The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-07-18
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STATE HAS COMMODIOUS,
COMFORTABLE BUILDING,
AND EXCELLENT EXHIB-
ITS-MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED VARIETIES OF
GRAIN-A REA MINING
DISPLAY OF ORES.
Special Correspondence.

, Special correspondence
PORTLAND, o., July 14.-Ida
no people have cause to be proud
of the showing which their state
has made at the Lewis and Clark
Exposition. The Idaho building,
located in the eastern part of the
grounds, on a slope leading down
to the waters of Guilds Lake,
the Exposition's surprising wat
err feature, has one of the choic-
est state sites, and is a popular
resting place on warm after
Moons. People who come to sit
on its broad porch and take in
the magnificent view of river
and mountain scenery are always
attracted to the wonderful array
of exhibits housed within the
structure.
The Idaho building is con-
structed of wood, and painted
for the most part a cool, CHEEKY
green. It's sloping red roof pro-
jects over the broad veranda,
which extends across the entire
front of the structure. The
veranda is paved with brick, and
is surrounded by a bank of
towering plants and furnished
with comfortable chairs and set.
tees. Within the building there
are reception rooms at each side
of the hallway, and offices for
the commissioners, and beyond
these one large hall in which the
exhibits + installed.
The mineral display has per-
haps proved the most interesting
this is located to the right as
one enters the exhibits hall, and
is comprehensive and interest
ing. A pyramid of lead ores,
weighing thirty tons, is the most
striking feature. Surrounding
the pyramid is a placard which
declares that Idaho produces 40
per cent of the lead mined in the
United States and q 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 pro-
duced, during the year ending
May 81, 1905, nearly IS, 900, 900
worth of lead and silver.
A great variety of ores, rep
resenting nearly every mine in
the state, is shown. Of the sill
yer and gold ores, a silver mug.
get worth $140 and a small piece
of quartz containing 1925 in gold
are the most striking. The ores
are arranged on tables and shell.
YES, and have attracted a great
deal of admiration, especially
from eastern people, who have
been surprised to find that Idaho
is SO rich in minerals.
Every county in Idaho is rep
resented in the educational dis
play, which compares favorably
with similar exhibits made by
other states, and is most attract
lively arranged. Some excellent
manual training work is exhibit
ed by the Idaho Industrial In.
stitute of Weiser. There are
exterior and interior 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 at
tracted much admiration.
The handiwork of Idaho wo.
men, Judging from the examples
of it on exhibition in Idaho's
building, will compare favorably
with that of women in the older
communities of the East. A re-
markable bed set, made by Mrs.
A. Bunzell of Silver City, which
is valued at $500, is perhaps the
most remarkable piece of work