The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-08-01
NEVADA Will EX.
H|B|T AT CHICAGO

The Nevada Bureau of Industry,
Agriculture and Irrigation, on June
10, contracted for 231 square feet of
floor space, for exhibition purposes of
agricultural resources of Nevada, at
the United States Land and Irrigation
exposition. to be held from November
18th to December 9th, inclusive, in
the Coliseum at Chicago.
This is the largest and, to date, the
most successful land and products
show in the United States, and as the
bureau thought it advisable not to at
tempt, this year, more than one such
exhibition of the states agricultural
resources, that at Chicago was chosen,
after due consideration of all others
The results of this trial exhibition at
Chicago will be criterion for the
future as to how advantageous such
exhibits will prove in directing the at
tention of homeseekers to Nevada
During the time of the exposition the
National Irrigation congress will hold
its annual session at Chicago, the In
ternational Live Stock exposition will
be going on at the stoekyards, while
as an additional attraction, President
Taft and his cabinet, Colonel Roose-
welt, William J. Bryan and many 9th
er celebrities have accepted invita-
tions to attend.
The Nevada exhibit will be located
in divisions 6 and 7, section p, about
the center of the Coliseum, among the
choice locations.
Within the space secured, it is de-
sired to present the best selected ex-
hibits possible of our agricultural and
horticultural products and resources.
1t is the present purpose to have all
the proposed exhibits from the sew
eral counties shipped to Reno for ar
rangement and classification, at the
Nevada Experimental station, prior to
shipment to Chicago. The Southern
Pacific has agreed to handle such ex-
hibits free of charge on its transporta-
tion lines and it is probable all the
other railroads in the state will do
likewise. Every county in the state,
having lands suitable for colonization,
should make a special effort to see
that the fruits and staples which such
lands are capable of producing are Sc
lected with care, properly labeled and
forwarded to Reno in time for arrange
hent in the state exhibit
In order to systematize the work of
collecting the various county exhibits,
the chairman of the board of county
commissioners of each county is hereby
authorized and requested, at the earli-
est practicable date. to appoint a com
mitfee of five suitable persons in his
county to superintend the gathering
and preparation of the same, and to
notify this bureau of such appointees.
The state will bear all the expenses of
the exhibit after the time it is put on
the ears for shipment to Reno. But
the local expenses incident to the ini-
tial gathering of the exhibit will have
to be borne, as a matter of public
spirit. by the people of the several
counties.
It will be understood that the United
States Land and Irrigation exposition
is not general exposition, such as
would permit the exhibition of min
erals and ores and the products of our
mines. Ii is strictly agricultural in
its nature. including, however, not
only the direct product of the soil, but
such items as honey. flour, beet sugar.
butter, cheese, dried fruits, canned
anu preserved iTultS dHu NtSttdbi'o,
and. generally, any manufactured or
modified soil product, and farm, agri-
cultural and irrigation implements and
machinery
In addition to such exhibits, photo
cranhs of local scenery, buildings,
cities and towns, irrigation works,
ranufactorcs, mines, mills, smelters,
power plants, artesian wells, farm
scenes, orchards and fields are very
r,uch desired The most attractive of
these should be enlarged
The state commission will prepare
ard have printed for distribution at
the exposition, appropriate literature
descriptive of the agricultural re-
sources and opportunities within the
stpte.
The selection, preparation and elias
sification of the exhibit, before it
leaves the state. will be under the
Erection of Professor Gordon III. True,
of the Agricultural Expeerimnt sta
tion. Reno, and the exhibit at Chicago
win he conducted by the state com
missioner.
The earnest cooperation of every
citizen of the state is hereby requested
to a'd in making this exhibit of the
states agricultural resources marked
success.
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