Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10

St. Louis Fair Notes.

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A glass factory in operation will be
feature of Indiana's display at the
st. Louis worlds fair next year.
A life-sized copper statue of Maud
Adams, the noted actress, is a pro-
posed feature for Utah's copper dis
play.
A unique collection of 12O paintings
by Adolph Won Mcneil will be feature
of the German section.
Five hundred tons of exhibits from
the Philippines are now on their way
on the transport Fitzpatrick.
New York City will make an inter
esting exhibit of her summer school
system. The sum of $4,000 has been
appropriated.
The National Editorial association,
with 425 delegates from SO state and
territorial associations, representing
$1,000 newspapers, will hold its 1904
convention at the fair.
The space in the various exhibit
buildings which Great Britain has at
her disposal has all been applied for
by prospective British exhibitors.
A-.o,,s. +ho ,,opv family reuniOns IN
be held will be that OF the Wing fam
lily of America. At the present annual
gathering of this family at Sandwich,
Mass, it was decided to hold the 1904
meeting in the worlds fair city.
The Oldest clock in Missouri will be
shown in that states building. The
timepiece was brought to Upper
Louisiana from North Carolina in 1900
by George Frederick BolliIger, who
afterwards was a member OF the first
Missouri general assembly. The old
clock is feet 4 inches high and is now
owned by NJ. V. Pabor OF Frelericks-
town, Mo.
Maryland day at the fair will be
September u.
Indiana will spend $4,000 on a corn
exhibit.
CALIFORNIA; display in the agricultural
palace will cover 10000 square feet.
Work on the cabildo, which will be
the Louisiana state building, was be-
gun recently.
The contract for the election of the
Oklahoma state building was let Gol
$4,000. The building will be COM
pleted Dec. 1.
Probably the finest diamond eve.
drawn from the mines at Kimberly
will be exhibited. 1t weighs 120 carats
and is valued at nearly a quarter of
million sterling.
The contract for the giant floral
clock. to be installed on the side of the
hill north of the agriculture palace was
let to the Plant Seed Co. of st. Louis.
New Orleans photographers, both
professionals and amateurs, will make
a creditable exhibit. This exposition,
for the first time in the history OF
American expositions. will recognize
photography as an art, section in the
art palace being reserved for this ex-
hibit
A miniature railway system will be
an attraction. At least thirty trains
of cars drawn by baby locomotives
will be run throughout the grounds.
The system will be run not only as an
amusement feature but as a means al
so of transporting visitors.
The following associations have re-
Gently decided to hold their 1904 con-
ventiOns at the fair: The national
electrical contractors, the music teach
ers' and the wholesale saddlery associ-
atoms.
G. d. Wilson of Poag, Illinois, is per-
fecting arrangements for the farmers
national jubilee to be held at the fair.
He announces that there will be con-
vention of farmers in st. Louis, OctO-
Der IA, 1903, made up of delegates rep
resenting the various parts of the Unit