Arizona republican., 1910-10-30
FARM PRODUCE
 |S REQUIRED. County Must Have AgPIcuE
 tufaI Exhibit AT THE TERRITORIAL FAIR
W. H. Teasley Appointed by Board of Trade to Co., operate W it h County Commissioner Elliot Evans

Strenuous efforts are being made by Elliot Evans, fair commissioner for Maricopa county, and by the board of trades special exhibit com mittee, to gather creditable exhibit of this county's agricultural products for Arizona's sixth annual fair. The committee held an informal meet ing yesterday and appointed w. H. Teasley to cooperate with MT. Ev- ans in the collection of the proper kind of an exhibit.
 MT. Teasley will devote all his time from now until fair week to securing and caring for samples of agricul- tural products. Mir. Evans is also devoting most of his time to fulfilling his duties as county commissioner.
 Either MT. Evans or MT Teasley will be glad to receive and take care of exhibits at any time. One does not have to take his products to the fair grounds, or even bring them to the city Of course it Is preferred that exhibits be brought in but the board of trade will send a special messenger to collect anything that the grower cannot find time to de- liver In fact there isn't anything the board of trade can possibly do to obtain a representative Maricopa exhibit, that it will not do
 It should be understood that it costs absolutely nothing to exhibit at the fair or to store exhibits be- fore the big show. Either MT. Ev- ans or the board of trade will be more than glad to receive exhibits and care for them. They need give the owners no further trouble until after the fair when they will be returned if desired.
 Another fact that should be borne in mind is that each farmer and each section will be given full credit. There will be q Tempe department of the Maricopa county agricultural exhibit, a Mesa department. Glendale department, Buckeye department. in fact a department for every agri- cultural district in the entire county. There is no disposition to claim all the credit for Phoenix. The object is to show visitors that not all the farms in Maricopa county are right around this city.
 Mir. Teasley has lost no time in getting busy. Already he has writ ten to the Tempe board of trade, asking for a big exhibit from that section. Tempe farmers can there fore turn their products over to their own board or bring them to Phoenix, as they prefer.
 It is the plan to use as much of the Maricopa county exhibit as pos sible for the U. S. Land and Irriga- ton exposition. in Chicago. Secre tary Welch of the board of trade has formulated a plan for arranging the exhibit Whether it is the plan that will ultimately be adopted is, of course, uncertain, but it Is safe to say that Welch's scheme or some modification of it will be used
 There is to be a shallow box. about nine feet square. and filled with earth. It is to be divided into nine sections. In the center will be a saguaro, or giant cactus. On two corners will be rose bushes and on the two other corners date palms. while the other spaces will be used for the display of exhibits.
 There are great difficulties in the way of transporting the saguaro but
  attract more attention than anything else that could be sent to Chicago. No customers except the infinitesi- imal few who have been west ever saw a giant cactus. The date palms, which will be in full fruit, will att tract almost as much attention as the saguaro.
 Such an exhibit as this cannot fail to attract the attention of anyone entering the hall. The majestic cac- tus rearing its thorny head toward the skylights; the date palms with their loads of golden fruit; the veg etables and fruits in between-all this will indeed be a wonderful sight to Chicagoans who travel through sleet recovered, slushy streets against bitter, icy, biting winds. to reach the Coliseum and the land show. Could anything be more inducive of rush on the railroad ticket offices?
 The cactus. rosebushes and palms are not the only, growing things which Mir. welch hopes to send to Chicago. He expects to obtain an orange tree in fruit to plant In barrel and use as an offset to the large more spectacular exhibit. Sew eral orange growers have announced their willingness to contribute trees. John Jungerman of Tempe and Prof. Wilson of the experiment station are willing to contribute palms, and there are a million cacti on the deserts within a few miles of the city, wait ing to be dug up and transported eastward. for the astonishment of Americans who don't know that Ari- zona is the best place on earth to live The contrast of rough cactus and blooming roses will indeed be striking.
 Any suggestions concerning the collection, arrangement and display of the Maricopa county exhibit will be thankfully received and given due consideration by Mir. Welch. MT.