Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-29
GLINPSES OF EXPOSITION
Exhibitors Deal Out Facts and
Souvenirs at Land Show.
ALL ARE SEEKING SETTLERS
They Explnin TO Throngs in Coli
scum the vast Opportunities
that Await All west OF
Missouri River.

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Two men win leave Omaha for Ard
more. S. D.. in few days with a pleas
ant telling OF work we'll done at the Omaha
Land show. These men are Z. r. Clark
and H. e. Fosdiko Of the firm Of Clark a
Fosdike Of Ardmore. who brought an OK
hlbit 20 tho Land show which contained
all the products u the rich lands around
Ardmoro. whore settlers can now file for
lands for homes, and which Will be Wis
tied during the next month or so by doz-
ems Of men who have talked with Fosdike
and Clark and decided to investigate.
Many Are Interested.
Pine Bluffs, Wyo., where the larBeat
elevator In the state Is located. Ga mute
witness to tho possibilities and realities
Of the country thore), sent c. L. Beatty
secretary Of It's Commercial club. 20 the
Omaha Land show with punches OF
facts" about the place. which has caused
scores of men with nerve TO follow their
convictions" 90 make up their mind that
an investigation OF Pine Bluffs would be
profitable. Mr.. Beatty talked with and
distributed literature 20 hundreds Of peo-
pie who arc vitaily interested in the de-
velopment OF the west.
Famed Big Horn BasIB.
The far famed BIG Horn basin, wyom-
ing, where irrigation and progressive
farmers have wrought an unbelievable
Transformation. was represented at the
Land show by the shedd -sizer company
and a huge array Of exhibits brought by
them and shown and explained by s. J.
Service. and the c. r. Salisbury & Co.'S
exhibit from Worisnd These two booths
stood side by side during tho two weeks
Of the show arti people visited them i'm
partially and left with loads Of literature
about the new country, which needs but
the people to make II fabulously rich
More women Needed.
we are long on bachelors and short
on women" said w. 8. Hunt of the va
kina exhibit OF the Land show Saturday
afternoon. I'VE would appreciate women
immigrants as well as men. These bach
elors are well-to-do men and live com
fortably, bat not I'm contentment Tell
the women they can find good homes in
Yakima. Wash, and its nelghboring coun-
ties" and he launched into a description
OF the life OF the bachelors OF the va
kiFna valley and the opportunities there.
Rrouucc0 SuItnhte hybrtds
zone thing we've been trying TO do,
among many others. in walla WaIla,"
said L. NJ. Brown of this exhibit from
tho state OF Washington, "and now we
have done II. The rich volcanic soil grew
wheat so tall that II broke under Its
heavy heads and was difficult 20 harvest.
Many OF the modern and progressive
farms are really experimental stations
for these farmers have produced hybrid
wheat OF twenty-five or thirty varieties,
which grows short, with an even heavier
head, but will not fall when II begins
TO ripen." And he proved his assertion
by showing several varieties Of hybrid
wheat which the farmers OF near Walla
walia have grown.
Many Eat RaIHIn Bread.
J. M. Swift, who came to the Omaha
Land Show with a varied exhibit of the
products OF Fresno county, California,
will remember the patrons OF the show
ana in turn win be remembered by thom.
for he not only interested several hum
dred in Fresno. but fed thousands with
delicious ralsn bread during the last four
days OF the show. Tho ralsin bread
proved so popular that the Fresno rep
resentative found II necessary to secure
two assistants. Those who ate raisin
bread became interested In raisins and
the result is there are now thousands who
can talk lntelllgibly OF the raisin indus
try OF California, where there was one
before.
The Yakima Exhihit.
yakima county'-the name calls up a
vision TO those who attended the Land
show-a vision OF large fields OF rlpening
fruit, waving grain, a procession OF pros
porous farmers and all the modern lnven-
tons and conveniences that have made
Yakima valley, washington, famous The
Yakima exhibit was sent by the several
towns OF the valley and was In charge of
four men-R. II. Morgan, A. T.. REESE,
Lloyd Miller and w. s. Hunt-who talked
10 interested thousands ON the industries
and the opportunities OF Yakima county
and it's neighboring counties as farming
and fruit-growing regions.
Remain After the show.
When the Gibson company, with huge
tnqcts Of land for sale In the fertile San
Lltis valley Of Colorado, came to the
Omaha Land Show they brought large
exhibit, but Mr.. Gibson and Charles A.
Robinson, the latter a former Nebraskan,
who had charge, little thought that so
attractive would be the display OF fruits
and grains from San Luis that II would
be remuneratiye for them 10 remain after
the show had closed. But such has been
the case and the Gibson company viii put
up its show again IN Council Bluffs for
q few weeks.
Attractive Exhibits.
One OF the deepest impressions left by
the Land Show Is that OF the remarkable
progress that has been made by the Big
Horn Basin OF Wyoming. The three at
traotiYe exhibits installed at the Land
SHOW by the Bis Horn Basin not only
were visited by thousands OF interested
persons. but demonstrated that no section
Of Wyoming or OF the west has developed
SO rapidly the last few years as this rich
Big Horn Basin
The adapiabllity OF the Big Horn Basin
for the successful growing OF alfalfa is
well shown by the mammoth yields OF
that product which were on exhibit at
these booths. Recent Investigations by
companies interested in the production OF
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