Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-21
WILL POINT WAY TO
OPPORTUNITIES
SOUTHWEST n
LAND EXPOSITION
WILL SHOW CHANCES
Pictures and Products, Paint
ings and Actual Crops Will
Tell of Wide Western Coun-
try at Chicago.

The land resources and products OF
all the states in the west and south
west. and many in the south, will be
exploited this fan in the greatest ex-
hibition ever held in a single build
ING.
The United States Land and Irriga-
ton Exposition. which is being pro-
NOTED under the executive and finan-
cial responsibility Of The Chicago Tri-
bune, will be held in the Coliseum.
from November 90 to December 4.
this year.
1t is the first exposition ever held
solely to promote the colonization to
the new land in this country, now
made available to home seekers, be-
cause of the recent reclamation of
vast eKpanses of swamp and arid dis
tracts.
Robert p. Cross. secretary of the eX-
position has just returned from the
west. where cooperation has been Civ
en- in connection with the support al
ready assured from the southern
states,
All Wish to Own Land.
Interest in colonization" said Mr.,
cross. IFS keener today than at any
time in the history of the country. Ev-
efy one seems to have a desire to own
n piece of land, If he has not got one,
and If he has, he wants a bigger piece.
THE object of the coming eXposi-
ton is to guide and inspire this land
hunger of the nation. The irrigated
lands of the west afford opportunities
for thousands of new homes and
drainage in the south is opening up
vast territories which a few years ago
amounted to nothing.
THE cream of American lands
created by these tremendous reclama-
ton projects should be peopled by
Americans from the cities. Young
men looking for an opportunity are
turning to the cultivation of the soil"
Will BE Unique Show.
The exposition is not to be an ex-
hibit of pumpkins, mammoth potatoes
or big ears of corn. 1t will be unique
and will illustrate the great advance
in agriculture with paintings, elabor-
ate panoramas, models, and transpar-
encies.
OF course there will be grains. SUI
gar bects. tons of red apples. oranges |
from California. Arizona, and Florida.
n fruits of all kinds. h exhibit
tiers will use these products in the |
general scheme to show the visitor
the country itself. without asking him
to spend $1,000 TO travel from one
end OF 1t to the other. !
A painting of the grand canyon Of
the Yellowstone will occupy 5000
square feet in the north end OF the
gallery. This is The largest repro
duction of this famous canon ever
shown. A panorama of the Grand
canyon Is now at the A.. Y. p. cXposi-
ton in Seattle. and is thirty feet wide.
The reproduction in the Coliseum will
be four times this size and thousands
of electric lights will seem to make
the water of the Yellowstone river fall
1000 feet as it does in reality.
At the south Of the gallery will b.
Il reproduction of the Yosemite valley |
in California, which no doubt will at
tract thousands who have not had the
opportunity to see this charming work
of nature. Around the entire gallery
paintings eight feet by twenty-five feet
will be from scenes selected from the5
finest views in the west and south.
Millions for Reclamation.
Uncle Sam has spent upwards OF
$4,000 600 in reclamation projects in
the west. and is greatly Interested in
the colonization of the arid lands OIL
the western United States.
The government exhibit will occu-
nv 1t ann - fact aud ,t,a pe fb. |
most interesting features will be lee
lures by scientists from the different
bureaus OF the interior and agricul-
tural departments.
The exhibit will not confine itself
entirely to the lands in the United
States, but Alaska will tell its story
and the Hawaiian exhibit will show
the development of the islands under
our American government.
h bureau of patents will illustrate
the evolution of the greatest Ameri-
can inventions, the harvesting ma
chine.
Railroads 10 Exhibit.
The Rock Island-F Frisco railroad
system, with 16, 900 miles of tracks
serving eighteen states, from the Da-
kotas down TO the Gulf of Mexico and
from the Mississippi river TO tn. I
Rocky mountains. will present at the ,
exposition in graphic and panorama I
exhibits the almost limitless agricul- I
tural, horticultural mineral. and for \
estry resources OF that vast domain.
The Santa Fe is having baked al ,
MS time adobe brick in New Mexico y
and there. will be erected an adobe
house at the exposition such as on.
VIII only see in the quaint towns I'M
he southwest along that road.
The champion woman Indian ruei
weaver and other Indians with their ?
occupations will be brought TO the ex- II
TO show the people that pleas 4
IRE from travel can be obtained best .
n our own country. n
The Hartman lines in a space of g. |
100 square feet on the main floor, are u
four beautiful panoramas "
rhich will taxi one up the Columbia o
through h orange groves of C%alifor- a
ia. down in lower Arizona and New D
lexico. and on a visit TO the rice 4
ields of Texas. T,
Many States Represented.
Colorado and Utah have contracted
or space The Bitter Root valley ir
lontana VIII havo an excellent ex n
,ibit From idaho a number Of fruit y