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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1912)
POLK COUNTY OBSERVER TWO ooo ooO 0 ; ooo In the Great Exposition In 1915 Ooa ooO-'-""- ''"' ''' bue Grecian columns adorned with the Bags of all the nations of the world and surmounted at convenient inter vals by classic arcades. At the junc tion of these two streets will be erect ed a civic center. The buildings in this architectural group will cost close to $9,000,000. The nucleus of the civic center will he a new city hull to take tiie place of the one destroyed in l!X)ii. The exposition authorities have voted the sum of $l,0oo,000 for a great audi torium to accommodate visitors to con ventions during the exposition. A great opera house will he erected by private capital at the civic center, and ; the famous singers of the worid will be I heard in San Francisco in exposition : Is to Participate Panama Pacific ooo Ooo The Whole World San Francisco Ooo bay are Messrs. Ale Kim. Aiead & White of New YorU. designers of Mad ison Square Garden, the Boston Public library, the Agricultural building at the World's Columbian exposition: Thomas Hastings, president of Car rere & Hastings, architects in chief for the Tan-American exposition at Ilul'i'alo: Henry Uncoil, designer of the Lincoln memorial: Willis Polls, associ ated with !. H. r.uruham of the World's Columbian exposition at Chi cago. These architects and their asso ciates pronounce the site of the expo sition as unsurpassed for a great mar itime celebration. The exposition struc tures Will be rhe largest and costliest ever erected for a world's exposition By HAMILTON M. WRIGHT. fFUE whole world Is interested in ' tthe opening of the Panama ca nal and in the great interna tional fete at which the United ! States will celebrate the completion of : the canal, the Panama-Pacific Interna i tional exposition, to be held in Sau Francisco in 1 '.)!.". I The proclamation of the president, j Issued by authority of congress, has I been delivered through the instrumen tality of the department of state to ev ery quarter of the globe. Inquiries as to the exposition are pouring in upon the exposition management from all parts of the world. The nations qf the world In recognition of America's great I Watch Our Windoffs SATURDAY IL 13th AFTERNOON AND EVENING jaw ' ww (f ft ' O Ay i JW 4 ' I 4 1 f 3 1 ui$ US I f . n at ' v 'J 1-.'.. (! !" 'A , '!. Ill f 'tA Ml ..!. Hi. ! . fc'.'. v.-, IbvvW i.... SKEWS''"" -, 1 J" TJH.V'kk" ' mm 4 . r :, i a m a mmm ttVT-V i I f fflW?"X.tf znj gis sf x r u I f i i'&i isi .w;' Demonstration by accomplished and beautiful LIVING MODEL Don't Forget the Date SATURDAY APRIL 13 THE NEW SAN FBANCISCO, LOOKING 0VEK THE CITY 10 THE HARBOii. SCENE OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN 1915. achievement at Panama are preparing for participation In the exposition upon a more comprehensive scale than at nny of the greatest of former world's expositions. The foreign nations will be repre neuted by the finest assemblage of dis plays that the world has seen The Bl range tribes and peoples of Pacific ocean countries will participate in a wonderful week's festival In which the nations of the orient will take part. The most marvelous parades ever wit nessed will be seen on the streets of San Francisco. The commonwealths of the Uuited States, each of which ns n member of the Union has taken its part in the building of the canal, will be repre sented by the most magnificent state displays ever assembliil California lias dedicated more than $'J0.0()t).(sK to the nation's fair, and the city of San Fran cisco, the west and the tuition are co operating to render the exposition one that will express In every way the pride and patriotism of the American people. The Panama -Pacific international ex position will be the greatest exposition In the history of the world. A notable commission of architects of national reputation is engaged upon the plans, and within few weeks tlrst construc tion work will begin, when grading of the site and the building of a sea wall, which will serve In part as the basis uf a magnificent esplanade alotv San Francisco harbor, commences. Among the noted architects who are designing the wonder city which will rise from the shores of San Francisco find will be visible In detail to passen gers on ships entering the liolden Cate. The site of the exposition takes ev erj; advantage ot the combination of harbor and hi'ls that give San Fran Cisco its chief chat in. The timiu tea tures of t lie exposition will he to. atefl at Harbor View, c-i San Francisco ba. midway between the ferry building and the (iolden (!ate. and the pertna nent buildings to remain after the ex position' Is over will be erected In tin west end of (iolden Gate park, which fronts on the Pacific ocean. These sites and Intermediate locations will be connected by n marine boulevard that sweeps from Ilarbur View through the Presidio to the Golden date atul then turns south to CoMeti (Jute park. A trackless trolley will take visitors over ! this inagnillcent scenic boulevard from j Harbor View through the military res j ervatlon at the Presidio, where the gov eminent Is planning a wonderful mill j triry display, to Golden Gate park, nn.l j one admission will Include entrance to I both features. The site expresses the I maritime character of the great cele ! brat ion. In harmony with the exposi ! lion San Francisco itself will be an ' exposition city In IPlo. The parks and water front of the city will be mi i proved at an expenditure ot millions of dollars, and the terry building, the ' main entrance to San Francisco, will lie adorned with a grand court of hon or. Market street and Van .Ness ave line, the two main thoroughfares ot San Francisco, each running from the hay and meetiiii; in a V in the Heart of the city, will be diH'oraied with days. Great saengerfesls in which the choral societies of foreign countries participate will be held upon the expo sition grounds. The Panama Pacific International ex position will open with a pageant In San Francisco harbor of the battle ships of the navies of the world. The foreign vessels' will first assemble at Hamilton Roads, where. Joined by ships of the American navy, the entire fleet will be reviewed by the president of the United States and foreign digni tarles This fleet, the largest ever as semhled. will then proceed through the Panama canal to the harbor at San Francisco, where it will participate in the most spectacular naval demonstra tion ever witnessed. San Francisco In l!)l. will see the Hags of more nations than have ever been brought together in one place at any one time. From iinotiicial assurances now received it is anticipated that 100 foreign battleships lu addition to those or the United States navy will be gathered in San Francisco harbor. A huge comniemorative editice. in purport li!:e Rartlnldi's statue ot Lib erty, will welcome vessels from afar The structure, to be known as the St. Francis Memorial tower, will lie SMI feet in height, with a base "J'JO feet square. The shaft will he eighty live feet square, with corners rounded and of steel construction and terra cotta veneerins:. The approximate cost of the tower will lie $1.(HI(I.nmi. From its summit the sightseer will look almost straight down upon the waters of t!ie Golden Gate. 1.:;nO feet heloiv. Uglow Clothing Co, CARRIES POCKET KNIFE BOUGHT 40 YEARS AGO "5: . i i ;i - " 1 12 w' Rlic IWlleved to IJe Oldest in State; Pure liawd In Polk and Never Out of OwiHT'.SfJ'owossloii. t II. I. Staats, the wcllknown resi dent of Dallas, culled at this office re cently and exhibited a pocket knife which he says he has carried in his pocket' continuously for 40 years. In one of the recent issues of this paper appeared an item regarding an old knife possessed by a Salem man who said that he believed he had "the olilcst knife in the state of Oregon," j claiming thut he had carrfc-d It for 20 yt ars. Mr. Staats, however beats that ! record by 20 years. ; The knife is a huge affair and of rather crude workmanship as com- pared to those of modern make. It is I however, in good repair, and used by ! the owner daily. There are three I blades, one a saw blade; there is also I a corkscrew, gimlet, foot cleaner for : horses' hooofs, lancet, pair tweezers and a toothpick. The knife bears the i Inscription on one of the blades, "Geo. Westi nholm. Sheffield." It is prized bv ,the owner very highly as a relic and is probably one of the oldest articles , of its kind in the state. Mr. Staats says that he purchased the knife in Polk county more than 4rt years ago. j and that it has never been lost or out of his possession during all that time.1 Let Power Experts Work For You at Our Expense We want to sell every kilowatt of electric energy that we can. liut we do not care to make a contract with a power user unless the customer knows that It is to his advan tage to do so. Our power engineers have devoted years to tluir work; they know their business. They are at the disposal of every power user, large or small. They will mak a complete, thorough investi gation and test, and compile a scientific report upon which you may rely. When these experts have finished you will KNOW yoar particular power problems from all sides. Nothing will be left to guess work. Telephone 24 Oregon Power Company 605 Court Street V- i m .t r.Mn .mMIC IHIIglll. An escaped Feriton county inniat" j of the Suite lns:in asylum was cap- j tun d near kreaU Sunday nTf r- noon by sin-rift Oran r.nd bron'iirt to - th's city, wh re he wa s 1 ..Iced in jj.il an.! the Salt ni authorise c.it tl d. Attendant" airi-d tally Mond iv niorn:nc-and t.n.k the man l.;uk si;', them. He had !.. . n enspbn. d a!-., the : e'::. ,-. - and n,a,;.- hi c, t-aay Fri.ia. Wi't r f .-t iVsw.r, d. Sh r iff Oram nought the n--i !-... if.p. d !r.-tn one of th- e.mvt t ro. ,; B.ii-". ! itii: un.tHare of the f..,t th it ;ui in.nt pat;, m w.-,s m'ss'mr. :.t:d hr-Hitht him t.. this ,ty ui'.dt-r th it !(- ' T fjel , . -n-r. . , j With Salem. h..ler. hf learn. 1 t'l true I .'y of hi? pris -n r. ii il i 9 It CouKh. that keep you wk. t niRht U disturb the Bleep of the rest of the They can be topp-.i in a f-w miute wiia B?Jtard's Horehoiind Syrup Is a Remedy cf Great Ralievini? I ?cT In A!! Lurg snd Throat irouw."- . ri lH.lf Al'tTlOX l'lr M-J I Brm. F.H-merly oun.d t y John U K, jc. 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