Amador ledger., 1904-07-15
A TRIP TO THE
WORLDS FAIR
California at the Big Exposition

California at the Big Exposition
ST. LOUIS, July 6-Every Californian
must feel proud of his state because of
the magnificent display of California
products at the ST. Louis fair. In the
agriculture and horticulture buildings
she leads by a wide margin all other
states. This is frankly conceded by
visitors generally. That which strikes
the stranger most forcibly is not merely
the size of the products shown, but
their variety. 1t amazes the average
farmer to see that one state not only
grows so many products, but also excels
in nearly all of them. Struck with the
size of peaches and other fruit, the re-
mark is frequently heard, ''Oh, they
are magnified by the glass jars. They
are unmindful of the fact that if this
explanation is applicable to the Cali
fornia exhibits, it will hold good with
respect to other states. So really it
explains nothing, aud the golden state
remains at the top of the list Cali
fornia will surely get the prize for the
best display" is heard on every hand.
Certainly those to whose care was con-
fided the getting up and arrangement
OF this exhibit are entitled to great
credit. They have done their work
admirably. True, they had the ma
terial to work with. Still, even with
the best material the effect might be
lost with inartistic display. Our man
ayers, however, have paid due regard
to this point; the arrangement being
as artistic and effective to correspond
with the superior character and divers
| ity of the products.
Amador county, regret to say, does
not figure in the display. 1 looked to
fiud her name mentioned in connection
with the exhibits in the three build
ings, namely, Agriculture, Horticul-
ture, Forestry, Game and Fish, but in
vain. This is not the only way in
which she has been ignored. Her
name, her territory even, does not
| figure upon the maps and literature
placed in the buildings for free distri-
button. The promotion committee for
the development of the Sacramento
valley have folders and maps, and have
done good work for the section en-
braced in the com bine. Amador, not
/ Itryith cfor rAi inc hot mill
pare in fertility and variety of products
with the best lands of the Sacramento
valley, has no part therein. The map
stops short with our neighbor to the
north, Ell Dorado.
| Passing on to the department of
Mines and Metallurgy, we looked for
an equally creditable display for the
state at large, and something to show
that Amador was strictly in the pro-
cession. We must confess, however,
to feeling akin to disappointment.
California occupies large space-fully
as large as any other state, and much
larger than the majority of sister states.
| That the showing is large and varied
and fine cannot be denied, still to a
resident of a mining section it falls
short OF expectation, and especially so
from the view point of Amador county.
Nevada county makes splendid dis
play of gold specimens in two large
show cases. This is really the feature
of the exhibit. There is an apparent
lack of care-a slovenliness we might
say-in the section as a whole that i'm
presses the beholder. The tastiness
| manifested in some of the other Sec
tions-Colorado for instances want
ing. Samples of crude ore are not ar
ranged to the best advantage. Many
of the samples are not even labeled in
any way. Many labels have been torn
off, the marks where the labels were
affixed showing plainly. No effort has
| been made to restore the labels. In
some instances the labels are hidden
away among the specimens so as to be
unreadable; in other cases they are
turned wrong side up, aud allowed to
remain so. Indeed, the air of indiffer-
ence and neglect was too palpable to
pass unnoticed by the most cursory OBJ
server, at least at the time OF our visit.
Most of the display was evidently taken
from the State Mining Bureau exhibits.
Amador county is not utterly ignored
in the mining display, We looked par
ticularly to this point. The number
and Importance of our mines, and the
value of gold output entitled us to loom
up to advantage in showdown of
mineral products. Besides which, if
we are not mistaken the county was
canvassed for weeks in the interests of
the State Mining Bureau, for the ex-
press purpose of collecting samples of
ore for exhibition. There is nothing
here to show for this labor After
carefully passing over the section twice
we noticed one specimen from the Cen
tral Eureka, one from the Oneida, and
one from the Tellurium mine, Volcano.
This is the sum total of the gold ores.
Besides these, three samples of copper
ore from the Copper Hill mine on
Costumes river, presented by w. F.
Detert and enormously credited to w.