Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-07

grew on Grandma's ranch. "Where is your grandma's ranch," gentleman asked. "In Arizona" they said in a breath, and everybody smiled. The transportation building IS another large one, and there the old and the new methods of transportation are grouped side by side and l wondered if in another hundred years the change would be as great as in the last. In here one may study the devel- opment of steam power from the first crude idea of large kettle mounted on wheels over a fire to the Empire State express which is the acme of modern railway comfort and has at tained maximum speed of one. hun dred miles an hour. Models of the first engine to now on tracks as we'll as those of the three engines which participated in the famous test from London to Manchester, England, are shown. These curious Hold engines look odd indeed by the side of the monster freights engine belonging to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and weighing 233 tons and is the largest engine in the world. The largest pas senger engine in the exhibit belongs to the Santa Fe and weighs 190 tons. testing plant making Ia practical test of any kind of a locomotive is in operation in this building and this plant is the first one which has been able to make such tests of working locomotives. Heretofore it has been necessary to make track tests. All of the latest methods of travel by steam ship are illustrated by finely equipped models and all manner of automobiles and horseless carriages as we'll as the most beautiful carriages for horses and all their elegant trappings are shown. The transportation building tells an interesting story of the pro- gress of the human race, built is not far ahead of the electricity building. In this building the practical use of electricity is fully demonstrated. There are all sorts of electrical appa- ratus for the house and cosy little | kitchen fitted with all sorts of electri- cal cooking utensils making cooking such cIeanly and easy process that when electricity can be manufactures cheaply enough to allow the ordinary household to be supplied with it the servant girl problem will no longer vey the housekeeper. l don't know enough about machinery to understand much less describe the working of the many wonderful machines which l saw at work, but those that 1 understand, I thoroughly appreciated. Electrical heaters and furnaces and an appliance for heating the water for bath instant ly, sewing machine run by electrici- ty were all things which 1 understood and appreciated. As l studied the exhibits in this building it was easy to see that wonderful advance has been made in producing electricity and in applying its use within very few years and that we may expec: wonders soon to come. 1 will not at tempt to describe the fine arts display. To me it was beautiful, but 1 liked the United States exhibit best al though I heard people rave more over the foreign pictures, but as l listened to their remarks 1 had to own that could not appreciate the things they saw. The sculpture is beautiful and l especially admired the Italian pro ductions.
 The education and social economy building was a feast Of delight. The exhibit in here is large, and l think every state and territory in the union has an exhibit. During the summer time classes were held in the depart ments for the blind and also in the manual training sections and visitors were admitted to see the work. It vas great pleasure to go through the different sections and notice the equip ment of the various schools and tc know that so much attention is being given to instruction for the youth. noticed particularly that the states were all giving special attention to manual training and domestic science and are urging the equipment of ali schools for the teaching of these sub jects. The Arizona exhibit is especi ally good and 1 was proud to knov that our schools were so we'll repre- sented. Both the Tucson university and the normal schools exhibits re- cieved silver medals. We took espec- iaI pleasure in looking over the exhis bit from the Prescott schools and it ia an excellent one. 1 couldn't help wishing that the manual training and sewing departments had been in operas tion long enough to furnish some ex