The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-19
Doing The Fair
In Day-Great Gathering Of Ed
itors-W Wonderful Exposition.

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in day if you hurry, and YOU car
be done" at the fair in fifteer
minutes if you don't watch out.
1t is a great show, TO tell Of the
wonders of which would fill all the
pages Of many issues of the Ex-
PRESS. We are not going TO try
tell you all about it today; ycu
must 60 and see it for yoursesf ia
appreciate il in all its immensity
and grandeur. We are just going
to spin you a short yarn Of the
editors visit.
There was a great assembling
Of the knights Of pen and scissors
at Oklahoma Press Association last
week. By the way, many of tie
Indian Territory quill pushers
are members Of this association
We feel at home among Oklahoma
brethren, and il IS to be hoped that
the two ASSOCIATIONS will soon
become one .as the two territories
will surely be.
Through the courtesies of the
Frisco and the Katy, two special
trains were placed at the disposal
Of the editors for a trip to the great
fair at St. Louis. II was our
good fortune TO join the Frisco
party. The train was composed
of eleven PuIlmans and two chair
cars all elegantly equipped in the
Frisco fashion. Mr.. c. W.Strain,
division passenger agent Of the
Frisco at Wichita did everything
that courtesy and generosity could
do for the pleasure Of his guests.
The train left Oklahoma City at
GAS p. M, Saturday. AT Chandler
o. T., Gov. Ferguson's special from
Guthrie, bearing his staff in uni
form and the military band Of for
ty pieces, was taken on. They
were jolly good fellows all, and cd
ilors and dignitaries continued
their Journey in high spirits.
The Frisco passes through one
Of the most picturesque portions
Of the entire country, making tie
trip itself especially enjoyable En-
Iering the youtheast portion of
the line traverses the
most beautiful portion Of the
Ozarks for miles and miles. The
scenery is a revelation to one who
has never seen it. Without the
Of the Rockies, the
0zarks present pictures of rustic
beauty, wooded delIs, forest clad
sides, clear winding
sire ms, that rival the most ceie-
Drated scenes in the Alleghanies
along the Pennsylvania line.
Our train arrived in St. Louis
At ? p. m. Sunday. The Oklahoma
Fair commissioners were
At the train, with special cars to
take the crowd to Forest Park.
Most Of the editors went to the
Inside Inn the big hotel Of 5, 500
rooms within the grounds. The
Inn is a good place to be taken
h" but you don't kick on any
hing in such a crowd.
St. Louis is the town where Joe
Folk lives. Ed Butler and his In
iians" also reside there but they
will probably be placed on re-
servation when Folk becom.s
St. Louis is also a
town where it rains sometimes
aud Monday was one of the rainy
days.
Rain, rain. ram and no end Of
mud. The editors, being delicate,
remained in doors, aud 50 it comes
about that the editor does the fair
IN one day-Tuesday.
The official guide tells VOW how
to see the fair in ten days
that's probably a better way to do
il. You could spend six weeks
studying the various ex-
hibits, We visited all the main
buildings; passed through the
Varied Industries building and
saw the keepers feeding them;
viewed The liberal arts and the
'cinohy'' arts and various other
breeds of arts; saw the tree hacked
hv the hatchet of the Industrious