Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-09
IDAHO AT THE
APPLE SHOW
STATE SPELLED IN BIG LETTERS
AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBIT.
All Boosting For Home State and
Much Good To BE Derived From
the Worlds Greatest Land Show.

CHICAGO=Idaho is spelled in
capital letters at the United States
Land & Irrigation congress. The
Gem State fills the major portion of
the select space and spills over the
hooks and corners of the lower floor.
1t also displaces a considerable area
on the second story, dividing hon
ors up there with the famous Hood
river apple exhibit. Every Idaho
man is in line and enthusiastic, each
individual taking just as much pride
and interest in exhibits from other
sections of the state as he does in
his own. If visitor inquiries at any
of the Idaho exhibits for information
concerning an exhibit from another
section, he is courteously escorted
TO the section in which he is interest
ed and introduced to those having
that section in charge. The unani-
nifty of spirit shown by the Idaho
exhibitors is a credit to the state.
Any moment of the day may be
heard Payette man extoling the re-
sources of Fremont county or a Twin
Falls booster descanting upon the fer
tility of Ada or Bingham counties.
They are all proud of their state and
glad of the splendid opportunity to
tell about it, The Idaho representa-
tives stick together as closely as they
can and by so doing they have accom-
plished a great deal. 1t is very for
tunate that there are so many we'll
posted men from Idaho at the exposi-
ton. Professor French, Alex Nc
Pherson, William H. Gibson, Charles
j.. Sinsel, T. J. Allen, c. NJ. Hill, r.
NJ. McCollum, Joseph p. Fallon and
many others are ever ready with the
right ansers when questions concern
ing any part of Idaho are asked. A
Twin Falls man stood for two hours
this Afternoon telling about the King
Hill project. He happened to meet
some people who were interested
there and he did not hesitate to take
them in hand and tell them they had
invested wisely This is merely an
illustration of how Idaho men are
pulling together. Nothing gets by
them.
Description of Exhibits.
Immediately to the right of the en-
trance, and conspiciously because o.
the beauty of its arrangement, is the
display from the farm of Thomas ]
Allen of Meridian, in which 600 va
rie les of fruits, grains, grasses ant
vegetables are shown to the best ad
vantage. The Trowbridge & Nive
Co. has its Office in the center of thi
display, around which visitors throni
from morning until night How MI
and Mrs. Allen manage to take car
of their visitors is a mystery. The
are courteous to all and their fund o
information seems inexhaustible
Right beside the Meridian display ar
displays from Ada and Canyon cOun
ties. The Ada county display will b
further fortified tomorrow by tn
trophies won at Council Bluffs, whic
viii be conspicuously set on a pee
estal of plush and Unstable labeled
ore of the most stiking features c
the display is the exhibit of pumpkin
from the farm of Mr.. Baum. Pro
French tells about these pumpkin
hundreds of times daily.
Across the aisle from the Ada an
Canyon display is the Twin Falls an
Idaho Falls section, nicely arrange
and telling it sown tsory. Booster
McGregor and Mr. Huston of Idah
Falls are kept on their feet ever
minute, and Alex Mcpherson is col
stantly beseiged by questioners. tt
Twin Falls and Idaho Falls sectic
is always the center of a crowd lmii
ed only by the tsanding room.
Adjoining the Twin Falls and Id
no Falls section is the Big Lost riv'
section, another powerful magne
Mr.. Jones of Blackfoot arrived t
day and when he puts the finishiI
touches on this display 1t Will be
powerful attraction. There are mai
excellent products in the Lost Riv
section However, this is true of Z
the Idaho sections.
Next to the Big Lost River secti'
come the Twin Falls North Side al
the Kuhn's California exhibit, ST.
rounded by a huge panorama of {
Snake river valley from end to en-
The arrangement of this display
very artistic and the section isco
stantly thronged.
A large relief plat of the Bots
Owyhee project, with water runni
from the reservoirs down the cana
attracts such attention that but f
of those who want to see it can