Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 26, 1911, LAND SHOW, Page 11, Image 11

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SHOW VIEWED BY AN EXPERT
Much Good Already Besulta from
First Land Exposition.
NEBRASKA IS BENEFITED, TOO
One of PromliiFkt Factor la Dt1
pravat of the Weat U the Tar
rrlne Ont of tho I) ry
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FAMOUS ORGANIST WHO FLAYED
WITH MORMON CHOIR.
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"Omaha is certainly delivering the
food," giild DouRla.i Whits. Industrial
agent of the Fait I-ako route In discussing
tho I-nnd how last evening. "I was un
able to get here for last January's; show,
but the doors had hardly closed on that
first of Omaha's land exposition before
tho entire west began to feel Its effect.
To be candid with you I was a bit sur
prised when results began to be apparent
in so short a time, but there they wcr
and directly traceable to the varlou
displays' at Omaha. This year the Omaha
event hn become so extensive as to be
practically a demonstration of the pos
sibilities ot the entire nct and its re
sults are sure to attract people to every
state from the Missouri to tho Pacific
seaboard."
"Now I am an enthusiast on exposi
tions of just this kind. I believe they do
a world of good, not only to the far
away sections represented, but to the
state or section directly surrounding the
place of exhibition. I will warrant you
that there are Kebraskans who can learn
a lot about their own state by a visit
to Nebraska's display. I know this Is the
case both in California and Utah, the two
states In which I am directly Interested.
We bad a Land show at Los Angeles last
winter and, in spite of the fact that Cal
ifornia's resources are advertised In every
corner of the world, there were people
who had lived in the golden state for
years who came there and acknowledged
that they had received a post-graduate
course In California's possibilities. The
same statement applies to I'tah's and
under these personally observed condi
tions I maintain, that a thoroughly
equipped Land show, such as Omaha
Is now enjoying, is not limited as to Its
results by either a maximum or minimum
of distance."
"One of the promlnst factors which
ts at present contributing to the rapid
development of the west is the carrying
out of the dry-farming idea. I have
watched the progress of this idea very
closely because, upon its success de
pended the development of hundreds of
thousands of acres tributary to our line
of railway When Senator Clark first
planned to build the Gait Lake route, Its
rails pierced a territory through which
it was estimated . that a Jack rabbit
could not travel and survive. It neoded
something to bring about quick and sue
cessful development and, following the
example of Kansas and Colorado, Utah
went into the dry-farming business from
an experimental standpoint. It took a
few years to show certainty of results.
but When they came it was so convlnc
lng that even Uncle Sam showed a de
elded Interest by putting Into effect the
present enlarged homestead act designed
to apply specially to the dry farmer who
must summer fallow halt his land and
who, by the operation of this act Is
allowed to locate on 820 Instead on 180
acres of public lands."
"Utah has specially benefitted from the
operations ot this new homestead law,
there having been nearly half a million
acres located In that state under its
provisions ' during the last eighteen
months. Much of this area Is already
under development and it means that,
within a very short time, the cereals of
the I'.termountaln country will be raised
exclusively on dry farm landa, thus leav
lng the irrigated areas to the production
of fruits and other highly remunerative
crops. This means a world of increase in
the revenues. of that great section which
leas than a generation ago, was set down
geographically as the great American
desert.
Desert la Wiped Oat.
"Speaking of the desert, there I no
such thing, for where water is not avail
able the dry farming system Is rendering
It possible for these sage brush plains to
produce cereal crops wnlch rank in yield
with the lands of our older sections.
"In speaking as I do ot dry farming,
do not misinterpret me, for I am fully
convinced that this system, new to the
west, will move hand In hand with Irriga
tion in the development of the great arid
and semi-arid sections. We have this dls
tlnctly exemplified In our own tributary
country, for, while Utah has been extend
ing its developed areas by dry farm meth
ods down in Nevada,' the great Las Vega
valley has become an irrigated section
The discovery of a decided artesian belt
covering thousands of acres of this area
formerly termed desert. Is rapidly draw
ing settlers to a section of Nevada thor
oughly unknown until the construction ot
the Bait Lake route brought its posslblll
ties In touch with the rest of the coun
try."
"These and like facts must be placed
before the people of the country, and al
though much may be done by the dls
trlbutlon of literature, a direct appeal by
means of a showing covering the possl
bllltles of these new sections, as well as
the older sections of the country, forms
a certain method for the developing o
an Interest. The Land show Is the one
great feasible method of placing these
possibilities before the people and Omaha
has proven the value of Its situation as
a clearing house for the Information, not
only regarding the states further west
but Nebraska as well. I am thoroughly
convinced of the wisdom In making the
Omaha Land show a permanent Instill
tlon, and with each year its value to the
entire west will be more fully estab
Ushed."
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NEBRASKA T0BE BENEFITED
Settlement of Weit Means Develop
ment of This State.
INGERSOLL GIVES HIS VIEWS
He Declares Rrery City of Import
ance Ha neea Made So by the
(irowtk of the Tributary
Coantry.
electric light plant, telephone systems and
n Initiation project supplying 10,009
acres, a sandy loam which will produce
the finest sugar beets, and we will have
lso a sugar beet factory within the year
and now w want people."
Room for Settlers
in Gunnison Valley
Gunnison valley, Utah, is represented
at the Land show by Oscar L. Cox, gen
eral manager of the Bpaldlng-Llvlngston
Investment company and Walter Short
sales manager of the same company, who
are showing a varied collection of
product raised on Irrigated land and are
alho explaining the resources of the Gun
nlson.
Situated 125 miles south of Salt Lake
City, on the Denver A Rio Grande rail
road, and containing 20,000 acres of fer
tile land, the Gunnison valley Is often
called "the granary of Utah." Some of
the richest acres of the San Pete and
Sevier valleys are included In the Uunnl
son project.
"We have everything in the Gunnison,
said Mr. fchort, discussing the various
phases of the country to a large crowd ot
visitors, "except the settlers, and we need
many of them. We are supplied, with
everything else soli adapted to the grow.
lng of fruit end all kinds of grain, alfalfa,
wheat, cats, rye, barley, potatoes, augur
beets and all kinds if garden products
J. J. McCLELLAN.
Big California Proves
Itself to Be Greatest
Oil Producing Region
California has demonstrated itself, most
conctusivejy, to be the greatest oil-pro-
uclng country on the globe, and the
production continues to Increase grad-
ally. in tho first six months of 1911
the production reached an output of ap
proximately SS.500.0CO barrels, or a dally
average of about 210,000 barrles, and it
will be more than a decade before the
development of its many wonderful oil
fields can even reach the maximum.
The wild excitement that always per
vades every oil field In its early history
and results In "wild catting" Is no longer
present In any of the California fields.
The development has resolved Itself into
substantial, methodical business, car
ried on by solid financial lntorests who
have realized the wonderful opportuni
ties and grasped the chance to make
money out of oil.
The oil business of California long
since has passed the experimental stage
and stands today, unquestionably, as
the greatest and most Important indus
try of the $tate. The total gross pro
duction In the state for 1911 of approxi
mately 60,000,000 barrels will not only
yield an enormous revenue, but afford
employment to thousands of people.
The use of oil as a fuel has Increased
so rapidly, on account of Its conven
ience, cleanliness and cheapness, that Its
consumption, in truth, has become a com
mercial necessity, and the producers in
the post have never been able to main
tain In storage above the ground a quan
tity at any time sufficiently large to in
sure consumers with absolute certainty
that their demand could be supplied.
Nothing more than a guess .can be
made, as to how much-oil existing con
tracts call for future delivery, but some
Idea may be formed from the fact that
Mr. St. Clair, the' president of the In
depenwtut Troducers' agency, recently
stated that that agency alone had con
tracts for delivery aggregating between
00,000,000 and 70,000,ww barrels, and it is
known that other concerns have con
tracts equally as large or larger. Bo
great, in fact, has become the demunJ
for oil that selling agencies are recognls
lng the vital necessity of creating and
maintaining a storage above the ground
for a large amount of oil to guarantee
their selling contracts, and the Inde
pendent Producers' agency recently de
clared Its intention, publicly, of creating
a storage surplus as soon as possible of
at least 10,000,000 barrels.
It Is safe to predict, and, in fact, it U
the opinion of the best versed oil men
In California, that If the production of
oil in California today was great enough
to insure a visible surplus of 100,0o0,00j
barrels in storage above the ground
wihln the next three years, that it would
mean a big Jump In the price ot oil, and
every move now being made in the Cali
fornia oil industry points to the fact that
tnere is a determined effort being mads
among the reliable and far-seeing oil
men to provide for such a surplus.
Of the many new companies producing
oil in California, none is in such excel
lent position to enjoy the advantages of
this situation as the Bulck OH company,
lis No. 1 well, brought in several months
ago, has been producing consistently for
many months, approximately, 110,000 bar
rels of oil of high gravity each month.
and it has sufficient proven territory
upon which to drill two score or mora
wells, which should produce a valt sum
In profits for the stockholders of this
company.
David D. Bulck, president of the Bulck
Oil company, la the former creator and
manufacturer of the Bulck automobile,
and his success in the California oil
ile.u is of great Interest to all who are
lainlllar with automobiles.
"This big land product show is the bt
thing that ever happened to the west and
to Oninha and Nebraska because the
world will learn In a week thing about
Omaha and the west that would have
taken several generations to learn had
the ordinary course of events been al
iowed to drag along In their old-fashioned
ilow-going way." said Colonel Ingersol.
pioneer and heavy land owner from
Pocatello, Idaho. "Of course In time a
long time the truth about this wonder
fully productive country tributary to
Omaha would have forced Its way to the'
front had the old slow-going policy been
fol'owed, but It Is against the spirit of
American progress to let things drag In
definitely that can be safely expedited.
In matters of this kind, like all others,
the sooner the truth Is known, the better
It will be for all concerned.
"Omaha has a great country tributary
to It, and the development of this rich
new country will force Omaha to grow
In spite of all the narrow-minded knock
ers. Omaha and all of Nebraska will be I
everlastingly benefited by the develop
ment of this country the same as Chicago
nd Illinois were In the past and are now
benefited by the Increase In all kinds of
business In the country tributary to Chi
cago. Had Chicago and Illinois been able
to prevent the development of the coun
try tributary to Chicago the growing city
thnt la the Chicago of today would still
be a little frontier trading cost, as It was
when my father first saw It In 1S3.
Didn't Hurt Chicago.
"We can say to those who are alarmed
about Nebraska that the development of
the country tributary to Chicago does
not seem to have retarded the prosperity
of Chicago or of the state. The total
population of all Illinois at the time It
Traction Plows at Land Show
Exhibitors Visit
. With Realty Men
Exhibitors at the Omaha Land show
were guests of the Real Estate exchange
at luncheon today, except those from
Utah and California, who were too busy
with "Utah and California day."
E. Von Korrell of Scott's Bluff spoke
for Nebraska.: Prof. J. C. Buffum of
Worland for Wyoming, Mr. Antles ol
Grand Junction for Colorudo, L. M. Brown
of Walla Walla for Washington, and Mr
Morrison of the Great Northern railroad
for Oregon and Montana. President Cross
of the Chicago Land chow, who is here to
visit the Omaha exposition, also spoke.
The real estate men were entertained
with Prof. Buffum's tales ot the devel
opment of Wyoming through the adapta
tlon of plants to cllmatlo conditions, with
Mr. Brown's account ot an' orchard at
Walla Walla which two years ago sold
at 1,M0 an acre, and whose crop last
year netteU the owner one-third of the
purchase price, with the statements of
Mr. Antles as to development through Ir
rigation in Colorado, Mr. Morrison's story
of the great increase In population In
Montana and Oregon, and Mr. Porrell
account of the wealth of the North Platte
valley.
Deadly Krlaht
possesses sufferers from lung trouble till
they learn Dr. King's New Discovery
will help them. 60c and Jl 00. For sale
by Beatoa Drug Co.
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was admitted Into the union was only
75,000, and now it has more than 6,638,101.
"Every city of Importance In North
America has been made so by the settle
ment of the country tributary to It.
"The people ot Omaha and of all Ne
braska and the west are greatly indebted
to Mr. C. C. Kosewater (to whom the
great succejia of this Land show 1
largely due) for his untiring efforts In
their behalf."
If you have anything to exchange ad
tlse It In the Omaha Dally Bee.
FARM GRAIHJEN TO MEET
Co-operative Association Will Come
in January.
COMMITTEE MAKES PROGRAM
Headquarters Established at Mil
lard Hotel sad Meeting Will
no HrlJ There Remainder
of Week.
The state committee of the Partners'
Co-operative ir.ln association of Ne-
btask .hold n meeting nt the Millard
hotel Wednesday afternoon and nrramred 1
for the nnnusl meeting whlrh will be held I
In Omaha the snrond week In January ;
and which will be attended by from 2i0
to foO Farmers' elevator men of the
state.
O. O. Smith of Kearney, chairman of
the committee, said a program would bo
announced In a few ihiys. The chief in
spector of the Chicago grain exchange
and the chief inspector of the Omaha
exchange will deliver addresses and
other spenUers from this state will be on
the program.
The acsMon was attended by 3. 3. Can
mty of Lincoln and T. W. Langdon of
Omaha. Headquarters were established
at the Millard and meetings will be held
during the remainder of the week to com
plete the plans for the annual conven
tion. A managers' district convention of the
Omaha territory will be held at tho
Home hotel November and II at which
epcakorn and co-operative grain men of
notional repute will speak. President O.
V. Schroder ot the National Association
f Managers and tho EarmerV Co-operative
leaguo, will preside.
Mayor James C. Dahlman will deliver
nn address of welcome which will be re
sponded to by F. Fleming. C. Vincent,
manager of the. Farmers' Oraln company
of Omaha, wilt discuss the feasibility of
prorating back 24 cents per bushel on
grain hauled by stockholders out of the
net earning of a co-operative company
despite the fact that grain la bought and
sold on a I-cent margin.
George n. Powell, chief Inspector and
welghmaster of the Omaha Oraln ex
change, will talk on terminal weighing
facilities for the prevention ot the loss
of grain while In transit and the system
of tracing private seal records. Allow
ing Mr. Powell C. G. Meserole of Oow
rle, la., will advocate progresslT "Co
operation among managers of farmet.V
co-operative companies" and the forr
noon program for November 30 will con
clude with a speech by F. P. Manchester
on the Omaha grain exchange and the
value It affords the country shipper.
In the afternoon Harry At wood of Chi
cago will speak to the convention on
"Buslnea Ability." Mr. Vincent will call
attention to the facilities for weighing
grain out of country elevators and the
secretary of the South Omaha Live Stock
exchange will follow with a discussion
of the South Omaha exchange. W. It.
Esslck of Manley, Neb., in on the pro
gram for a speech on the practical meth
ods and duties of managers and th
day's work wilt close with a free dis
cussion opened by Earl Trtptett ot
Sloan, la.
The program for the second day will
close at noon. It will consist of a dis
cussion of the necessity ot grain ex
changes and the value of the commission
merchant's services to the shipper and
will conclude with written articles on the
ruccesaful management and Improved
methods In the organisation.
After adjournment in the afternoon the
state committee paid a visit to the Land
Show and mnde a careful Inspeotlon of
all the exhibits, with which they were
much pleased.
Mammoth Apples
from Washington
Noted for big things. It Is only meet
and proper that the state of Washington
should show big thing. Beyond any
question the biggest apples on exhibition
at the Omaha Land show are to be found
In the Washington section of the Great
Northern" railroad exhibit. They sre
known a the Wolf river variety and
came all the way from Riverside, Wash.
The largest one in the collection weighs
forty-two ounces and Is about the size
of a small pumpkin.
In the Great Northern exhibit there)
are plenty of other Wolf rivers welghlnr
from twenty-eight to thirty-eight ounces
each. '
Wolf river apple trees 10 years old bear
annually from twenty to thirty bushels of
fruit, which In the orchard sells readily
for from $1.60 to $2.60 per bushel.
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WashiiigtoEi and Colorado States Day
From the land of health and from the land of smiling nature
have come thoijsands of exhibits and hundreds of beautiful
things for visitors to admire at the mammoth Land Show
r today, when the states of Colorado, and Washington will ap
pear, resplendent and offering souvenirs and gifts to all.
The Grandeur and Beauty of this Epochal Exposition
have never been surpassed in any similiar spectacle.
Beauty speaks from every corner Education protrudes from every nook
It's the wonderful show your children will remember for years
Souvenirs Music Rest Rooms Flowers
Ferullo's famous band of 50 artists in two concerts today 2:30 and 8:30
Your neighbors are talking about this delightfully
pleasing band; you'll talk about it when you hear it.
Attend the Tremendous Twentieth Century Spectacle today for this special program:
Colorado State Day Program at 2:30 Washington State Day Program at 8:15
Addresses by Mayor Dahlman and prominent men from the two states
Special music and special features
Modern Woodmen of America Night
Real Estate Exchange Night
Fifteen Minute Drill Competition by Woodmen of America
teams; Drill team 1095, South Omaha; Drill team 120,
Omaha; Drill team 945 (B. & M. team), Omaha.
Famous Panorama of the West, afternoon and evening.
Traction Plowing Contests, 2:30.
- t Trip Through Yellowstone Park. '
Famous Burbank Creations.
Benevolent Order of Elks Night
Union Pacific Shop Employes Night
Cartercar Climbing Exhibitions, afternoon and evening
Scenic Views, afternoon and evening.
Trip Through California, afternoon and evening.
Illustrated Entertainments
Model Oil Farm
Prune Dryers in Operation.
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Hawaiian-Maorian Singers and Players all afternoon and evening.
Sec 0lnnt machines In motion In Machinery Hall
EXTRA STREET CAR ACCOMMODATIONS AMPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CROWDS