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THE MOBNESG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1905. - - t . EXHIBITS TO BE KEPT IN CONSTANT MOTION gassr "umra "TIT8 the successJul merchant keeps the j the trade or his customers from year to year by always having the latest materials and fashions In his es tablishment, so. In an analogous manner, the promoters of all expositions can hope to attract visitors to their own enter prise only by presenting an entirely new Idea for the world to-Investigate. At Chi cago It was the marine effects, at Buf falo the electrical display, and at St. Louis energy and Immensity that drew the pilgrims of progress toward these modern Meccas. At Portland this year the -world will not be disappointed In the search for something new, as motion and segrega tion have been chosen by the directors A WEATHER TALE OF TWO CITIES. Bally temperature of July. 1904, a typical Summer month, in Port land and New Tork compared. Date. X. 2 S I 6 e 9 10 11. 12. 12 . 1 15 16 17 IB 19 20 21 22. 25 24 25 29 27 28 29 SO a. PORTL'ND NBWTK Tcmp'ture Temp'ture (Dog. Fah.) (Deg. Fah.) K g SS S g-1 g S ? s S ? : s j . o 73 56 64 S3 69 76 76 52 64 75 63 69 82 61 72 74 00 67 72 58 65 80 63 72 77 57 67 90 71 80 S3 57 70 85 71 7J 75 58 66 79 71 75 79 56 68 76 65 70 87 . 61 74 79 66 72 91 62 76 71 67 C3 81 61 71 82 68 75 67 54 60 82 68 75 70 43 56 75 64 70 62 50 56 SO 62 71 63 52 58 81 63 73 57 52 54 84 69 76 69 51 60 84 69 76 76 56 65 88 63 78 87 58 72 93 72 2 95 64 SO 84 74 79 94 65 SO 87 68 78 74 8 66 iS 67 72 73 55 64 74 66 70 84 55 70 67 64 66 100 62 SI 75 64 70 74 59 66 80 70 75 67 56 62 SO 66 73 69 54 63 SO 67 74 69 52 60 79 66 72 79 56 68 77 65 71 96 63 SO S5 70 78 77.6 56.6167.01 SoTilCT.O Tzl consider their" decision not to erect a Fine Arts building, and a site for' that pur pose was. selected on Gray Boulevard, fronting on the lake. MINES IN OPERATION. r as the lodestones that will bring the multitudes. "Let some one pound a nail and a crowd will gather to see what he is do ing," said Henry E. Dosch, director of exhibits, and forthwith made moving ex hibits, or tho processes of manufacture, the "open sesame" by which exhibitors could obtain space. All Life and Action. Mines that are being operated, walls that are built up before the eyes of the onlooker. Jocomotlves with wheels re volving at the rate of 50, miles an hour, food that Is cooked In the visitor's sight, and incubators turning out chick ens at stated hours are what he will see not the inactive objects themselves. The classification will be more thor ough and complete than any ever before attempted. Domestic, European and Ori ental exhibitors will all occupy dlfforcnt buildings, for the first time In the history of exposition building. . The states will have all their exhibits In their own buildings, and. If they have none, space in an Exposition building will be at their disposal. The segrega tion extends to the kind of exhibits In each building, as groups have been formed separating one variety from an other. Stampede for Space. There could be no better augury of the success of on exposition than an active demand for exhibit space. "Within a few days after Colonel Dosch opened his books In St. Louis for allotments the space applied for reached such an aggregate that Pacific Coast firms began to fear they would be left out, and a stampede began in Portland as great as that in St, Louis. It soon became evident that an additional building would be necessary to house all the desirable exhibits of fered, and it was decided to set aside tho Liberal Arts building for European ex hibits and to erect a new Liberal Arts building, to be called the Manufactures building. Even then some of the largest. exhibitors, rather than run the risk of being cramped, began to consider the ad visability of erecting buildings of their own. The number of works of art of fered also caused the directors to re- Visitors Will See How Ore Is Dug and Value Extracted. THE TVest has recognized the fact that It has an Exposition for the first time, and in the Mines building will show the leading Industry of this section of the country, from the operation of a claim to the finished product just from the hands . of the manufacturer. Although still six months remain be fore the Exposition will open, the en tire floor space of 20,003 square feet has been allotted. In one section will be exhibited all the rough ores. In an other the minerals of states, while lapidaries, mine machinery, manufac turers, clay companies and all other kindred industries will have different divisions. Oregon, "Washington, Idaho. Mon tana, North Dakota, "Wyoming and Utah have applied for space for mineral dis plays, and will be separated from the other groups. Government's Great Display. . The most Interesting: exhibit -In the building will be that of -the United States Geloglcal Survey, which will be transferred entire from St. Louis. This is the largest ever made by the Gov ernment. Models of coal mines, hoist ing machinery, concentrators, mills and crushers will be in operation at all times. Outside the building several large companies have been granted spaces for operating live exhibits, two of these being among the most remarkable at tempts to show actual working models that have ever been made. One Is to be a model quartz mine, from which mules will draw ore at all times of the day, while miners wield the pick and shovel In Its depths. The other, even more surprising, will show the manner of erecting a sanitary chimney.- Ma sons will work on this dally, and a foot in height will be added for every day of the Exposition. Mine in Full Blast. "Tho mine wJH be under the direc tion of the Colorado Mining Associa tion, and from Its Aladdln-llke depths every kind of metal that is mined in the state, as well as coal, will be taken. The shaft, fitted up with ladders and a windlass, will bo SO feet deep, while the tunnel running under the roadway that passes the building, will extend 200 feet from the side of the Mines building. Crushers- will be employed In breaking the ore Into fragments, and with the milling and amalgama tion will be done under the eyes of the visitor. Tho tunnel and shaft will be well timbered so as to prevent cav ing:, and new ore will be sent into the mine dally to keep the supply constant. Situated a short distance from the mine will be the chimney. The cement walls are hollow, with vertical parti tions dividing the empty space Into sec tions. The arrangement adds lightness and durability, and makes a more sani tary walL This exhibit will open on the first day of the Exposition, and work on It will stop on the last. Besides these outside allotments the Allls-Chalmers Company will erect a special pavilion, measuring 100x150 feet, for a representative exhibit of mining machinery, while the Acety lene Gas Company has been granted a space 30 feet square for its own building. MACHINERY IN MOTION. Whirr of Wheels Will Be Heard In Longest Building. MACHINERY, electricity and transpor tation displays will occupy the same building at the Fair, on account of the similarity of the three divisions of indus try. Here the opportunity for exhibits of tho sensational order has been seized, and tho machinery department especially will re sound to the whirr of belts and wheels and the song of the saw. The lumber In dustry of tho Northwest will be empha sized especially by several large firms of this part of the country. A board mill. In which logs will be transformed into building material, will be a conspicuous feature of this department, while the ap pliances for hauling logs and timber from the time when It Is cut until it is read' for commerco will be shown. A car plant, engines for generating light and power, a belting department and plants for various purposes will occupy one-third of the surface. Novelties in Electricity. The olectrlcal display will be partici pated in by all the large companies.' A telephone section will be Installed and all TURRETS, ORIENTAL BUILDING. dredges; and In fact all the apparatus known o fishermen, will be In evidence. The oyster and the lobster will not be overlooked. It is" probable there will also be practical illustrations of the method of artificial propagation of. fishes, particu larly of salmon, showing the various ope rations from the extraction of the eggs to the liberation of the small fish. Bureau of American Republics. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Dec 3L The Bureau of American Republics is not able to present an In tensely attractive exhibit. This bureau. established for the purpose o maintaining closer relations between the several re publics of the "Western Hemisphere, will utilize its allotted space for the. cllsplay of maps and models of the Panama Canal, tho projected Intercontinental Railway, proposing to connect North and South America by rail, and limited displays of the chief products of the various coun tries which this proposed road will pene trate. Perhaps the most striking feature of this exhibit will be a copy of the fa mous pnlnflng of The Hague Conference, executed by M. Toche, the celebrated art ist, under commission from the Govern ment of France. the lines on the Exposition grounds can be controlled by the companies exhibiting, if necessary. A telegraph exhibit, electric novelties and dynamos will be Installed in this fcection. The transportation section has been sub divided into groups for locomotives, cars, carriages, road wagons, harness, automo biles and other land vehicles, the location of the Fair on the banks of a lake mak ing a special group for water transporta tion unnecessary. On raised tracks in the center of the lo comotive department an engine will bo ANGORA GOATS IN OREGON. I Present number in State 160.000 I CV.awv In Rnrlnr nf 1VLI UfttfVt f Total clip 450.000 Average price per pound 33Vc Total value of clip J150.750 ----.--.-.A placed, which will be kept running dur ing exhibition hours. Operated by air, the great drivewheels will revolve at the rate of 50 miles an hour, and the locomotive will. appear Just as It does Inactual use, except that It will be stationary. The drivewheels will bo raised so that they can get no purchase on the track. The exhibits made outside the Trans portation building will be as important in character and cover nearly as much ground as those inside the regular build ing. The Studebaker "Vehicle Company has TWO VIEWS OF ORI ENTAL BUILDING 3 Upper One, North End Show ing Apse Lower One, West Front BUILT EX THE BCBRKT.T, COXSTRUCXIOX CO. been granted. 25,000 square feet of space on which to erect a building of its own that will "on as pretentious as many of tho smaller Exposition buildings. ' In the machinery department three out side grants have been made for special pavilions, two of the companies being rep resented In Portland and throughout the United States. One of these has been allotted 36,000 square feet alone, while an other has 10.200 square feet and a third 5000 square feet. SEE CHICKENS HATCHED. One of Many Things to Draw Crowds to Agricultural. Palace. IN THE Agriculture building visitors will find mors objects of human Inter est than in any other structure on the grounds. Exhibitors showing special brands or prepared foods will have them- cooked upon their own spaces, and tho public will be invited to watch that preparation and assist In the consumption of the food that Is cooked. In the next group the hatching of chickens will be shown to the general public for tho first time In the history of expositions. Mr. Dosch has required that all exhibitors make their incubators operative, and at stated hours crowds will be Invited to como and see chickens break their shells. The building has been divided into groups as follows: Agricultural exhibits of Oregon and all other states; wine, to bacco, food. Implements, dairy, creams and creameries and horticulture. Tho threshers and binders In the Im plement section will be kept running at all hours of the day, and the boxing of various kinds of goods will be made a specialty. THREE EXHIBITS IN ONE. Liberal Arts and Industries Include Some Unique Displays. THREE Exposition divisions have been rolled Into one In the Liberal Arts, Manufactures and Varied Industries build ing, as the demand for .space by foreign countries forced the erection of a new building for Liberal Arts. This will be the show building above all others, according to the director of ex hibits, as hardly a. display within Its walls will bo a "still" exhibit. "Wheels, print ing presses, bookblnderies. cutlery manu facturing machines, and a hundred other moving exhibits will greet the eyes of the visitor in a bewildering confusion when he enters the doors. Hero, too, the classification has been carried out with exactitude, and, when one exhibit in a certain class has been found, the others will .bo within sight. Hardware, liquor, prepared food, ceramic art, graphic art, diamond and turquoise work. Jewelry, furniture, -musical instru ments and music, cutlery, bookbinding, printing, ropemaklng and perfumery have all been given recognition, and special groups for each formed, outside of which no work of this kind will be permitted. One section Is devoted to heaters, and every variety of stove that was ever invented-will be found here. The most unique display in, the building will be one of diamond-cutting. It la es timated that this exhibit alone will be worth from $300,000 to $300,000, and special guards will bo provided by the firm to kctp the sightseer from approaching too closely the priceless articles. Tho display will be tho first of Its kind at an exposition, as diamond-cutting has heretofore been conducted behind barred and guarded doors. The rough diamond will dbangc to tho finished product of commerce under the skillful hands of ex pert gemcutters. One necklace which will be brought to Portland Is valued at 3250, 000. It was In the St. Louis exhibit. In the gallery of the Liberal Arts build ing the entire educational exhibit will bf Installed. Fish, Alive. and Dead Government Will Show Them and How They Are Caught. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington. Bee. 3L Ranged around the wall of the separate buildings provided for the fisheries exhibit will bo a series of aquaria, filled with running water, in which will be kept specimens of the more important food and game fish of tie United States. Aside from this live exhibit, the Bureau of Fisheries will have numerous contriv ances on display, showing artificial means of propagation and methods resorted to to catch fish for market. ' There will be a working model of a Columbia-River sal mon wheel, a representation of the bed of Clackamas River, showing the rack, traps and pens used for catching and re taining salmon for the purpose of ob taining eggs for hatching purposes, mod els of tho" Fish Commission steamers Al batross and Fish Hawk, which for years have been engaged in the study of fish eries of our own coasts, of Alaska, and lately of Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Phil ippines. Various forms of fish nets, trawls. e Lewis and Glark . , Exposition - AT PORTLAND, OREGON Will Be Open Continuously From June -1, 1905,. to October 15, 1905 One Hundred and:Thirty-Scven Days Library of Congress. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec 31. The exhibit of the Li brary of Congress has been planned to 11" lustrate the manner In which Uncle Sam preserves copies of every copyrighted book, pamphlet map and paper that is published In the United States, not to mention thousands of rare volumes' from abroad. The central figure of the Library exhlblt will be a cross-section model ef" the Library Building In "Washington, showing not only the magnificent ex terior, but the arrangement of. the tete- f rior, and tho manner of storing and handling Its extensive contents. The ex hibit will be brightened by colored photo graphs showing numerous views of the Library Building. The frieze of the space allotted, for the Library exhibit will ba made- up of reproductions of famous paintings in the Congressional Library In "Washington and the Boston Public Li brary. Small collections of rare books, newspapers, old and historic manuscripts, etc., will fill the remaining space. Smithsonian and National Museum. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash ington, Dec SL The Smithsonian. Insti tution and National Museum will send to Portland a portion of its exhibit at St, Louis. Including an elaborate collection, of minerals from all parts of the worldV and fine samples of the taxidermist's art. Strange Sights Seen on Trail DUSKY PEOPLES OF MANY CLIMES AND NOVEL INVENTIONS ON EXHIBITION. NO exposition ,ln these days would be complete which did not offer visitors- amusements as cosmopolitan as the great collection of works of art and Industry gathered In Its exhibit build ings. Such were offered at Chicago in 1S33. on the Midway, and at St Louis in 1304, on the Pike, and these features of those, great displays will have their coun terpart at Portland on the Trail. This name, tho happy suggestion of Robertus Love, has been given to the causeway and bridge which connect the main ex hibition building with the Government buildings on the peninsula. This depart ment has been put In charge of John A. "Wakefield, director of concessions and admissions, who has unrivaled experience as secretary of the Omaha Exposition, manager of an Important concession at tho Pan-American Exposition, and chief of the department of concessions at the "World's Fair, at St. Louis. The first concession was let to Klser Bros., of Portland, for making the offi cial photographs of the Exposition. They have associated with them men experi enced in scenic photography. Great Hotel by the Lake. To Mrs. Jennie F. McCurdy, of Buffalo, N. T., was given a concession for the American Inn, on the plan of the Inside Inn. which sho conducted at the St. Louis riur, bu sue una ossoqiaiea jroruana cap italists with her. The hotel will stand at the west end of the Lake Esplanade and will cost about $125,000. It will be three stories high and have 600 rooms and a laundry. The rates are fixed by the concession contract, and range from $1 to $5 a day per person for rooms, 50 cents each for breakfast and luncheon and ?1 for dinner. An infant incubator on the most scien tific plan will be seen in operation. A typical Chinese village. Inhabited by ISO to 250 Chinese, will bo Installed, consist ing of theater, josshouse, teahoueo, res taurant and bazaars all representing the various styles of building construction In China. There will be booths in which various Chinese articles will be made and sold. Filipino Villages Secured. Provision has been made for an exten sive Filipino exhibit, consisting of a series of villages, embracing about 150' natives of all ages. The tribes represented will be the Igorrotes, Vlsayans, Negritos. Moros and Bogobos. The villages of typical dwellings, made by the natives of tho same materials and In the same manner as those in which they live In their wild state, will portray their man ner of lire. There will be displays of their weapons, Implements, utensils and simple articles of manufacture. A Fili pino restaurant will serve typical foods and drinks of the Islands. Two great novelties have been offered and will no doubt be installed. One of these Is a system of distributing the finest orchestra and band music In Its full beau ty and. perfection to many different sta tlons in much the same manner as wo now have electric light service la placa of turning on light we shall turn on music The system embraces the gen eration and distribution of music elec trically from central stations. It is said to be the most remarkable invention In electricity since the Bell telephone. It has been reduced to practice at Holyoke. Mass., where a complete dynamo may ba seen and heard producing and distribut ing music ' The other invention announced for ex hibit Is a telephone in which you may see the person to whom you are talking, no matter how distant. This is .the Invention of J. B. Fowler, of Portland, which has already been x described at length, in The Oregonlan, September 16 last. People of Many Nations. A considerable number of important concessions aro under consideration. There will be an Oriental exhibit, in which natives of Mediterranean and Asi atic countries will appear In native dress WOOL CLIP OF OREGON, 1904 Pounds. Eastern Oregon J.7.500,000 "Western Oregon 2,000,000 Total .19,500.000 Consumed, by Oregon mills. 2,500,000 Aggregate value of clip ....$2,850,000 and give entertainments typical of their respective countries; a naval exhibit, in which miniature battleships, cruisers, gunboats and torpedoboats will engage In sea fights, and a wild animal show, in which the Rocky Mountain animals will form a conspicuous part. An aerial railway 13 proposed to con nect the main exhibit buildings with the peninsula, the cars traveling on cables stretched across the lake. The miniature railway will be utilized In some parts ot the grounds. The Haunted Swing and a Haunted Castle are other attractions un der consideration. Mr. "Wakefield expects to have a big circle swing and a tempi of mirth. The "Old Plantation" is to ba one of the features and a great elec trical -display is proposed under tha name of "The Land of the Midnight Sun." "Old HeldelBerg' Is a variation of the German concessions of other ex positions that will bo very picturesque if the plans are carried out. For transportation in the grounds, ther will be a good equipment of roller chairs, automobiles and whatever new modes of travel may be available. Advantage will be taken of the ex ceptional opportunity which the 220 acres of lake afford for pleasure boat ing. There will bo log-rolling matches, swimming contests, boat racing, water polo and flrewdrks. In the big fleet of pleasure boats, numbering more than. 5,0, will be many of fantastic design, such as dragon boats, swan boats, pea cock boats, Venetian gondolas and swift electric launches There will also be plenty of rowboato. 3CATN ARCHWAY, OMENTAL BUILDING. 4