The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-05-04


Those who have baen waiting for the
hiidwinter Exposition to be complete In
every particular before paying 1t visit
need no longer delay. What the expose
ton promised to be it now is, and there
is little that can be added to 1t to make
1t either, more attractive, more enter
tanning or more instructive. The sound
Of the hammer is no longer heard, ex-
cept in repairs to buildings already
erected. Sunset City is acomplete Gre
alton. Its spires and its towers stand
out against the clear blue Of the Califor-
MIA springtime sky as If they were to be
part of the landscape Of the San Fran
cisco peninsula for all time to come.
The beautiful coloring Of the different
buildings seems to have ripened with
the advance Of the season. Each tint
harmonizes more perfectly day by day
with those that have been artistically
made use Of on every hand, and visitors
who have come again and again after
their earlier journeys to the beautiful
city Of industrial palaces are lost in
wonder and in admiration of the pro-
gress that has been made and Of the de-
gree of perfection that has been OBJ
tanned.
One color which has been added to the
chromatic effects at Sunset City Is the
vivid green Of the growing grass. The
slopes and lawn patches in the central
court are beautiful as if they had been
developed under the hands of expert
gardeners for season after season, yet
( the seed from which this green has
| grown was sown only two or three
months ago, and today the lawn mower
finds enough green blades for its blades
of steel to take fast hold of. In the
midst of these green lawns are beauti-
full beds of flowers. The California poppy
has been given place here, in the very
center of this great exposition where so
many thousands can visit it daily.
Over five thousand different varie-
ties of roses have been set out,
almost under the shadow Of the
Administration building, and many Of
the concessionaires, recognizing full
well the advantages of pretty surround
| ings, have made flower beds in their
spaces, and have made their parts Of
this recent wilderness blossom, in full
filment Of the proverb Of promise that
is promulgated when California ID
spoken of as the 1land of flowers.
I. The exposition itself, aside from its
beautiful setting, and aside from the
special attractions that are added from
day to day, is beginning to attract more
and more attention on account of its
value as an educator and as an adver.
tisement. In this exposition, as in every
, other exposition in the history Of the
world, half Of the period Of its duration
has had to pass by before it was fully
appreciated, and, strange as it may
seem, it has been the people from abroai
who have spoken loudest in Its praise
and who have most emphatically called
attention to its advantages. The letter.
that have been written to home paper
by correspondents here, sent to SaI
Francisco for that purpose, are the bes
: that have been sent out concerning th'
exposition. The writer of this lettei
frankly admits that those who coml
into this field of observation withou
prejudice, and with the atmosphere O
novelty pervading their work, find bet
ter material to work on and more not
] able points Of interest than those VIII,
. are constantly on the spot, and those h
whom familiarity has bred the common
: place. Ex-President Harrison spent
4 week at the exposition, and said whsl
be went away that he saw more her
than he did in Chicago. Governo
Fuller of Vermont went into rapture
= over the comprehensiyeness Of the ez
hibit here, and over the wzaerfu
rapidity with which the exposition hal
been perfected. Whitelaw Reid ez
pressed his opinion that the Midwinte
; Exposition was the marvel Of the age
Ii and every prominent eastern visitor ha
. gone away filled full Of nice things t
& say about it.
/. Fete days have followed each other
quick succession, and it seems to nee
!. only some small special attraction
! double the average daily attendance
u Coming close upon the heels Of th
4 Mardi Gras celebration came the Austrt
+ Hungarian day, April "a, and on Thur,
II day, April 20, the Odd Fellows hol
Y their seventy-fifth anniversary jubils
:, at the exposition grounds. One the /,
of May there Is to be another gran
: children's festival. On May I the Sa
g Rafael rose carnival takes place, an
z there viii be grand German May fe
tival on the 9th, Among the feature
scheduled for the month Of May is OF
which is to form part Of the celebr,
y ton of Miners day on May %, and it
II one that will undoubtedly attract wit
. attention on account Of its practicl
n character. This feature is to consist
=, contests by miners in drilling throue
i solid rock. The contests ere to be fr,
Y TO all miners on the Pacific coast. Supe
le intendents of mines are to hold compel
\ tive contests at the mine, and in tn,
ne way to pick out their best drilling team
10 to send to San Francisco to contest {
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