Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
BOOST FoRvoMAHE LAND SHOW
Denver Post Calls Attention TO Sig
BE- ~ 1ificance of the Display to the
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Interests of Colorado,
The press of Colorado is enthusitasttc in
the promotion OF the Omaha Land Nshow
as q Western development Sprojeet. The
Denver Post in a recent editorial, says; Z
igcolorado. win be Z the first, thought OF
every visitor who steps inside the AUDITOR
ihm at Omaha where, the Land Show opens
/ january Is Towering in the background
I,af the stage high, above everything elFe
catching the eye of the visitor the moment
he crosses the threshold add .ebInmanding
Instant attention. looms a reproduction in
lhiniatureto Of the Rocky noultaiHs z Ana
at the foot OF theS nlointains quiet peace
ful yahd restfuf BY centrsst, Is spread a
miniature farm offfeal soil, irrigated by
rear water with tiny turbines powerplants
both gfavity ana mt systems Of irrigRS'
tion with ALI the bitches. tunhelss siphohs
and fIumes@a tiny copy of a. real farm,
one OF the most noted in one of CoiOrado's
richest valleys.
That Is the kind Of work that is being
done by both public and private enterprise
to ADVERTISE Colorado to the world as one
of the richest and most resourcetul OF the
sisterhood of states. II Missouris sons
have unoffioially adopted as their, motto
the classic SHOW Me- the sons of Colo-
RADIO might well take for theirs II Show
YOU"
1t is such expositions as this that lsing
70 the west the homemakers and the cap
tains of industry that It needs. J. ]. Hill,
than whom there is no shrewder business
man in the world is giving both time and
money to the enterprise because he sees
that in building up the west he is getting
business for the future.
I'm sanction anything youn do, he said
TO the Representatives Of the Land Show
who asked him TO take space for his rafl-
road system. go the limit The more you
fiIl up THE west and buiid it up, the bigger
and better and richer a country my roads
will have. to serve"
An the railroads that traverse the west
arc helping The Union Pacific even has
moving pictures of Colorado scenes, show
ing work in the fields and gardens along
It's lines,
But merely putting the exhibits and the
models before the eyes Of the visitor is by
no means all the work Colorado is doing in
the way Of advertising Right on the
ground where the water is flowing and the
power plants at work is an expert irriga-
ZIONIST, giving demonstrations and telling
All VINO Will listen just now ana just why
each thing is done. The. miniature farm
Is a copy OF part OF the Orchard Mesa
project in the Grand valley, and the visitor
is shown in detail Just how the work is
carried on there.
In addition some Of Colorado's best men
will be there to lecture on the various as
poets Of life in this state. Eugene Grub
will tell Of potato growing. Alvs Adams
Is to lecture on the Colorado apple. Alfred
PateK, state commissioner Of immigration,
viii talk OF the general resources OF the
state. Other lecturers, no less prominent
, each In his own line; will keep constantly
before the minds OF the visitors the desir-
I ability OF Colorado as a home
| Citizens OF Colorado may we'll feel a pride
in the showing their state is making with
the most prominent section of ne stage al
their disposal with a space OF about sixty
/ by fifteen feet for the model farm exhrbtt.
with practical men to explain in detail ali
about life IN Colorado. the Land Show can
not but add thousands OF desirable citizens
10 this state. Others viii be there. and win
! display their advantages. but none viii
Outshine Colorado.