The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-07-14
IDAHO AT THE
PORTLAND FAIR
State Has Commodious Building
and Excellent Exhibits Inter
esting Mines Display.
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is and Clark Exposition. The Idaho
building, located in the eastern part of
the grounds, on slope leading down
to the waters of Guilds lake, the ex-
POSITIONS SURPRISING water feature,
has one of the choicest state sites, and
is popular resting place on warm
afternoons. People who come to sit
on its broad porch and take in tire
magnificent view of river and moun-
tain scenery are always attracted to the
wonderful array of exhibits housed
within the structure.
The Idaho building is constructed of
wood. and painted for the most part,
cool, CHEEKY green. It's sloping red roof
projects over the broad veranda, which
extends across the entire front of the
structure. The veranda is paved with
brick, and is surrounded by bank of
Towering plants and furnished with
comfortable chairs and settees. With l..
in the building there are reception
rooms at each side of the hallway, and
offices for the commissioners, and be-
You'd these one large hall in which the
exhibits are installed.
The mineral display has perhaps
proved the most interesting. This is
located to the right as one enters the
exhibits hall, and is comprehensive aud
interesting. A pyramid of lead ores,
weighing thirty tons, is the most strik-
ing feature Surmounting the pyra-
mid is placard which declares that
Idaho produces forty per cent of the
lead mined in the United States and
twenty-seven per cent of the worlds
supply. A single chunk of nearly pure
lead ore which weighs 10000 pounds,
forms part of the pyramid. This comes
from a mine which produced, during
che year ending May 81, 1905, nearly
$5,00O,000 worth of lead and silver.
A great variety of ores, representing
nearly every mine in the state, is
shown. OF the silver and gold ores, a
silver nugget worth Sl40 and small
piece of quartz containing 1925 in gold
are the most striking. The ores are
arranged on tables and shelves, ana
have attracted great deal of admira-
ton, especially from eastern people,
who have been surprised to find that
Idaho is SO rich in minerals.
Every county in Idaho is represented
in the educational display. which com
pares favorably with similar exhibits
made by other states, and is most at
tractively arranged Some excellent
manual training work is exhibited by
the Idaho Industrial Institute of
Weiser. There are exterior and inter-
Tor views of Idaho school buildings,
and drawings and exercises showing
the work of school children from the
primary grades up. Some pen and ink
copies of drawings by Gibson and
others, the work of Maude and Ethel
Fowler of the Boise high school, have
attracted much admiration.
The handiwork of Idaho women, judg-
ing from the examples of it on exhibit
ton in Idaho's building, will compare
favorably with that of women in the
older communities in the east A re-
markable bed set, made by Mrs. A.
Brunzell Of Silver City, which is valued
at 5000, is perhaps the most remarka-
BILE piece of work shown. The work
done by the pupils of Mrs. @. j. John-
sons school in Pocatello is also worthy
OF notice, and there is beautiful dis
play of lace work from Mountainhome,
embracing hats, fans, parasols and
other articles.
The display of grains and grasses
occupies about half of the exhibits
hall, extending the whole width of the
building. The grasses are displayed in
an Oriental design, the centerprice OF
which is Gothic arch, deliberately and
tastefully ornamented. Pillars decor
ated with grains aud grasses flank the
arch and support a roof, the ceiling be
ing likewise atLractively decked with
Idaho agricultural products Along
the rear walls there are more than 2Ol
varieties of grains grown in Idaho, dis
played in glass boxes, each labeled, anc
each supplemented by head of the
grain, showing how the grains look il
the sheaf.
Two large pictures, done entirely ii
Idaho agricultural prod Icts by Mr.. anC
Mrs. M. j. Vessels of KendIick, arr
strikingly interesting features of Ida
hos display. One of these shows il
striking contrast Chief Twisted Hair