The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-25
THE KANSAS CITY FAIR.
Immense Attendance Yesterday,
A Fine Display Of Kansas Pro
duets.
Banquet Of the Texas Stock Dro.
verS.
The $1,000 Race Won BY Gen.
Logan.


seemed as ii the whole surrounding country
had emptied It's population into the laret
and magnificent Fair Grounds. In all Do
partments the display was something sur
prising, 20 large and varied was the exhibi'
ton of manufactured articles and the pro-
ducts of the soil. From morning till nigh
the main Exposition building was crowded
almost to suffication, and hundreds had ia
content themselves with a very superficial
glance at one Of the nos. tempting displays
We have ever seen.
Especially was this true OF the exhibition
made BY the various railroad companies in
Kansas, and a. it wss 4 matter Of impossible
ty for us to get near the railing TO report it,
50 vast was the crowd. We cory from the
excellent report given in the Kansas City
Times Of yesterday morning. And nov
Look closely upon the famed products OF
all the valleys, the uplsnds and wales Of
Kansas and the plains and mountains Of
Colorado, and then pause. reflect and cast 9
glance into the dim but inevitable and fasI
approaching future. In the center Of the
magnificent display made by the Kansas
Pacific Railway, floats the fit symbol of it,
triumph, the American eagle, which, with
wings extended and flashing eyes, clutches
in its pinions the modern natlonsl motto
which emblazoned upon the walls of cur ma
tional Capitol proclaims the well known fact
that "Westwsrd the star OF empire iak.a its
way." This proudly asserted legsn'l Is in
scribed in Rocky Mountain gold u:.on a
medallion, or shield, beneath which are me-
mentoes which speak louder than :sord-,
such as the avenging rifle. the savage is.n,a-
hawk and the barbarous scalping knit oil
the murderous Sioux; the spear of the ms
jestic Comanche, and the bow and culver o:
the friendly Ute. Beneath these trophies OF
the chase and conflict, Colorado puts in her
claim for notice, and the most potent power
of all, gold. There q solid brick
of pure gold worth Sl3,440 aites,s
the capabilities of the Great
West. A chunk OF solid gold weigh
ing more than eight hundred ounces il dis
played as specimen of Colorado's prodnc-
ton. Thii naturally attracts attention and
keeps large crowd Of avaricious or skep,i-
cal people gazing upon the potent golden
bar. Beneath this bar of gold, ~ if to test
its permanency, it has foundation of
building stone, blue. gray and brown. and
hgue cakes of gypsum, fresh from inexhaust-
i6le quarries at Solomon. Above these blocks
Of the mineral wealth of Western Kansas
b lang in graseful festoons luscious Concord
and Isabella grapes from the Kansas nurser-
lea, while huge antle,s gathered upon the
range of the sluggish elk, small delicate
heads of white tailed deer and antelope
blend with rich golden sheafs of Colorado
wheat, to form picture worthy of the best
artistic skill. Mr.. VIM. Weston deserves
great praise for the design OF the exhibition
presented in the present Exposition. The
.niire display was designed and drawn upon
paper before set up, and. after filling cut,
ormed the finest picture Of Western pro-
lucts ever witnessed in East or West. There
g nothing neglected in this collection. Art,
kill, research and labor ha' not been want.
ng, nor has it been spared 10 render this ef
ort of the Kansas Pacific Railway the coup
rded Of railroad display. The whole pic
ure is too extensive aEG too elaborate for de-
allied description.
.oaN khS-A H. N'-'SasAs
This i. not good year for corn, but this
&C, does not seem to affect the production OF
hat peculiarly American cereal upon the |
iaips. The desert" sends to the Exposi. |
ion, from Wilson, from Wallace, 420 miles |
nto the ''dssert," corn ten to fifteen beet in |
eight, raised without irrigation and upon
ne cod; trees six or eight feet high, raised |
a tie center of the so-called arid plains in
ne year; oak, walnut, ash, beech, locust
nd Usage orange hedge, ten feet high, from
Kansas. Then there is a coliec-
On of young trees from the "desert," where
,e remains of trees have been found which
kisted there centuries ago. Mammoth
rasses grown at Russell. These young trees
test the feasibility of raising
IMMENSE FORESTS UPON THE PLAINS.
hen there il millet from the fertile valley Of
lear Creek five feet In height, bearing wit
ess to the Oft asserted superiority OF the
,unty at the bsee of the great chain of the
ccky Mountains. The unruly Platte sends
its representative huge bundles OF cane
ID grasses from the Vas. lampas of the
1uth Platte. Here, also, may be seen spec-
mems of oats from Clear Creek Denver
itchen Garden) eleven and half feet high;
Emp. raised BY JACK Lee, fifteen feet In
eight. The famous Alfalfa grasses, which,
hen fed to cattle, Is more rutriclous than
I'm or oats. IA there IN its pristine native
anty. Huge specimens OF buffalo
asses, now last disappearing
man and civilization advan.
5. IL brought here to snow the nature OF
e soil beneath it. Beginning at Wyan-
ute, at the mouth oil The Kansas river
We t"e ,o''y hen'P anu ''e niau'.no," corn
.he ma" saie' sa.v .pon ane ii-e.ous
h..ies o. ssspS n on. Lae, Ieasen-
''th anu IGpeks; 'ne i .s 'Ii@ iIuie
'm L .steIh Aans's, sn" 'a e. ,orn anu III Iiih-
aus rom ."I I E,,s H, a"nsne' Msnna,
a, csiina s.a E'.W p"use anu 'oos
ION Tue sPecilnens VI ns'oi' stone, ssnd-
NE IAN anu ~ Ho.. Ia LIZ. .p psao1 a'ohg
i'ue Vi 'n.. LoS, ""Is nen, ai,el s'ose
'pec'ion. aay Via a "a" .. ,I 10y PIouuce.
s''e sGu.n" saa Snea " 'ne nai. nisy M
q .alious spee.n1Vs " s!1'n IRON an
''' Et .ue .oau G I'm y A"''''e ~ D'"'oef
~ ZIG! enn., Soae
an. VINE. "n.a' =, a"' 80, :sifles on me
em,un ,cr s:Isi,1li!, wlie Ioiorado !
nPiaceh! c'a.ws 'ne pam of IA gram
oa"ciDs ons' iuins iofy'nve
'ie:s !" sPt"s NJ " ue ss'S, .sainst
uiins ousnes VI A.ns.s ana N.ssoofi.
y 'na t.en'y i've oIsnen o. Onio ana
hh-yi.ah .he sPecimens 0, pariey, rye,
IS ara mile. l.em .ne Isnds sicng the
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