The Glenwood post., 1910-05-21
FOR NATIONAL
LAND EXPOSITION
Great Preparations Being Made
For Success Of Big Land
Exploitation Show
SPACE FOR COLORADO

second great United States land and ir
rigation exposition is held in the Col
iseum in Chicago next November unde'
the management Of the Chicago Trib
une, the state of Colorado will have s
remarkable display of Irs land resources
State Commissioner of Immigration
Alfred Patek, in conference today with
Secretary Robert Z. Cross of the ex
position. contracted for nineteen booths
in the big Chicago building for the ex'
hibits from Colorado.
1t is the desire of the Colorado statt
board of immigration to have the Colo
RADIO exhibits as compactly arranged as
possible, and with this end in view
Commissioner Patek has taken all the
Colorado booths together, and this
space will be apportioned as equally as
possible among the different sections,
counties and commercial organization
of the state.
Assured Magnificent Exhibit.
An attractive architectural and dec
orative scheme will be planned for the
exhibition as "A whole to supplement the
used by the exposition management,
and then each county or section will be
given opportunity to make such indiv'
idual decorations as it may desire for
its separate display. In this way Col
orado is assured magnificent exhibit of
its land products and the state IS agricul'
ously benefician advertisement under
circumstances that cannot fail to bring
many homeseekers within its boundaries
The first exposition, held last year,
was viewed by over 100000 people.
from every part of the country. Colo
RADIO was represented by scattering ex
hibits. This year the striking display
planned by the Colorado state board of
immigration will draw the attention of
thousands of people to Colorado's farm
ing actualities and po-e,pllities.
In addition to the big display planned
by the Colorado state board of immi-
grafton, Colorado also Will receive rep
resentation in the space purchased by
the Trowbridge & Niver company, deal
ers in bonds, in Chicago. The Trow-
bridge & Niver company has made a
contract for over 10, 900 square feet Of
exhibit space in the exposition AM
there will be exhibits from more than
thirty eight communities in the west
and south on which this concern has
placed bonds.
Many Sections Represented.
Exhibits from the Palisade irrigation
district, the Bijou irrigation, the Den.
yer reservoir irrigation, the Riverside
irrigation district, the DenverGreelev
district, the North Denver district. the
DenverSt. VraiA district, and the Col
orado Southern Irrigation company,
which is just beginning to irrigate 300,,
900 acres of land in the Arkansas val
ley, will be in the space contracted for
by the Trowbridge & Niver company.
The Grand valley, the San Luis val
ley, the Julesburg section, Routt coun-
ty, the Arkansas valley and the Mont
rose district, as well as the several dis
tricts in northern Colorado, will be rep
resented in the space purchased today
by the Colorado state board of immi-
grafton.
AT last year S show there were exhib-
its from districts in thirty differcn:
states. Many sections of these states
which were not represented last year
want to be in the land show this year
There is an extraordinary demand for
space, and d. H. Burnham & Co., who
have been engaged as the architects
for the coming show, have been working
to increase the display space in the
Coliseum as much as possible. All
space which can be utnfscd for exhibits
will be sold as fast as it can be al
lotted.
Railways Contract for Space.
Within the last two weeks the Har
rman lines, the Rock Island, the Santa
Fe, the Missouri Pacific. and the Cot
ton Belt have contracted for large
spaces in the exposition. Farson, Son &
Co. of Chicago wired today for 5Of
square feet, the same space as they had
last year. Alexander Hilton, genera
passenger agent of the Frisco, is ar
ranging for space for the territory
traversed by the Frisco lines.
Railroad and land interests contem
plate big exhibit for central Oregon
and negotiations are in progress whicl
will be closed tomorrow. Space is be
ing allotted carefully so all sections Of
the country where agricultural develop
ment is going on will be represented ir
the exposition, and it is certain thai