A detailed account of this
exhibit will be given IN later issue.
This lis g. feature that is certain to at
tract widespread attention.
The agricultural and horticultural
displays are most attractively arrang-
ed. The following counties have ex-
hibits In the agricultural Department.
Ada, Canyon, Payette, Twin Falls.
Gooding. Lincoln and Bingham. And
these in the horticultural depart
ment: Ada, Canyon, Payette, Good
ing and Twin Falls.
There are many features of interest
10, 1A,> rf,,,a ,,@e ,t~lo
may be noted these:
J. C. Newell of Boise has three of
the finest golden squash ever shown at
a Boise fair They were grown in a
Boise war garden"
Harry Curtis, a 15-year- old Boise
boy, has three extra fine Hubbard
squash on exhibition. They were grown
by him in war garden"
J. s. Backus of Boise has IL ears of
red dent and IL ears of strawberry
dent corn at the fair. They were
grown on his dry land farm on Blacks
creek east of Boise. They are re-
markable for their fine quality and
size. which is noteworthy, considering
the extreme dry farming season this
year.
The northeast corner of the agri-
cultural building is occupied with
fine display of dairy products, and on
the opposite side Is located the beau
tiful booth of the Idaho Light & Pow
er Co.
LIVESTOCK SHOW.
The livestock show takes in all the
buildings and sheds in the west part
of the fair grounds. 1t Is an extern
sive exhibit in which only pure bred
horses. cattle, swine and sheep ere
shown.
AT the extreme west end of the fair
grounds Is where the big string of re-
lay and bucking horses are stalled.
There are 100 of these horses and they
will be used this week in the most
thrilling series of buckaroo events ever
seen on these grounds.