The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-08
IDAHO ENTHUSES
ON SPECIAL TRAIN

BOISE MAKES EXTENSIVE PLANS
FOR RECEPTION OF VISITORS
ON "FRIENDSHIP SPECIAL
All Idaho is interested in the
s.North Idaho Special which steams
out of Moscow Wednesday evening
at $50 o'clock with 125 or more
hackers of the Idaho football team
The special train has caused COM
ment from all sections of the state.
Starting with a plan for a rooters
special the plan has grown until the
train has become known as the Ida
no Unification Special and the
Friendship Special"
Northern and southern Idaho citi-
-zens look upon the train as ''the
greatest thing ever put across
Certain 1t is that the train which
leaves here Wednesday night with it's
contingent of Idahoans will mean
much toward the removal of the geo
graphical distance between the south
+ern and northern parts of the state.
Far sighted citizens in arranging for
the train have based their plans on
the bond Of state union-the Univer-
.sity Of Idaho.
Undergraduates are busy arrang-
ing with instructors for leaves of abb
,sences. The attractiveness of the
"trip with the football team and Uni
versity Pep band is expected to draw
any number Of the students to Boise
for the Second Annual Armistice Day
football game between Kelleys men
and the University Of Wyoming.
Moscow will be well represented
with approximately 75 A represen-
tative committee in charge Of ar
rangements was busy all day Tues
day boosting for as large a delega-
ton as possible. AS to the train it
self it will be one of the best specials
ever run over the crack Union Pa
cific system. The special will be
made up Of the best Pullman and rail
equipment now being used anywhere
in the east or west, and will be sup
pliedt with new observation car and
a standard diner serving all meals.
The train will be run on limited
schedule making no stops enrOute
except for engine changes and water.
No feature of the service is being
overlooked, special care being taken
to secure the older train crews and
dining car stewards from the regular
service to handle this train.
In addition to covering the best
scenery during daylight on this trip,
passengers will have an opportunity
of seeing the longest steel railroad
bridge of it's height in America This
bridge, one Of the most wonderful
engineering feats yet accomplished,
spans the entire Snake river valley at
Aver, Wash, extending from one
plateau on one side of the river to
that on the opposite side. The bridge
is over a mile in length and rises
800 feet above the water.
Moscow's Chamber of Commerce
has made arrangements to install
special electric sign on the rear end
OF the observation car and all pas
sengers on the train will wear Idaho
silver and gold rooter caps with
Moscow Chamber of Commerce print
ed across the front.
What southern Idaho thinks of the
plan is shown in the following story
from The Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise Chamber of Commerce has
Chamber of Commerce that the larg-
1itical or fraternal, that ever left
northern Idaho for the south, will
arrive in Boise on a special train
about noon Thursday, November 10,
to attend the football game on Ar
mistice day between the University
of Idaho and the University of Wyo-
ming.
; "The news has caused excitement
such as / have never known in the !
city" said w. H. p. Hill, secretary
Of the Chamber of Commerce "This
excursion is being made the occasion (
of friendship visit on the part of
the friends of the North to- their
capital city. We learn that 125 have I
already bought tickets for the special {
train and commercial organization of s
the various northern towns are send
Ing representatives, which will swell
this party to between 200 and 300
persons. Can you blame us for get T
ting excited when the far away mem I
bers of our state family announce
this surprise visit? There has been t
a hurry up meeting at the chamber t
rooms and we have been busy ap- Il
pointing committees
"The general committee" said Mr..
Hill, desires that an invitation 20 to
svery organization and, citizen Of
Boise to be present and assist in re-
;eiving this delegation, as 1t is de-
Iired that nothing be left undone to A
make the visitors have a good time" A
After appointing many of the COM A
nittees the general committee ad- n
ourned to meet again Tuesday, No A
tember 8, at 1915 at which time all Q.
pmmittees will be expected to report if
rogress and final arrangements T
4 The general committee on arrange
aents follows Harry Lawson, chair
an, c. F. Dienst, T. L. Martin, Mrs. w
e. Graham, Mrs. John McDevitt, el
lobert o. Jones, e. F. Braden, Frank tt
Y. Brown, Claude W. Gibson, Miss in
Ophia L. Boellert and DR.. A. B. At M
rec. HI
The following reception committee al
ill meet the party at Nampa: E. A. ra
ROCKS, chairman, R %. Jones, Harry
awson, Mr.. and Mrs W. E. Graham
nd Miss Boellert. There will be