The Republican journal., 1904-12-01
lrrigation's Part
In the Worlds Fair.

SAINT LOUIS Falr-Idf more nOIdDie III
size. appearance and yield than anything
they ever saw in the eaSt-how many OF
them have realized the cause Of this eff
feet? How many of them have thought
out the wonderful fact that these prod
ucts were borne upon lands which a
few years ago were useless deserts, but
now made fertile by the art of irriga-
lion:
No irrigation exhibits" of promi-
uence we're in evidence at this Worlds
Fair, as such, yet in everything agricul-
tural they formed leading part and
their withdrawal would have left huge
gaps and have taken away all the best.
Had the products of the dam and ditch
all been labeled
GROWN BY IRRIGATION
the irrigation exhibit would have been
a very large one And it seems to me
that this would have been good thing.
The west is proud of its irrigation; why
not thus call attention to its superiori-
ty of production?
FABULOUS GRAIN GROwTHs.
In grains and grasses Colorado's ex-
hibit led easily, though splendid show
ings were made by other arid states
Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah,
California and the Centennial State
showed 100 different kinds of grasses
and $50 varieties of grain. 1t has oats
: feet tail and timothy heads s inches
long / took $40 prizes and SO gold med
ais And its separate fruit exhibit in
cludtd almost all products of America
except the truly tropical,
Oregon had Mortgage Litter Wheat, :
feet tall Think of a wheat field in
which an army of six foot men would
stand concealed And snow-white on
IONS . inches across. And Idaho and
Utah aud New Mexico, and all the west
set forth a dazzling display of irrigated
apples and plums, peaches and grapes
of color, size and beauty which it
would take book to describe
But ahead of all the west in tie ex-
teut and variety OF her exhibit stood
Caiifornia-C alifornia, that vast strip
5f golden land reaching from Oregon to
Mexico and including the vegetable
wealth. of the tropics.
THEPRODUCTS OF GREAT EMPIRE.
Fruit is the main stay of the Golden
State and $3.50 900 is represented in her
shoWings at st. Louis. The great
Palace of Agriculture is the largest
building of the Exposition, covering Is
acres and it seemed as though l would
never get outside of the domain of the
California exhibit. Single counties
made showings creditable for State
Such things caught the eye as life size
elephant of English walnuts, the State
Capital building constructed of al
monds, the famous Lick Observatory
done in dried fruits and big enough to
0c..tt.iI4 cevnral families. The wine ex-
hibit took the grand prize above all
foreign competitors. The most luscious
and enormous pears, peaches, oranges,
lemons, grapefruit, plums, cherries and
all kinds of huge vegetables were stack
ed in rich profusion along side of great
branches and clusters of fruits of all
kinds showing how things can grow I'M
der Irrigation. The grape punches of
California are almost of the biblical
Kind requiring two men to carry a single
bunch. No man can carry the product
of a single vine.
GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION DAM.
Practical methods of irrigation were
demonstrated at the Government build
ing by model of the Salt River Valley
III Arizona, showing the great govern
ment dam now under construction in
the mountains and the system of ditch
rs and laterals by which the water is
distributed onto the farms and orchards
below. Real water was running
through these bitches. This great work
of Uncle Sans in Arizona is progress
sing rapidly l was told by Engineer Saw
age, whom ! recently met in Montana.
\ cement mill, to make the 100000 bar
rels of cement needed in the masonry,
is completed, 100000 mountain road
TO convey the dam material from
Phoenix is finished and most remark
able the river itself has been carried
through tunnels around the dam site,
and is furnishing some 1000 electric
horse power with which to build the
dam. This is to be used to construct
che giant works and thus the river will
build its own dam and form a reservoir
the greatest in the United States.
GIANT PUMPING MACHINERY.
vi all sizes and classes were the ir-
Eigation pumps exhibited in the farm
implement department of the St Louis
Fair: but more striking than these
were the windmills. These busy ma
chimes, rearing their tall heads above
the surrounding buildings and whirring
gaily in the breeze formed striking
example of mans ingenuity in harness.
ing the elements. The highest Of these,
built by one of the largest windmill
manufacturers, spread its galvanized
anl foo& .~,