The Lamar register., 1890-08-16
COLORADO AT ST. LOUIS.
A Description of the Immense Exhibit
the State VIII Make at the Big
Missouri Fair.

publican, will leave Denver next Satur-
day, August 10. 1t will be the finest ex-
hibit ever displayed in any exposition by
a Western State. The train which bears
the exhibit will consist of more than
twelve cars. Four OF the cars are 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. The
Union Pacific has given five cars and the
Burlington seven cars free to st Louis
and return. The success which marAed
the Colorado exhibit at Chicago last year
and the material benefit which accrued
FROM it induced the State TO undertake a
better and more elaborate display ~ ST.
Louis this year. The fact that the state
intends making grand exhibit At the
Worlds Fair urged the step as one toward
forming nucleus for the collection for
that occa son.
Superb teudent Skin 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
iioor and 1000 square feet OF wall.
Tho 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 We're appointed in nearly
every county in the State 10 attend 10 the
collection Of State products. Such mag
nifcent collection has oeen made that
thereis now doubt that sufficient space has
been secured at the St Louis Exposition
to accommodate IT. Two hundred thousand
pounds Of minerals will be shipped aud
5000 worth Of designs in grains and
grasses. Not commercial mineral pro
dnced in the State has been overlooked
and there has been u special effort made u
secure exhibits Of manufactured articles,
Besides the minerals the exhibit, is
brief, will be as follows The fauna, for.
and ornithology of the State. All thu
agatcs, petrifcatIons and fossils. mag
nifeent collection Of stones and marbles
Mineral waters. A collection of Indian
Aztec and Clif-Dwellers' relics. A gal
isrs Of forty paintings aud tinted pictures
portraying principally the towns and seen
cry OF the State. A special exhibit Ct
Goals, coke, oils and oil rock. An exhibh
Of photographs of mines, quarries and
canals. over 500 jars OF native fruits
Vegetables grown especially for the dis
play
In minerals the exhibit OF Lake County
of which Leadyule Is the county seat il
the largest Its display is valued al $4,000
and it consists OF Specimens from NOR,
than 100 mines. The ores are principally
silver ores Pitkin. County comes next
with specimens from p mines The dis
plays OF ores are made in boxes, which
hold from a few ounces up 10 several hun.
dred pounds. GilPin, summit, Park, Chat
fee and Boulder haye AL sent fine display
Gunnison's display Is especially large
with some Of the now celebrated Tin CuY
ore among It's 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 be splendid. II is not
yet in.
An extra effort will be made to make the
agricultural exhibit hne. The general idei
prevalent in the East is that Colorado Is
mining State. The purpose OF those whs
have the exhibit in charge is to show that
1t is an agricultural State as well. The
State College at I-onsmout has appropriate
I'D $50 TO assist Larimsr County in max
ing a handsome exhibit Among Other
things tue county will ex hiBit ayeral hun,
dred varieties OF wheat Weld CouutJ
will send a large exhibit OF potatoes and
other products The counties which liz
within the rain beIt-Morgan, Washing.
ton, Logan, Sedswick, Yuma aad others
will send agricultural products which
were raised without the use OF irrigation
The counties lying IA the Arkansas val
ley will contribute richly. This vale,
only few years ago was a desert where
the coyote aud the Jack rubbit hustled .
precarious existence. 1t now has several
large canals, each nearly hundred milci
in extent, which water millions Of acres.
The valley is now one Of the most fertile
and productive in the State. Watermelon.
will be an especial feature in the display
| of these counties. The succulent fruit =
produced in large quantities and IS equal
in size and favor To the product Of thu
Georgia plantations. The teeming San
Luis valley, Costilla and Concios counties,
will be well represented.
That portion of the State lying west Of
the mountain ranges Will furnish large
displays Of fruit. These counties are as
yet thinly settled The Utes still claim
them as their hunting grounds. Yet they
produce great quantities OF fruit. Tn.
fruit from these orchards and vineyard,
vie with the fruits Of California In Mesa,
Montrose and Delta counties, in the Grand
Valley and on the mesas or table lands
bordering it, all kinds Of fruit are grown
The pears, peaches and grapes are NOR.
| luscious in favor than the California
growths, and in beauty and size are very
little behind Saguache County Will have
balloon in its display, whose outside will
be decorated by the ladies OF the county
with grasses and cereals. With the agri-
cultural display which will appear at the
opening Of the exposition, will go a con-
signment Of berries and vine and cane
fruits. They will be in Jars and will be
preserved in their natural state by an en-
balming process. They will appear as
fresh as they did in their native fields.
The fresh fruit exhibit will be sent on 70
St. Louis September 90
The showing Denver will make will be