The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-07-06
WORLDS FAIR NEWS NOTES.

The Liberty Bell will rest in the
center Of the rotunda of the Pennsyl-
vania building at the Worlds Fair.
The West Virginia Commission to
the Worlds Fair. st. Louis, opened
headquarters IN Parkersburg July 1.
A feature Of wyoming's exhibit at
the Worlds Fair will be large col
lection of colored photographs OF
wyoming scenes.
The Irish department Of agriculture |
will make a special exhibit Of Irish |
industries at the Worlds Fair.
The seventh congress Of the North |
American Slxat League will be held at
the Worlds Fair, St Louis, next year.
A locomotive testing laboratory
will be feature in the transportation
building at the Worlds Fair, next
year.
A dog show will be feature Of the
livestock exhibit at the Worlds Fair
next year.
California day at the Worlds Fair
will be September 3, the 54th anniver.
sary Of the admission Of California to
the Union.
A typographical map of the state OF
Alabama will form part Of the states
exhibit at the Worlds Fair
Denmark has officially accepted the
invitation to participate in the Worlds
Fair and William Arup has been APP
pointed commissioner.
The contract for the Ohio state
building at the Worlds Fair has been
let to the Smith & Eastman Contract
ing company. The cost is slightly un-
der s23 600
The Smithsonian taxidermist, Geo.
b. Turner, is preparing a 16-foot gi-
raffe for exhibition in the government
building at the Worlds Fair.
Every country in South America
will participate in the Worlds Fair.
Chile. the last to accept, contemplates
an appropriation of 225. 900 pesos.
Governor Peabody Of Colorado has
appointed Sam Woods of Denver spec
isl commissioner to collect exhibits for
the Swedish department Of the state
exhibit Of the Worlds Fair.
A prominent English poultry breed
er will make a display of old English
game fowls and Dorkings in the Doal-
try exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
An old English fire engine with
which Louisville fires were fought
before the steam apparatus came in
to existence, will ne brought 20 the
!, orld's Fair at st. cLis. next yeaI
by the Louisville Veteran Volunteer
Fire Association, which will visit the
fair in a body.
A mammoth watch built for the occa
sion, on such a large scale that peo
pie may walk around in 1t among the
moving wheels will be on exhibition at
the Worlds Fair. Visitors will thus
be able to study the mechanism OF
the watch without the aid of glass
Indiana commission to the Worlds
and Mahurin, Ft. Wayne architects
for the Indiana building at the ex
position. The structure will be in the
style of the French Renaissance
with huge Corinthian columns al
the entrance. The building will be
more of a place of rest and pleasure
for Indiana visitors at the Fair than
an exhibit hall.
The largest tree in Oregon was fell
ed recently to be sent as a curiosity
to the Worlds Fair 1t is the Aber
deem spruce and stood nearly 30O
feet high, 40 feet around and lis
feet from the ground to the first limb
Its age is calculated at 400 years, be
ing a good sized tree when Columbus
discovered the land that was after
ward called America
The native army of the Philippines
will be represented at the World!
Fair, St Louis, next year. Two o.
three companies each of the scouts
and constabulary with the constab
ulary band will attend. The bes
drilled and smartest looking mel
will be selected to make up tn,
companies which will show the
Americans the character Of the po
lice protection of the eastern posses
sions
A mammoth loaf of bread six hun
dred times the size Of a regular five
cent loaf, and in the making Of whicl
an entire barrel of -four win be useC
will be seen in Misslssippis exhibit
at the Worlds Fair. Harry Mansfield
of Moss Point will be the creator ant
has ordered the construction of al