Show PERKY OF IDAHO I HIS NECK Enthused by Tall Buildings Buil ings He Tells Things About Gem Gern State BOISE GOING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN PARTY IN IDAHO ON ITS LAST LEGS fc F I 1 Perky Perk of Boise Dolse was in the city elt tI c afternoon and last evening for few hours He came down from Ogden t to itay over between b tween trains after a run to TElko Elko on some legal business and he left for home last night He was found by b a reporter in the lobby lob of the Wilson hotel last evening digesting a big dinner and amI rubbing his neck neciL Gee whiz he exclaimed giving his Ills neck a few extra strokes Youve You e been building some skyscrapers in this old ld Id town since I was here last Eh Went ent down downto to 0 mail a letter and been gazing at those new office buildings across from the post oaI e until Ive got a stilT stiff neck Where There Wherein Therein here herein in the world are they going to find people enough to fill all those offices Why Wh WhIther either Ither one of those buildings is larger than the Overland In my town Everybody who ho remembers the famous Democratic state convention last summer In Jn Twin Falls Ida when the faction bolted the convention and held a separate convention in the same hall halt TV r the same time with the regular conven conen convention tion ion remembers K I I Perky Perk He is the theman theman man mall who presided over oer th part of the convention Everybody who knows anything about politics In Idaho knows who K I J Perky Perk is anyway In fact fart anybody who knows anything about legal affairs In Idaho knows K I T Perky Perk and anybody who knows anything about baseball In Idaho knows more about K IC I Perky Perk He Ho is the biggest fan in Boise both from point of oC enthusiasm and from point of pIls Hes prominent prominent prominent nent as a Democrat and campaign work worker er fr and he has been known to practice law He was one of the tile counsel for the defense in the tile famous trial of William D DJa Ja wood Mr tr Ir Perky Perk was looking well and happy and prosperous last night and the re reporter reporter reporter porter was therefore not surprised to hear him sum up conditions in Idaho as fol follows follows lows Boise Is Looking Up Boise noise will have a fast baseball team In hit Hie he Intermountain league and she will lave have a Democrat for mayor maor after April 6 5 and Idaho will wilt have a Democratic gov gO gOrnor t two years tars hence The state slata is grow grovv hg the town Is growing and the tile Republican Republican lican party state county count and city is on its ts last legs And the people pe are arc all crazy craz for good baseball bao ball Mr Ir Perky Perk stated that to defeat John M 31 1 s for reelection as mayor of Boise tile the matter of nominating a citizens ticket was first agitated but the Democrats after some inquiry were convinced that with a good goad clean able popular candi candidate date dat to hood heed a straight Democratic ticket would be practically practical assured and the straight Democratic ticket was put putu n u the tile field with Joseph T Pence at Its head And let me you ou said Perky Perk that JIe Je Pence is II certainly giving John M 31 I the biggest series eries of sleepless 1 he lie Fas lS eer lad had since he h nominated Boise Bo Ida as a his permanent perman nt address Penco PEm r is about certain to win Nothing t UI n 11 earth can an apparently a save Haines from u feat at lOW And if Fence Penel Is elected ma may or of Boise this spring you can jot it down as my m prediction that Moses Alex Alexander antler ander who always marks his goods boods in plain figures will be the tile next governor of the Gem state You think Alexander would like to tomake tomake tomake make the run again Of or course he lie would Hes the most roost likely timber in the state for governor right now He Ho made a mighty good run last time and if the election had been a little later he would have run much better betterIn In the southeastern part of the state Do you think that Fred I red T Dubois would consent to let him run In t peace at atthe atthe the tho next state election Dubois Dubois Dubols Why Win what Ice you suppose Perky Perk began rubbing his neck again and said Gee I suppose Salt Lake City CIt had any an such tall tan buildings as those two down by the postoffice But speaking of buildings you OU ought to see the plans for the new ne hotel they are going to build in Boise Bolst Its ns Jt s to be But the rest of the conversation was rather of or a personal J nature |