Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-07-24
SOME WORKERS APPOINTED.
Activity Commenced in Some Worlds
Fair Departments.


Fair Departments.
Prior to his departure for Chicago
to definitely locate the site of Wash
ington's building at the Worlds Fair,
Executive Commissioner Ezra Meeker
made several appointments for World s
Fair work in this State. The first one
was Prof. l.. F. Henderson, OF Olym-
pia, who is named as Assistant Execu-
tive Commissioner for the Department
OF Forestry. Professor Henderson is
a bOtanist OF wide and varied expert
ence. He already has an herbarium
OF ten thousand specimens gathered in
this State and in Oregon. He was
thought eminently qualified to be
chosen bOtanist of the O'Neil party,
which was sent out year ago to ex.
plore the Olympic Mountains, and on
that expedition he discovered a fine
body OF that very valuable timber gem
orally known as alaska CEDAR" and
he will at once proceed to secure some
specimens OF that timber. Mr.. Meeker
says that the Professor will devote
himself from this time on to the col
lection and preparation Of an extern
sive collection of forestry specimens
for the Worlds Fair. People who
know Professor Henderson best COM
mend this appointment very highly.
THE MINING EXHIBIT.
Mr.. J. c. Fisher, Secretary Of the
Mining Exchange at Spokane, has
been appointed Assistant Commits
sioner for the Mining Department,
with especial duty to collect the min
erals of Eastern Washington. Mr..
Meeker says this appointment was
made upon the recommendation of
the Mining Exchange, the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Exposition officers
of Spokane This work will be cirried
on in conjunction with the officers of
the Exposition there, and the Exposi-
ton will be used as a temporary store
house for Worlds Fair specimens at
Spokane.
wAsHINGTON's FOOD FISH.
Mr.. Meeker has found bewildering
opinions prevailing as to the best
means to pursue in making the fish
exhibit. He has written to Professor
David Jordan, Professor OF Stanford
University, for advice. Professor
Jordan is looked upon as one of the
best authorities on American fish. II
was he who was sent for to classify
the American fish in the British Mu
scum, which is in itself a sufficient
guaranty of his reputation. In the
meantime Mr.. ID. II. Hume, a fisher
man of Tacoma, has been selected to
serve as Assistant in that department,
and he has announced that he will al
once begin work. He is at the head
of a company which sends out fishing
schOoners for deep sea fishing, and he
expects to procure many valuable
specimens of food fishes. These speci'
mems will be preserved in the best
ways possible to make the exhibit at
tractive and of value. Some OF the
large specimens will be cured by tax.
idermists, others will be preserved in
alcohol, and some will be kept alive in
aquaria.
THE BIG TREE HAD SHRUNK.
Edmond S. Meany, Secretary of the
Executive Committee. was sent to
measure and examine the monster fir
tree reported to have been found north
OF Sedro. The tree was reported to be
a solid fir fourteen feet in diameter,
but when Mr.. Meany found the giant
and measured it the tree had shrunk to
diameter of eight feet five inches.
However, other large fire trees are re.
ported, and it is expected that fir
tree of twelve feet diameter will be
secured.
OTHER LARGE TREES.
Hon. George Bothell says he will be
able to secure tree near Lake Nc
Murray that will equal, if not surpass,
anything in the State. He will do
some accurate measuring soon.
There is cedar tree reported eight
miles above Stanwood, in Snohomish
county, on the farm of an old gentle.
man named Furniss. 1t is seventeen
feet in diameter thirty-three feet from
the roots. This giant blew down
about seven years ago, but is still in
good state of preservation.
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