Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-04

company and Carl n McStay, Of the
Caldwell Traction company. spoke In
behalf of the magic city and congrat-
ulated the citizens Of Nampa upon
their many notable achievements dur
ing the year OF 1915 and highly COM
inended the progressive spirit e~idenc-
ed by the citizens Of Nampa In their
effort for continued growth and de-
velopment.
e. B. sherman, Of Boise. delivered an
address in behalf Of the Boise Com
mercial club and warmly congratu-
lated the officers Of the Chamber Of
Commerce ard the business men Of
the city upon their wonderful record
Of progress, and emphasized the great
necessity of harmonious and concert
ed activity upon the part of city In
giving It a pronounced impetus along
the lines of growth, development and
general progress. To this fact he
attributed the progress Of the Junction
city the past year.
PROFESSOR BROSNAN REPLIES.
In his characteristic eloquent man
ner, Professor c. J. Brosnan, city SUI
perintendent of schools. enlarged up
on the many notable achievements
made by the city since the initiation of
| its campaign for increased growth and
development. He spoke in part as
follows
Nearly 80 years ago Mary Hallock
try. Kuna cave. the blue Owyhees
snow-crested, old War Eagle, the
gray green miles Of sage brush-these
| - l.y d.
| of romance. She called this home OF
ours, The Chosen Valley
| I'VE teachers like that title. We
feel that our lines have fallen in
| pleasant places, and that kindly
providence has led us to q Chosen
| Valley
"The historian Of the future will
| name these as the four supreme and
outstanding events in the history OF
| Nampa- First, the coming of the Short
| Line in 1888, and, the building of the
Boise branch in 1887. Second, the
| building of the Ridenbaugh canal In
| 1891. Third, the coming Of Colonel w
H. Dewey in 1896. He pierced Nampa
with third railroad line and made 1t
| 1daho's junction city. But his real
| monument Is this beautiful hotel II
Is a memorial to his vision, to his abid-
| ing faith in the Nampa we know to-
| night, and the Nampa which is to be
Fourth. the recent completion of the
Arrowrock dam. which means an as
sured water supply and additional
| thousands Of fertile acres
ABOUT THE SCHOOLS.
Now a word about our schools
They had a humble beginning. In
1886. in the upstairs Of little building
| where the Canyon Furniture store now
stands. Miss Edith Thatcher. of Min
| neapolis, taught our first school. She
! came from her far-away eastern home
! to give an invalid brother the benefit
Of this beautiful climate. We should
| feel proud that this noble. self sacri-
ficing girl was Nampa's first teacher
"Our first high school was estab-
lished in 1900. The enrolment was
| less than 40; today we have S51. The
! first graduation exercises were held in
1908 in the assembly room Of this
hotel. There were nine graduates
This spring we shall have more thar
| so graduates.
Next September we shall open oul
| llCW SOpsVVV ulBh bCuOOl. 1t Will Ut
consecrated to the task Of teaching our
children how to make an honest liv-
ing: of Identifying manual labor; o.
teaching the nobility of the useful. The
leading industry of this region fol
years to come will be agriculture
Nampa's future growth Is dependen
on the scientific development of thes,
ranches and orchards. The mission O
the Nampa schools is clear 1t is t.
equip our pupils with trained head.
and skillful hands; to turn their face!
towards the ranches Of this 'Choser
Valley"
CLOSED WITH BANQUET.
The notable affair terminated will
a banquet at the Dewey Palace hotel
The celebration was presided over b,
N. Jenness, president of the Chambe
OF Commerce.
A resolution was adopted instruct
ing President Jenness and Secretar,
Lakness to call a meeting of the presi
dents and secretaries Of the CONNER
cial clubs of the Boise valley in thi