The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-01-13
THE xIDwlNrER FAIR.

THE AIDWlNTER FAIR
CALIFORNIA MDwxTxI IHTRRsA-1
TioNAL EXPOSITION
OF PUBLICITY And PROMOTION.
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With the single exception Of the Ad-
ministration building, which needs .
full weeks work before 1t will b COM !
pleted, the 1--WE main buildings Of the |
California Midwintsr international Ex.
position are practically finished. Still.
1t has been found impossible to open the
Exposition in all its departments on Jan.
!. When the projectors of this indus
trial enterprise took advantage Of the
glorious midwinter weather In CalifOr-
mia they did not expect that the wintry
winds On the shore Of Lake Michigan.
and the mountains OF snow between that
point and this, would array themselves
In opposition to their plans. This. how
ever. has proven to be the case, and
hundreds Of carloads Of exhibits which
were TO come from the Columbia Ex-
position TO stand on dress parade in
Golden Gate park have been seriously
delayed by the weather. There has been
great difficulty experienced in getting
cars TO load goods on II Chicago ~ fast
as they were ready, and when they had
once been started westward, . series Of
obstacles had TO be overcome until, even
though the buildings In San Francisco
are practically ready for their reception,
the bulk Of the exhibits which are 70 be
made by foreign nations have not yet
arrived.
1t has been found necessary. therefore.
TO postpone the formal ceremonies OF
opening the Exposition for q few days,
or until everything is in place. On the
first day Of January, however. an infor-
} NAL opening occurs. The flags Of all
nations will fly from the flag poles ON
the Exposition buildings and in the
. grounds, there will be music and gen.
eral gala day effects. but the day OF
days." the day when San Francisco shall
. lie perfect sea Of bunting. when her
peopl. shall turn out en- masse. when m
extra legal holiday shall be declared and
when ali California shall join in the
.. great ceremony Of the opening OF this
: great midwinter festival-that day will
come little later on.
Quite q number of the confessional
features Of the Exposition are all in
!, readiness and will be in full blast on
. Jan. l. The great Firth wheel begins
, its revolutions with the New Year; the
= lions and tigers in the wild animal arena
: will roar TO New Year audiences; the
n santa Barbara SEQ lions will roll and
-. 49, Is Hhat havA tss<,vI
- provided for them; the forty -ninel
4 mining camp will receive calls in true
e frontier fashion: beer and pleasure will
Is flow at the Heidelberg castle: the Ha
waiian cyclorama will be open TO thu
!. public the curious ones can do down
: into the Colorado gold mine; and ever
the great electric tower will lie alInos
y completed. But this word almost
will he changed into quite in its appli
a cation 10 everything projected in con
n nection with the Exposition before tn
\. grand opening day comes on. and whel
D. that day comes there will be spread GU
l. before the visiting multitude the mos
,e complete and most picturesque expos
shone upon.
m Speaking of the great Firth wheel 50
ne gests mention Of = very interesting l
ri teres,ing incident which took place
es connection with its construction q
at other day. During temporary lnn
OF the work of putting up the spiderli
:! slokes Of this wheel. man was oheerv
= TO Chamber up in the mass OF timbe
"A surrounding the base Of the superstru'
on ure He was at first supposed TO b
fl workman, and no special attention v
d. paid him. Presently, however, he ella
bered out on one of the lower spok
w The superintendent Of constructit
ar catching sigh, of him. asked what
wanted up there. The adventul
an made no response. but continued his
IL cent. working his way inside
u! periphery with catlike agility. ]
Wy SUPERINTENDENT ordered him down. ]
=, only answer he got was an invi
'he ton to come and fetch him. He X
An OH climbing, and where the periph'
the has not been placed he had to slide do
his the big spokes until he reached the CHI
lay mel irons. Crossing on these TO the n
'st and proceeded n before.
- BY this time quite crowd
y" gathered. watching the progress Of
daring fellow. lso feet from the grou
~ He was repeatedly warned to look
40 for himself. but showed himself Abu
nm. antly able to do so. Finally he reac
FAR. the the highest point. and. standing
aice full length. gave an exulting yell, wi
EN- was answered by q group Of frie
me near the volcano building. OF col
ing he came down the other way, and
TO made the first revolution Of the &
u. Firth wheel. On reaching the gro
NJ. o he disclosed his identity. and was ne
crcs nized ms sailor and rigger. He sal
GER had made the trip to settle bet tina
for would make the first trip around
own great rotary construction.
The One Of the sensations OF the Ell
,ave ton will be the famous diver, Kol
re- Maka, whose record rs . long dist
a.ne swimmer, deep diver and shark hu
!. ~ xur,asses that Of all aquatic wonde
tho the great Pacific. 1t is KohAna
OK. who has kept alive the old shArk-h
ing custom of the early kings Of HA,
ock. In former days it was the custoz
ition royal sportsmen to go to sea IN theil
cant canoes or catamaran, taking alol
10 10 large bowl Of chopped enemies.
here bowl was placed over the water,
pital FRAGMENTS Q. nss y, IN n,tn ~r'e - =
.nJ bowl, thus attracting schools Of
eating sharks. When the sharks
esti- came tnlck s!o"vs W.. -,
posi- kmg wo"'" ue ,,,;mn -, mnd.r
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