Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-07

Boise never saw such team work as
It is going to see before noon next
Tuesday when the big push for a new
$685. Y. M. G. A. building comes to
a successful and joyous conclusion.
approximately one hundred and fifty
absolutely wide-awake business men Of
this charming little metropolis tucked
away at the foot of the Sawtooth
mountains have lined up to put this
drive over and 1t is being done.
Fifty seven Thousand Three Hun
dred and seventy-one dollars Of the
original $165,00 was accounted for 1T
the regular hilarious MONDAY lunch
con held by the workers in the cam
paign in the old association building.
"A net gain was made in the results
over the work OF the day before. Yes
terday $11, 142.00 was reported as the
product of the days hustle against a
report OF $S,S54.50 for the previous
twenty -four hour spasm. This indi-
Gates q raise in the temperature of the
go-getters" and also that the "squiz-
zerinktum," or is 1t "spizzerinktum Pr
blame that word anyhow, somebody
will choke on 1t some day II they don't
watch out-but whatever 1t may be, 1t
is working.
The good report yesterday indicates
something else
That the people of Boise, the great
rank and file Of substantial. conscien-
tious, free and independent sovereign
voters, are beginning to realize that the
privilege of participating in the new Y.
M. c. A. Is something everybody ought
to be glad to do. The folks around town
who are occupying, to a large extent, the
positions of innocent bystanders are
coming to understand the need of a new
land up-to- date Y. M. G. A. building in
Boise to the end that the approximate
ly fifteen hundred boys and young men
about town may have place wherein
they can harmlessly and beneficially
and adequately. turn loose their juve-
nile exuberance.
It is q necessary civic improvement
and Boise is beginning to know 1t.
The battle still ragged at yesterdays
luncheon between the Nationals,
commanded by Manager f.. T. New
house. and the Americans" guided, d.
rected and exhorted to hustle harder
by Manager e. A. Crooks.
Gain was made by the Americans
In the days report Manager Crooks
aggregation took first place, turning n
$51S1,00 for the previous days work
against $3,S11.00 reported by the ma
tionals."
Executive committee reported 50,
10000
Captain Tom Martins team No.
took the lead for greatest amount re-
ported by any single team. This squad
belongs to the american" division
and there was an awful groan rolled uI
toward the ceiling when that beautiful
report was made. Captain Martin wor
the honor and climbing that emaciate6
ladder at the corner of Ninth and Main
and risking a dislocated vertebra OF
two in a desperate endeavor to set the
hands of the Big Clock where they
ought to be to show the world at large
that the stampede was still on and
rampsin' jubilantly toward the $165, 00(
mark.l
But Captain Martin Is a modest, re-
firing individual, not anxious to wir
the glory of a busted back or anything
especially in public, SO he delegated the
privilege of being official clock setter
to Captain Robert NJ. McCracken, a
member of Team 2, who is a genuine
government captain. The real soldier
knowing his duty, obeyed his superior
and went up while the ladder wiggled
and large and hopeful-probably hop
ing the ladder would slip or something
-expectantly watched him do it
But the crowd was disappointed, the
ladder didn't slide and Captain Nc
Cracker made a graceful and artistic
ascent and came down with perfect