The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-04
TRAlNLoA0s or PEOPLE
From East will be Brought to Wichita
TO See Exposition.

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One of the railroads entering Wichita
from the east yesterday made the follow
ing proposition to Mr.. I. \. Dean. presi-
dent OF the exposition committee that If
this city would get UP q fair and carnival
that would show the products. resources
and advancement Of the people Of south
and southwest Kansas and Oklahoma and
Indian territory that road would bring 70
Wichita one day whole train load Of Il
linois people who had never been in Wich-
ita before and had no realization OF the
wonderful crops of this country. The
railroad man stated that all the eastern
people wanted to see this county, its peO-
pie and what they raised. but the country
was too large for them 10 only spend
day or two in the west.
Mr.. Dean Immediately took up the rail-
road mans proposition and negotiations
viii begin Immediately TO have each Of
the railroads bring train load Of peo-
pie from the eastern states. To have
them make an extraordinarily low rate
for week or ten days and show Illinois
and other eastern people what Kansas
and Oklahoma can and is doing.
in speaking Of this matter 10 a reporter
for the Eagle yesterday. Mr. Dean said:
This thing is not going TO be a fair. car
nival or street fair. but it VIII be com
bination of all these and far greater than
anything Of it's kind ever held in the west
before. 1t will be an exposition in every
sense Of the word. Every grain, fruit,
vegetable and livestock product Of the
great southwest will be on exhibition. We
will send men to every county in Kansas
and Oklahoma and they will go before
the county commissioners and ask the
counties to make display of their own.
They can make a display Of their resource
es in every line and prizes viii be offered
TO the county making the best display.
The merchants are responding heartily
to this proposition and we will raise the
funds TO carry out the biggest project Of
its kind ever attempted in the west. I
want it distinctly understood that every
dollar We raise and spend will be for
something that will be worth seeing. We
will have everything in the great south
west and then we will advertise it in the
east and with the help Of the railroads We
will bring crowd Of people here that will
be more than surprised at the greatness
of the west and this crowd will make in
vestments that will upbuild Wichita and
the west. That is what we want here, the
people to come and see what we have. and
that is the reason this exposition will be
built on the lines above named. We will
have brought together all the products Of
the west in one place and the eastern peo-
pie who come can see in two or three
days what it would take them weeks to
sec in other ways.
Besides the show attractions we will
try to bring President Roosevelt here for
one day at least. We have organized
movement among the business men OF this
city to act in conjunction with the COM
mittee from the old soldier organizations
TO bring our chief executive TO Wichita.
to speak TO the old soldiers and to view
the displays and speak TO the people at
the fair. Besides the president. we will
bring other men Of national reputation 10
make addresses, We have great many
plsns that we are working on and some
definite developments will appear in a
few days"