Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-11-04
CHICAGO'S BIG
LAND SHOW
LAND AND IRRIGATION EXPOSE
TION WILL OPEN IN CHI
CAGO THIS FALL

Financial and Executive RESPONSE
biIity.
(By Frederick H. Griswold, Assistant
Secretary of the Seventeenth Ma
tional Irrigation Congress.)
What has the farm to offer?
The reply to this question will be
evident to all who visit the United
States land and irrigation exposi-
tion that is to take place in the Chi
cago Coliseum from Nov. 20 to Dec. a.
The exposition will be the first of it's
kind. and the novelty of it has appeal
ed to all who have heard of the plan.
Pledges already given render it
certain that this display will outclass
-eny of the shows ever seen in the
Coliseum. which has become famed
as the best place in the middle west
for high class exhibits. In addition
to a complete display Of the products
that have brought wealth from the
soil, there are to be specially design
ed decorations, panoramas and paint
ings. all arranged artistically and
these are to surpass all previous eff
forts.
The exposition is not to be a mag
nified county fair-it is to be unique,
Its success is assured beyond the
shadow of a doubt
The initiative for this exposition
came from the numerous railway and
land interests that center in Chicago
where practically all of the active
colonization agents have established
their headquarters. But in order to
have the idea carried out successfully
on a big scale, it was necessary to
have guarantees of both money and
publicity, and these have been fur
nished by the Chicago Tribune, which
las promised to use its influence for
the benefit of undeveloped sections in
gaining colonists and other aids to
progress.
Primarily the exposition is meant
for those who lack knowledge of the
wonderful opportunities open to the
settler There are thousands toiling
in eastern Offices and factories to
whom information of this sort will
come as a blessing. for they are tired
of their chains, but do not know how
to break them. other thousands
coming out OF mere curiosity possibly.
will see what home in one of ma
lures favored spots means and will
plan to join the army that is march
ing westward.
Tourists search out scenic beauties
during their travels. but they are not
the class who remain. 1t often hap
pens that many who would be desir-
able settlers never travel more than
SO miles from their homes, and to
them the exhibits will mean the rev.
citation of a new world of possibili-
ties. Their horizon will be broadened
and they viii receive a new inspira-
ton.
Undeveloped districts of all sorts
will be benefited by the exposition
The possibilities of dry farming will
be shown along with the wonders OF
irrigation and the humid regions will
not be neglected. Even the reclama.
ton of swamp lands is to find place
anything, in fact, will be included II
it represents a strong movement foi
the general good and the develop
ment of latent agricultural resources
Every effort is to be made to max,
the exposition as comprehensive as
possible, and the interests behind tn,
movement are now getting the 'neces
sary material together
Not since the convention of Cover
nors, summoned to the White Hous,
by Pres. Roosevelt has there beer
hint Of anything of equal scope an,
even at the convention the exhibit
were lacking.
The Land exposition viii open a
the same time as the annual Inter
national Live Stock exposition, ant
this is an important point. as full
rNV5VNV Nloltolo AoiuC W OhltdE
every year when the prize cattle
horses. sheep and hogs are on display
With the double attraction this sea
son, it will be possible for anyone Wis
iting Chicago to see in condense
form practically all that the west an
south have to offer.
Interest in colonization has neve
been as keen as today. and the de
sire to take advantage of the agricul
tural possibilities that are offere
has resulted in an extraordinary dis
play Of land hunger on the part q
the general public And the major
ty of those in the middle west VIII
are displaying this anxiety to join tn
movement back to the soil realiz
that they lack accurate knowledge G