Arizona republican., 1905-04-28

grown itself making 1t necessary to take in more ground and build up on what had been made into beautiful grass pIats. A considerable part of the St. Louis exposition has been moved there and many of the eastern states which it was not thought would be rep resented are coming in. New York has just made an appropriation of $100.000 for an exhibit. The exposition was de- signed in the first place only for an exploitation of the industries and re- sources of the west. MT. Benham said that therefore he found that the man agement had been disappointed at the neglect of Arizona to make arrange ments for representation. Mr. Benham remarked that it was too late since all the room had been taken. MT. Ben ham remarked that it was now too late since all the room had been taken. The management replied that if Arizona would yet put in an exhibit Oregon would make room in it's own exhibit in the forestry building the finest on the grounds.
 MT. Benham is therefore going to lay a proposition before the board of trade and will see if he cannot arrange to re- move 2 part of the territorial exhibit at the St Louis exposition. He thinks that an exhibit can be put in without any other expense than that of trans portation He will undertake to take care of it after it's installation and see that it does the greatest possible good.
 Regarding the recent visit of MT. Benham to Portland the Evening Tele- gram of that place said:
 Arizona territory will probably have an exhibit at the Lewis and Clark eX- position. Southwest will show the northwest a thing or two about the possibilities of it's own country. Fresh fruit may be shipped from the terri tory to the home of the Hood river ! strawberry to compete with that lus- cious product. and honey made by Ari- zona bees and alfalfa which Arizona i bees buzzed in may be seen in the land ] of Oregon honey and Inland Empire ] alfalfa.
 "J. w. Benham of New York and ! Phoenix. Ariz. member of the Benham 1 Indian Trading company, declared by authorities to be the largest concern of i its kind in the world, is the man on l whose efforts will depend whether Ari- zona will be represented at the Lewis ! and Clark exposition, and he leaves 1 Portland tonight with the express pur- pose of stirring up the citizens of Phoe- ] nix to make an exhibit The mere fact ] that he is going there with this sole | purpose shows the faith he reposes in the outcome of his visit He will en- deavor to interest the Salt River Fruit ! Growers association and the Phoenix board of trade and have them take uI the matter of a territorial exhibit
 "'Our territorial legislature was too much interested in the statehood fight at the time it met said MT BenhaH today. to give any attention to the Lewis and Clark exposition
 "Mr Benham's company, which has
 stores in New York, Albuquerque Phoenix and Los Angeles. will in any
 event make an exhibit of its own a
 the Lewis and Clark exposition, whicf
 will comprise an ethnOlOgical display
 of the aborigines of America, together
 with Indian weavers and silversmith:
 at work
 My wife and I were most agree
 ably disappointed he said, with tn
 Lewis and Clark exposition. Our com
 pany does not usually make any exhi-
 bits unless we are assured that th'
 prospect of trade warrants it. Sine
 seeing the showing made here l have
 determined to have a display, and
 have already ordered our house to b.
 ready to ship goods for the display.
 "'We will probably have two Indian
 families on the grounds working. w
 may also show a snake blanket, for tn
 privilege of allowing a woman to weav'
 which the company recently paid {
 medicine man SEQ"