, 1908-03-12
FINE DISPLAY
OF PRODUCTS
COUNTY WELL REPRE-
SENTED AT STATE EXHIBIT
AT WYOMING CAPITAL.
Result of Efforts Of Experiment Sta.
ton of University of Wyoming
Shown in CreditabIe Manner, With
Minerals and Other Products of
One of Best Counties in State.


The Cheyenne Tribune of yesterday
plays Of the different counties of the
state in the Annex building on Capital
avenue, in that city, the artic e on Al
bany county being produced herewith,
the introduction to the article includ.
ing these paragraphs among others
Enthusiastic Reception.
when the proposal was made to the
last legislature that the Wyoming ex.
hibits of minerals, grains, WOO aud
other products which had been col.
lected for exhibition at the St. Louis
and Portland eXposition5, be perma.
nently preserved in a Wyoming exhib-
it Dol in Cheyenne, where every part
of the state might make additions to
it as their communities developed, the
idea was received without enthusiasm
and it was with some difficulty that
the lawmakers were induced to make
an appropriation for tle care of tho
exhibits already collected and which
were on the verge of being scattered.
Room Provided.
AT the close of the eXpositions, Mr..
w. c. Deming, secretary of the com.
mission, asked the Cheyenne board Of
trade to provide a suitable room where
the exhibit could be placed until the
state made an appropriation for It's
better care, which was done.
Mr.. Deming believed at the time
that if the exhibit were permitted to
be scattered it could not be gotten
together again. The board of trade
complied with the request.
Whitley in Charge.
with the turning over of the exhibit
to the state, Mr.. A. r. Whitley was
placed in charge, and in the year that
he has managed it the exhibit has
come to be regarded as a most valua-
BILE advertisement for the entire state,
particularly those communities which
have sent samples and specimens 10
supplement those which formed the
nucleus of the present fine exhibit
Albany County.
THE Albany county exhibit is par,
ticularly complete, containing all va,
rieties of grains and grasses, minerals
and wool. The state university at Lar.
annie has an active and resourceful
government experiment station in con,
nection and this county's exhibit shows
some of the results attained at the
ctotip, wbicb ic lnoota] NJ a N aIavo.
ton of nearly 1000 feet. There is
shown a remarkably beautiful display
of grain in the sheaf, including OATS,
barley and wheat, of several vdrities.
There are also Il large variety nj
grains in jars which show well the
quality and size. These grains are
all carefully labelled and give the Wis
itor a good idea of what varities may
be expected TO give good results under
the peculiar conditions met in WyO.
ming.
Best in the World.
Attention is especially called to the
exhibits of oats shown in the Albany
county display. Combinations of soil,
sunlight and attention have produced
crops equalled nowhere else in the
United States and for weight and size
captured prizes in the worlds fairs in
competition with similar grain from
all over the country.
Crops of b~uckwheat have shown
themse YES profitable crops and in the
exhibit room may be seen specimens
that speak for themselves.
Forage grasses interest the stock
man and Albany county also has a
fine display of these, inc. uding bromcs
inermis, wheat grass, blue grass, rye
grass and others, carefully arranged
and labelled. They are of good length
and their nutritive value is well known
to the stockmen.
Albany County Minerals.
Albany county has many mining en-
terprises, a number of them being the
efforts of nome people to develop the
known wealth that underlies the sur
face of this county. These enterprises
are small and financed by limited local
capital, yet the showings made have
in several instances interested outsid,
ers with capital, who are bringing the
propositions in which they have inter
ested themselves to be successful pay
ing mines.
among the mines represented in
the exhibit are the Florence, with It's
areas containing gold, silver and cop
per; the Brook n, carrying lead and
silver; the Struggler, with gold and
copper; the Randem, New Rambler,
French Creek m Independence, all
with enviable showings of gold and
copper ores, and the Free Gold and
Liberty Bell, which are gold mines.
Some Natural Resources.
The E~sterbrook, located in the
northern part of the county, shows
copper and lead ore of a fine grade.
Throughout southern Wyoming are
great lakes so ca led, of soda, which
in similar quantities is familiar as the
'alkali' of the plains.
"A striking specimen of this mineral
is shown in a pure white block of sui,