Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1892-08-11
REPORT OF PROGRESS.
What the Worlds Fair Commissioner for
Chehalis County has been doing

What the Worlds Fair Commissioner for
Chehalis County has been doing.
EDITOR HERALD: AS Worlds Fair
Commissioner for Chehalis county,
would make the following report of what
has been done SO far, and the general
plan OF gathering an exhibit from our
county for the great Chicago exposition
of '93:
In the line OF timber exhibits the log
gers OF the county have generously given
80 large logs, to be used in the construc-
ton of the state building, for which our
county is receiving considerable notoriety
as furnishing more logs than any other
county in the state. Many of these logs
have already been shipped, and in few
days the remainder will be on the way to
Chicago. Several car loads OF lumber
have been donated by leading mill men,
which will also be used in the construc-
ton OF the state building. So far the
part of our exhibit is progressing very
satisfactorily.
For an agricultural display as yet very
little has been collected, excepting
samples of grasses and some grains.
The following is the general plan adopted
by which we are in hopes to gather a
completer exhibit in this line 1t is to
get some one in each farming community
throughout the county to volunteer to
take charge of this work in his neighbor-
hood. At Oakville, Jas. Z. Fitzgerald
has kindly consented to look after the
rmatter for his section of the county. At
Porter, M. b. Shanbley; at Elma, ~.
Carney; on the Satsop, Jas. Gleason,
ST.; and very soon we hope to have some
one in every farming district in the vicin-
ity. These gentlemen have been sup
piled with full instructions as to the man
ner in which these exhibits should be
gathered and put up for display.
Arrangements have also been made
with the directors OF the Elma Fair AS
ISOLATION to have such part of their ex-
hibit this fall as may be useful in max
ing up the county exhibit for the Worlds
Fair. For a fruit display, the State
Worlds Fair commissioner will furnish
the county with rs glass jars, holding
from 8 or 4 quarts to as many gallons.
A dozen have already been shipped and
the remainder will be received in short
time. Henry BUGGY, general superin-
tendent Of the horticulture department of
the Washington Worlds Fair commits
sion, was in our county this last week,
and gave the county Worlds Fair COM
missioner and ]. ]. Carney, of Elma,
personal instructions as to the best
method of preserving fruits.
Although the fruit crop in this part of
the state is poorer than known for years,
yet we are in hopes to fill our jars with
fine specimens before the season is over
F. A. White, county superintendent of
schools, has been asked to assist in MAX
ing an exhibit showing the school facil
tiles of our county, and we are in hopes
to send display in this line to Chi
cago that will show the eastern people
that in the matter OF educational advan-
tages we are but little behind the oldest
states.
The work of collecting county ex-
hibit has just been inaugurated, the
principal work is yet to be done. An ex-
hibit of our fisheries must be made; Sec
tions of our large trees ought to 60 to
the Chicago fair, on one Of the many PAN
nels in our state building picture of
Gray's Harbor should be engraved or
painted, in fact no opportunity should
be lost in advertising our county at this
great worlds show. To accomplish this,
our county commissioners were petitioned
to make an appropriation from the
county funds; but on account OF the lack
of legal authority they were unable to do
what otherwise they would have gladly
done. So, now, we are dependent on
what little assistance we will receive
from the state commission and to our
own personal efforts to collect this ex-
hibit. We should have the united CO.
operation of the entire county in this
matter. Our county newspapers should
keep it's Importance ever before the pub
lie, and we would recommend that they
also boom the county fair at Elma, as
from this we will obtain much for the
Worlds Fair exhibit. Our object is to
have complete exhibit from Chehalis
county. f. A. HART,
Commissioner for Chehalis county.
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