The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-08-26
OKLAHOMA IS N EVIDENCE
The TenItug's Products to Be SHOWN 10
the Public.
GRApEpAY TO BE SEPTEMBER Is
What Gov. Barnes of Oklahoma Has to
Say of the Expositiou-CrOwds Com
ing to the Show-FruIt Exhibit of Ne.
braska-FIg Cultivation.

September Is is the day designated
as Oklahoma Day at the Trans-Missls-
sippi Exposition, and it is believed
that the territory will be much in
evidence in Omaha on that day. Sep
TENDER 16 is also Grape Day, and large
quantities Of the fruit of the Vine will
be distributed free to visitors.
Oklahoma's are exhibited
to good advantage at the Exposition
The display in the Agricultural Build
ing is greatly admired by all who see
it.. 1t occupies a prominent position
just to the left of the east entrance
Around the booth is q railing con-
structed of pine, cedar. fir, cypress,
oak, hickory. beech, birch, walnut and
a half dozen other varieties of wood
found in the forests of the territory
Bundles of cut corn with stalks from
twelve to sixteen feet high. all heaY-
lily cared, are used for corner pieces.
Inside the booth are great pyramids of
grain. including wheat, oats, barley,
fax and corn, arranged in a very
pleasing manner. At the base of each
pyramid are Jars of rich, juicy fruit,
fianked with new vegeta- es, such as
potatoes, beets, sweet potatoes and
cabbage, all of great size, sound and
solid.
Great bales of cotton occupy prom
inent places in the booth, while stalks
in bloom and others with bulbs ready
to burst are scattered wherever they
will attract the most attention. Raw
cotton is used in the form Of wreaths,
stars and garlands for decorating the
booth. The exhibit j sin charge Of
John CoIOb-e.
Governor c. NJ. Barnes. who visited
Omaha early in August, says: The
exposition is grand beyond all con-
cept4on and will go down into history
as the greatest exhibition of the re-
sources of the great west that has eve3
been seen. The industrial and agri-
cultural exhibits are as fine as the
world has ever seen and they are 1i-
versifed. There is apparently just
enough of everything and net 90
much of anything. l knew all along
that it was q great show, but | never
had n clear conception of its mag
nitude until I stepped inside the gate
and gazed over the grand court. which
is magnificent beyond description. 1t
is a picture for an artist. 1t is mere
beautiful than the Worlds Fair"
Governor Barnes expressed his con-
fdence that as soon as the harvest
was over large numbers of people from
the territory would visit the expOsi-
ton.
Douglas county. says the Omana
Bee. has the distinction of showing a
fig tree at the exposition. something
seldom seen in this attitude. and what
is the remarkable feature. the tree is
bearing and has large number of figs
growing upon its branches. The tree
is the property of Paul F1oth of this
city and is IL years old. Last year it
bore a number of figs. but this year it
is loaded. The tree is about six feet
high and appears to be healthy. 1t
was reared in a greenhouse. but there
are things to indicate that this climate
is adapted to the culture of figs. and as
evidence of the statement ripe figs
grown in the Nebraska ozone, will be
durino the next ten days. Hor.
W. Furnas of BrOwnville has
to Superintendent YOungers
he has a half dozen fig trees bear
ing and that the fruit is almost ready
DUCK. AS soon dS IL IS ripe sam
pies will be sent to Omaha and
placed in the Nebraska fruit exhibit.
Nebraska clogged the peach exhibit
at the exposition yesterday and the
time the state made a showing
that caused the eyes of the fasteners
to bulge. Early in the morning some
crates came in from the south
ern part of the state and a few min
Ites later another consignment almost
as large came in from Arcadia. In ad-
iition to this there were any quaint
ty of grapes and new apples, so that
.ong before midnight the state eXhih t
was made to look as fresh as though
had just come from the orchard.
delivery.