The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-18
THE IDAHO BUILDING
At PANAMA EXPOSITION
MAJOR REED GIVES PEN PICTURE
OF THE BEAUTY OF ITS
SURROUNDINGS.

Tho selection of Major Fred Reed
for executive commissioner to repre-
sent Idaho at the big Panama exposi-
ton was fortunate for the state. He
not only has the ability and expert
ence necessary for the important work
in hand. but he also has the other
most essential qualification, enthusi-
asm, and the intelligence to direct it
along proper lines to get the best re-
suits; Major Reed returned to San
Francisco a few days ago and after
he had looked over the exposition
grounds he gave statement to a San
Francisco paper from which the fol
lowing extract is taken, which will be
pleasing to Idaho readers:
Idaho Building and Site.
"Our site is ideal.
There's nothing in front of Idaho
except magnificent scenery and great
hopes.
Our nearest enighbor will be the
state Of Missouri and the Dakotas and
Minnesota will be close by. My noun
tain-loving home folks will be thrilled
by the view that will burst upon their
vision. with the bay before them, the
brown hills across the water, your old
brick fort to the west and the Golden
Gate and the Pacific beyond that, will
produce a scenic effect such as most
OF us never saw before-indeed l do
not believe any exposition ever spread
out such a splendid panorama.
Our building is going to be cred
It, hope. to our site. It will be a
two-story affair and it will be cram
med with Idaho's productions Archi-
tecturally 1t will be unpretentious but
elegant, and it will be appropriate not
only to our surroundings but to the
substantial exhibits that it will en-
close. Our plant isn't going to be
freakish. We aren't going to brag
about the biggest potato or the 1arg-
est apple but we are going to show
that Idaho Is the greatest potato rails
ing country in the United States, and
that her apples and her prunes can't
be beat anywhere. Grain, grasses,
fruits, green, dried and preserved will
be shown as evidence Of the undevel-
oped riches that lie waiting in the
$4,000 square miles I have already
told you about.
Mines Put Idaho on Map.
I'VE shall also show mining ex-
hibit in proportion to the extensive
mining interests in Idaho. You know
1t was her mines that put Idaho on
the map, and that's another bond of
sympathy and mutual history between
California and Idaho. We shall not
only have the finest exhibit of mining
in the palace of mines and metallur-
gy, but also in our state building.
livestock Is great industry with
us: and we have the finest body of
standing white pine in the United
States. Well attempt to show this
as we'll as the truth of our boast that
43 per cent of all the lead in the Unit
ed States comes out of Idaho
I'm short, we are going to display
in solid and substantial manner Ida
hos solid and substantial resources
There'll be no frills to our display but
our building will be crowded with
fact.
Wonderful Progress Made.
IT was here last May, but I rubbed
my eyes when went out to the
grounds Saturday. 1t seemed impos
sible that such progress could have
been achieved in so little time I have
been frontiersman all my life, anf
from cowboy to railroading, I have
been accustomed to seeing things
move. The exposition beats me
Never was anything like It, and
don't think you folks here in Sal
Francisco realize It. I return NOR
confident Of the success Of the expo
sition than ever for the speed WITT
which It Is coming into view and tn
integrity and capacity Of the men a
the helm prove that no expectation
high enough to encounter disappoint
ment when your doors are opened
You can quote me as saying anythin
you like and go as far as you like. Il
this direction, for the exposition IS L
splendid state Of advancement an
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