Wichita eagle., 1888-06-22
FOB CINCINNATI.
THE DISPLAY FOR WICHITA AND
SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
VERY ELABORATE.
Grain, ETC., Not Coming IN Fast
EnOugh---Bring on Your Sam.
Pies Immediately to the
Board of Trade.

About dozen young ladies Of the W. c.
T. U. have been as busy as bees for the
past two days, preparing for the Cincin-
natl Exposition the various samples OF
farm products to be sent by Wichita and
Sedgwick county. The work is under the
personal manipulation of Mr.. Fl. L. Pierce,
who will have the exhibit in charge. He
complains that the farmers and others are
too slow in bringing samples, ETC., and
they must hurry up if they want a good
display made. The space allotted Wichita
and Southwest Kansas is in the northeast
tower of the building near the Race street
entrance and the governments display.
In fact this is the best place in the build
ing. The tower is forty-two feet in diam
eter and thirty-three feet to the ceiling.
In the center of the tower. which is octa-
gon in form, rises column supporting the
next floor. About this column Mr.. Pierce
has designed to be erected Chinese
pagoda four stories high. This is to be
made entirely of Kansas products. The
lower story of the pagoda will be ten feet
in diameter, and fitted up as an Office in
which to entertain visitors. Encircling
the pagoda will be an aisle eleven feet
wide Then raised platform, covered
with a display, ten feet wide. Around
the side of the tower will be five
foot platform, also covered with displays.
Rising against the side of the tower for
thirteen feet will be a grand display of
Kansas fruits and vegetables. The next
ten feet will be windows, above the win
dows and running all the way around the
tower will be an oil painting, true like
ness of the famous corn train of thirty
one cars sent to the Ohio flood sufferers.
This painting is eighty feet long and three
feet high. 1t is now On the north side OF
Lee g. Viele's building on South Main.
Above the corn train will be two large
maps, each 14x7 feet, one representing the
geographical position of Wichita and her
railway connection with the leading cities
of the Mississippi Valley. The other rep
resents her railway connections with towns
near and tributary to her. Over fifty towns
are are shown on this map, in the upper
right hand corner of which is an
ear of corn with the words,
Corn is King" Between the windows
will be suspended eight beautiful satin
banners, each three yards long and half
a yard wide There are eight shades on
ali of which are appropriate inscriptions
in brocade and filters. which, particularly
at night, will have very dazzling effect.
They are now or exhibition at Viney Bros,
on West Second street. These banners are
inscribed as follows:
The yellow has, Wichita, population
1880, 5,4s2; In 1883, 10000"
On the scarlet is, Wichita has the low
est taxation of any city in Kansas"
On the cream colored one appears,
'Sedgwck county, the representative
county of the representative state"
The maroon banner has, "Wichita, the
commercial, social, educational, manufac-
turing and railroad center of Kansas"
On the sky blue is inscribed, wichita,
the wealthiest city of her age in the
world"
On old gold back ground, "Sedgwick,
the wealthiest county in Kansas"
The white one shows. Wichita, the
largest city in Kansas"
The peacock green bears the words.
"Sedgwick county raised $3.50 bushels
of corn in 1855, ,o0O,00O estimated for
1855"