Arizona republican., 1906-11-13


 pens of sheep. This year both the sheep barn and the hog barn have been enlarged, almost doubled in size. and both barns are full. Anyone who doubts this statement can go and see for himself and the hogs and sheep alone are worth the price of admission
 Next is the poultry exhibit. which this year fills two big houses and there is more chicken wealth gathered to- gether in these two houses than was ever put under two roofs in the south west before. It would take a big area of chicken country back east to furnish a better display or to even equal it. There will be more of this chicken talk later.
 In following the fence down looking at the fine stock, one gets clear by the general exhibition hall and the mining building, but, thanks to the existence of a fence at the other enc there comes a time when he has to retrace his steps and travel back. This time he passes up the grand stand. for the races are not until afternoon and there is time for a peep at the exhibition buildings. The mining building was not opened yesterday as there was little more fixing up to do, the placing of some real fancy touches, that will be told about in lager Sssue. There's enough else to find words for at this time.
 The main exhibition building has been enlarged to practically double the space occupied last year. The brick structure is the same, put to the east or 1t the wooden annex has been enlarged until it is now an annex in the shape of the Greek cross wings to the north. east and south. and the original wooden structure connecting with the brick building, forming the other of the four wings. It is all con nected of course by arches. so it is one big room. The brick or main building is devoted almost entirely to the educational exhibit and that of the Womau's department, fancy fabrics art work. etc. This building alone is worth a half a day of anyone's time
 who cares to really learn things, to study the cleverness of Arizona wo- men. the aptitude of Arizona children. the enterprise of Arizona business men and developing corporations, the indus try and skill of Arizona farmers or the achievements of Arizona manufactur- CTS.
 The exhibits in this building were nos all in place yesterday and a more com prehensive description or them will be given in a later issue, but just now reference will be made to a few of them, to make the task lighter then and more particularly to point a moral. That is. if one has time enough to re- ally get the good out of the exhibits he should visit each one and see it thoroughly. And this cannot be done in the afternoon if the visitor wants to see the races. for the racing pro- gram takes from l o'clock until dark each day. The visitor if at all possi- bIe. should spend at least one entire forenoon from the opening hour, in go- ing over the exhibits. and as many 1 more forenoons as he can.
 To illustrate the exhibits at the mos distant end of the frame hall are among the most interesting. On one side is that of the Arizona Cactus Company of Florence, whose business ! is the making of cactus novelties. Ev- erybody has seen the pin cushions picture frames, smoking sets and scores l of other cactus wood novelties that | this company has been making for years. and they are all unique and handsome But Iatteriy the field Of ! operations has spread by the applica- ! ton of proper machinery. until things are made of cactus wood that one can | appreciate only when he sees them l Chief among them is the use of this fibre. for fibre it is. rather than wood , for veneeriug purposes. The cactus log ! though a small one, Is shaved round and round until there is produced a rib 1 bon of the fibre several inches wide and ! perhaps twenty feet in length. This is stuck to the wood used in the manu-
 fracture of pianos, furniture and simi- [ lar constructions, and given a piano H mi fEh 11l inc T- not possibly chip and that for beauty and excellence is unexcelled. It is des- ! tined some day to become q rage or better. it will be so utilized by manu- facturers and house fnishers that ] there will be a constant demand for it. ! This veneering is of different colors to . suit the taste and one can scarcely be- l lieve it did not grow, just in the man ner it IS found on the exhibition 1 table. The same and similar processes
 are used in making picture frames and ! other novelties until the early day ! cactus novelties are now no longer in the running. Across the aisle is the l exhibit of the Fairbanks Morse Co. a ! fine running gasoline engine in opera ] ton, generating electric light for the ] illumination of the exhibit ana show Ting the perfection of the engine. IT.
 connection with it is the exhibit Of
 Ezra w. Thayer. where there iH al fine ! scale and an attendant who weighs the
 visitors at the fair, free. Yesterday 637 of them found out their exact avordupois. down to the fraction of a |! gnat's eyebrow.
 fl In the center of the Greek cross is the exhibit of the Pratt-GiIberr CO., f wagons. buggies, etc. It is a fine large
 display. well worth the time of a good E inspection. More than that. the wis
 itor who registers, may get something < nice for his pains.
 THE RACES.
 Y When the racing hour began, occur red the only official opening of the
 fair, of an oratorical nature. pr. r. r. F Stone, the official starter and master II of ceremonies in front of the grand