The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-11-14
THE WORLD'S FAIR.


fair.
Committees were appointed to draft
appropriation bill, an address to the people
of the state and petition, after which the
committee adopted plan. 1t provides
that the board of trade in each county shall
appoint a local worlds fair committee, of
which the member of the worlds fair COM
mttee of the state board of commerce from
that county shall be chairman.
The address to the people twas prepared,
adopted. setting forth the necessity of &C.
tion in the matter, in connection with the
other states Of the union, End the benefits
to accrue. Resolutions were adopted re-
commencing Oregon to ask for ten of
space for her exhibit, and for the legislature
to make a sufficient appropriation
A bill was drafted to present to the legis-
lature entitled ''a bill to create board of
exposition commissioners of the state of
Oregon" The names of the commissioners
are left blank, also The number. They are
! required to take the oath of Office prescribed
by the constitution and furnish $50, Goo
| bonds, the sureties to be approved by the
governor The term of office shall end with
| the worlds fair and i'll no event shall extend
| beyond January lst, 1894. The compensa-
| tion of the commissioners is left blank, like
wise the amount the state is asked to ap-
propriate. The sotI!,nission has full power
to prepare an exhibit consisting of agricul-
ture, horticulture, live stock, mining,
! forestry and manufacturers The liabilities
of the commission shall not exceed the app
| preparation and at no time shall have more
than $40. 600. Monthly accounts must be
rendered to the secretary of state. When
the commissioners go out of Office they must
sell all the buildings, etc, at Chicago be-
longing to the state and put the money into
the state treasury.
The committee Of the Oregon Press Asso-
citation, to consider the Oregon exhibit for
the worlds fair at Chicago, met at..Portland
Tuesday.
The matter was fully discussed and much
information elected.
Mr.: Scott offered tile following resolu-
tion:
|
worlds fair conference committee of the Or
egon Press Association that we favor the
plan of appointing a state commission to
prepare an Oregon exhibit for the Columbia
exposition, to be held at Chicago, and that
we favor al appropriation ty the Legislature
OF $3.50, 900.
= The following resolutions were then
unanimously adopted:
l.. Resolved, That We favor the organlza-
ton of permanent state worlds fair asso-
. citation, composed of i commissioner appoint
ed by each county, and in addition thereto,
|, five commissioners from the city of Port
land, to have charge of creating an exhibit
, from and for the purpose of securing and
expending such an appropriation as the
d state or the several counties shall make.
e f was moved and carried that Messrs.
A. Noltner, Pentland and Samuel be com "
t. mittee of three todraw up an address to the
press of tie state informing them of the
!, action and expressions of the sentiments of
this committee.
IS Moved and carried that Mr.. II. w.
Y. Scott represent this committee at the
l. chamber of commerce conference at the
meeting and present these resolutions.
t. Commissioner Wilkins was present.. He
said the furniture woods to be exhibited at
q, Chicago must be procured this winter III Or
y der to be thoroughly seasoned before polish
ed He promised to furnish a list of them
ID on his return from Chicago, that the collec.
d, tion may begin,
ID He warmed the committee most solemniy
IL. not to ask the state for lump sum, for it
would surely fail to get it. "Figure ou'
7. Row much you will need, he said, ''and ask
t. the legislature to levy a special tax. "
1t was ordered that 1900 copies of the
e. petition be printed. Secretary Randolph
was authorized to have printed as many
5. copies CT the address as are needed. They
will be issued in supliment form and sent tt
a. the newspapers throughout the state fol
e. circulation.
We Secretary Randolph suggested that ther
beincorporated in the bill provision de
Mt nominating one person in each county
We worlds fair supervisor, the board to deslg
nate an executive committee of three.
ce The presidents of the boards belongn
to the state board were requested to appoln
re- a committee to further the work Of tn
committee.
on At $50 the committee adjourned subJec
ed to the call of the chairman.
It will be seen that Che plana' of the tw
On representative bodies are slightly dlifereh
but the earnest determination OF ooth u
-, make Oregon's exhibit credltable will 500
n' cause them to work tremendously. N
-. action taken by these bodies is hnal ana
a short time definite plan OF action Will
settled upon.
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