The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-12-29
THE MIDwNTER EXPOSITION.

Ter international Exposition has been
the extension OF the time limit OF exenr.
sion tickets IRON the East TO thirty DAYS
This means that those who go to Galiior.
mia to see the Midwinter Exposition will
have a month in which to visit other
parts Of the State besides those contign-
ous to San Francisco, and that the bene-
iits to be derived by the entire Pacific
Coast will be correspondinglymultiplied
And just here there ought to be a word
said about the number OF visitors that
may reasonably be expected to come out
oi the frozen East to hibernate in the
country
Where the leaf never fades in the s,ill bloom
inc bowers,
And the bee banquets on through whole wear
OF flowers"
Those who have already arrived at San
Francisco as the advance guard Of the
grand army Of midwinter continent
crossers say that the influx OF visitors
VIII exceed the most sanguine expecta-
tlons OF the friends OF the exposition.
Eastern railway managers are constantly
sending to the department OF publicity
and promotion for advertising matter IN
connection with the fair Thar [ natr,ns :.
are hnnrrv far iniormat;on an ~ oh' a',h
ject. Some Of them ara ~ bnn.r, sS AZ,
more than one n tbe cras, trnp l;na'. ;na
nave deemed it necessary to prepare vast
quantities oil matter, based ON the mate
which TO satisfy the nonnlar dan.nSs a.
All this means that Thousands ~ nsnnie
in the East are uoinc n tasa ad,,a.a pevpe
OF cheap rates and the snacial a,srac.;s'ss
Of the exposition ms an excuse ior mai
ing lone-promised trim 10 the Iian5 ~
sunshine. fruit and flowers ) 4 "
Meanwhile the list ~ attrac,ions non
tinues to grow. and there will ba l;noi,,
times during the neyt thrsa ya"ha ~.
ting ali the eoncesaions IN raad;naa,, sss
the opening day. There IL one fealnsa
Of the contemplated attractions hnw.
ever, for which no elaborate bn;ldipg bas
to be erected. and yet n Il one in wb;+h
4 very widespread interest cantars and
that is the grand athletic torr,anan, 80
This Tournament il n covar tha an,i.-
.erm Of the exposition Tha co,.as.e
will not be on each succeeding aaris 49,
,ramme, but there will be sayara aran.a ~
zach week, and every Satuyiay viii ~ |
argely devoted TO this featnrs Tha,a
viii be games az lacrosse has,gaar nv.
sh Columbian and Americap ,sans.
here will be polo matches hs,waan
well society riders: there will he ioot
,all games between college, ana rr;usr
ity teams. there will he races and IN
orts OF contests ON the cindar no,h al
ast, though by no means Least 4 sar;as
( baseball games n which IL an.;so
'acific Coast d invited 10 taka nar,
With view to iaciIitatine arrsn,a.
lents for the aforementioned faetura 4,
his connection Colonel n p Pohin.an
San Francisco has haen salac,ad ~ -.
ange the games on the diamond Geld K
nd in order 10 have fhe largest ross;bIs %
umber Of clubs particinata tha. a1, aan.Ia
nan desires the addresses ~ evary NM.
,rmed baseball club no, onlv y tho
tate Of California, but in all the S,a,as
the Pacific Coast. These addressas
lould be sent 10 linn n, Room % . sac",,d c1',.s
DOR. Mills building san Franc;s,," asN onS
ased upon the number az addrsssas s1 ~
ltending participants which NAV he "a.
,ived, there will be arranged snch n
aseball tournament as has never Esf,,a
cen seen anywhere In the world
In the long list Of other attractions Il
difficult to select one that i worthy ~
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