The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-09-16
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Sherman County nan at St Louis Fair
Sees some BiEEest Things In world.

Sherman Comfy Nan at St Louis Fair
Sees Some Biggest Things In world,
Mr.. Editor: Perhaps few notes
picked up here and there at the fair
viii be of interest to some who have
not attended, OF VIII not attend the
greatest worlds fair the world has ever
known. One cannot realize the vastness
and greatness of this exposition until
one can hardly believe their own eyes
Once on the grounds mile ride on
the Intramural railroad takes one to all
parts of the ground.
Among the extraordinary things out
side Of living rates in the grounds, are
a few we viii attempt to describe IN
humble way:
The largest locomotive in the world,
weighing $50, 600 pounds including 800
gallons of water in tender tank, is to be
seen in the building of transportation.
God of iron, an image of man, stand
ing with an outstretched arm towering
to the heighth of IS feet, weighing 12O,-
900 pounds is to be found in the mines
and metallurgy building; a block of coal
weighing $4,000 pounds, the largest
piece of coal ever hOisted from a mine
IN one solid block.
A little wine cask in the German ex-
hibit in the agricultural building, has
a capicity OF 16, 800 on gallons; also a
floral clock near the agricultural build
ing attracts the eyes of thousands, the
diameter of the dial is 112 feet, the
minute hand IS "a feet in length, weight
of each hand is $500 pounds.
Exhibits in the government building
are simply immense. Among the in
teresting sights to be seen in the above
building is a IS inch gun owned by
Uncle Sam which weighs pa, 500, and
is able to throw 2, 400 pound PrOjeetile
miles and miles.
Texas, the largest state in the union,
has put forth every effort to produce
vegetables, ETC., in proportion to her
size, and has succeeded; and in her ex-
hibit she has 11I1k pound mellon,
a so pound cucumber, and other large
vegetables and fruits, which may be
seen in the agricultural and horticul-
tural exhibits.
In the Brazilian exhibit there is a
table containing 5,64O pieces of wood,
representing "a different species of
| trees.
A skin of a grizzly bear, which weigh
ed 1870 pounds when killed. is to be
seen in the Colorado exhibit.
/ T. 81 Sc,
cries and game, there is a little block
of wood I31I feet in diameter, cut from
/ fir tree that had-attained a height of
265 feet, is a Washington product.
We took a ride on the Ferris wheel.
It lifts one to the dizzy height of 285
feet, and makes q revolution in every II
to IS minutes, and affords a view of the
grounds, and at night an illumination
which is wonderful to behold
On Labor day, from 22O, 900 to u.s.
900 people were in attendance, the
largest number on any one day up to
the present time.
Board and lodging is very reasonable
outside the grounds, with meals from
Is cents up, and lodging from Is to
Is cents.
The agricultural building covers al
most g acres of ground and is said to
contain 1900, 900 feet of lumber.
The Kansas exhibit in the above men
toned building IS simply immense, and
every 'Jayhawker" is proud of it. The
exhibit in corn and its products is both
unique and wonderful.
The Moline Wagon company has a
wagon, built in exact proportions to the
ordinary farm wagon, that weighs TO-
600 pounds
The principle exhibition buildings are
marvels of architectural beauty. Taken
in all, the grounds, that buildings, the
exhibits, the products of all lands, the
handiwOrk of all people, the minerals,
the plants, the animals and the people
of all zones, their highest skill, their
master pieces, whether of enginery of
war or arts of peace, on land, on sea,
in air, in the elements, in the deep, in
the bowels of the earth-all these con
sPire to make the exposition the biggest
thing the world has ever seen.
1t is impossible for any writer, no
matter how gifted, to describe OF to
portray to the mind the greatness and
ingenuity of man as here exhibited. If
possible gO.-SCRIBBLER.