The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-12-29
WORLDS FAIR MISCELLANY.
The States Display Being
Pushed to Perfection.
Immense Amount of Cor
respondence Entailed

In the Idaho agricultural exhibit
is bunch of clover that in itself is
like boquet, so well preserved are
the colors of the blossoms. The
bunch stands straight and tall, the
longest stems measuring three feet
eight inches, and like an inverted
cone rises gracefully from the floor
till at the top are clustered the many
blossoms through all the tints from
rich violet to faded brown. This
exhibit was grown on the ranch of
j. N. Gallagher, near Boise City, and
is from the second crop of this year.
1t is but a fair illustration of what
this land will produce under irrigation
Much care will be taken in the
transportation of this clover to Chi
cago to avoid the breaking of the
leaves and blossoms. The Columbian
exposition will no doubt revive the
much prolonged discussion of a
national flower, and Idaho, with her
many scented fields, alike the delight
of the farmer, the bee, and gentle
bos, and the love-sighing maiden,
will have many friends for clover
All agricultural exhibits at the
Worlds Fair will have to be put under
glass cases to avoid the danger from
fire. This will necessitate making the
samples as small as possible, and OF
the twenty shocks of corn furnished
| by Washington county part will
probably have to be left at home.
Over one thousand letters have beer
written from the office of the
Columbian commissioner for Idaho il
S the past few months. These letter.
. contained over 200, 900 words, which
would fill more than 200 columns o
an ordinary newspaper. This is IL
addition to the great amount o
pamphlets, circulars and other matte
!. that have been issued This will Civ
one an idea of the work that is beinI
y done to represent Idaho at the World
Fair.
The shield for the Woman's build
ing at the Worlds Fair, which ldah
has the honor of furnishing and whic
= is in charge of Colonel Jay Ran
Sanburn, of Ceur d dAlene City,
nearing completion. At the La
- report every variety of wood natiN
to this state had been obtained e,
cepting mahogany. Editor York, {
the Silver City Avalanche, has PR
u missed to supply this last name
~ product of our forests. So capi
cious is this hard, cross grained, y
beautiful wood, that in order to get
board four inches wide and three fe
~ long it is necessary to send Il
u weighing sixty or seventy pound
The state seal is being carved on t
shield and great care is being TAX
to have it work Of art.
ull Idaho is, indeed, much favored
the way of natural scenery, and t
many photographs and paintings
river, valley, lake and mountain tn
. will be on exhibition at Chicago W
but dimly portray the beauty of
, state.
A 4O0-pound lump of coal has be
taken out of the Schermerhorn M
OF at Horseshoe bend for the Worl
Fair This mine is recent discov'
and promises to be of great val
1t is located on Rock creek, Bo
county, on the south side of
Payette river.
December 18th, 1892, is date t
will become fixed in our his tory as
ing the day on which ground '
broken for the Idaho state build
at the Worlds Columbian expositi
The construction of this build
ad- crystalizes into actual being
preparations of the past year,
makes the great fair seem near
1st hand. The building will be finis
,ted) none too soon. Already the exhi
an5 nu5 are arriving on the grounds,
this almost before the last shake is ma
Will on the roof of the ldahe building
aho. place will be thronged with visit
ooIa From this on there will be no cessa
,ntil in the interests of the people in
great event until the fair closes