The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1890-08-15
COLORADO At ST. LOUIS.
A Description Of the immense Exhibit
the State viii Make At the Big
Missouri Fair.

The Colorado exhibit for the coming
ST. Louis exposition, says the Denver Re
publican, will leave Denver next Satur-
day, August 10. 1t will be tho hnest OK
hibit ever displayed 10 any expcsitieu BY
= Western State. The train which bears
the exhibit will consist Of more than
twelve cars. Four Of the cars arc already
loaded. In the matter Of transportation
the railroads have been very liberal NO
charges have been made from points In
Colorado for shipments TO Denver. Tho
Union Pacific has given i've cars and tho
Burlington seven cars free TO 1T. Louis
and return. The success which marked
the Colorado exhibit at Chicago last year
and the material beneat which accrued
from 1t induced the State TO undertake
better and more elaborate display ct ST.
Louis this year. Tho fact that the State
intends making o grand exhibit at tho
Worlds Fair urged the step As ono toward
forming nucleus for the collection for
that occa con.
SuperiI tendent Skiff visited St. Louis
last November and succeeded in engaging
the entire northeast nave Of the Exposition
building for the State display. The space
engaged aggregates 1900 square feet Of
floor and 5000 square feet Of wall.
The work of collecting the natural and
manufacturing products commenced In
May. The outside work has been mainly
performed by c. s. Faurot and Irwin Ma
hon. Agents were appointed In nearly
every county In the State to attend 70 tho
collection Of State products. Such mag
nidcent collection has boon made that
there Is now doubt that sufficient spAce has
been secured ut the st. Louis Exposition
to accommodate II. Two hundred thousand
pounds Of minerals will be shipped and
$3.50 worth Of designs in grains and
grasses. Not commercial mineral pro
duccd In the State has been overlooked,
and there has been special effort made TO
secure exhibits Of manufactured articles.
Besides the minerals the exhibit, In
brief, will! be ms follows: The fauna. fora
and ornithology Of tho State. All the
agates, petrifcations and fossils. A mag
nifcent collection Of stones and marbles.
Mineral waters. A collection Of Indian,
Aztec and Clin-Dwcllers' relics. A sal-
lery Of forty paintings and tinted pictures,
portraying principally the towns and Soon
cry Of the State. A special exhibit Of
GOALS, coke, oils and oil-rock. An exhibit
Of photographs Of mines, quarrics and
canals. Over 800 jars of native fruits
Vegetables grown especially for the dis
play.
In minerals the exhibit Of Lake County,
OF which Leadville Is the county seat, 10
the largest Its display Is valued at 81, 900,
and IL consists OF specimens from moro
than 100 mines. The ores arc principally
silver ores. Pitkin County Gomez next
with specimens from OF mines. Tho dis
plays OF ores arc made in boxcs, which
hold from few ounces UP to several hun
dred pounds. Gilpin, Summit, Park, Chat
fee and Boulder have all sent hne displays.
Gunnison's display is especially large,
with some Of the now celebrated Tin Cup
orc among its specimens. San Juan Coun.
tvs exhibit Of ores. principally Of silver.
is now on Its way TO Denver. Ouray's ex-
hibit of ores will DO splendid. 1t il not
yet in.
An extra effort will be mado to mako tho
agricultural exhibit fine The general idea
prevalent In the East Ia that Colorado 10 .
mining State. The purpose Of those who
have the exhibit in charge 10 70 show that
II Is an agricultural State ~ well. Tho
State College At IIongmont has appropriat-
cd SEQ TO assist Larimer County In max
ing u handsome exhibit. Among othor
things't the county will exhibit several hun
drcd varieties Of wheat. Weld County
will send large exhibit Of potatoes and
other products. The counties which Ito
within the rain bclt-Morgan, Washing-
ton, Logan, Scdgwick, Yuma and othos
will send agricultural products which
were raised without the use Of irrigation
The counties lying In the Arkansas val
ley will contribute richly. This valley
only few years ago was desert, where
the coyote aud the Jack rabbit hustled .
precarious existence. II now has several
large canals, each nearly 4 hundred miles
In extent. which water millions Of acrcs.
The valley is now one Of the most fertile
and productive In the State. watermelons
will be an especial feature In the display
OF these counties. The succulcnt fruit u
produced In large quantities and IL equal
In sire und flavor TO the product Of the
Georgia plantations. The tceming San
Luis valley, Cos,illa and concjos counties,
will be well represented.
That portion OF the State lying west Of
tho mountain ranges will furnish large
displays Of fruit These counties arc -
yet thlnly settled. Tho ties still claim
thcpi M their hunting grounds. Yet they
produce great auantitics Of fruit. Tho
fruit from these orchards aud vineyards
vic with the fruits OF California In Mcsa,
Montrosc and Delta counties, In tho Grand
Valley and on tho mesas or table lands
bordering II. all kinds Of fruit arc grown.
The pears, peaches mud grapes arc more
luscious in flavor than the California
rrowthx, and In beauty aud slxe are very
little behind. Saruaehc County will have
u balloon In Its display, whose outside will
DO decorated By tho ladies' Of tho county
with grasses aud cereals. With tho agri-
cultural display which will appear at tho
opening Of the exposition, will 70 . con-
s,gnthcnt OF berries aud vino and cane
fruits. They will DO In lara and will b
preserved In their natural state by an en-
baiming process. They will appear ~
frcsh ~ they did In their native fields.
Tho fresh fruit exhibit will DO sent on v
st. Louis September 10.
The showing Denver will mako will b.
principally In manufacturing way. Ths
Colorado Coal mud Iron Company has
large spsee. II will display stcci pipes.
rails, nails, sewer. ea. Md water pipcs, o.c.
There will bc further exhibits Of stones,
cement, conduits. fire brick. paints and
pottery. ~ Paso Couniy will furnish min.
cral waters and the novel glassware IN
which tho waters arc bottled. Tho Mani
'ou water Will he on draught At tho expo.
sltlOu IL Will be ahln,,rd n GO n..t.