The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-03
OREGON'S EXHIBIT AT THE
BIG EXPOSITION AT ST. LOUIS

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The most important and interesting
part Of the display In the mining PAL
ace is the pure gold showing, A large
gold brick from an eastern oregon
mine weighs ss ounces and Is worth
SIS an ounce. II isn't the kind of a
gold brick you read about. either; It's
pure gold and Is valued at close to
$1,000, There are several thousand
dollars worth OF pure gold In smaller
pieces and In dust, and Ave thousand
dollars' worth OF 75 per cent gold
quartz, worth sl5 an ounce. II Is
within the last few years only that
oregon's mines have reached a high
stage of development. and this is the
first opportunity mine owners have
had OF showing how extensive are the
mineral resources OF the state. Dis
plays OF iron. silver, copper. cinnahar
from which mercury Is extracted. kao-
lin from which porcelain Is made. as-
bestos, cobalt, tin. nickel, zinc and
dozen other interesting minerals are
on display for visitors inspection.
The educational exhibit embraces
many bound volumes OF school work.
pictures of all types OF public and
private learning institutions In the
state and examples OF manual training,
All OF the display ranks high with
other states and shows that work done
by oregon students Is as good as work
done by students In any part OF the
country. The exhibit IL tastIly In
stalled. and particular pains have been
taken to make Il attractive.
The forestry. fish and game displays
are better at st. Louis than they were
at Chicago. In fact. the oregon for
estry exhibit at Chicago had practl-
cally no large logs or tlmbers, while
at st. Louis the state boasts the largest
on the grounds. A fir log 80 feet long
and nine feet six inches through at
the butt Is one OF the features. This
log is one OF seven cut from the same
tree. which contained something more
than 10000 feet b. NJ. OF lumber. The
tree grew at Blind Slough. Clatsop
county, and stood 200 feet to the first
limb, rather large In the eyes of the
easterners, but nothing unusual In
Oregon. Another feature Is a squared
timber, four feet by four at the end.
and ~ feet long. Then there are some
big cedar blocks from North Bend,
Coos county, cut by the Simpson Lum-
Der Company.
All these big sticks are in the out
side forestry exhibit. while the display
Of polished woods is inside, along with
the fish and game exhibits. The latter
show every variety OF game bird In
Oregon, including bob white, several
kinds Of quail, grouse, partridge. ptar-
migan. prairie chickens, sage hens, Or
egon pheasants and the beautiful ring
necked pheasant, which few years
ago was imported from China and Is
now the most plentiful game bird In
oregon. Salmon In glass Jars and bot
ties showing the various stages in the
development OF the fish from the egg
are also shown.
Probably the finest collection OF
grains and grasses in the palace Of ag-
riculture is in the oregon display. In
addition to this display, there is a mag
nifcent collection OF edible and non"
edible fruit in bottles, hops In bales,
and other farm products.
The horticultural display. which is
closely associated with the agricultural
showing, has become famous on ac-
count Of the daily demonstrations OF
oregon prunes, which are cooked with
out sugar and served cold. They are
said to be the finest prunes grown In
the United States, and thousands of
pounds of them are shipped to France
every year, where they are repacked
and sent back to America to command
fancy prices. A recent report OF an
American consular agent In the In
terior of France calls attention to this
extensive practice on the part of the
willy Frenchman.
oregon is also justly famed as the
Lang of the Big Red Apple" and her
along this line Is also good.
Last year the state shipped so carloads
of this fruit. and It will produce even
a larger crop this year.
oregon cherries are now on display.
One of the cherry judges who recently
passed by the exhibit sampled the
Bing and Black Republican and an
that they were the finest cher
ries he had ever seen. In Missouri
the BLACK Rennhlican is known az the