The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-11
DEAN IDDINGS ON
THE EXPOSITION
RETURNS HOME FROM SAN FRAN
CISCO AND COMPLIMENTS
THE BIG SHOW
Tells Of the Live Stock Activities at
the Exposition Idaho Stock
Was There

"The Panama-Paeific exposition at
San Francisco is one sufficiently di-
versified to attract and hold the atten-
ton of people of widely differing
cording to Dean E. J. Iddings, of the
agricultural college, who with Mrs.
Iddings returned from a vacation spent
at the fair. Mr. Iddings was more in
tensely interested in the live stock ex-
hibits than any other feature of the
fair, though he expressed great ad-
miration for the exposition as whole.
Continuing he said:
Its chief function is undoubtedly
educational calling to our attention
the vastness and diversity of human
interest and achievement and instruct
ing us regarding the races of men,
their history, their industries and
their institutions. The thrOng to see
the show has been an unceasing one
since the opening day and eliminated
in a crowd of $40, 900 on November 2,
designated as San Francisco. On that
day one could see little else but the
crowd which was dense in nearly eve
ry part of the ample sized exposition
enclosure. The exposition will be
closed December A.
s'It is pleasant to visit in the Idaho
building which has been made home
dc vic
onto San Francisco bay. The Idaho
exhibit is in the agricultural palace
and is centrally located and very
creditable to the state.
''The greater portion of the months
of September, October and November
had been set aside for the live stock
show, which is for farmers and stock
men an interesting and valuable part
of all national and international ex-
positions The horse show during the
last two weeks of September was very
fine and truly national in scope, since
nearly all parts of America we're rep
resented by animals of outstanding
merit.
AThe horse show had been Judged |
and the animals gone before | was
able to reach San Francisco, but the
eastern visitors were liberal in their !
compliments for the horse show
was able to attend the cattle and the I
sheep and swine show. The showing
of these animals was wonderful In
many ways, but suffered in size ard
undoubtedly some in quality because
of the quarantine placed against east
ern stock by the state veterinarian
of California only few days before
the stock was to have been loaded Ii
few cases breeders were on their
way to the show with one or more
carloads fitted and sent at great ex-
pense.. The rather wavering and I'M
certain policy of the California vet
erinarian together with his hardness
in making up his mind in regard to
the necessity of the quarantine re-
suited in bitter criticism of the vet
erinarian responsible and some crit
icism OF the state as whole. +
sIn spite of these facts the show OF
cattle, sheep and swine almost Who'll
" western was large and one of great
merit in nearly all the more popular
and better known breeds. In cattle
the dairy breeds made wonderful
showing and here our neighboring
state of Washington was strong, ma
king an almost clean sweep in the
Holstein Friesian and Ayrshire class
.s. John L. Smith of Spokane, well
Known in Moscow, won large share
# the Holstein awards, including that
If grand champion bull OF the breed
n aged bulls Mr.. Smith was awarded
10th first and second. The second
,rize in the class and the reserve =
.raud champion of the show, was
4azelwood Sir Armsby, bull that
vas loaned for a year to- the Uni
ersity of Idaho and the sire of some
# the best young things now on the 8
University farm. The same animal /
vas used for ten days on university 1
emonstration train in 1913. At San t
francisco he was second only to his
ire and had the sire been absent the
on would have been grand champion l.
+ the show +
'The only idaho cattle shown were /
wo Holstein Friesianl heifer calves,
wned by the University of Idaho and Q.