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Show THE EXCURSION TO BOISE. The Capital of Idaho. Attempts at Booming. Tho party of excursionists which left this city on Thursday afternoon last, and which numtiered In the neighborhood of seventy-five, retchcu Roite nt about 2 p.m. next day, having spent about twenty-one hours en route. From Pocatello the Oregon Short Line extends northwesterly north-westerly over a very parely setUtd region. I.ong stretches of sage brush prairie, yast beds of lava, and now and then a range of hills they can scarcely be called mountains are passed. Between PocaMIoand 'ampa, a distance of about 230 miles, no towns are found Iia Ing a populaUsn of more lhn Imo or three hundred, and there are only a few of any size. From Xampa on the main line of the O. S. L., a. branch roid, 19 miles loDg, was finished to Boie something some-thing over two years ago. The too cars occupied by tho excursionists were detached from the main train and taken to Boise over this branch road. Pending tho switching of the car, etc, the pasengcrs had twenty twen-ty minutes or so in whleh to see ampa. This tn 11 cmplo cd some writer of 'boom" literature to ad-verUse ad-verUse it, and on the train were distributed circulars in which the place was designated "the future metropolis of Idaho." The prevent jtopukitlou was given at "250 souls." wnith estlma'e Is prolably not ex-Sgguaied ex-Sgguaied more than a hundred or so. The town has a weekly paper, wlileh sent a rciortcr to mtet tin excursionists and had a telegraphic special ghiugsomc account of them, and of George Francis Train j rinted In its iv-ue In time to circulate on the train. Tlie Boise Board of Trade had made arrangements bi entertain the ".bitors. The baud an excellent one by tho way- serenaded Iho hotels where they Mere stopping, and the Lusiness houses general! were decorated dec-orated w IUi rlag. A feeling of welcome wel-come and cordiality towards the straugers m as show n. Boise is a prett town, and lias a hue location. Its site is smooth and level, and near to a range of mountain The streets are ebjht felt nide, Including side .talks, and the blocks arc2tJxK)0 feet lnsise. The buines portion oitlie town Is 'compaet and the buildings In it are neat, as a rule Some of Uiem are t quite pretenticus, and neatly all of th-m hi u a substantial look, stone and briik I eing tlie material generally gener-ally used. i lie residence streets remind one of Provo, aud have a cozy and t- tracthe appearance. The homes of Uie people are fnme cottages gencr-ail,man gencr-ail,man of which have pleasing designs and proportions. Tlie Capitol ! an lmjicslng 1 structure and cost flO.J.00-). About 100 jards lo the risht of it is the Adt County court house, costing 1 7o,0i.V, and at a simihr distance to Uie rft stands the Boise public school building.whicli cost Slot',000. Tliese threestnit lures make a litud-some litud-some group. ear the eapltol isan eipjitrLlli statue cf Washington. The figures of the man and hor-e are about half lifesize, andare ill executed. The remarkable fict aiout the twuis thntthe were cut out of the root of an immense tree.JustasUiei Ltnd, fivs that n covering of gold leaf lias bee n applied to them. j Boise has a pojuilatlon of about I "5,300, but the number and extent of' Uie Ui'Ini-ss houses would Indicate double the number of inhabitant.. It S however, tlie center ol an extensive ex-tensive ranching and catUe raising region. To a eron familiar with the history his-tory of the "Mormon" question In! Idaho, n viit to Boise will recall ell i) ters of It, the reading of which will atlurd 1 leasure to no true jiat-not. jiat-not. The trbltrary denial of setts to men lawfully elected to the leirs- lature liccautc they were memlrs of-an obnoxious religious sect, tlie concoction of a religious test Uiat will ba famous iu the future history of the American continent, and the frtming of a State constitution which dhfrauthlscsalargu proportion propor-tion of the iteople of whoe liberties it Is presumed to be the clitrt r, are extraonlluar anil historical luel-dents luel-dents which will keep alive in American annals 3 recollection of tho place where Ibe-y occurred Bols". |