The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1902-02-07
Items Of Interest Gathered at the
the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition Headquarters.
INTEREST IN the FAIR GROWING FAST.


mate the sum IL will need for n prop
err representation Of the state, aud II
In understood That cach county or
district convention 20 he held this
summer will pledge its nominees to
vote for such an appropriation. On
this understanding the commission
will go ahead with the work OF pre-
pairing the exhibit.
j. s. NJ. Hun, superintendent Of the
Saline county (Mo) schools. offers
premiums for the best displays at
the teachers institute mex August.
Separate prizes are offered for rural
and town schools. The object Is 10
obtain the best possible educational
display Mt the Worlds fair.
J. A. McAnuity. of ST. Louis. design
er OF much of the modern lour mill
machinery used In the United Stntes'
nas entered an airship 81 the dirigi'
bic balloon class for the Worlds
fair n%cronnutic contest. II will have
an engine, n hot air compressor and
regulating air pump, with u quad
rupic cluster Of propcllcrs which may
be projected outward In amy direc'
ton.
The st. Louis Branch 81 the Amer.
lean League for Civic improvement
has been organized. Geo. -. Leighton
presided ut the meeting and speeches
were made by Holln Wells, mayor OF
st. Louis; Albert Kelsey. 81 New
York. and Prof. Charles Icnblcin, OF
Chicago university, who II president
of the League. The list 81 members
shows that II Is going 10 he n body
OF earnest and intelligent workers.
The specifications in the contract
for the Varied Industries building.
which is 10 he let by the Third OF
February, call for the completion III
the structure 10y October I. 1909, with
n penalty Of $500 u day for each days
delay beyond hat date.
At the regular monthly meeting 81
the ST. Louis Millrrs' club, January
81, IL was decided to begin at once
the building of u club house on the
Worlds fair site. In which the mill
ers Of ST. Louis and vicinity could
entertain visiting millcrs from all
parts Of the world during the expo
sition.
The second annual dinner ~ the
Missouri Society of New York viii
he given In the Astor gallery II the
Waldorf.Astorin hotel. February .,
and IN to he distinctly u Louisiana
Purchase feast. Augustus Thomas,
the distinguished drnmatist, will pre-
side. President Francis ~ the En-
position company. will respond to the
toast, "Thc Louisiana Purchase
a. g.I.G.I .Il.N ~ Al. ta..
tile division of the Louisiana Pur'
chase exposition. In his tour among
the southern cotton manufactures,
visited Gov. Gambler aud the other
state officers of Georgia at Atlanta
January rs. II Ia thought that the
governor will give the commission
amounted by the legislature n sup
Elementary body Of nppointccs 10 as
stat them In getting M u Georgia ex
bIbit, md that he will also urge the
legislature to make mn appropriation
for n state building at the World'i
fair.
The delegation which left 81. Louil
january 20 To boom the Worlds fnil
In Kentucky, wns received with opcI
arms. and the most flattcring at
IAntlOnh III tsbuiNNttA' W. ''ahN'f -
and by the governor. legislature an'
citizens ut Frankfort on the follow
Ing day. The cause OF the exposl
sion was ably presented by sucl
sneakers ns Crlttcndon. Francis an
Stone. three natives of Kentucky VIII
have been governors of Missouri, an,
others.
The Commercial club Of oman
Inns arranged for a banquet. Fchru
ary u, on which occasion II expect
20 entertain as it's special guest
President Francis. Of the Louisinn
Purchase exposition, Hon. John N
Thurston, of the national commits
sion, Prof. Taylor, chief Of the 81
positions agricultural department
and the members Of Nebraska's con
mission.
h Wisconsin Cranberry Growers
association has finally decided To IL
stall its comprehensive exhibit OF th
cranberry industry ns part OF I'll
wisconsin state exhibits at I'll
Worlds fair.
President Green. Of the Texas MiS
land railway, Is also president of
Tarpon club. and says that 1t is ON
Of his ambitions to have n live tarpo
in a tank among the Texas exhibit
At the Worlds fair
1t Is reported from washlngto
that the government commissio
which will be sent 10 European cap
tails in behalf of the Louisiana Pul
chase exposition, will probably bav
Admiral Dewey at its head. II is I
be composed Of such distinguishes
mon as will be- received with marke'
respect by the courts of Europe.
The executive board of the 81
Louis branch Of the National Saen'
gerbund Inns appointed a committee
TO consult The Worlds fair directory
about n guarantee fund and the cree.