Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-11-12


tablish model sanitary kitchen in
the women's building at the expo
sition. An effort will be made by
a special entertainment or other
wise, to raise the $4,000 necessary
for the purpose.
One acre of ground within the
horticultural building has been re-
served for an orange grove from
Florida and the same amount for q
grove from California. These
trees will be brought to Chicago
next year and planted, so that they
will bear fruit while the exposition
is open.
The number of intending exhib-
itors who have applied for space
at the exhibition reached | ,623 on
Oct. "a. This is much larger
number than the centennial had at
correspondingly early date. The
number does rot include any for
eign applications, all o. which are
made to their respective national
commissions.
Seventy-four cases of relics of
the Indians and Mound Builders
have been received by the depart
ment of ethnology of the exposi-
tion from Chillicothe, Ohio. They
contain a great variety of prelis.
toric implements and uten -,
such as axes, arrow-h heads, " s,
bowls, jars, etc. They were rx-
humed by a party acting uni 6 the
direction of Chief Putnam.
A worlds fair transportation
company has been organized by a
number of moneyed men in Maine
for the purpose OF transporting
New Englanders to and from the
exposition and paying their ex-
penses while in Chicago. 1t issues
certificates payable in INSTALL
ments and these, when paid up,
are transferable for round trip
tickets to the exposition, including
all necessary expenses.
Thomas A. Edison, the famous
electrician, has applied for 30, 600
feet of space, or about one.seventh
of all that the electricity building
contains. In talking of his appli-
cation for space, Mr.. Edison adj
mitted that he was asking for a
large section of the building; "but
every inch will be put to good
purpose, =" he added. "I shall not
waste a foot OF the area assigned to
me, but will present series of the
most interesting electrical inven-
tions ever produced" Mr.. Edi-
son is making an almost innumer-
able list of nuvel and spectacular
exhibits.
Florida's exposition building
will be full-sized reproduction OF
Fort Marion, which was built at
st. Augustine in 1920, and is be.
I lieved to be the oldest building in
the United States. 1t is of stone
and covers a space of about l5C
feet square. The walls are twenty
feet high and nine feet thick at the
base. 1t is rectangular struct.
ure, the interior court being about
seventy.fve feet square. Within
the fort are some twenty-four
rooms. The reproduced structure
on the fair grounds will be frame
covered on the outside with the
phosphate rock of Florida, to give
it the appearance of stone. The
walks on the parapet and withir
the inner court will be covered
with the celebrated pebble phos
phate of Florida. This use Of the
material will constitute the states
phosphate exhibit. The old fort
J is encompassed about with a deer
moat. This moat will also be re
| produced and will constitute sun
ken garden in which will be showr
all the tropical plants of Florida
the pineapple, banana, rice, sugat
cane, oranges, etc. Ii is contem
plated to partition of a portion o
the moat and fill it with water anC
have there several alhgators and
perhaps, crocodies. Several o
the old Spanish cannon that once
did service at the fort will be Ia
ken to Chicago The Florid'
building promises to be one of tn
most unique of the state structures