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Show western couutry. Extondiiip" from the wonderfully fertile Boiso valley through a settled, rich aud prosperous mining, timber and lire stoeK country, to a connection con-nection with competitive eastern rail-wavs, rail-wavs, it will pay from the very start, ami cost but very little to build it. This line will pour a world of wealth into Boise's lap. The Oregon Pacific is build-inn build-inn eastward from Yaqniua bay ami Portland on the Pacific, their declared objective point being Boise City. An extensiou of tho Butte-Boise line is projected pro-jected to run to San Francisco, giving the latter city her only outlet to the northwest. A company lias been organized to build northward through tho lumber aud agricultural regions of the Payetto valley to Spokane Falls and the Pnget Sound country and to run southward through tho rich mining districts and live stock country around Silver City to a connection with the Central Pacilic at Winnemucca. The extension of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad from J'ort Casper, Wyoming, will crosi southern Idaho and connect at Boise with the Oregon Pacilic. So that within a few years Boise will bo the most favored fa-vored railway center in tho entire inter mountain country in fact a great metropolis. me-tropolis. Already tho tide of immigration immigra-tion is pouring into the region tributary induced thereto by the reclamation of the arid lands by means of several irrigation irri-gation canals now tinder construction. And yet the vast flood of tho Snake river is untouched. Two million three hundred and thirty-nine thousand acres of agricultural lands lie parching for want of the waters of this river which flows through tho land instead in-stead of over it. What a grand lield for capital! A prominent railway .man not long since expressed it as his opinion opin-ion that Idaho presented more grand opportunities for the profitable employment em-ployment of tupital in tho way of bnild-ing bnild-ing irrigating canals, building railroads, developing the mining interest, utilizing utiliz-ing her vast forests, raising fruit and live stock, tlfan any other section of the entire west. It is the last virgin field for grand operations, and capital is already turning its attention in that direction. di-rection. As Boise is the center of the wealth, brains, culture and enterprise of this vast region, she will play a leading lead-ing part in its development, ami that development and that development will redound to her constant advantage, and she will ever be to it what Denver is to Colorado. Kansas City is to Kansas, Omaha to Nebraska, or Salt Lake City is to Utah, the most delightful place to live, the best place to make money and do business. RAtt- for politicians, business men, mining kings and traveling kings for this entire region, and did walls have tougues as well as ears those of the Overland could many an interesting tale relate. OL'll RECEPTION. Nothing was left undone by the citizens citi-zens of Boise to make the visit of the excursionists a thoroughly enjoyable one. The mayor, James A; Pinney, who is also president of the board of trade, welcomed the visitors and extended ex-tended them the freedom of the city. The press representatives were entertained enter-tained in elegant stylo by Mr. Hays, of Clark & Hayi. A lovely drive up the river to the famous vapor springs aud a refreshing bath was followed by a splendid supper and another drive. Mr. Goff, cashier of tho Boise City National bank, also entertained the newspaper men very hospitably, as also did Mr. Hoisted, and Messrs. Cobb & Romise-velle Romise-velle of the Idaho Statesman, the leading lead-ing newspaper of this section. . Mr. Davis, a wealthy fruit and livestock live-stock raiser, treated us to some mauifi-cent mauifi-cent domestic wiuo which is fully equal to anything produced in California. Your correspondent wishes to acknowledge acknowl-edge the receipt of courtesies also at the hands of Mr. Clark, secretary of the board of trade. Mr. Bockwith, Mr. Hunter Hun-ter and Mr. Cage, leading real estate men of the city, as well as to Fred Bliss, the popular conductor anil builder of the Boise railroad. The visitors were driven about tho city, to the vapor springs, to Eastman Bros.' remarkable artesian well, the barracks, the United States assay ofiicc, and the several handsome public buildings. Promen-aders, Promen-aders, if caught admiring the beautiful flowers which abounded in every yard, were pressed to accept magnificent bouquets bou-quets by the ladies owning the flowers. Nothing but beauty, nothing but hospitality, hos-pitality, nothing but kindness everywhere. every-where. This must have had a great influence in deciding many of the investments which were made by the visitors. BOISE'S LOCATION. But Boise is something more than beautiful and delightful. Nearly 2000 feet lower than Salt Lake City and feeling feel-ing tho Influence of the chinook coming up the Columbia and Snake river valleys, val-leys, she is situated at the head of one of the most fertile valleys on the globe. Fruits, grains and grasses grow m wonderful won-derful prolusion and excellent in quality. qual-ity. Livestock fattens on Boise clover as well as on Nebraska corn. ; A POLITICAL CKNTER. ; Boise is tho political center of Idaho. Hove are located the executive and legislative leg-islative departments of the territory, the peniteutiary and other erntoria institutions, the United States assay office, which , purchases more 1 han a million dollars annually of Idaho gold; an army post with several companies of solS the United States land oflice the-United States surveyor-genera s office, the Idaho supremo court, the United States district court and many her institutions, all contributing to Boise's wealth and prestige. iiihIndM Be Transformed Into Smiling Fields mnd Tlower Gardens of Great Beauty. TSIP TO IDAHO'S CAPITAL. mlous fertility of Idaho Her .Vast Forest and Mineral Lands A Great Development. ' TT OUR after hour, over vast reaches of lava and sage brush, shall we ever reach those blue mountains always " before and seemingly so near, and yet always turning turn-ing aside from ns? The never-failing sunshine pours down in a torrid flood while him yellow cloud marks where a fl) toils wearily across the desert. Monally we rome upon a turgid mil which cuts its winding way ke-fasliiou through tho vast plain, '"is Idaho sceu from tho Oregon nt Line. "'Iiatadrearv. desolate, God-for-'n region?" 1 exclaim. " tint a glorious lield for human ou-,risti!" ou-,risti!" bays a traveler beside mc. answers my look of interrogation M.vmg: '-You have, perhaps, tra-I'll tra-I'll I he fertile valleys of the Missis-. Missis-. Missuri and Ohio; mayhap the wiit lauds of the south; you mav j'S'wn the, wonderful possibilities o"f i. tmt if you bo alive, miiko this M')' ttvejity years hence and you H'ethem all eclipsed in produetivc- .t this desert of lava. Do you know ny years ag0 y0ur famous Utah, bake ami Cache valleys 'jmctliing like thisY Water re-wi re-wi it, and water will not only re-111 re-111 tins region but niako it world wnetl for ft'i-tiltty." l: reiieli the little station of Nampa, " scorched, dust-smothered collec-"i.new collec-"i.new houses with a score or more - course of erection, the cheery 11 ol hammer and saw being heard ,,er,y hand. . nnendays the prospect of get-ater get-ater is the cause of the town ? "wit, because here wo leave the 11 "Jf and take a branch leading to t Uy, the capital of Idaho. W ith-iT ith-iT Aampa would be uninhabita-,11 uninhabita-,11 as a canal has just been com-, com-, "'"in the Boise . river. it.is' des-10 des-10 "wome quite a . business place. , THE cm- of noist. j wigla we reach , the station of ' the iiluir overlooking the tove-,aey tove-,aey that the sun ever shone ihecliuuge was so sudden, tile so great,- it almost : seemed a trick. We jumped into a aiting for us and we soon found ' ' . BUSINESS. Boise is a business center. Here are located the heaviest commercial houses of ldal o, and hither come the surround-kgSg surround-kgSg towns for their, provisions aud supplies. ; FINANCIAL. "Boise 8 a financial center. Here re JeTtie wealth of this va,t region of 40 000 square .miles. The i weaitmesi merchants, miners,, stockmen, and rnchmea Illah0 do their business here Tnd the banks of Bo se are among the strongest in tho country. They do more business than all the rest , of the tanks in the interior mountain coun- trAt Boise centers au immense mining interest and around her he some ol tne viciiest miner.l districts m the world. KAILWAY?. r1ternorhouWatthe hea.l of it to roul Bose to ' Vtuni for ,he .v lsion was no dream, for we rolling over the tidily kept -. oeneath masses of foliage and ik- l llnK t,ie 8wet perfume pf ; meh were Been on every band e masses of beauty. ' "Beautiful win? l"ns every' l-P. 'and there in a ""--dred of us,' for we all i ov; ??e tls spot at the invitation Sherman, register of the ,aI'd aiinr, &?lt-' Lake City, . wnb, charmed . with Boise, i?, Jargely in, real estate ittrinr star,ed in to advertise n I7i i0na- H1 is ai-enthusiast e tl ' and ils he is the only one iXe-l generation of Shermans nerl f -.e P0,itc--1 genius of his 'linent "y he is sure to occupy a ,h lj,"? Pos'tion in Idaho affairs. . wwn was fu1 Qf stranger9 fronJ P.as ot the country, most of tiitni .uapitalist8 who had come to i 8 ffthe opportunities for inrest-tiut inrest-tiut tb otes were goon overflow- ho clUzPn hospitably opened n t, j 10 he excursionists, and e handsomely entertained. Your i'lartie11 Was fortunate In seeur--1 bv?Kat 'h Overland hotel, con- l in astmau brothers, who aoro, P,ams t0 ake every quest r nii gh -v at home. The Overland uaDy years been the rendezvous |