Arizona republican., 1909-06-30
CHICAGO EXPOSITION
 IRRIGATION PRODUCTS
Representatives of The Tribune Ex- pected Here Soon to Gather Material For Extended Newspaper Publicity.

The Salt River valley is booked for considerably publicity in the middle west. In fact it is on the eve of the greatest advertising stunt ever offered it. Though several good, substantial advertising plans have been launched in the past sixty days; plans that give much promise of educating the middle west farmer, and creating in him a curiosity to see this wonderful country that the government is spending so much money to reclaim, the greatest advertising epoch in the history of the valley will begin when it receives it's publicity the coming fall, during, and also before the International Live Stock exposition, in Chicago, which will be held in the Coliseum. Over 500, 900 people are counted on to at tend. and that many people at least vii get an enlightenment concerning the valley in ways they never dreamed of before.
 The Chicago Tribune is the orig inator of this movement. which is to be an exhibit of the products of the irrigated sections of the west, though the Santa Fe and other railroads are cooperating with untiring energy.
 Within a few days the Tribune will send two of its own representatives out to this country to pick out eXhi- bits. and it is expected to gather ma terial for full feature page for this section in the Tribune, to appear a short time previous to the opening Of the Live Stock exposition, in Chicago. ln 1sgFnphpr the valley to get busy and gather all the information that he has at hand and look up probable material that will be of use to these representatives when they arrive. Experiences will also come in handy for members or the real estate firms in the city who will undoubtedly get out many series of booklets on the valley. The exhibit of the Salt River valley vii attract as much interest at the exposition, as from any other irrigated district. and it is hoped that the cooperative help of every one in the valley to make this exhibit better than any other will not be found wanting.
 This is the irrigation era of agricul- ture. it is the awakening time for the
  farming is intense farming. and he is yet not fully informed on what won derful thing irrigation is, how much more productive in the end if is, and how little work is necessary to get results that will outstrip the same acreage by twice, in the locality where he now is The middle west farmer, has read and read and read about what the government has done here and other places in reclamation. What ir- rigation has done. Yet what he wants more than anything else is eye evil dence, and actual experiences from people who left his community. He wants to know why it will be profit able to sell his Iowa, Illinois, or Wis consin land for $150 or S200 an acre and pay the same price for land here. What he wants is the real goods before his eyes. And it is up to the Salt River valley rancher to show him. Ev cry rancher in every other irrigated district will bend every effort to ac- complish this point and the only way that this locality can win out is to put other sections in the shade. IL is an easy task, the only danger being that ranchers here may sleep too long until it is too late, and the other fellow will get the jump. The infant star of Ari- zOna must shine the brighest in the agricultural banner It will mean work the gathering together. of exhibits, pictures, etc. California, Washington and Oregon, as well as other places | are up and doing, and the undertaking, | though a safe one must get into line | aa r.lV