Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-15

US GONE FOREVER AS FAR aTAs
OMAHA AND THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY ARE CONCERNED. PLANTED
TO THE WEST OF US, 1T WILL BRING
AN EVER INCREASING RETURN More
over, in the newer west are the best land
investment opportunities the United States
has ever seen.
1.-THE policy Of The Omaha Bee is to
carry on a campaign to further these ends.
This will be done, not only through our
two publications, The Omaha Bee and The
Twentieth Century Farmer, but through
an annual exposition to be known as the
Western Land Products exhibit"
II Is well, not only for the people OF
Omaha, but also those who live in the
newer west, to remember the purpose OF
this exhibit Never for a moment has this
purpose been lost sight Of by its manage
ment Exhibits offered by southern states
have been refused. No space has been sold
to Canada. Southern railroads have not
been permitted to buy floor space
Every important feature in the develop
ment of the west has been brought out.
A miniature mountain range at the back
/ OF the stage has been built up, with run
ming water and miniature reservoir at
its base and reproduction of an irrigated
! farm to tell the story of irrigation. The
! importance and methods OF dry farming
are brought out in a similar way by one
/ Of the most interesting exhibits in the
show 1t is the same exhibit that was
shown at Pueblo at the National Irrlga-
ton congress, where II was the big fea-
ture of the show drainage exhibit will
, show the proper methods Of drainage for
the reclamation Of lands not properly
drained by nature, and show how thou
sands Of waste acres can be put to use.
The two crops that will do more than
any others to rovoutionze western agri-
culture are alfalfa and emmer The DEM
onstration OF how TO raise, handle and
utilize alfalfa has been worked out by the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad, and Is
| the only complete and accurate alfalfa
| exhibit that has ever been prepared.
/ In the Big Horn basin exhibit will be
shown emmer, the wonderful new creation
Of Prof b. c, Buffum, the new grain that
is so wonderfully productive.
California will send 100 jars OF wonder
! full creations OF their wizard, Burbank,
| who is making it possible to raise new and
more productive fruits and vegetables.
The work of the fish hatcheries shows
how this important food product can be
made TO increase western wealth. An eN-
hjbit shows tho silo which, II generally
! introduced. win increase the value Of our
4 cora crop To- the farmer 40 per cent. The
/ exhibit of the MmuCsuta state Highway
commission illustrates The easiest and best
methods OF making good roads. Good roads
! yiu brink farms nearer by hours Of time
,o the market. nciEhbors can be- brought
closer together and the farmer and his
,amly rtearer 10 schools and churches by
having good roads on which TO travel
| This Is one side uf the show The other
side is tJsRnug the entire new west under
the eye u the visitor and make 81 possible
I 10 see the whole western half OF the United
States without thousands OF miles OF travel.
Ia. the west there are great opportunities
| Tor investment There are opportunities
Tor The Dung man, for Jhe pioneer ana for
| those who seek new homes
We have heard a great deal Of land shows
0utius che asst two years ami strange -
Esay. the land show idea cane from Omaha,
I The promoters OF the Cblcago land show.
n Two sears ago, came 20 the national cora
eSposition ana There conceived the idea Of
. show some what along the same lines,
but with their own mcdificat IsIts7-.aIs.i. 20
, EsV h5plc. which they called the land
fehtN." After having been tried on In chi
cage, Pitlsburg and 81. Louis, the land