Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-31
OFFER FOR FIGHT
IS FIRST STEP TO
ADVERTISE IDAHO
Backers Have Plan Outlined to
Attract Attention of Country
to This Part of Intermoun-
tain Section.

Advices received in Boise con-
corning raising Of $4,000 guar
antee for the Willard Dempsey boxing
contest to be held in Idaho. indicate
this is but the first move in gigan-
tic advertising for the Gem state and
the intermountain west. The final
object aimed at by those behind the
proposition is to bring to the attention
of the United States the vast posi-
bilities and opportunities of the irri
gated country and the new era now
| opening in the west. The magnitude
of the great opportunity to put the re-
sources as yet undeveloped in Idaho
before the world is hardly realized
as yet by those on the ground.
A large amount of the federal APP
preparation for the reclamation of the
lands of the United States is justly
due to the irrigated sections, and
those most directly interested in the
upbuilding of this territory must see
to it that the intermountain country
gets it's share. When the business
men and investors from the east, who
come to see the Willard Dempsey
match in Idaho, see this country first
hand and learn something of It's pos
sibilties, they will go back eager to
talk and deal intelligently with the
subject and many of them will be-
come financially interested in western
development.
Now that the guarantee has been
raised by business men of Idaho in the
exceedingly fast time of 16 minutes
$4,000 a minute-the next move on
the program will be to take special
delegation of live wires, genuine
Western boosters, back to New York
and Washington to spread the gospel
of the West as 1t has never been
spread before. A special Pullman will
leave Pocatello about April l running
| through to New York. where a stop
of two or three days will be made and
from that city the delegation will
travel to Washington where COM
mittee headed by Major Fred r. Reed,
secretary of the Idaho reclamation as
ISOLATION, will take up with Secretary
Lane the vital matters affecting the
irrigated states, particularly Idaho.
In the matter Of raising the 100000
guarantee, the towns in the irrigated
sections of Idaho, and the great
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matter with great enthusiasm, and are
pledging their moral and financial
support. The Twin Falls country has
guaranteed $4,000 as starter, the
Idaho Falls section $500, tRexburg
alone pledged $500 and others are
stating what they will do towards get
ting the big fight in Idaho daily by
wire, telephone. mail and personal
representatives.
Jess Hawley. prominent attorney of
this city, was asked to attend the
booster luncheon given at Pocatello
the middle of the week to discuss the
ACCESSIBILITY of sending a delegation to
New York to confer with George
(Tex.) Richard but was untble to at
tend. Instead. he wired his express
sions in the following words:
Il am very much interested in your
determined and clever fight to bring
the big Willard-Dempsey match to
Pocatello, and am in sympathy and
accord with your attempt. / quite
agree with you that it would be splen-
did advertising for Pocatello and
southern Idaho to take this important
sporting event away from New York
and the great centers of population.
| The audacity and nerve of little man
competing in some physical combat
with a larger man, evidently his SUI
perior, brings admiration for the
smaller man, whether he wins or
loses. So the boldness of Idaho, with
it's small population and it's great dis
lance from the wealthy and populous
centers of the United States, attempt
ing to compete with weather. and
more populated places, will excite ad
miration for the nerve and activity of
Idahoans in general, and yourself and
your Pocatello associates in par
ticular.
The publicity that you have already
gained is worth something and We
of Boise are admiring the way you
have done it. | am quite certain that
the active men here in all walks OF
life are with you in your effort and
will Operate as far it may be pos
sible in turning the eyes of fighting
fandom towards Idaho"
One of the many ways J. Robh
Brady, behind the scheme of bringing
the fight to Idaho, has OF advertising
the West and the Gem state, is unique
As the publisher of the New West
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intermountain edition with informa
tive articles and numerous illustra-
lions telling of the West, its scenic
mining and agricultural possibilities
prepared. Thousands of copies Of this
publication will be distributed from
the special car from Pocatello to New
York and Washington, while thous-
ands more will be mailed direct to
Eastern centers for distribution. In
addition to his magazine, Mr.. Brady
plans to start quarterly publication
called the Irrigation World" to be
distributed through the organization
of the New West magazine.
Mr.. Brady Is not prizefight pro-
moter; In fact. knows very little about
the pugilistic game. but he is said to
realize to that this is the dawn Of q
new era, and that IL the match car
be brought to Idaho and the attention
of the nation is attracts 70 this sec