The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-07
Items of Interest Gathered at the
the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition Headquarters.
INTEREST IN THE FAIR GROWING FAST.
From Present Indications the Dirigi-
BILE balloon Exhibit aud Contests
Niu he one Of the Most Unique
aud Interesting Ecnturcs al the
Fair.


j. understood that each county or
district convention TO be 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. :. NJ. HUI, superintendent Of the
Saline county (Mol schools. offers
premiums for the best displays at
the teachers institute neNt August
Separate prizes are offered for rural
and town schools The object is 10
obtain the best possible educational
display al the Worlds fair.
ia. McAnulty. of st. Louis. design
or Of much OF the modern -four mill
machinery used in the United states.
has entered an airship Of the dirigi-
bic balloon class for the Worlds
fair aeronautic contest II will have
an engine. a hot air compressor and
regulating air pump. with quad
ripple cluster Of propellcrs which may
be projected outward in any dircc-
ton.
The It. Louis Branch Of the Amer
lean League for Civic improvement
has been organized Geo. H. Leighton
presided at the meeting and speeches
were made by Rolla Wells, mayor of
St Louis: Albert Kelsey. of New
York. and Prof Charles Zenblein. of
Chicago university. who is president
vf the league, The list of members
shows that il is going To be a body
of earnest aud intelligent workers.
The specifications in the contract
for the Varied Industries building.
which is to be let by the third of
February. call for the completion of
tho structure by October 1, 1902. with
a penalty of $500 a day for each days
delay beyond that date
At the regular monthly meeting OF 4
the st. Louis Millers' club. January
~. il was decided 10 begin at once I
the building of a club house on the \
Worlds fair site. in which the mill .
crs CT st. Louis and vicinity could /
entertain visiting millers from all
parts of the world during the expo
.sition.
The second annual dinner of the
Missouri Society of New York will
bc given in the Aston gallery of the
WaldorfAstoria hotel, February ).
and is to be distinctly q Louisiana
Purchase feast. Augustus Thomas.
the distinguished dramatist. will pre-
side. President Francis Of the En-
position company. will respond to the
toast. "The Louisiana Purchase"
John H. kendrick, chief OF the tex
tile division of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition. in his tour among
the southern cotton manufactures.
visited Gov. Gambler and the other
state officers Of Georgia at Atlanta.
January rs II Is thought that the
governor will give the commission
appointed by the legislature sup
Elementary body Of appointees to as
sist them in getting up a Georgia ex-
hibt. and that he will also urge the
Legislature TO make m appropriation
for a state building at the Worlds
fair
The delegation which left ST. Louis
January &c 10 boom the Worlds fair
in Kentucky. was received with open
arms. and the most fattcring att
tcntions in louisville on January q.
and by the governor. legislature ana
citizens at Frankfort on the follow
ing day. The cause Of the exposi-
ton was ably presented by such
speakers as Crittendon. Francis and
Stone, three natives Of Kentucky who
have haan eynxcrpnrg - N;uro,,-s o~l
others.
The Commercial club Of Omaha
has arranged for banquet, Febru-
ary IL, on which occasion il expects
20 entertain as its special guests
President Francis. Of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition. Hon. John NJ
Thnrston. Of the national commits
sion. Prof, Taylor, chief Of the ex-
positions agricultural department,
and the members Of Nebraska's com
mission.
The Wisconsin Cranberry Growers
association has finally decided to in
stall its comprehensive exhibit Of the
cranberry industry as part of the
Wisconsin state exhibits at the
Worlds fair
President Green. Of the Texas Mid.
land railway. is also president Of
Iarpon club. and says that it is one
of his ambitions to have a live tarpon
IN tank among the Texas exhibits
at the Worlds fair
IL Is reported from Washington
that the government commission
which will be sent 10 European CAPT
tails in behalf Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, will probably have
Admiral Dewey at its head. 1t is 20
lie composed Of such distinguished
men as will be received with marked
respect by the courts Of Europe
The executive board of the St.
Louis branch Of the National Sacn.
gerbund has appointed committee
TO consult the Worlds fair directory
about guarantee fund and the cree