Show battleship christening new york dec 12 governor frank R gooding of idaho is in this city talking idaho ito came hero from philadelphia chero lio had the satisfaction of seeing bis 13 old ter lomisom Lo aisoM the youngest sir who ever christened a battleship break a botalo of alno over the bow of a warship the governor Is here as a sort of a commercial envoy from ills slate disseminating semina ting information concerning idaho s great opportunities for tural and industrial development I 1 we are all proud of course said the governor yesterday to have he lar feest and most formidable ship in tin navy named after our state at the same time we lenow and dont mind saying that the state is worthy of the battleship in sugar beet culture for instance idaho will soon be the leading state in the northern part of the state we haio ho largest tract of white pine in the country and we also have extensive forests of yellow pine |