The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-06-03
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION

The artlcleiin the hst issue of the
the st. Louis exposition
was probably a little toshighfaultin"
'fnr the doW,rigften,oYmcnt of most
readers of,Aewspayess Of this charae-
rte.; and, in that the writer has beet
asked>so many times since his return
'uf his impressions "of the. show-how
iitGompares with ;Cflicago, or Buffalo,
or OmaiE~and what Kind of a time he
had anyhow, that IL Short bill of par
ticlilaES wall be lead with more 'it.-
,to,est' tllan'lhe article which appear
ed last weAt..
asa starter, is'proper to say THAI
1.-THE, exposition will not be completed
within'tsw months.,.and the first i'm
preston is that the show should rot
have beesl opened unit 1905. At the
same time tt.ereis barge wonder thatso
much couFd have been accomplished
in the time alIotedsuo the work. The
exhibition iDLiildings.are all completed
and the state'bulIdings as well. But
there are many ooti,er exhibition
buildings forspecial exhibits stillun-
finished particularly those Of foreign
countries. The exhibits in many of
1.-THE main'butldings are still in their
original pHcloageS and the space allot-
led to them still III pro yress Of con-
struotion. In all expesitions of tliis
character thcrciisan immense amount
I'0f work sdone in tile buildings after
!'they ARE completed ,on the part of
'those who make exhibits. Each for
i,eisn country, to illustrate, builds
structure of its own within the build
ing, whether it be asmall booth, "a
SERIES d''thenl or the NEST elaborate
'dft OF Structural work costing into the
thousands Of dollars All this takes
weeks of,wouh after / the ,a1ain build
ing is all complete, Then more weeks
ere requiredrto unpacll and arrange
the exhibits. In the agricultural
'bNl}dingffor instance, there is ample
1l0amlto place ,a,sr ore ormere of corn
pnlacesflully as lag as the one at
M'Ttchell'and then9e 9eaye room for hun
tlretls ofsstate and foreign exhibits on
sa!bmostas large a scale. Ii you Will
imM;ine.s building in kimball with
nMe corner where c. H. TinNl's barn
stands, tho olher ate. G. LoWsa's house
and Che north end on the railroad
tracl1'ffom- tie coaEshedS to Ochsner's
warrdlWuse,' 'osyerhlg every buiNaing on
Maiin srreetffsr 200 feet on caoi. side,
you ll'Eaye ami idea OF the size sad ca
paciity of this buildiag. And there
are ThirGeen' other buildings on almost
the satIc gigantic scale, to q hich
must 'be added forty state buMlings
and amy number Of lesser ones. The
state buildings alone cost as muc2- as
the ctTtiife Paris exposition, whic& at
the tinne was considered a whorper
The Sit. Isorisshow costsnore tha<. all
the other .eXpositions ,ecmbined-Ap-
ward Of 4'aC. 100000. 1t is the biggest
thing OF t'kle kintit,he world has ever
known atstl 1T lis likely ru:lan anyone
now living @lll.eves see'it.equalled.
For this reason L wyouldxsuvise eyer+-
sone who c:anpossible spare the money
u see it. To those who dih not see
a.lc Chicago ror Buffalo exposition a :,
MSsit to st. Louis this year " i'll nevert
bt forgotten.
80 my notion, however. the st. Louis
exposition notas; pretty or attractive
as the one at Cfraeago.oc Buffalo.T This
notsi thstandinG the greater beauty
Of tins buildings. The st. Loais en-
poSitilln covers t.s40 acres, OF which
the enormous area of G2S acres are
underwood. The agricultural suild-
ing alone covers a space Of p acres.
The Chicago show covered less tk1an
half the area. but so admirably ar
ranged were the buildings aad SO well
adapted Was the ground that ore
could catch the charm OF it all at a
glance in Gny one Of many locations
'Thc same MAY be said OF the Buffalo
There is such thing as
giving one toe much for his money.
l. 4fc oU. 1LOAAe CAVOSlIlOll IldN UCCI
laid out in natural forest, amid hill
and dale and there are but few places
where one can drink in the beauty of
it all. At Chicago the buildings
we're all pure white, and so beautiful
were they that the Court CT Honor
will forever remain in the mind OF
everyone who saw it. AT Buffalo the
buildings were done in soft and blend
ed shades of brown and their electrl-
cal illumination is not equaled at ST.
Louis. The buildings of the St. Louis
show are light cream color and the
same general effect has been carried
out in the state buildings with the ex-
ception of the South Dakota building
of which more anon And the
beauty of them all-particularly the