Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-12-07
CLOSING DAYS
 OF EXPOSITION
Some Facts Figures
 Concerning It.
Description of Some of Its PrOmin- ent Buildings, and What Has
 Been Accomplished.

St. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 70, Editor Journal -Miner-We all know that the St. Louis exposition was instituted for thespurpose of commemorating the greatest realsestate transaction record ed in history. Some say that it was gotten up for the purpose of wringing money from the unsuspecting public and of course anything done. on such gigantic scale is bound to take on good many of the objectionable feat ures of money making schemes, but anyone who comes .bere for the pur pose of seeing the really wonderful things to be seen, cannot fail to be satisfied at the expenditure of his money if he has been wise enough to economize5b strength and time by devoting a few moments every day to study of the exposition by looking over the guide books and other books of information which are easily ob tainable all over the ground. The ex- hibits are remarkably we'll grouped both with regard for the instruction and convenience of the visitor and in viewing the vast array, one wonders how it could all have been done, and must conclude that the management of this exposition has been in compe- tent hands.
 The Louisiana Purchase cost the United States government S15, GOO, GOO and from the territory thus acquired twelve states and two territories have | been carved. The cost of celebrating i this event one hundred years later has been more than $50, GOO, OO0. This includes the cost of planning and lay
 ing out the 1240 acres of ground which
 has been most beautifully and artis- tically done, the erection of the great buildings one of which, The Fine Arts cost more than a million dollars and the installing of the exhibits.
 I think I mentioned some of the large buildings in my last article and hope I shall not srepeat anything have already written in this article.
 The largest building on the ground is the agricultural place, built on the slope of hill without any cutting away, but the building is built to fit the contour of the hill and the upper end is sixteen feet higher than the lower, but one doesn't realize it either inside or in walking through the aisles, only inside one wonders until he knows how it is that he gets such good view of the interior from one end of the hall. Coming down on car the other day heard man say in tragic tones to boy, "Do you know that 1 have walked 975 miles today" The boy said, "That ain't far, I've walked all through the agricultural building up one aisle and down the other. This building covers twenty acres and it is estimated that if one walks all through it and sees every ex- hibit, he walks nine miles. The exhi- bits are interesting indeed. Here are gathered samples of all the agricuItur- al products of the world, with the most improved machinery for planting, har- vesting and marketing them. The en- tire agricultural exhibit is a demon stration of the desirability and prac- ticability of scientific methods in farming. The corn and cotton display are immense there being large figures done in each by the states of Missis- sippi and Illinois. In here I learned that we now export large amount of rice each year whereas few years ago we were importing in large quantities to supply our home market. Outside of the palace of agriculture is a floral clock which is a masterpiece of floral art as we'll as skilled mechanism. The great hands move and mark the time of day as correctly as any clock or watch and the bell tolls the hour and can be heard a distance of two miles. The face and figures of the clock were a mass of floral bloom in their season but it is too cold for flowers now, and when the bell strikes the hour the door of the house which encloses the machinery of the clock opens and the works of the clock are shown to view The horticultural building is near the agricultural and the finest display by far is made by California. Great punches of fruit are shown so carefully and we'll preserved that they look as though they had been plucked but yesterday. Tons of nuts and dried fruits are displayed and the latest methods of caring for and producing crops are described. The horticultural exhibit is good, but Arizona's exhibit iS pOor bofb in fba aurio1If1raI o,,d