Arizona republican., 1910-12-15
GOSPEL IF
 AGRICULTURE Its Spread Among Cultured
 Heather of Chicago RE TURNING MISSIONARIES
J. s. Griffin Tells How the People of the Middle
 West Are Yearning for a Knowledge of Salt River Valley and Its Resources.

Mir and Mrs. J. s. Griffin returned | Tuesday from Chicago, where, with | Garth Cate, they were in charge of the
 board of trade exhibit during the ! United States Land & Irrigation ex-
 position. They stopped in Tucson for
 a day to visit old friends and were de- | lighted with the Pima capital.
 Speaking of the Chicago show. Mir ! Griffin said yesterday that it was the | finest kind of a success even though | the salt river valley exhibit was handi- capped by some things. The exhibit
 was gotten together hastily on short notice and a lot of things that should have been shown were not there at all. Another drawback was that the moving picture films of this valley were not yet available, wherefore great deal of the finest kind of advertising was lost. In the lecture room of the eX- position there were many lectures daily. illustrated by moving pictures The average attendance in the lecture room during the fifteen days of the show, was 6.700. The Arizona booth was To- cated where those going to and from the lecture room had to pass it so that had the pictures been shown and the lectures given. the impressions made on visitors could have been further emphasized by the display they could not have failed to see as they passed by
 But with all these things the exhibit. MT. Griffin believes. win return Its cost to the valley many fold. The work was conducted with system and when each visitor registered an effort was made to discover by inquiry the par ticular thing in which he was interest ed and a note was made of the find ings opposite his name Some were only curiosity seekers. but for the most part the visitors all came looking for information on some specific subject, having in mind comparisons with the displays from other sections for the purpose of seeking locations for homes or investment. The merely curious visitor was the exception. Many were met who had some Knowledge of Ari- Zona personally, and many others who know something of it through reading and desired to investigate for proof of the things they had read.
 The lessons of the exposition were so numerous said Mir. Griffin. that he could not begin to recite them in a newspaper interview. Of one thing he was convinced and that was that the Phoenix board of trade is doing a mag nificent work He candidly admitted that personally he has not given board interests the attention he should. but v.~fn strong supporters. and he begins by saying right now that the board wants to begin early next year and prepare fine exhibit for the exposition.
 The exposition was particularly true to itself. It was conceived not mere as a big show for show purposes. but for the more practical thing of educating the people of the east and central states what can be found in the west. Everybody who attended the fair in connection with an exhibit was a royal booster for his section. There was no false modesty about it. Everyone was there to convince the prospective set tier and investor that he had the best on earth to offer. The rivalry was in- tense and was the all pervading senti- ment, though there was good nature and good feeling through it all. Human nature kept to the front, however. If there were drawbacks to any section they were glossed over and all possible capital made of the good points.
 The Florida exhibitors, for instance. excused their dirty, speckled and un- prepossessing oranges by saying they were 'russet" variety Florida tried to make capital out of her oranges but was finally forced to admit that she had a poor display and her best fruit was some that was substituted from California. The Florida exhibitors fin ally admitted that the Salt river valley had them faded on oranges, but they still insisted on the superiority of their grape fruit. That was not admitted by the Phoenix representatives and they had so many compliments from disinterested judges that they had no trouble in maintaining their conten- tions
 George Dehaven, a publicity man representing the Southern Pacific, did a lot of good work for Arizona MT. Griffin sent some oranges and grape fruit to MT Dehaven's room in the Auditorium Annex. and when the chef served the grape fruit he said it was the first he had ever seen that com bined a high standard of both meat and juice. He said that often he had had a good meaty fruit in which there was little juice and he would squeeze one fruit into another just to get the desired effect for a particular guest. With the Arizona fruit he found the happy combination.