The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18
BY PAUL EDWARDS.
stan corresponaent Of rhe caII.


CALL BUREAU, WORLDS FAIR,
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE commission
ers from the California counties to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition will
give an opening 1t will take place in
CaIfornia's space in the Palace of Ag-
riculture, and the custodians of the
county exhibits hope to make it the
vehicle for a good advertisement for
the State. The final touches are being
put on the exhibits in the California
section, and the general display will be
in its fairest form when the reception
is given. The county commissioners
organization will have the floor in the
entire space oiled, which will give
better appearance to the section, now a
small fair In itself and filled with va
ried beauties. There will be music at
the reception, as planned now, and an
nouncements will be made in the ST.
Louis papers so as to draw the largest
crowd possible and make the occasion
a noteworthy one. All Californians
will be invited to be present with
badges displayed and receive the Wis
itors and furnish information required
be asked to select a date for the open
ing. The expense will be paid by the
counties organization.
A fund for local advertising has also
been raised by the county commission
ers, and fair visitors will be informed
through various sources that the most
wonderful exhibit of the soils products
ever gathered together on the face of
the globe is to be seen in the California
section of the Palaces of Agriculture
and Horticulture. The object is to make
the California displays in these build
ings objects that must be seen" by
visitors who wish to see the fairs main
features.
Two aged bells, one of which rang
before the caravel of Columbus sighted
the outlying islands of the New World
are objects attracting curious throngs
at the New Mexico building. The COM
missioners of that Territory have made
a representative and comprehensive
display. Their building is of the Span
ish style of architecture, pretty and
tastefully furnished. NJ. w. Porterfield
of Silver City is manager here for the
New Mexico commission, and Mrs Sal
the building. ]. A. Graham of Roswell
is superintendent of the agricultural
and horticultural displays. Professor
H. A. Owen of the Silver City Normal
School has the educational exhibit in
charge, and that Of mines is under Pro-
fessor d. T. Riddell of the State Min
ing School at Socorro. An chronological
exhibit is also made, it being under the
care of Antonio Joseph Jr of Santa Fe
The Territorial commission consists Of
Charles A. Spiess, president; Carl A.
Dalies, vice president: Arthur Selig-
man, treasurer: w. B. Walton, secre-
tary; Herbert ]. Hagerman, Eusebio
Chacon and Fayette A. Jones.
The claim is made at New Mexico's
educational booth that she maintains
at public expense a greater number of
institutions for higher education in
proportion to population than any State
in the Union. The exhibit shows the
facilities for instruction to be the best.
A unique feature of this display Is a
collection of bird skins, prepared by
pupils and illustrating the varieties Of
birds of New Mexico.
In her mining section New Mexico
shows an almost endless variety of
minerals. She makes an extensive dis
play of iron and coal in large blocks
and also shows sulphur, mineral paints,
mica, asbestos. copper, zinc and lead.
The zinc specimens are particularly at
tractive and were prepared by the So
zorro School Of Mines. A rich display
of gold and silver ores is made Models
OF a turquoise mine and a typical min