Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-19
TO SHOW LAND CHANCES"
Exposition Planned to Give Settlers
idea Of the West.
OPPORTUNITIES THE OBJECTIVE
Great PAINTINGS and Samples of Crops
VIII Reveal NaN6r of New
COuntry 60 the %Inauirers
After Homes.

The land resources and products Of all
the states in the west. and many In the
south. will be exploited this fall in the
greatest exhibition ever held in a single
building.
The United States Land and Irrigation
exposition. which is being promoted under
the executive and financial responsibility
Of the Chicago Tribune, will be held in
the Coliseum. Chicago, from November 20
to December 4. this year.
It is the first exposition ever held solely
TO promote the colonization to the new land
in this country. now made available to
home seekers, because OF the recent re-
clamation OF vast expenses OF swamp and
arid tracts.
Robert p. Cross, secretary Of the exposi-
ton, has just returned from the west,
where cooperation has been given in con-
nection with the support already assured
from the southern states,
Interest in colonization" said Mr.. Cross,
lis keener today than at any time in the
history Of the country. Every one seems to
have a desire to own a piece of land, IL he
has not got one, and II he has, he wants
a bigger piece.
The object of the coming exposition 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 reclamation projects
should be peopled by Americans from the
cities. Young men looking for an OPP
portunity are turning to the cultivation Of
the soil"
VIII He Unique show.
The exposition is not to be an exhibit of
pumpkins. mammoth potatoes or big ears of
corn. 1t will be unique and will illustrate
the great advance in agriculture, with
paintings, elaborate panoramas, models
and transparencies.
OF course, there will be grains, sugar
beets, tons of red apples, oranges from
California, Arizona and Florida, and fruits
Of all kinds. The exhibitors will use these
products in the general scheme to show
the visitor the country itself, without ask
ing him to spend $1,000 to travel from one
end Of 1t to the other.
A painting of the Grand canon of the
Yellowstone will occupy 5000 spare feet in
the north end Of the gallery This is the
largest reproduction Of this famous canon
ever shown. A panorama of. the Grand
canon is now at the Observation-Disclosures
exposition 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 LOO
feet as 1t does in reality.
At the south end of the gallery will bC
a reproduction of the Yosemite valley II
California, which no doubt will attract
thousands who have not had the oppor.
tunity to see this charming work of nature
Around the entire gallery paintings eighr
! feet by twenty-five feet will be from
scenes selected from the finest views in tn,
! west and south.
Uncle Sam has spent upwards, Of 100000
/ In reclamation projects in the west, and Il
greatly interested in the colonization of tn,
arid lands of the western United Statess :
, The government exhibit Will occup!
l 5000 square feet, and one of the most in
= teresting features will pc lecturesI b!
: scientists from the different bureaus o
the Interior and Agricultural departments
The xhlbit will not confine itself %entirel,
to the lands in the United States, blu
: Alaska will tell it's story. and the Hawaiiai
3 exhibit will show the development of tn
islands under our American government.
y The bureau Of patents will illustrate tn
evolution of the greatest Of American in
n ventions, the harvesting machine.
Railroads to Exhibit.
a The Rock Island-'Frisco railroad system
2 with 1900 miles OF tracks, serving elghteei
states, from the Dakotas down to the Gul
/ of Mexico and from the Mississippi river I
tile Rocky mountains, will present at tn
3 exposition in graphic and panorama exhib
its the almost limitless agricultural, hort
: cultural, mineral and forestry resources O
q that vast domain.
n The Santa Fe is having baked at tn
= present time adobe brick in New Mexico
y and there will be erected an adobe hous
at the exposition such as one will only Sc
m in the quaint towns in the southwest alon
that road.
l. The champion woman Indian rug weave
n and other Indians with their occupation
will be brought to the exposition to sho,
: the people that pleasure from travel can b
obtained best in our own country.
The Hartman lines, in a space Of 2,sI
square feet on, the main floor, are plannin
: four beautiful panoramas which will TAX
n one up the Columbia, through the orane
n groves Of California, down in lower Arizon
and New Mexico, and on a visit to the rio
fields OF Texas.
n Many states Represented.
n Colorado and Utah have contracted Il
= space. The Bitter Root valley in Montan
tn will have an excellent exhibit. From Idah
a number Of fruit valleys will be reprI
senteds The Twin Falls country, the Boil
m and Fayette valley. Shonshone, Rlchflel
m and the Lost River section all will ha,
~ exhibits.
m Louisiana and Minnesota will display pr,
-, ducts Of draining. Yakima Wash, w
= make an apple display, and only last Sa
urday the people Of wenatchee telegraph
for reservations.
Arizona is bound to have one Of the mo
interesting exhibits at the exposition. Sc
eral ostriches will be sent to Chicag
orange trees bearing ripe oranges. and
miniature house built Of Arizona produc
will be the features of their exhibit.
The plans. which will be carried out
exhibitors from thirty states, all are e
tremely Interesting. Michigan is going
give away 1.5O0 barrels Of apples.
The liberal support given the expositi
has far exceeded the expectation Of
promoters. With the communities, I