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-THE MOBNTKG- OREGONIAJSf, KOXDAY, - JANUARY 2, 190CT. NATIONS WHICH VILL EXHIBIT. Space Value ol Sq.Ft Exhibit ...... 15.000 51.000.000 6.000 500.000 5,000 600,000 and V) 2.500 ' 223.000 4.000 &0.000 t 10,000 250.000 ... 1.KW Sa.OUO ,.. 2,500 200.000 ... 1,000 50,000 ... 1.000 20,000 ...16,000 250.000 ,.. 6,000 250.000 ... 3.600 60.000 ... 2,000 200.000 ... 4.000 150,000 ... 3.600 50.000 ... 2,000 20,000' 1,500 75.000 , 1,600 30.000 . 1,600 30.000 1.500 25.000 . 1,000 20,000 .95,700 $4,190,000 5 OR fii8t time In the history of the world, tin display made by European countries at a world's exposition will fcbld a subordnate position in the flnan ffltai wya.tt tu that which will be made W OrientaLwmntrics as illustrated by the WviB'-in-S Clark Exposition and Oriental fer. TrVjjio the supplementary clause in the title- 6t the Sxaositlon. trie directors have ition fr)m China, Japan nations valued at over :h money, although. in countries narticl- 1. ' vJ. . " . 3Pe lis ABfcad of the Far East. ' IP 'lEuroneaknatlons that have ,4r coilectlairtafid installing ex- rjfejha this 11 Oriental countries will Kwmo, accorcung to tne oesc on- tiiXi'uatos. r:of ifeeso participants are offl .reeoeateed by the goveniments of 1 .nijUens,. .representee. The exhibits of ronms "are J purely commercial llssloncrs are. In two, the men who lercial commissions linmissloners-gcneral ', St. Louis are at the iof these two coun- psch, director of cx- , Louis arranging for pbits from that city las that the Oriental Itcd entirely from the fze the Oriental char- This has been done rcy. but from necessity, . of Oriental countries Ihe space of the building m for all foreign cx- pefore been given over Building erected for 11b- iven up to the Euro- Ihlle a new building re feet of floor space rcast of the agriculture ut acturcs and liberal arts. OLD JAPAN. Untals Will Show the forks of Art. quaint architecture . m the Flowery Kingdom Ago. and hallowed by Uteway of an ancient io wares and men of the hominco the visitor that as in war the Mikado's n rcmarkablo victories. Pier foreign countries in st of her exhibit, Japan .000 square feet of the 48.000 In the Oriental building, and land in the rear of the for te, on which will bo erected a Ismi. Klmona-clad Japanese worn srve the refreshing beverage ae- tbe custom of their land, and exhibit of the methods of pro- ior the market will be made. lion dollars, the estimated cost Mendld display, will be utilized igvhl and Ushltaro Beppo. the commissioners, who have ixperlence in the St Louis Expo- I String Americans the most com. fda' ox commercial Japan that I attempted. i important a factor in Jap- Ehe commercial side, and one sua! visitor will miss, is the 'the priceless relics of a for- he remains of the temples. -eaten and grotesquely- lof wood is represented the Itlon to the advancement In Japan ancestral wor- Ilroshlmo gate at St. Louis, fined, an attempt will be the famous temple of Nlkko, ineso architecture, shipped I A pilgrimage Is made to ear by the Mikado, and his will be sought to ship the 10 kingdom during the Ex. f rare Inlaid woods, ivory lutlful building Is worth a sum ana has stood in its nresent for TOO jtears. If secured, it will ted in thAJapancse section. Fmaf tens inhe. art -of porcelain ion and lacquer worK, the Japan- Ill msJce a magnificent display of rk. Single vases run in price from lollars Into the thousands and the )ws the years of patient endeavor L 10 manufacture tho finest articles. EcfcUy none of ho material used in Is will be taken to Portland, as it en carried away by wealthy pur- The commissioners are now In itherlng an entirely new exhibit. rill embrace bronze work, silk cm- fes. damascene. lacquer work. red ivory and woodwork, clols- metal decoration, aritaixnarin. the finest hand-painted porce- o world, and other typical pro- agricultural and horticultural Iwark trees 500 years old, the size alum plant, will be shown. tA'S CHOICEST AET. Illy Carved and Inlaid Good Silks Will Be Shown. to Japan in "the Oriental build. th in amount of space and ib China. The government has sanctioned the display, but Lots and commercial represen ts houses will have charge bf the St Louis exhibitors will chosen as commissioner. 3d square feet of space has for the representation of the , manufactures of Cathay, and ite places the total value of st $500,000. re of the Chinese section will Jed by any displayed in the inc. A special effort will be tthls exceptionally line. The Is class are the most elabor- country and axe composed of rare woods inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl and silver. Silk fabrics and lacquer work from Pekin. Canton, Tientsin and other famous centers of Chinese industry; carvej ebony ornaments, bric-a-brac,' gold, silver and ivory carving, rugs, tea. Jade work, fans and relics of antiquity are among the strange and varied assortment that will be brought across the Pacific. SMALL BUT COSTLY. Turkey Will Show Shawls and Rugs of Fabulous Price. TURKEY will be represented to the extent of $000,000. nearly half of this amount being invested in rugs and shawls, the most famous product of the Sultan's kingdom. Only 8000 square feet have been allotted her, but tho enormous value of some of the rugs explains the apparently small space. One of tho rugs shown at St Louis, and to be brought to Portland, is valued by the owner at $35,000. He has had only one bid for it since it came from the hands of tho weavers. This was the fabulous sum of $30,000, but it was rejected. Thirty years were required to manufacture this rug alone, and it Is said that the palace of the Sultan can show no finer example of the weaver's art Rugs worth JOOO and $10,000 are also among the collection. . Turkish merchants and their wives will be stationed throughout the exhibit clad In turbans, bloomers' and other articles of clothing peculiar to the country, and will explain the merits of their .work with Oriental suavity. Besides the rugs and cashmere shawls, gold, 'silver, bronze and copper work, carved beads and embroidered silks will be the principal commou.ties shown. ITALY'S WORK OF AST. Sculpture and Paintings to Share Honors With Metal Work. UNDER tho personal supervision of Vittorio Zeggio, Commissioner-General f Itaiy to tho Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Italy will load all European countries In the value of her display. The Italian statuary which is now being collected by Mr. Zeggio In this country will be the finest ever seen in the West A somewhat similar collection of valu able sculptured marble at St Louis ex cited the admiration of all visitors, and was mentioned as one of the exhibits that must be seen. Much of the statuary Is the work of the best of old and -modern sculptors. Scarcely less important will be the ex hibit' of oil and watercolor paintings. Florentine silver work, bronze vases, mos saic and wines arc among the most im portant of the other material, all of which has never been exhibted before. The value o'f the exhibit is $350,000. and 1600 square feet has been allotted for the display. FROM NORTH AFRICA. Egypt, Morocco and Alglera Will Show Oriental Handiwork. EGYPT and Morocco will make" a com bined African display covering 2500 square feet The value of the oxhiblts will be $225,000. and one of the Egyptian representatives at St Louis, A. Jabour, will be In charge for both countries. Like Turkey, these countries will make an exceptional showing of the rugs and shawls manufactured by the inhabitants. MAT " I ' 1 S i 1 1 1 i n Ivory ornaments, ostrich feathers, camel hair brushes, carved images, dates in many forms, figs, spices, baskets and other products peculiar to this section of Africa will make an attractive exhibit Algeria is under the same commissioner, and her exhlbts will be displayed in the Moorish and Egyptian section. BUILD HINDOO TEMPLE. India Will Display Rare Carving and Have Tcagarden. INDIA, one of the two foreign countries that will erect a special pavilion at the Exposition, will house its exhlbts in the reproduction of an old Hindoo temple, costing $50,000. The building will measure 100 feet square, and will be decorated in Hindoo carving exactly as the original. William Ore, the commercial representa tive of his country at St- Louis, & the commissioner-general. The total ycost of erecting the pavilion and the vahie of the exhibits will amount to $250.00 A tedgarden operated by rfindoo serv ants, clad in 6asbcs andnurbans. -will' form a part of the exhibit and . rare shawls, brass and silver filigree jWork. sandalwood carvings and inlaid furniture will he displayed around :the side of the temple. . , , wil equal rivals. GreaBritaln to Hold Her Own With France and Germany. GREAT BRITAIN, reprsented by Tom L. Johnson, has been granted 3600 square feet of 'space, but the com missioner has as yet made no report to the Director of Exhibits. No figures can be quoted by him in regard to the amount of the investment but it is probable that this will be about tho same as Germany and France. English furniture, agricul tural products, gold, sliver and Jewelry workdresscs and machinery will be shown. AUSTRALIA TO THE FRONT. Great Southern Continent Will Show Things Strange and Rare. INCLUDED among the Oriental coun tries by reason of geographical posi tion, yet distinctly in a class of their own. Australian exhibitors will make the maiden exhibit of this unexploltcd coun- try at an exposition, with the determina tion of showing the Government its mis take in not participating in the St Louis Fair. Commissioner-General II. E. Watson, who was at the head of the unofficial Aus tralian display at St Louis, will again represent the new country, and has been granted 4000 square feet of space. He states that Australia will make tho best display that can be brought across the Pacific for $50,000 and several kinds of material peculiar to the isolated conti nent will bo shown the world at large for tho first time. Among these is a new leather used for saddlery and heavy leather goods, which is taken from the carcass of a fish in habiting Australian waters. Gugong is tho name of this strange fish, and its skin is said to measure three inches in thickness. The platypus, or duckbill, an animal with the body of-a mole and the webbed feet and bill of a duck, is another queer native of Australia commercially valua ble. Scientists have not yet discovered whether it lays an egg- or gives birthMo its young like the ordinary mammal. Taxidermy displays, shells, tanned goods, agricultural products and kangaroo skins (orm the larger part of the exhibit. CEYLON'S RARE PRODUCTS. Tea, Carvings and Relics of Buddha From New Paradise. CEYLON, or Adamjs second paradise on earth, as it has been called, will have for Commlss Wrier-General the Hon. Stanly Bols, who acted "officially as the Commissioner-Ger-eral of .Ceylon at tho St Louis Exposition. An exhibit covering 1500 square feet, and costing $35,000. wlfl be made, largely especially Interesting, as a cargo of the latest dresses from Paris will form a dazzling array of wealth. Silks, mechan ical toys, bronzes and artistic vass, stat uary and paintings of well-known artists, who have won fame in the salons of Paris, Jewelry and wine; these are the dazzling promises that the Commissioner General holds out? to the West from the artistic nation. FURS FROM RUSSIA, Priceless Coats or Animals From the Czar's Domain. FROM the frozen North Russia will send her priceless furs to Jteasc the pocketbooks of comfort-loving Americans. On an area of 2000 square feet will be- LUMBER, THE GREAT INDUSTRY OF OREGON. Number of mills , ' 4S0 Output in 1904. feet 1.405,000,000 Value ,t .i $12,650,000 Of this total. Western Oregon produced about 1,012.000.000 Of this total Eastern Oregon produced about 13S.000.000 Number of employes 5,735 Wages paid In 1504 $2,627,500 Employes in logging camps, estimated 6.000 Wages paid in 1904 $2,612,500 Manufactures of lumber, value of output $6,620.4"0 Number of employes 2,454 Wages paid in 1904 $l,216,0O5 Total number of men employed In lumber Industry 14,229 Totar wages paid in 1904 $6,450.001 Standing timber on an acre in Oregon, feet average 12.200 Standing timber on an- acre in Western Oregon; feet a-erage.... 17,700 Standing timber on an acre in Eastern Oregon, feet, averaste... 4,700 Standing timber In Michigan, feet average. 3,000 to 12.000 Number of trees which make 100,000 feet of lumber In Western Oregon red fir... 50 Number of tree3 which make 100.000 feet f lumber In Michigan Pine 40) Number of trees . which make 100.000 feet of lumber in Michigan hemlock 200 Average diameter Oregon fir tree. Inches 36 Average diameter Michigan pine tree, inches is Average diameter Michigan hemlock tree. Inches 24 from what is already at St Louis. Tea, ebony and Ivory carvings, images of Buddha, relics and the outrigger canoe of the Pacific Islands win form the prin cipal part of the collection. PROFUSION OF PRODUCTS. Germany Will Show Great Variety of Manufactured Goods. GERMANY'S exhibit at Portland will be the most extensive in the Euro pean building. Valued at $250,000 the ex hibit will cover 6000 square feet, and will consist to a large degree of St Louis ex hibits. The Commissioners are A. Bauer and L. Horasteln., attaches of the commercial commission of Germany at St Louis. Musical instruments and organs will be the predominating exhibits, while -embroidery, weaving machines. Jewelry, gold work, watches, artistic bronzes, porcelain, artistic pottery, paintings and wines are typical displays that will make up the collection. WILL DAZZLE LADIES. France Sends Paris Dresses and Fa mous Works of Art. 1 IN SPACE and cash Investment France ; Is exactly equal to Germany, tho ex hibits differing to a considerable extent The Commissioner-General, Victor Lau relle. was a member of the French Com mission at St Louis, and will have one of the best of the European exhibits. "Women will find the French section INTERIOR ORIENTAL BUILDING. spread out an exhibit valued at $200,000. A. M. Berkovitz". Commissioner-General of the Russian exhibit, who Is now in St Louis, says it will be the finest fur dis play ever seen on the Pacific Coast. Every fur-bearing animal of the North has been levied upon to supply the ex hibit, and some of the skins are valued at thousands of dollars. Silverware. , Inlaid woods, goldwork. bronzes and agricultural products are among tho principal com modities that will be displayed.. AUSTRIA'S ARTISTIC WORK Glassware, Bronzes, Jewelry -Leather Goods in the Lead. and IN THE Austrian exhibits the accessor ies of the real Bohemian will be found. For the $150,000 collection of Austrian goods, covering 4000 square feet, every thing in this line has been collected by Hans Peterka and Oscar Moser, the com mercial representatives of Austria at St Louis, who will act as Commlssibners General at Portland. Artistic glassware, bronzes, bljouware. Vienna leather goods, clocks, specimens of the jewelers' art, and wines, each the best of Its kind in the world, will be on exhibition. Slam Will Show Tiger Skins. Siam, although a small country, will have a large investment $50,000 being the value of Its proposed exhibit Douglas Clarke, the Commissioner-General, is a merchant of the country, and tho director of exhibits has allotted 1000 square feet to Siam in his name. Silver filigree, tiger skins, satin and silk embroideries form the exhibits. Coffee From Costa Rica. Amando Cespedes, as Commissioner General of Costa Rica, has secured 1000 square feet of space for an exhibit of cofTee, hemp, cocoa and other products. The value will be between $15,000 and $20. 000, and it will go In the Oriental building for lack of space elsewhere. Persia Displays Pottery. Persia will occupy 2500 square feet in the Oriental building. K. Kilicklen. the Commissioner-General, roughly estimates the value of the goods that will come un der his supervision at $200,000. Pottery and agricultural" products will be the prevail ing exhibits. Holland Has Much Pottery. Holland has the same amount of space as Switzerland, and will expend an equal amount of money. Captain M. J. Perk, the Commissioner-General, will make a specialty of Blue Delft china placques and tiles, skates, tobacco, leather and goods. All Products of Hungary. Hungary will have an exhibit worth $30,000. Commissioner-General Mortimer Fisher has been alloted 2000 square feet of space, and will occupy it with Hungarian china, papricas, wines, damask, drawn linen. Ironwork, pottery, topaz and paintings. Belgium to Emulate France. A. Clements, the Commissioner-General of Belgium at Portland, will make a dis play similar to that made by France. It is valued at $75,000, and will cover 1500 square feet Toys and dresses form the principal part of the exhibit Switzerland Will Show Toys. Switzerland has an exhibit valued at $30,000. and Commissioner-General William Groth has been given 1500 square feet of space. Toys, carved wood and cuckoo clocks will attest the Industry of the natives. Wood Carving From Scandinavia. Norway and Sweden will be represented by M. Stern, and will have the same amount of space as Switzerland! Swedish wood carvings and sloyd work will pre vail here. Corea Has Sandalwood. Corea has 1000 square feet ofvspace, an estimated, investment of $20,000, and will pay especial attention to sandalwood and carved goods. ef any ever seat out of the