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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



the cause of hospitality by the installation of desks, chairs 

 and couches for the recreation of those wearied with 

 sight-seeing-, the interior being beautifully and artistically 

 arranged. The booth was in charge of Mr. W. G. De 

 Celle. assisted by Messrs. Bartlett, Osborne, Small, Joiner. 

 Thompson and Parrott. 



Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Company proj- 

 ects, financed by J. S. and W. S. Kuhn, of Chicago and 

 Pittsburg. and Mr. H. L. Hollister, of Chicago. The space 

 devoted to this exhibit included panoramic views of 

 Southern Idaho and the Twin Falls region, reclaimed by 

 the company, on the one hand, and of the Sacramento 

 Valley, the latest Irrigation Project undertaken by these 

 enterprising gentlemen, on the other side, with an appro 

 priate display of the products of these regions grouped 

 about the sides of the exhibit. This display was in charge 

 of Mr. H. L. Hollister, G. H. Moseley and W. H. Guilford. 



Pecos Valley, New Mexico. G. W. Butler, of Lake 

 Arthur, showing model of small acreage tracts of land, 

 with artesian water supply for Irrigation and domestic 

 purposes, being placed upon the market by Mr. Butler. 



Denver Irrigated Farms Company, 1325 First Na- 

 tional Bank Building, Chicago. A display of a model of 

 the irrigation district near Denver, placed upon the mar- 

 ket by this firm, in charge of Mr. C. J. Ton. 



The Hood River Valley of Oregon showed a fine 

 collection of irrigated fruits from that famous district, 

 which were distributed to Chicago charities at the close 

 of the Exposition. 



Louisiana Meadows Company of Chicago, showing 

 the lands in Southern Louisiana, which are being re- 

 claimed by the Wisner interests, this being one of the 

 most gigantic projects of drainage ever undertaken in 

 the world's history. This company contemplates the 

 reclamation of 1,200,000 acres, which are being placed on 

 the market as fast as available. Exhibits of the soil and 

 of the products possible in that section made up the 

 exhibit. 



State of Idaho. The State of Idaho .occupied a very 

 prominent place at the Exposition. As a matter of fact, it 

 was not restricted to one exhibit, but consisted rather of 

 a group of exhibits representing a number of the Carey 

 Act projects, as well as Commercial organizations, and 

 the interests of the firm of Trowbridge & Niver, the Chi- 

 cago bond house. The various commercial clubs repre- 

 sented were the Idaho Falls Commercial Club, represented 

 by Samuel Houston; the Blackfoot Commercial Club, in 

 charge of T. R. Jones; the Twin Falls Commercial Club, 

 in charge of Messrs. Hill and McPherson, and the Boise 

 Commercial Club, in charge of Mr. D. R. Hubbard, Presi- 

 dent of the Payette-Boise Water Users' Association; C. 

 J. Sinsel; Mr. Riley Atkinson, as a representative of 

 Governor Brady; the Caldwell Commercial Club, repre- 

 sented by H. D. Andrews; the commercial club of Nampa. 

 The Carey Act enterprises financed by the firm of Trow- 

 bridge & Niver Company were individually represented 

 by appropriate displays, and included the Big Lost River 

 Irrigation Company, represented by Messrs. Clinton, 

 Hurtt, McCollum, Fraser and Hanna of the firm of Clin- 

 ton, Hurtt & Co.; The Twin Falls South Side project, and 

 the Boise-Owyhee F'rpject of the Boise-Owyhee Irriga- 

 tion Company displaying a finely executed model of the 

 lands coming under this project, amounting to 173,000 

 acres in Oregon and 77,000 acres in Idaho. It is a matter 

 of regret that the limited space that can be devoted to 

 what must necessarily be a brief mention of each exhibit 

 will not permit an extended description of the resources 

 of the State of Idaho as shown at this exhibit. The 

 amount of interest taken in the subject by the representa- 

 tives of the State can be divined from the fact that no 

 less than sixty-nine residents of the Gem State were in 

 attendance throughout the two weeks. 



Federal Government. A feature which certainly added 

 prestige to the Exposition, and which may well be said, to 

 use a trite phrase, "was worth the price of admission in 

 itself" were the exhibits of the Federal Government, as 

 displayed by the Department of the Interior and the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and embracing a large part of the 

 Government exhibit displayed at Seattle, and brought to 

 Chicago, intact, for this Exposition. 



The exhibit of the Department of the Interior was in 

 direct charge of Mr. J. C. Boykin, and included, first, the 

 exhibit of the United States Reclamation Service, in 

 charge of Mr. J. C. Waite of the Settlers' Information 

 Bureau of the Service, with headquarters in the Federal 

 Building, Chicago, and who did much, by his painstaking 

 care and courtesy to visitors, to elucidate to visitors the 

 many phases of Government reclamation. The exhibit 

 consisted of a collection of beautiful illuminated trans- 

 parencies grouped about the walls showing scenes upon 

 twenty of the Government's Reclamation projects, and of 

 a topographical model of the Salt River Project, showing 

 the Roosevelt dam and the entire distributing system. 

 Lectures upon the interesting subject of Government 

 Reclamation were delivered by Mr. E. T. Perkins, Engi- 

 neer in charge of the Chicago office of the Reclamation 

 Service, and Mrs. Littlepage. 



Second, the exhibit of the Geological Survey, Water 

 Resources and Mineral Branches, in charge of Mr. W. S. 

 Robbins. The survey showed a number of maps executed 

 upon a gigantic scale, and a large number of illuminated 

 transparencies, showing the work of the Survey and its 

 various branches of service, including reproductions of 

 some of the sublimest scenery upon the Continent. An 

 exhibit of some local interest was that of the new oxygen 

 helmet, devised for rescue work in mine accidents, which 

 was utilized at the Cherry mine horror. 



The exhibits of the Patent Office and the General 

 Land Office were in charge of Mr. H. C. Armstrong. 

 They included models of farm machinery in actual opera- 

 tion, from the earliest devices known to the Patent office 

 to those of the very latest date, with a background show- 

 ing flouring plant in operation; also exhibits of the most 

 recent developments in the wav of color photography 

 and an anachromatic photography. The General Land 

 Office had upon exhibit maps showing the distribution 

 of public lands in the United States, charts of many 

 kinds and ancient documents of much historical value. 



The Forest Service branch had a magnificent display 

 of illuminated transparencies showing model forestry 

 methods and methods of reforestration, together with 

 maps and charts. 



In the Annex, on the second floor, in charge of Mr. 

 Frank L. Gill of Washington. D. C., the Department had 

 grouped exhibits from various bureaus. 



As representing the work of the Experiment Stations, 

 were shown models displaying various methods of put- . 

 ting water upon the land under varying conditions, to-' 

 srether with models of apparatus used in the preparation 

 of the land and the distribution of water; also displays 

 of the results of nutrition and food investigations, con- 

 sisting of vegetables, fruits and meats. 



A particularlv interesting display was that represent- 

 ing in actual quantity the various elements that enter into 

 the composition of the human body. 



The Bureau of Animal Industry displayed models 

 exteriors and interiors of ideal dairy barns and models 

 of dairy farms. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry furnished a commend- 

 able display of the products of dry farming, in charge of 

 Mr. McAdams, dry farming expert, also in wax models, 

 the results of varying methods of packing, storing and 

 shipping fruits, as well as the results of the latest investi- 

 gations of Legume Bacteria, Aid' 'of organisms in farm 

 and city water supplies. 



The Bureau of Etymology placed upon exhibition an 

 extremely interesting collection of enlarged wax repro- 

 ductions of fruit-destroying insects, and of disease- 

 carrying mosquitoes. 



The exhibit of Hawaii consisted of illuminated trans- 

 parencies of that interesting country. 



The general scheme of decoration was well designed. 

 The Italian Pergola effect was carried out in the building 

 of exhibit snaces, rafters and columns being entwined 

 with festoons of maple leaves and electric light clus- 

 ters. The sides of the building were covered with painted 

 panels, representing typical western landscapes and 

 scenes, while the two ends of the hall were relieved with 

 immense paintings, one of them representing the Grand 

 Canyon of the Yellowstone with a reproduction of the 

 falls in the background, the other representing a view 

 of Yosemite Valley. 



