Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
Idaho and Its Fine Showing
At the Portland Fair.

- OISE. Dec, H.-IIon. Il. w. Nc
~ Bride. executive commission
err from Idaho 10 the Lewis
and Clark exposition, In Port
land. oregon, closed the work Of the
commission ana left for his home IN
salmon city last week. A final meeting
of the full commission, !, is expected
be held in January, when final re-
ports Will be received and acted upon
and the business affairs Of the conn
mission closed up, prior to the dissoIu-
ton Of the body, which, during the past
summer has done so much to call ia
! vorable attention to Idaho
The work of the Lewis and Clark
commission has been extremely sue
, cessful. The commission IS composed OK
Gov. +. r. Gooding, as ex-oliicio menu
Der, State Senator James Z. Steele OF
Iona presidents Mrs. Henrietta Mans
field OF Nampa, secretary; X. W. Me-
Bride Of Salmon. executive commission
or: Fred J. Bradley Of Haley commits
s,oner Of mining; NJ. J. Vessels Of Ken
drlck. commissioner Of agriculture and
horticulture; DR.. Harold j. Reed Of
Wallace.
state Gave $4,000.
The eighth session Of the legislature
Appropriated sS5, geo for the use Of the
commission OF this amount $4,000 II
was provided, should be used in paying
for the printing OF the book Idaho
for circulation at the Portland fair
About $3.50 was to be used in the pay
ment Of old bills from The 81, Louis
fair. Leaving practically $4,000 for use
in making a creditable showing at Port
land. To the commission rs q whole.
and particularly to Gov Gooding and
Executive Commissioner McBrIde.much
credit L. due for the splendid manner
I'm which this trust was executed. No
o.her state participating IN the EXPOSE
ton accomplished as much with the
limited funds az hand and It is doubtful
If any other state secured the advan-
tare from an exhibit that has been and
Will be obtained by Idaho.
As soon as MIR. Mcbride was chosen
executive commissioner, he went to
Portland, and 1t having been decided to
erect "a state building, and put all the
exhibits there selected a site Contracts
for the state building were quickly
awarded. and the work OF construction
was pushed from the first day The
work of gathering the mineral ana ag-
ricultural exhibits was also hurried for
ward by Commissioners Bradley and
Vessels BY the opening day OF the
fair, June !, Idaho was further along
with its building ana exhibits than any
o,her state.
Were SHOW Places.
From the first day Of the exposition
the Idaho building and the Idaho eN-
hibit We're show places, and the gpa-
cious plrors and exhibit halls We're az
an times thronsed with crowds OF peJ-
pie from Idaho ana from all parts ~
The Union. All were loud IN their
praises OF the building. the exhibit and
the management During the four and
"a hale months OF The exposition Idaho
uclple 90 the number o. over 1900 reg
istoral 20 the building. II Is estimated
that much over hal; of the people from
this state who visited Portland regis
tered al ,he Idaho building, and that
counting visitors and lll something over
100000 people visited taa building ana
looked lt he exhibits.
Hospllablc 60 Nj.
\ noticeable feature O, the conduct