Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-15
CALIFORNIA HAS LARGE SPACE
South Dakota Proves it Isn't Taking
a Back Seat.
LIGHTING WILL BE BRILLIANT
Long oOIOnnade WuI Ions BE
Remembered--Pictu
Tell OF West.

Less than two years ago when the
managers of the Omaha Land show con
oeived the idea of assembling under one
roof sample agricultural and horticultural
products Of a few of the states OF the
middle west. little did they think that
within n short time they would have
upon their hands and under their direo.
tlon a great exposition, almost nation
wide 10 its scope.
Little did the Omaha Land show man.
agers think that al. the second exhibition,
the doors OF which viii be thrown open
to the public Monday evening for ten
days. they would be showing the beat
products Of the soil OF the majority OF
the states west of the Missouri river.
Last January, when the first Omaha
Land show was held the Auditorium
housed the exhibits. and then In the
building there was room to spare. When
plans for tho second show were being
considered. II was felt that this year the
interest would be much greater than
last. For this reason Il was deemed
necessary TO secure larger quarters for
the exhibits. Consequently. the Coliseum
at Twentieth and Spruce street was Sc
cured This is the largest building west
Of Chicago, and It was thought that here
there would be an abundance of space
for all exhibitors.
Coliseum and Three Tents.
Now 1t has been demonstrated that this
great building Is TOO small. tor all Of
the space has been taken and It has be-
come necessary TO erect three large cir
Gus tents on the outside 70 accommodate
the exhibitors who were late in filing
their applications.
In the aggregate, when the Omaha Land
show opens its doors Monday evening the
space given over to exhibits will be in
excess Of 100000 square feet. or more nan
Ia contained in one OF the largest Of
the city blocks.
Nebraska has a splendid exhibit OF prod
uots at the show. but It is no better than
those OF nearly a dozen of the sister states
OF the west For instance, California is
on hand this year with an exhibit almost
as great as all OF those shown in the
Auditorium last year Los Angeles county
alone has q collective exhibit that weighs
5000 pounds which Is equal TO twenty
four tons and would nll two OF the largest
freight cars.
Then there Is Tllare county, In the
heart OF the citrus belt of California. II
comes with an exhibit sufficiently large
to fill one Of the biggest freight cars.
Besides these two, a dozen other counties
Of the state are making immense exhibits.
Diversified Exhibit.
Taken &c whole, the California ex-
hibit Is probably the most diversified
Of any In the building In II are found
all the citrus and semi-tropieal fruits to-
gether with apples, peaches pears and
other fruits usually grown in the more
northern sections OF the states.
While California 10 long on fruit, this s
not all she Is growing. Tor in the col
leotive exhibit there are more than
twenty varieties OF grains and more than
thirty varieties OF grasses and forage
plants, besides a collection OF woods that
Is probably the largest even seen in this
section.
Washington. Oregon Idaho, Utah.
Montana and Wyoming all have exhibits
that are most complete in every detail
They are not the kind usually gathered
TOR show purposes, but are Of char
acter intended TO teach a great object
lesson, poruaying correctly the divisions
Of the country which they represent
From far away Nevada comes an ex-
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