The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-07
EXHIBITION OF
INDIAN RELICS
To Be Made by Government
During the EXPOSITION
BIG IMPLEMENT EXHIBIT
Manufacturers viii Require
10000 Square Feet OF
Floor Space.
BIG IMPLEMENT EXHIBIT

Mr.. J. H. Bradley, special agent of the
Interior department. is in the city con
ferring with the Fair association about
an exhibition Of Indian relics which he
has collected among the Indians and in
the country through Arizona. Fer nine
years Mr.. Brauey mas been searching the
cin dweuers home. the Indian camps and
the country for anything that would be
wanted by the Smithsonian Institute as
typical Of the life Of the Indians Of the
present time or hundreds Of years ago.
Mr.. Bratley has received permission
from the interior department TO make
this exhibition here and the order only
allows the collection to be shown IN
Wichita before it goes TO Washington
1t requires COO feet Of floor space and a
tent viii be procured and placed on the
grounds where everyone can go and see
this wonderful collection, which is val
ued at $1,000 There IS one garment made
entirely of elks teeth. which alone IS
worth 5000 and the entire collection con-
sists OF more than 1000 pieces. not one
like another, and all typical of the life
and habits of the Pueblo and Apache
Indians and the Cliff dwellers. Many
o. the specimens are the only ones known
in existence and are very valuable This
entire exhibition VIII be free TO all who
enter the fair grounds.
Yesterday The association closed a con-
tract with Chas. AIcAahan, the strong
man Of the 1m ranch, for two days ex-
bibition at the fair This man weighs 240
pounds. but he takes the widest and
strongest steer in the country, ropes him,
takes the animal by the horns and throws
and hog-ties him without aid from any
one. This is a feat not another man in
the country does
Yesterday the manufacturers who have
wholesale agencies in Wichita, closed
the contract with the association for 4
space in the open ground of the fair
grounds 300 feet square, where they viii
make a display of agricultural imple-
ments Every implement used in tilling
the SOIL of Kansas will be represented
ano many different makes and patterns
will be shown; 10000 square feet Of floor
space viii be required for them to make
their exhibit. and the finest implements
ever made viii be on the grounds. Many
OF the companies viii bring 10 Wichita
the identical implements which they ex-
hibited and some of the same exhibits
which they had at the Buffalo exposition.
This will be the finest machinery exhibit
ever given in the west, not a fair in the
country this year even making an at
tempt to have so large a display Of the
instruments used in producing the great
est crops from the best soil in the best
state in the Union.
The stock show and sales. speed ring,
and the horticultural and agricultural
displays, as wei as all exhibits, viii be
at the Fair grounds. The Street Car com
pany is at work getting their track in
shape to haul the crowds right TO the
gates. The carnival and show will be
held up town during the morning and
evening.
Miss Lois Payne, the little daughter,
Of Chas. Payne, who is now visiting in
Chicago. has written the following letter
10 Frank Payne here, describing the Pain
fireworks. which she saw there. and it is
the same exhibition which is coming TO
Wichita during the fair:
Chicago, H.. August 50.
My Dear Frank: Papa says that the
Pain fireworks are going 10 be in Wich-
tia. but just the same I am going to
write 10 you about it, We went twice.
and papa would take us again. but they
have gone away from Chicago now to
give somebody else a chance to see the
fireworks. We sat in box 3. They have
fine seats. and have backs and are fixed
up wnh velvet or Brussels carpet.
couldn't tell which. from our box. 1t is
almost like "a circus. for they have men
that jump up and spin around III the air
and stand on each others shoulders and
turn sommersaults. and they haVe living
statuacy and fine baIancers tar get up
on ladders. and girls dancing right in
the dre. don't suppose they were
really though but there We're lots Of
Sparks and smoke and IL looked like q
blaze and they We're right IN 81; IL was
fine. and then the volcano ard IRE every
where. the whole place ahre I listened
Tor the FIRE bell, but no engines came. of
course. Bul Oh. the fireworks; they
had a man an fire turning on a pole like
yours. and big stars that went up into
= the air and burst into thousands OF lit
lie stars an different oolors. then they
would change color several times. It's
50 fine o fellow can't hardly tell about
It Six OF US Went. and I'm good and
ready 10 50 again. Folks don't know
WHIST they're missin' when they stay AZ