The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-29
aidwiutsP Fair.
Weekly Circular Lettor-No. 81
y. II. T~RUsDELL, Chief of DspartnsnA.

hoSDBALs Nuioh VI OSpofS3Aou&
The best news Of the week in connec-
ton with the coming Exposition has
been the extension of the time limit Of
excursion tickets from the East to 30
days. This means that those who come
to California to SEE the Midwinter Ex-
position will have a month in which to
visit other parts of the state besides
those contiguous to San Francisco, and
that the benefits to be derived by the
entire Pacific Coast will be correspond
ingly. multiplied. And just here there
ought to be a word said about the num-
Der of visitors that may reasonably be
expected to come out of the frozen East
to hibernate in the country
Where the leaf never fades in the still bloom
ing bowers,
And the bee banquets on through a whole year
of flowers"
Those who have already arrived 1t
San Francisco as the advance guard of
the grand army Of midwinter continent
crOssers say that the influx of visitors
will exceed the most sanguine expects-
tons of the friends of the Exposition.
Eastern railway managers are constant
ly sending to the Department of Pub
lcity and Promotion for advertising
matter in connection with the Fair.
Their patrons are hungry for informa-
ton on the subject. Some of them are
so hungry that more than one of the
great trunk lines have deemed it neces-
sary to prepare vast quantities of mat
ter based on the material furnished by
this department with which to satisfy
the popular demands. All this means
that thousands of people in the East are
going to take advantage of cheap rates,
and the special attractions of the Expo
sition as an excuse for making u long
promised trip to the LAND of sunshine,
fruit and flowers"
Meanwhile the list of attractions con-
tinues to grow, and there will be lively
times during the next three weeks get
ting all the concessions in readiness for
the opening day. There is m feature
Of the contemplated attractions, how
ever, for which no elaborate building
has to be erected, and yet it is one in
which a very widespread interest rem
tiers, and that is the grand athletic tour
nament. This tournament is to cover
the entire term of the Exposition. The
contests will not be on each succeeding
days programme, but there will be sew
eral events each week and every Satur.
day will he largely devoted to this feat
ure. There will be games of lacrosse
between British Columbian and Ameri-
can teams; there will be polo matches
between swell society riders; there viii
be football gaa1es between college and
J university ieaiGs; there will be race.
and all sorts Of contests on the cindel
path, and last, though by no mean.
, Least, z series of baseball games in which
the eHHt.ire Pacific Coast is invited to take
part.
With a view to facilitating arrange.
nlents for the last mentioned feature in
this connection, Colonel 7. P. Robinson
of San Francisco has been selected to ar
range the games on the diamond field
and in order to have the largest possible
number of clubs participate that gentle
man desires the addresses of every uni
formed baseball club not only in the
state of California but in all of the
states of the Pacific Coast. These ad
dresses should be sent to him at room
80, second floor. Mills building. Sal
Francisco. and based upon the number
of addresses of intending participant,
which may be received there will BIZ AT
ranged such a baseball tournament a'
has never before been seen anywhere il
the world.
The latest and most startling of tn,
suggestions that have been Forthcoming
in the form of confessional features o.
the Fair is that which is to represen'
@Dante's Inferno" and which has al
ready begun to be spoken of about tow
as "hell on earth" This concessio,
is to be located in . very prominen'
part of the Exposition grounds, ant
the character of the entrance to tn,
building containing the exhibit is ont
that will attract inevitable attention. 4
great dragons head, 10 feet high, will
bat like wings ~protruding from eithel
side, seems to crouch against the grount
and grin a welcome to the passins
crowds. The bat like wings, and entir'
front in fact, are gilded to look like burn
ished gold, and, when the sun is reflected
from it. it presents IA brilliant an exter
ior as one can easily imagine. Ont Of
the center of the lower part of this fig
ure-hsad, SO to speak. projects a long
red tongue of the dragon, and ON this
those who care TO venture i'll must stel
and walk between the teeth of the drag
on's lower jaw into the very body of tn
beast.
The interior arrangements of thes'
internal Regions" is rendered remark
ably effective by the highly colored sta
l~actites which hang from the walls ant
which seem to extend for miles, almost
away in the distance. In one large grott'
q stage is erected, and half u dozen skel
etons dancing grotesquely in the fore
ground are so reflected by mirrors tina
their number seems to be LEGION" A
another point. after traversing sewers