The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-05

from which to choose goes without
saying, for in eight days this month
they shipped from that point sixty
thousand boxes of Alberta peaches,
to say nothing of their prunes, ap.
Piles and pears. The largest plant
fox preparing evaporated fruit in the
state is located there and splendid
exhibit OF the new Colorado industry
will be made at the fair.
The Arkansas valley farmers and
fruit growers in addition to a worthy
exhibit are planning relief map OF
their section of the state, showing
their bitches, reservoirs, orchards
and streams, fields and fallows with
different products. Other sections Of
the state are making their plans for
distinctive exhibits. There will be
great jars Of fruit in preservative
solutions, and real melon day with
car loads OF the fruit given away. A
space 3Sx5l feet has been allotted
Colorado for this display, located to
the right of the center aisle leading
into tile conservatory in the horti-
cultural building.
Is 1t not now time for me to bring
on old Yields long suit and speak
of the agricultural exhibit? A space
in the agricultural building 60x9O
feet has been assigned Colorado and
here a splendid grain pavilion will
pe erected The supports or pillars
OF this pavilion will be of clear glass
twelve inches in diameter. These
will be filed with choicest grain;
the base of each column will be en-
circled with s!leaf gram; the arches
connecting the pillars will be en-
clrcled with shelled grain in artistic
designs, including the state in
sigma, the governors picture and
the word colorado Inside op
the floor space will be series of
sloping cases lined with black and
each compartment holding sheaf
grain, the design being to show
length OF stalks, size OF heads and
name. Space will be left for the
exhibitor and location of his farm.
There will also be three hundred
jars OF seeds with tabulated state
ments OF owner, where grown. acre
age, etc., and won't we surprise the
east and middle west with our oats
running l32 bushels to the acre:
wheat y bushels; timothy heads ii Y
inches in length: sugar beets aver
aging is per cent sugar, our big
potatoes, cabbages. turnips, onions,
etc? In a great pryamid in the
center of the pavilion and just across
the aisle will be the sugar exhibit.
Twenty hundred feet space has
been assigned tor this exhibit. one
half for Louisiana cane sugar, the
other half for Colorado beet sugar
(now is the time to cheer). Here
will be found sugar in all stages of
manufacture, from the sugar beet
with mother earth clinging to 1T to
the snow white product in sacks
1 here is a plan on foot to have min
iature factories made of thin wood
and coated with crystalline sugar.
Mr.. Morey, president of our factory.
is eviucing much interest in this ex-
hibit,
There is to be "a Car load of Colo
RADIO honey on exhibition-comb
honey. strained and pressed honey, a
new ingention of a Loveland firm.
BY some process unknown to your
humble scribe, this honey is COM
pressed into solid cakes, resolved
again into its liquid state by the ad-
dttion of hot water.
surprise is in store for our own
people as well as for the rest OF the
wo,Id in our educational exhibit
This is the first exposition ever held
| where special building has heen
set apart for educational interests.
our public schools are with COM
| mendable zeal at work on their eX-
hibits and these will be augmented
hy work from each of our state insu-
buttons; shop work from the manual
| departments, sewing, cooking, writ
| ing, drawing. botanical and zoolos-
| ical specimens. a feature vii! he the
thousands of cards with beautiful
specimens OF our state flower, the
coiumbine, attached, that are being
prepared for distribution as memen-
toes from the school children OF the
| state,
| arrangements are being made for
TRANSPORTING bits and blocks of Colo
RADIO scenery to st. Louis by means OF
moving pictures. These VIII be
displayed in the liberal arts building.
! The railroads have taken up this fea-
tnre of the exhibition and insure its