Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-04-02
The Herald Travelling Cor
 respondent
Takes a Shot at the Great Show
 On inc Wing.
ARIZONA HOLDS HEIR OWN.
Other Territories and
 The States"
From Our Travelling Correspondent

show find myself always ready
 to write but the difficulty is where
 to begin and how o condense. There
 arc 70 many objects of interest on every side that he selection oi special subjects seems sometimes ln>
 vidious to others. One thing though,
 l am sure all Arizonans will be glad
 to learn: every home visitor here is
 proud of his Territory and its ex>
 hibIt. The impressions invoiced in my last letter havebeen confirmed and 1 intensified on every succe eding day. It Is acknowledged on all sides that our commissioners have succeeded in displaying to the best advantage, the
 largest and handsOmest collection of minerals in the show. This IS the 1 testimony of Colorado, New Mexico, Old Mexico, California, Nevada, Idaho and all our sister Territories. Then in the Governments archaeos | logical exhibits, Arizona has the lions share and groups of visitors are always gathered round the mod els of Indian pueblos, cliff-dwellings and Aztec curIosites with which your readers are familiar, but which are full of interest to the eastern tenderfoot. Then the photographs give ideas of our magnificent canyons ! etc., which cause the spe ctator to wish he was there, you know" Ai- together Arizona takes no back seat but is well to the front in this Expo- sition. MT, and Mrs. Grant Oury, of Washington. Mir. and Mrs Hayden, of Tempe, and many others are visi- tors at our headquarters, and from other states they like to get in the Arlzona parlor, fur there they feel at home Frank Murphy and his coadjuiors win golden opinions from every one for the interest a1d skill displayed ID the exhibition and for their constant courtesy to visitors Adjacent 10 cur quarters, California displays her colors,a and as Arizona is the banner territory. Sc California is the banner state. The success of their exhibit is al most entirely due to the Southern Pacific R, R. Co, whose commissioner, Mr. Turrii. aud as~ slstants Have succeeded in collecting t truly representative display of the manifOidra IIch resources OI the [ Golden State Two huge blocks represent the amount of gold, one bullion, one hundred and sixty mil> lion dollars; silver, twenty'six mil- lion dollars, that California mines have yielded. And portions of the bIg trees 331s feet Tn diameter and her red wood tim Der shows what her soil can do for vegetation. In the Horticultural Hall the California fruit has won 46 prizes and 12 med als. Though this fruit was gather ed two months go and some of It plucked away back in September, it still retains it's freshness and com trasts fsvorably with the somewhat withered specimens from other states Considering the latter have to be renewed every two or three weeks, 1t greatly heightens the contrast. Frank A. Kimball, of San Diego, makes q capital exhibit of oranges, Hines, and lemons and others are to be soon uDpacked from Riverside.
 The s. P. R. R. shows rich sup plies of grain, grasses, olive oil, honey, seeds, canned, dried and pre- served fruits, ralsins, hops, cotton, wool, raw silk and cocoons from the different counties; while wines, silk goods, wooden blankets and other manuf actured fabrics tell the tale of Calitornla's skill and industry. There is also large herb srium of pressed plants, where the botanical student can mediate at leisure. Then Prof. Voy sho ws some excellently arran> ged specimens of the precIous metals and quartz crystals. The state min eral exhibit is in process Of unpack> ing Col Andrews the State Com
 missioner has put up most comfort able head quarters and well adver- tises his San Francisco Diamond Palace by his Bear and Pantheon Cabinets, but the credit of the Cali> fornia show has to be given to the $. P R. R., without whose labors the Golden Slate would probably have taken 8 bach, instead of as now, front seat Tn the Worlds Fair.
 Next to Califor mia for frulj exhib- it's, l would place Arkansas, Mis- souri and Mississippi. Thr sfeci- mems shown from Arkansas are sur> prising. This state also dlspiays samples of pottery which Is deveI- -oping industry there. Hot Spring and Eureka water monopolize much attention in this exhibit.
 Mississippi and Louisiana show
 much cotton, rIce, sugar cane and grasses. Tue former state has good case Of stuffed birds, in one of which IS depicted the favorlte lnfanile "who killed Cock Robiu." This constantly attracts groups of specta- tors and is one of the sights every one has 10 go and see.
 Of the grain and corn exhibits, those of Dakota, Nebraska and Kan<
 sas are the most noteworthy. These
 states have have built up magnif1
 cent monuments of corn and grasses
 whose tastefully arranged devices
 attract you from g distance and lead