Show I I OGDEN FOLKS SURPRISED BY BOISE PARADE P I That the celebratIon at Boise marking the commence commence- commencement ment meat of ot main line traffic through that city was a 0 success even to the minutest detail Is the report brought back by Mr and Mrs Warren arren L I Wattle who attended as special of ot the city elty ot of Boise Dolse Mr Ir Wattle aUls said eaid The accounts heretofore pub pub- published published can give only a 0 taint faint lea ilea ot of the thoroughness thol with which the tho even was planned and carried out Boise Bolso entertained pro probably ably the largest crowd ever assembled within Its borders The entire population entered into the spirit ot or the occasion Costumes typical of ot the d days 11 ot of 1804 1864 when the locality was first settled Bellied were the rule One or of the prettiest ceremonies Imag imag- Imaginable imagInable was when the special train ot of Carl R H Gray Gra president of ot the Union Pacific pulled into the magnificent new station over the thene new ne road thus Initiating main mainline mainline mainline line traffic The train was stop stop- stopped stopped ped pod by a delegation of ot Doise's Boises prettiest girls all dressed In white and bearing great branches ot of apple blooms They escorted President Gray and his s staff to his reviewing stand which bore boro the announcement We Wo have wat- wat wat ed at ed 40 years ears for tor this train The scene was wall Inspiring The stations crowns a hill hili overlooking beautiful Boise valley and from almost any point In that valley the he picturesque structure its Ita high white tower catches the eye ec I do not believe there Is another station In the tho country so favor tavor- favorably ably situated to afford a view ot of the country It serves The parade banquets rodeo exhibitions sham battles and other ether prepared by the citizens ot of Boise for the entertainment ot of Its guests would have done to any city In the country The parade Knelt itself typified In very every conceivable way the early history and lat later r progress of ot the state ot of Idaho It required about an hour and a halt to pass the reviewing le stand and there was not a dull In section section- In the entire pageant The remarkable thing about this development de in transportation it Is that it means so much for tor the city of ot Boise Dolse without In any way detracting from any other com corn community mu n Nampa ampa Boises Boise's nearest com corn competitor competitor has already received a splendid new station and Is profit profit- profitIng profiting ing lag In a commercial and Indus Indus- Industrial industrial Industrial trial way by this thil new develop develop- development development development ment A great many Ogden people were in attendance and this even which will become his his- historic his historic torte In the annals of ot the trans transportation of ot the northwest Archie Bowman Dowman who was su- su superintendent superintendent su superintendent of ot the tha construction company In direct t charge of ot the grading operations was an hon hon- honored honored hon honored ored guest with Mrs Bowman on this occasion |