Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-22
UTAH At THE FtlR.


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CHICAGO, H., Sept. Is, lsDS.--ln
former communication gave an out
line of Utah's exhibit IT the Wofld'i
Fair Of her mining iniustrirs. l VII
now end,avof to speak briefly Of heI
ayr cultural representation. The agfl
cultural building together with ~
annex covers Twelve acres VI grouus-
more than one Of our large salt Lake
City blocks. II stands quite near the
shore Of Lake Michigan, and in form
resembles the letter q, one portion b.
ing 800 feet long aud the other goo
fott. The building cost s0ls,o0O, and
IL 20 planned In IT, details as to give
all the accommodation desired by the
farmers. The many groups of sia'uafy
that adorn tho exterior Of the build
ing, combined With Corinthian pillars
nifty feet high at the entrance, give the
structure a striking appearance. IN
this building all products Of the soil,
and also agricultural implements and
machinery Of all kinds arc exhibited
The floor space here aa well a. In all
the other large buildings on the Fair
grounds r. regularly laid out IN sec
tons, with broad alloys passing
through It crossing each other in lght
angles. For each state and territory
In the Union h allotted n space GORE
sponding 10 the stock they have 10 oHs
hIblt; the same, Of course, In The case
with all foreig nloountries represented
The Utah booth or section occupies
n space OF 60I2b feet near the center OF
the building. IL IN inciosed by plain
railing aud wooden arches, the halter
being surmounted by ten bet-hlvesi
the emblem Of Utah. Prot J.. w.
SanbOTn, chief Of the Utah agricultural
department nj the Fair and who also
suporiniunded IN. collection Of ils
various specimens ON exhibit, decided
In tho onset that what little means had
teen Appropriated should be spent on
the exhibits themselves, and not On
supsfiluous ornamentAticn. IL was
supposed that this would not detract
from ths attention that the farmer and
scientist might feel disposed to bestow
on Utah, even u Il did not exactly
please the critical eye OF the artist,
Utahs booth In charge Of our guuial
anu good natured citizen, Geo. ID.
Pyper, ESQ. has tho states Of Ohio an1
Illinois fof ~ neighboru ON the north,
WASHINGTON ON thr east, and Nevada
on the south. The CHIEF
point Of interest 10 most
visitors in the Utah department ls the
method OF irrigation adopted by the
citizens of our Territory, which Il
practically illustrated by large relief
map on exhibition. This map shows
the Boutwell, canal system In the south
end OF Malad valley anu tue northern
part Of the valley OF tho Great Salt
Lake; also the mountains, tue wind.
ings Of Bear river anu the Maiad, and
One corner Of the Lake; tho canal II.
self with It's different branches, head.
gates, etc., IN accurately drawn; aud II
also shove the various irrigation
methods used Ia the faisiug Of email
grain, vegetables, ffuit tteer, etc. The
map, which IL drawn on "a scale VI
eight Inches 10 tue mile, IL II \ 10 feet
"a size. ~ a further help - the visitor
In forming correct Ideas OF irrigation,
there IL quite n collection Of photos,
illustrating canals, head.gatrs, noun.
tniu streams, farm houses, afte-
alan wells, fields In process
OF Irrigation, anu many other
points connected with watering process
Tor grain.fnising purposes. Brsi les
THE, there are two oil paintings-lho
handiw0Tk OF Mir. Elsie Of Salt Lake
City-Of which one shows the print.
tive Irrigation process OF the Piute
Indians, anu the other the opening Of
the INIT irrigation ditch made In Utah
by PRECEDENT brigham Young and
party In lS4I. This WAS actually tho
c0mmeu cement %! Systematic irfiga.
ton within the boundaries uf tue
United States; 4 was tue ditch hrst
made ny the Utah pioneers conveying
the waters VI Ciiy Greek onto the
present uite Of salt Lake City. Fast.
era people seem 10 bee particularly
Interested In irrigation II icing sono.
thing new aud novel la their expert
enct, and several parties who previous.
ly had entertained very erroneous
Ideas regarding Irrigation hasoK prusseI
themsel YES when leaving the Utah
booth 10 the effect that they had learned
more on this particular point Ia ten
minutes by examining the relief map
and Photographic Illustrations on rxhi.
bition than during all their previous
life. a number Of visitors, however,
conceive OF the idea that irrigation
must necessarily bo coupled with u
great deal Of hard wofk-a point well
taken, and one gentleman remarked
that he would not llke 10 live "a n
county where he would have 10 de-
pend upon irrigation Tor raising a crop,
"Perhups not" replied the man ~
charge Of the Utah booth, tout some.
times when you New lofkers are
down ON your knees prnyinl for rain,
We Utunians slmply turn on the water
aud raise our crops" The Eastern mau
had no more 10 tny. The answer was
~ much more appropriate aud striking
Just now, when the whole country h
suffering rom dTOuth,
In hye large glass cases labelled
Fuits Of Irrigation are exhibited ~. Ui,
mems OF the grain In Stalk an gTasic
Tait,d IN the Territory Of Umn; In one
Of these tho articles are intuur Rriis'
italy arranged 40 ~ TO iDrn q hail