The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-25
WORLDS FAIR WORK.
Gathering Materials for Wash
ington State Building.
Only NATIVE PRODUCTS USED.
Loyalty to Home Interests the Motto OF
the Commission-Whitm Coun.
tvs Fine Grain Display.

Edmond s. Meany returned to his home
;n this city yesterday after being block
.ded by the washouts for a week and after
,ece;ying discouraging telegram an
nouucing very serious illness i'm his family
and in the evening his little daughter died
He was at Pullman, Whitman county. on
November Is in attendance at a meeting
sof the executive committee of the Wash
ineton Worlds Fair commission. The
meeting was very successful one, and
vss the first one held outside of Tacoma
since the permanent headquarters of the
commission were established in that city
scrly in the month of July. The reason
that this meeting was held in Whitman
county was that meeting had been
promised to that county while the ex-
ecutive committee had pursued the policy
of meeting in different counties for the
purpose of arousing interest in Worlds
fair work throughout the different Sec
tons Of the state.
There was a great deal of routine bust
ness pertaining to the collection and prep
ara,ion of exhibits in the different depart
ments and in forwarding the necessary
materials for the erection of the Washing
ton Worlds fair building. During the
month that elapsed between the last meet
ing and the previous one most of the
active officers of the commission had been
absent at Chicago participating in the
dedicatory ceremonies at the exposition,
leaving the management of affairs in this
state practically in the hands of Mr..
Meany. who has been steadily promoted
from press agent until he is now chief as
sistant to Executive Commissioner Bla-
lock. Mr.. Meany's report of work done
during the past month showed a most sat-
isfactory state of the works progress in its
various departments. The most tedious
work encountered was the collecting and
fofsariing of materials for the state build
Ing Owing to the size Of this build
hg and the manner of collecting the
nstnals by contributions from all the
rpdueers throughout the state this I'M
dxhkir.g has been a most arduous one
Many of the contributors have met with
nisfortunes by floods, fires and business
failures. so it has been constant source
Of worry to the officers having the work
In charge, but now the matters are COM
Ing TO focus. The roof is being placed
on the building, and reports from the
East indicate that Washington Will shine
asa potent exhibitor if nothing but the
state building is shown. But there will
be many other exhibits from the Ever
green state. both in the state building as
well as in the numerous general classified
departments.
The Washington commission has shown
by its every action a perfect loyalty
TO the people and interests of Wash
ingtOn. The money has been carefully
and economically spent. The building is
being constructed entirely of native ma
terials, and as far as possible every cent
that was necessary to be expended has
been kept among Washington merchants,
producers and laborers. At the last meet
ing the question of insurance for the build
ing and exhibits came up, and it was
unanimously decided to place all insur-
ance with Washington companies. This
same spirit of loyalty to home interests
has permeated all the Worlds fair work in
Washington.
Those present at the Pullman meeting
we're as foilowe: President N. G. Bla-
lock, of Walia Walla; Secretary 7. {.
Kaufman. of Tacoma; Percy w. Roches-
ter, OF Seattle; DIR. 5. b. Conover, of Port
Townsend; Gen. Thomas ii. Cavanaugh,
Of Olympia; l.. r. Grimes, of Ellensburg,
and William l.. La Toilette, of Pullman,
as well as Mr.. Meany, assistant to the exc
cutiye commissioner.
The next meeting will be held at Tacoma
on November 80 at 10 a. IN.
Besides holding its meeting in Pullman,
the executive committee paid a visit TO
Colfax. the county seat, where the head
quarters for collections in that county are
located. fine collection of grains was
there inspected, and found all neatly and
securely boxed ready for shipment to Chi
easo. Besides this collection a fine dis
Play of beautiful fruits was also inspected
and pronounced first-class in every partic-
ular. Much of this work has been done by
4. NJ Birch, of Colfax. who made such a
fine record in this kind of work for Whit
man county at the Spokane exposi-
ton in 1890 The committee was
also greatly entertained at Pullman by an
impromp;u concert given in their honor
by the Pullman Kid band, which has al
ready become famous under the leadership
OF J. II. st. Lawrence, the wonderful
bind musician. Encouraging speeches
we're made 70 the enthusiastic and enter
rrising little musicians by President Bia-
JOCK. Gen. Cavanaugh and Mr.. Meany.
The whole concert. though entirely inn
f4N"Psu, Was ulSHly SHIoftoie, anu IL
was the unanimous opinion that some ar
rangement should be made 10 transport
The entire band To the Worlds fair as one
OF the wonders of the new state of Wash
ington. Dir. Webb, one of the pioneers
ana one of the famous big Six" OF Pull
hao, IS one OF the main supporters of
this interesting musical combination. His
youngest soE is the active and competent
drum major, while Eddie Webb, his old
est son. is the leading cornetist, and an
oiher son Is second cornetist. Mr.. St.
Lawrence has son i'll the band, who is
TIE clever trombone player. All the boys
range from 10 Ii years in age. Any city
IN Washington. though many times as old
or though many times larger than Pull
man, would be proud Of such an organi-
sa.lon.
THE AGRICULTURAI. COLLEGE,
FACULTY strengthened ey New ippoint-
ments-~Ehe Scatti. Member
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