Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-02-20

% s'sS 81 Nv O~ss~''6
has been suggested BY Luther STERN.
ger of New York, and his plan will Re
adopted. The plan may be briefly de-
scribed as follows: In the center OF
the building suspended seventy feet
from the roof will be corona seventy
three feet in diameter. About the cir
cumserence will be arranged 1O2 cleo.
tric lamps, each Of 1000 candle power.
In addition there i'll be four smaller
corona's sixty feet il diameter. The
space between each OF the circles will
be 200 feet. The smaller corona will
be provided with seventy. eight lamps
each, making in all Ala lamps, which
will be used in tho main portion f the
building. 1t has been estimated that
there will be one lamp for every 1850
square feet.
A big room in the Mining hall will
be an attractive spot for most visitors
to the Mining department. 1t will be
given over entirely to . display Of
models. Already thirty exhibitors in
this class have been located. There
is something fascinating in the sigh,
OF miniature of some big things, es.
pscially if "the wheels 60 round"
There is also a good deal that is in
s,ructive. Among these models will
be found relief maps Of mining dis
tric.s, sections of mines and details of
machinery, all Of which will be useful
to the student of mineralogy, and
interesting to casual visitors. Models
that will work will be operated by
electricity. Many Of these exhibits
will have an added value from the
fact that they haye been used in i'm.
portant cases Of litigation. Nothing
OF the cheap nickel.in the slot class of
models will be found in the room.
Everything will have practical value.
While making his daily visit to
Jackson Park your correspondent
noticed this morning that the snow
had been nearly all cleared from the
fair grounds, thanks to the continued
influences OF the sun. rain and 1900
laborers. 1t can hardly be said, how
ever, that for the present the change
shows for the good. The grounds
are nearly impossible, and where the
permanent roads have not been made
the mud aid slush are knee deep
But nothing is allowed to interfere
with the progress Of the work, and in
deed no more was accomplished yes.
to-day than during any one week in
January. Not less than one thousanei
men will be employed in road. making
in few days, and as many more will
begin on the landscape gardening.
Senator Stanford of California will
make noteworthy display of wines
from his great vineyard in the upper
Sacramento valley. With the aid OF
panoramic art tho Senator's wine
cellar, said to be the largest in the
world, will be produced in the viii,
culture pavilion Of the Horticulture
building. On space 20x3O feet a
handsome booth will be erected. The
front of the bcoth will De open and in
the space wine fountain will piav.
Standing in the vestibule the visitor
will look down on what seems end.
less rows of casks. In reality there
will be but two or three casks in a
row. What seems to be casks beyond
that number will be painted on canvas
in the usual panoramic way. The
difference between the real and
painted casks will be SO slight as to
require second look to distineui
it. Above the booth will be a paint,
ing of S'anford's vineyard, which con.
tans 1000 acres, the mountains show.
ing in distance.
The Japanese garden in Horticul>
ture hall will be more than collec>
ton of curious plants gathered in
lovely beds, the industrious carpent.
ers of the japanese colony having
built rustic bridge beneath which
will DO found curious fish IS in a limpid
pool. An old-fashioued we'll, with
stone curbs. ingeniously dovetailed,
will also give a, japanese appearance
TO the scene. A large assignment of
space was made for the Japanese