The border vidette., 1904-05-21
ARIZONA AT THE FAIR.
Return of Secretary St. Claire from
 St. Louis.

Secretary Ii. Is So- Clair, or tht worlds fair commission for this terri tory, returned on Sunday from the oreat exposition where he went to as sist in the installation of ArIzona 5 exhibits. Mir St Claire says that the shown. made by this territory will be a very good one and that great benefit will undoubtedly result.
 Only the mining exhibit is complete and in it's place. Shortly before he left St. Louis the work of installing tke fruit exhibit was commenced There was a carload of oranges, lemons and grape fruit. The lemons and grape fruit were p't on exhibition first and attracted the most favorable comment by the newspapers. The greater part of the fruit IS being kept in cold storage and it will be brought out as 1t is needed so that It Will always have the appearance of fresh ness As the season advances thi@ exhibit will be increased by further shipments from the territory.
 The agricultural exh h,bit Is also beln- put in place and that has also been given great deal of space by the St Louis newspapers. There has been more delay in installing all the eA- hibits and generally in getting the rx position ready than had been expected. This IS due to the congestion ot traffc on the railroads and in getting the materials transferred to the fair grounds. The transfer business was oiven to a concessionaire known as the General Service company, which has been found to be unabis to keep up xy,tb the work cut out for It.
 At the time Mr. St. Claire left St Louis the education exhibit of Ari- zons had not been received. Mir. St. Claire though had seen considera bie mart of it after it's collection here and he believes that 1t will compare favor ably ,n every respect except size with the exhibits from the other states and territories.
 The Arizona building will be con- nleted this week. It was found neces sary to make 1t twice as large as was first intended and when 1t IS finished It will be 0 small but very attractive place with sodded grounds and shrub bery about it. It has been fitted with chairs and sofas and man Is in charge to give visitors a pleasant welcome.
 The commission did not intend iu the beginning tc put any money at all into q building. It realized that It could not enter into an architectural competition with the other states and territories and 1t believed that quarters in lieu of building could be secured in che Insite Inn. But the commits sion was unable to secure quarters anywhere and was compelled to put m q building. It was done with the least possible expense so that more money could be saved for the four ex- hibits and so that there would still be enough money left to take the exhibits to the Lewis and Clark exposition.
 Mir. St. Claire said that on the date of the official opening of the fair not more than sixty per cent of the build inps of the states and foreign govern ments had been finished and many o' them are not finished yet. All Of the exhibits are not yet installed.
 At the time he left, the paid admis sions to the fair grounds averaged be- tween 35.OOO and 10000. In addi tion to these there are employes and others holding passes to the number oi about 27 ,000. It IS the general i'm pression that this will be the greatest fair ever held in the world. The at tendance will soon be tremendous. but all who attend will be taken care of St. Louis is A good entertainer. Price: are not unrea sonably high. Ihs visitor may make his stay there as ex pensive as he pleases. but nt the same time he may live comfortably and se' things with very reasonable outlay -Phoenix Republican.