Show LAND EXPOSITION 4 TO 10 AI TE WEST Big Show to Be Held in Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago cago Simultaneously With Stock Exhibit FACTS ABOUT FARMING VALUABLE INFORMATION WILL WILLBE WILLBE WILLBE i BE IMPARTED By Frederic H I Griswold Assistant Secretary of at the Seventeenth Na National National tonal Congress What has the farm far to offer oer ot r The reply to this question will wi bo bG evi evident evident evident dent to all aU who visit the United States land land and Irrigation exposition that is isto isto Isto to take place In n the Chicago Coliseum from Nov 20 to Dec Dec 4 exposition will be the first of Its Is kind and the nov nay novelty novely elty ely of ot It has appealed to all al who have heard of ot the plan Pledges already given render It i certain certain tain tam that this display will wU outclass any of ot the te shows ever seen in the Coliseum which has become famed as the best place In the middle west for tor exhibits In addition additon to a a complete display of or the products that have p brought wealth from the soil sol there are areto areto areto to be specially designed deigne decorations panoramas and paintings all al arranged artistically and these are to surpass all aU previous efforts The exposition is la not to be a magni magnified fled fied fed county fair It Is to be unique Its Is shadow success Is assured assure beyond the thc of a doubt doubt The Initiative for this exposition came from the tho numerous railway and land that center In Chicago where practically all al of the active colonization agents have established their headquarters tern But In order to t have the idea carried carrel out nut successfully on a big scale scle it I was necessary n to have guarantees of both money and publicity and these thee have been furnished by the Chicago me which has hl promised to use Its Is influence for the benefit of undeveloped sections in i n gaining colonists and other aids to progress To Reveal Opportunities Primarily the exposition Is meant ment for thos tOSE who ho lack lac knowledge of the won wonderful wonderful opportunities open ope to the settler There are thousands tolling In eastern estern offices o kes and ad factories to whom Information InformatIon information tion of oZ this sort will wi come as a blessing for thy are ar tired tre of ot their chains but ao 00 rt rt know how to break them the Oth Other Ot er thousands thousands coming out of mere cu en curiosity curiosity possibly will wi se se see what a home in one of natures favored favor spots means mens and will plan to join the army ary that is marching ng westward Tourists search serch out scenic beauties during their travels but they are not the th class dass who remain It I often ofen happens that many who would be desirable set I ties ter never Dver travel more than fifty miles mie from their homes homo and to them the ex exhibits exhibits hibits will wU mean men the revelation of a anew anew anew new world wrId of possibilities Their hori horl horizon hor zon ZOl will vAil wi be broadened brodene and they will wi re receive receive a new inspiration Undeveloped districts of all aU sorts will wf willbe be br benefited by the exposition The pos ps Ei of dry dr farming will wi be shown ar al ng with the wonders of irrigation will not be neg neglected and arni the te humid regions wi b e Even the reclamation of ot swamp lar lards Is Is to find place anything in fact will E be b Included If It I represents represent a strong r for the general generl good goo and the te development of latent agricultural re resources reso resources sources so rES Every Ever effort efort Is to b b be made to toke toke ke the exhibits as comprehensive as possible and the Interests behind the te movement are ar now getting the nece sary sar material together Not since the convention of gov governors summoned to the White House by President Roosevelt Rosevelt has there been beena a hint of anything of equal scope and even eVE at the convention the exhibits exhibit were lacking See Two Expositions The Land exposition will wi open at the same time as ts the th annual International k exposition and this is la an aninI Imp inI Tt n po jOlt put it as fully visitors the when mE t t t hago every ever year prize v ni horses horse sheep shep and hogs aro are aroon on or HIL dtp i U With ith the double attraction this season s as n it will wi b b be possible for any anyone see in condensed one oe visiting condense form for practically all al that tha the west wet and south have to offer ofer Interest In colonization has never been ben as keen as today toay and the de desire desire desire sire to take advantage of the agricultural agricultural tural turl possibilities that are offered has resulted In an extraordinary display of lard hunger on the part of ot the te gen general generl general eral erl public And the majority of those In the middle west wet who are displaying this anxiety to join the te movement back to the soil soi realize that they lack accurate accurate rate rte knowledge of the problems of ot Irrigation Irrigation gation gaton dry dr farming and the drainage I of overflowed lands Let Lt this Information information tion ton be bo b presented in an nn attractive man manner manner manner ner and the liveliest interest wilt will wi be shown The home Instinct Is strong with wih the American people Sometimes this Instinct Is overruled and the possessor thereof lives le for years yer In a tiny tny ill U ventilated flat fat or exhausts ehaust his vitality In an office but the feeling feUng Is there there nevertheless and some day the craving for freedom and a 8 place that can cn be te called caled home will wi win the mastery master These men will wi be shown what Na Nature Nature Nature ture offers ofer to the te one who wishes to 1 taake ake a home for himself himsel Practically I every part of the west wet and south of any i consequence from the agricultural point of vl views w will wU be represented by attractive attractive tive and views Final te displays arrange arrangements ments have been about completed and andI It I Is practically certain cetin that the he splendid splendid splendid did exhibits made at Seattle Sette by various departments department of the te government wilt will wl be dropped off of at Chicago on the way back to Washington Wahington The date has ha been ben set so that tat this can c be done easily Government Exhibits The government exhibits are of the greatest Interest to the farmer farer and the stocken One of the finest displays Is Isto Isto Isto to be made by the reclamation service Models of various projects are ate to be shown shown Dams and canals will wU be seen In miniature charts chart will wU explain every ever detail of the construction work and well arranged displays will wi show what can be produced from fertile ferte soil soi by means meas of at Irrigation This therefore will wi be a rare opportunity to study de details details tails of the work of the reclamation service serice and the first frt to be offered people of the middle middie west west In addition additon to tho displays there will wi be lectures that will include private projects as well wel as those tose developed under direction of government gov government officials The Te department of ot agriculture Is to display an unusually complete set of ot models mo els transparencies slides photo photographs photographs graphs etc etc What Wat the bureau of plant Industry has done and Is doing doin will wl be evidenced evi evidenced evidenced by rare re plants trets trees and grains never before seen In America Americ These things have been found In remote spots of the old world and are arc now being developed ers era for the benefit of the te farm fann far The bureau of entomology will wi exhibit ex exhibit exhibit hibit enlarged models of ot Insects Inset as aswell aswell well wel as a large lare collection of specimens both Injurious and beneficial benei lal to crops The government wilt will be given all al of the space necessary to show these ex exhibits exhibit exhibits I hibits hibit to the best advantage Farm Machinery Show Makers of appliances and machinery machiner for the farm far will wU have attractive ex ox exhibits e hibits hibit In addition there will wi be seen sen the special machinery needed In build buildIng Ing lug and maintaining irrigation projects The present plan of or using large trac traction traction tion ton engines Is comparatively new flew and will wi be a revelation even cven to the most experienced farmers farers of the middle west wesL The exposition has an advisory advisor com corn committee consisting of the following Ed Kd Edmund Edmund mund T Perkins engineer in charge United States reclamation service serice Darius Miller first vice president Chi Chicago cago Burlington Quincy Railway McCormick assistant company E O 0 traffic director Union Pacific Railway company George T Nicholson third vice president Atchison Topeka Santa Sant Fe Railway company J H Hiland third vice president Chicago Milwaukee St St Paul Railway com corn company compan pany pan John ohn Sebastian Sebastan passenger traffic manager Chicago Rock Island Pa Pacific Pacific Railway company Frank Frnk I L Ben Bennett Bennet Bennett nett net president Bitter Root District Ir Irrigation company D R R I Niver Trow TrowbrIdge Trowbridge brIdge NIver bankers James ames Keeley managing editor edior Chicago Tribune Harrison Harion M 31 II Parker business manager Chicago Tribune And in addition additon there is a promotion committee bers ber with wih the following mem members member members J C Waite Walte Waie United Unie States reclamation reclamation tion ton service serice E A Abbott Abbot Chicago Burlington Quincy Railway com corn company company pany Max lla Bass Great Northern Norther Rail Railway Ri Railway way company George DeHaven Union Pacific Railway company George Gerge B Haynes Chicago Chicag Milwaukee St StPaul StPaul Paul Railway company Louis Luis Larson Laron Florida East Coast Railway company C A Matthews Mathews Northern Pacific Rail Railway Ri Railway way company C L Seagraves Atchi Atoll Atchison Atchison son Topeka Santa Sant Fe Railway com corn company company pany C B Schmidt Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway company F FK FK FK K George Gerge Pere Marquette system and Robert P Cross secretary of United States State Land and Irrigation exposition whose office Is at 15 Adams street Chicago for the tho transaction of necessary necessary necessary sary business |