The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-14

] rived in Chicago, but will not be un-
packed until needed in the Coliseum,
/ the doors of which will not be thrown
open until Tuesday, Nov. IA, for the
taking in of exhibits.
In the collection recently gathered
are almonds and English walnuts from
Judd, apples from all parts of the state
from Logan on the north to Moab on
the sOuth-veg eJables from all dis
/ tr1cts, canned goods to be added to
the Seattle exhibit, more dried fruit,
fresh grapes of many varieties and
other samples of the horticultural and
agricultural possibilities of the state.
This apple exhibit is the one in
which 1 am most enthusiastic" said
}. EDWARD Taylor Friday, shortly be-
fore his departure for Chicago. 1T Is
the finest display that has ever been
arranged for Utah, and that means 1t
is the best ever brought together by
any state in the Union. 1t is simply
immense. We have had a good deal
OF time and enough money to go into
the matter carefully, and have found
the best in the state.
I'VE have sent experts into every
part of the state, and right at this time
we have been able to get the very best
fruit In Utah. Our agents have gone
into the orchards while the packing
has been going on, and from the best
apples in sight have selected about one
case from three bushels Of apples
shown-or ratio about like that.
Some Fruit Donated.
I'm a good many instances the or
chard men have given the apples to
US to be used in the Chicago exhibit
while others have charged for them.
And we never kicked against the
charge, for we considered they had
a right TO it, for when a man goes into
their orchards and keeps them for half
a day sometimes sorting out Just a
Few crates of apples, then the owner
Is ut IN ha f~r
a small bin for the loss of time. They
do not kick against the giving of
apples, but the time costs money. In
getting these exhibits we have had to
Gus varieties, and will show a line that
will make the apple growers of the
United States open their eyes.
1T is not alone in apples that we
have a great exhibit, for just as much
care has been used In other lines, and
In every department we will have the
best exhibit in the history OF the
state.
We have collected a great many
more apples and other articles than
Will be on exhibition, and these will be
for distrioution-jUst to show those in
terested in the west what we can pro-
duce out here in Utah. 1 don't know
exactly how much will be given away.
but there will be several hundred
boxes of apples and other fruit and
several bushels of nuts handed out
gratis. during the fifteen days while
the exhibit is open"
It had been expected that the Ogden
choir would be one of the features at
the exposition. The wonderful success
Of the choir at Seattle and other ex-
positions has attracted men of the east
who know the value of such an at
traction as a drawing card, and the
Tribune management wanted this ag-
gregatiOn. A telegram was received by
Governor William Spry from r. o.
Cross of the Chicago Tribune, asking
tend 1t was found, however, that ii
would cost $4,000 for the choir, so this
feature was abandoned. In the future
it will certainly be heard.
When the Tribune took up the
United States Land and Irrigation ex-
position il was on the proposition to
spend S25 600 on the project, exclusive
and its affiliated string of papers. But
at a recent meeting of those in charge
of the fair it was shown that s1S3,000
had already been incurred with the
probability of it costing s200.0 900 be-
fore the doors are thrown open next
Saturday. Nov. 20.
Origin of Exposition.
The origin of the United States Land
and Irrigation exposition has been
traced to a meeting in Chicago of a
number of large irrigation company
magnates. They had seen the aroused
interest among farmers and small mer-
chants of the congested districts of
the middle west and the east, who had
been striving hard for years to make
a living. These people were hunting
around for the best opportunities Of