The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-06-16
ALL THE STATES AT
The WORLDS FAIR.
Many Beautiful Pavilions and Preten-
tious Buildings Show Forth the
Enterprise Of American
CommonWeaIths.

A beautiful city has grown up among
che trees ON the Worlds Fair grounds
at st. Louis. 1t has nothing to do with
the immense exhibit palaces, but is a
thing apart. The houses in this new
city are Of various styles of architec-
ture Some are palatial in size and ap-
pearance, while others look merely coy
and inviting Never before have SO
many notable and historic buildings
been constructed in one group. This
new city might be called the City Of
the States, for the houses included in 1t
are the state buildings at the Fair.
The city is not compact, but some
what struggling, as BELTS the pictur-
sequences of the view. Yet there is
nothing suggestive of a Stringtown-
on-the-Pike about this city, for the
grounds surrounding each Of the houses
are beautifed with gardens typical OF
the state represented.
All the states are to be represented
at the Worlds Fair. This means a
great deal, shining triumph for the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and
furnishes another illustration of the
fact that this EXposition's complete
ness is the marvel of the age
Fifty-one states, territories and pos
sessions of the United States have
taken the steps necessary to partici-
pate in the Worlds Fair on an i1npor-
tant scale But two states were still
outside the fold at the last report, and
In each of these was a well defined
movement in favor of being represent
ed at the Fair with buildings and ex-
hibits. New Hampshire, the old home
state, and Delaware are the states re-
ferred to. In New Hampshire a fund
for participation is being raised pri-
vately by patriotic citizens so that in
the event of legislative inaction this
commonwealth may be represented.
The states and territories are en-
pending over 100000 in their efforts
to show off to best advantage at the
Exposition. This is million and a
third more than was expended at the
Chicago exposition by the states. In
addition to this, large cities in many
states will have municipal exhibits, the
funds for which are not included in
these figures. The municipal exhibit
The Const Line of the Pacific.
Although the Pacific covers more
than half the surface Of the globe and
has an area estimated roughly at co.
100000 square miles, yet its coast line,
even including that of the Indian
ocean, is but $4,000 miles, or about
lantic. The shores of the Atlantic are
very deeply indented by large seas, Of
which the Baltic and Mediterranean
are the most remarkable. Besides
these, the greatest lateral seas and
CULTS in the Atlantic are the gulf Of
Mexico, Caribbean sea, Hudson bay
and the bay Of Biscay. If we take
from the Pacific the Red sea, Arabian
sea and bay Of Bengal, which are part
Of the Indian ocean, we leave it with
a remarkably straight coast line. with
the exception Of a few deep indenta-
tons on the coast Of Asia.
It is owing to a free Improvisation
of land and water and consequent ease
of communication between one country
and another that the most civilized ma
tons of the world, with few excep-
tons. have lived and now live on the
shores Of the north Atlantic and it's
lateral seas.