Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-11-21
)lle Worlds
Fair at ST.. Louis.

President. ex Gov. Francis OF
the Worlds fair at St. Louis an
uuces off tally that Every Ex-
hl'ni Building will be IN complete
i-re4d ne-s for installation of Exhi
bits Dec 1. 1908 and that the
g4te~ vii positively open to the
;ublic April Both and close Nov.
Ia a0d the most complete EXPO
sltiOn ever shown.
L IS now told that the friends
of Jack Downing will urge him
for one of the kansas positions in
the Worlds fair at st. Louis. He
Is well known ali over the state,
Is one of the boys With the news
paper boys all ove-, a iovial fel
low who would quickly make lots
of friends there IN every depart
ment and be a great accommoda
ton and help to everv Kansan
who goes there He is foot loose
here ana no big salary required.
and he and his wife could easily
spend next year on the FAIR ground
And if the present scheme OF
Ellis county making a special ex-
hibit IN their own building IN an
annex GEAR the Kansas state build
ing is carried out he would prove
great advertiser for western Kan
sas. The plan shown us shows a
circular building so foot across.
he sides rolling up like a desk
In the centre is a pile of wheat of
10000 bushels, just as we pile it
up on the ground out here At
the foot OF the pile are wire cages
of live prairie dogs and Young coy
otes and jack rabbits Around on
the wheat pile scattered the hand
some collection Of c. w Miller OF
stuffed Ellis county birds. Above,
on the walls are views of the ives
tern Kansas state Normal school,
state Experiment Farm, prominent
buildings, farms, threshing and
other views. A pillow, header and
threshing machine, showing how
we handle a 4 million bushel crop.
while between will hang bundles
Of our different grains and forage
crops. And what Ellis county is
showing is but a duplicate of ali
the western counties in Kansas.
1t will be so arranged that peo-
pie will pass in at one side, waIa
ali around, coming out the other.
Yost will furnish the pile OF
wheat, and it can be afterward sold
here, and it is believed that the
Union Pacific and Alton will fur
nish free the transportation for the
wheat and exhibits
Ii 1T can be arranged an electric
railway will 1un around the inside
Top plate showing the counties &
towns fro n Ellsworth to the Colc
RADIO liHe
Al the Centenia' Exposition in
Philadelphia Kansas had sucn a
building. especially of fruit, and
1t was crowded all the time, nc
one visited the Exposition without
seeing the Kansas building and II
was all the rage and brought
thousands to Kansas.
At the Chicago exposition Ian
sa- bad another building with in
teresting EXHIBITS, and the kock
Island had the electric railway and
people sat there oy the hour wateE
Tag 1t 90 round Bat 10 an alcove
was the great attraction that a MI
ION people saw, crowded from ey
Try direction to sep rOf Discht
collection of stuffed birds and an
mails on mountain side, On eve
~ lip in the ground was Have
voa seen Kansas" "Where is the
Kansas building?" Don't miss
seeing Kansas 1t made our pee
pie proud of their state.
Next came Omaha. Kansa;
again had a building, very nice
one, not a thing attractive. onlV 6
corored porter to answer questions
aud the building was given the
90 by and the Kansas Commissic
ners won no glory for their show
This Worlds Fair promises tt
be the greatest ever known ant
Kansas, western Kansas wants
TO be in the front.
In the "Scientifr American" O