Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-18
President Hill of the Great Northern
to Attend the Show
LAS PREPARED BIG EXHIBITS
Interested in the Development Prob
lens of the Northwest.
WYOMING TO BE REPRESENTED
SON Of Governor Carey To Attend nS
well ~ Former Governor ur"oLs
-westcrn Development A.
sOcIRtiun McctinU.

The whole west under ono root" other
wise known as the Omaha Land show, Will
he ready for the formal opening wednesday
night
out Of the tanEle OF prepare, lions the out
lines of the complete exhibit OF things
western is rising i'm defined form at the
Auditorium. CouspiCuously aggressive
among the exhibitors are the railroads.
Those whose mission Il is to haul the prod
ucts are busily preparing TO interest the
prospective producers in the new territories
under development.
installation OF the Great Northern eN-
hibit began Tuesday morning under the
direction OF Il. G. Leedy. immigration agent
Of the road. Mr. Leedy has had charge Of
numerous exhibits of a similar nature
throughout the west. lie has just completed
a showing Of the Great Northern's display
| OF the productivoness OF the northwest at
( the Chicago Land show. lie was also In
charge OF a large collection OF exhibits
| from the I'm system at the two Omaha
| corn expositions.
MN at Land Shnw,
! Part Of the collection which the Great
! Northern is placing on display at the
! Omaha Land show was exhibited at Chit
/ cago. However, the Chicago display has
been augmented by the addition Of many
new specimens The display consists prin
clpally Of grains and grasses in the sheaves
! An ornamental design typical of the Great
/ Northern's artistic exhibits is being ar
ranged to show what is being grown in the
/ fields Of Washington. Oregon and Montana.
! l.. w nm, president OF the Great North
! ern. will attend the Land show. lie will
probably arrive early next week. MIR. Hill
is expected to make an address at tile
show touching on the development prob
lens of the northwest
1t is possible that Mr.. Hin will also APP
pear at the meeting OF the Western De
velopment association. which will meet for
organization January "a The objects OF
the Development association are known 20
coincide with the expressed views of Mr.
Hin in relation TO the resources of the
west. The position assumed by Mr.. mn
and the Hill interests in relation to the
conservation" movement was made clear
in the developments which came with the
planning of the National Conservation con
gress at St. Paul
The Western Development association
proposes the advocacy of conservation Of
western resources by their judicious utlliza-
ton. The land, show stands in alliance to
this movement as tending to show where
the opportunity for this judicious utiliza-
ton lies.
Wyoming Represented.
Robert Carey, son OF Governor Carey of
Wyoming, Is expected TO attend the meet
ing Of the Western Development assoca-
ton. Wyoming Is largely interested in the
exploitation of western resources gener-
ally. A wealth of oil and minerals I'm the
state is now but waiting mediums of de-
livery TO the markets to be converted into
wealth. Former Governor Brooks of Wyo-
ming Is also TO attend the sessions OF the
association and visit the Land Show.
Mr.. Brooks is interested in projects for
the piping of crude oil from the wyoming
fields TO the Omaha market, II is pro.
posed to pipe the oil by a flow line d.
rectly across the state of Nebraska into
Omaha, where shipping center viii be
u established.