Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
ARIzONA'S EXHIBIT
How the St. Louis Show lm- presses a Phoenix Visitor
The Territory's Display Would be All Right if More Concentrated but It Is Scattered in Too Many Places.

St. Louis, Mo, July 12.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican.)-The feature that has impressed me most at'the St. Louis exposition is an eX- hibit in the corner of the government building. It is a model of the Salt river valley of Arizona, including the cross-cut canal and the country east of that waterway to and including the Tonto basin reservoir site. It is a decided foreshortening of the eastern part of the valley, to admit of fairly faithful representation of the Superstition and Mazatzal ranges of mountains Wards orange ranch at the crosscut head is represented. Oth- erwise little notice is given to agricul- ture of the north side of the va.l=y, though the Arizona canal and the pow CT houses that supply electricity to Phoenix are indicated. The south side canals are given plainly, particularly the Consolidated, with it's divers gates and power works. The presentation cf the plans fer water storage in the moun- tains are reproduced with remarkable fidelity. The model, about twenty-five feet in length. is always surrounded by people and the young man in charge seems to be in the midst of perpetual lecture on the subject of the Salt river valley and the purposes of the reclama- tiOn bureau of the interior depa rfment. Near by is a model of the Tonto basin dam, practically the same as that which has been on exhibition fer the last year in the rooms of the Phoenix board of trade.
 The exhibit is one of the most ef- fective on the grounds, effectuaIly dis polling the preconceived ideas of the eastern and middle western farmer that irrigation is done with the aid of a sprinkling pct and that mOkeying with nature in the artificial watering of the fields is something uncanny and Te0rehensible.
 In the same building scores of deeply interested sightseers are always in front of the panoramic picture of the Grand canyon of Arizona, though sev- eraf referred to it as lying within the state of Colorado. One particularly in telhgent looking individual said he understood a small part of the canyon lies in Arizona. In the forestry build ing are shown some fine photographs, illuminated and mounted on glass, of the forested district of northern Arizo- na, mainly designed to show that sheep are the death of the forest. Altogeth- CT the government has done very well by Arizona.
 The main criticism I would make of the Arizona exhibit is that it is too much scattered. The territory's build ing is in one corner of the grounds near the Inside Inn, and there are ex- hibits in the several buildings de- voted to agriculture, mines, horticul- ture and education. The Arizona build ing is small but decidedly comfortable. intended to be nothing more than a rest house for the weary southwestern visitor. Miss Drais, the hostess, or Mrs Black of the commission are usu- ally in the building, welcoming Arlzc- nians and inquiring strangers.
 In the horticultural section rather especial stress appears to be mt bv the attendants upon the exhibits of grape fruit and oranges from Yuma though the largest orange is one from the Cushman ranch, near Phoenix. ana the bulk of the fruit is from the Salt River valley. The educational ex- hibit is neat and pTaiseworthy. The showing of the normal at Tempe is especially good. Incidentally, one of the most attractive of the exhibits of the California section is made by Miss Amina McNaughton of Pasadena, for merly of Tempe. She has a case ot candied rose leaves that are a delight to the eye and equally pleasing to the palate. In the mines and metallurgy building, AriZona's collection of min eral specimens is a good one, though dwarfed by the displays of such states as Michigan and Pennsylvania. I was disappointed in not seeing a fine show ing of the wonderfully colored speci- mems of the Copper Queen mines.
 All the Arizonians at the fair soon drift up to the Indian industrial exhibit on the hill, near the administration building. Colonel s. M. McCowan, formerly superintendent of the Phoenix Indian school is in charge. Most of the Indians are from the school at Chilocco, Indian territory, to which Colonel McCOwan was transferred from Phoenix. Around the buildings are many familiar faces-Mrs. and Miss McCowan, Miss Johnson. Kath- crime Valenzuela, Frank Pschlakai, Mariana and a dozen others who may be claimed as Arizonians, however far they wander. Outside in huts are camped number of Maricopa and Pima Indians naarlv a II ,,,;tL f-..1.