Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-21
IHE.IDAHO EXHlBlr.
Il Contaias the Largest Trees At the
Worlds Fair. and Displays the
Finest Material In the Rough.

OACAoJN L AnAa AA"S' A'S
1t is a surprising fact that no coun>
sry In the world exhibits larger trees
at the Worlds Fair than does Idaho.
II is q source of wonder to oil that
this State, which has generally been
con.idered a barren, sagebrush plA
tesu, should have such forestry rep
resentat.on. A gentleman who runs
Q sawmill at Tacoma, in the neigh
boring State Of Washington, laughed
at the idea of Idaho making forestry
exhibit, and he thought a log cabin
was the most Inappropriate thing the !
State could have at the Fair. He
was 10Th to believe the state ment that
Idaho has ten million acres OF Just
u h timber as is shown at Jackson
Park. The Union Pacific, 10 its
book entitled "ldAho." says: 1.-THE
railroad travellers crossing eastern and
southern Idaho, after traversing the
vast extent OF sage brush plains.
would hardly imagine that within the
State there are immense forests of
timber, in many places SO thick As to
exclude the light OF the sun" This
is the impression that the overland
tourist has gained of Idaho, and the
forestry exhibit she has made at the
Columbian Exposition will go long
way toward dispeIli"g this error.
Tho Idaho State building itself is
magnificent forestry exhibit, with its
uniform cedar logs and long 6r joists.
',Just look At this door," . remark
heard many times day, aud crowd
will then gather around the huge
puncheon door aud swing it back and
forth to examine it critically, and to
convince themselves il is only one
piece. There are many varieties OF
wood shown in the Idaho building,
and these are all seen in Q email
shield with the State seal engraved
thereon, containing twenty-five vari>
cites OF Idaho trees.
But it is in the main forestry build
ing that Idaho has made her technical
exhibit. The entire exhibit contains
just torty>6ve pieces, but its size can
he better judged when it is known
that some OF the specimens weigh
nearly ton. There are eight sec.
tons of tree TRUNKS -tamarack, cotton.
wood, white pine, yellow pine, red fir,
rod cedar, white spruce aud red
sprucs--each OF which is from four to
six feet in diameter. These outs are
about three or four feet high, and are
notched on one side about half
the diameter of the tree, thus show
ing the grain At different angles.
Halt of the face is highly vanished,
AMI the other left natural. One of
these large blocks is set on each cor.
ner OF the platform which makes
ldsho's space about twenty feet bv
twenty four. In the center of the
space is u column, the base being a
large section of pine the bark only
showing, and on the top of this is a
cedar cut into an octagon. Above
this is small house, rooted with
shakes, and sided with shingles. The
roof 's SIX or seven feet long, and it
takes just five shakes to reach the
length. There are three large pl.nks
ct tamarack, red fir and red cedar. and
one large pine has been cut through
the heart. A white pine about four
feet 10 diameter has been quar,ercd,
and section placed on top of each OF
the four corners. There are several
small pieces OF other woods placed
premiscuously around the space.
Poeatello and Montpelier have each
contributed table for this exhibit,
which are worthy OF special mention.
They are made Of different kinds of
wood, and thousands OF pieces have
been used. The top OF one is q rep.
resentstion of our flag in different
colored woods.
The entire exhibit has cost the
State less than five hundred dollars.
Other states have spent ten times .hi.
sum, and have not Is much to show
Is Idaho. Some of them are very
grand, but after all none of them
have ouch magnificent material 10 the
rough - has our State.