Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-29
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/ Il il surprising fact that no coun.
try in the world exhibits larger trees
at the Worlds Fair than does Idaho.
1t is source Of wonder 70 al that
this State, which has generally been
considered ! barren, sage brush pls-
teau, should have such forestry rep
resontation. A gentleman who runs
: saw mill st Tacoma, in the neigh
boring Sfsfe Of Washington, laughed
u the id~a Of ldaho making fores-
TRY exhibit, and be Thought log cab
N the most inappropriate thing the
State could have q tbs Fair. H.
vas 10th to believe tho statement thas
Idaho Las ten million acres Of jus,
such timber ~ - shown ct jackson.
Park. Tho Union Pacific, 10 th<i,
book entitled .ldaho," say: .Th.
railroad travellers, crossing eastern.
and southern Idaho, after tTaversins
the vast extent Of sage brush plain
would hardly imagine that within Ii.
State there arc immense forests
timber. in many places 90 thick . 4
exclude the light If the SUM-" Thi
is the impression that the overland
tourist has gained Of Idaho, and the
forestry exhibit she has made at th..
Columbian Exposition win go . Ions
way toward dispelling this error.
| The Idaho State building itself is 4
magnificent forestry exhibit with it.,
uniform cedar logs and long FIR joists.
. just look At this door," is remark
heard many times day, and crowd
will then gather around the hug.
puncheon door and swing it back and
forth ID examine it critically, and t.
..onvince themselves that it Is onl,
one piece. There are many Va
rieties of wood shown in the Idaho
building, and these are al seen in !.
small shield with the State seal en-
graved thereon, containing twenty
two varieties of Idaho trees.
| But it is in the main forestry build
ing that Idaho has made her technical
exhibit. The entire exhibit contains
ljust forsy-6ve pieces, but its size car
be better judged when it is known
that some Of the specimens weigh
a ton. There are eight sections OF
trunks-tamarack, cottonwood, white
pine, yellow pine, red 6r, red cedar,
white spruce and red spruce, each of
which is from four to six feet in di-
ameter. These cuts are about three
OF four feet high, and are notched on
one side about half the diameter of
the tree, thus showing the grain at
different angles. Half of the face is
highly vanished. and the other left
natural. One of these large blocks
is set on each corner of the platform
which makes up ldaho's space, abou,
20x24 feet. In the center of the
space is column, the base being a
large section of pine, the bark only
showing, and on top of this is a cedar
cut into an octagon. Above this Is a
small house, rooted with shakes, and
sided with shingles. The roof is six
or seven feet long, and it takes jusi
Ave shakes to reach the length.
There are three large planks of tam
arack, red fir and red cedar, and one
large pine has been cut through the
heart. A white pine about four feet
in diameter has been quartered, and
a section placed on top of each of the
four corners. There are several small
pieces of other woods placed promis-
cuously around the space.
Pocatello 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 pices have
been used. The top of one is a rep
resen.ation 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
this sum, and have not as much to
show as Idaho. Some of them are
very grand, but after all none Of them
have such magnificent material in the
rough as has our State.
ldsho's space is near the south en-
trance of the building on the main
aisle. She is indeed surrounded by
a motley crowd. On the north is an
exhibit of indurated fibre ware. On
the west some one has a model of q