Arizona republican., 1904-09-25

This is notably the case regarding the Arizona building at the worlds fair.
 MT. Seip says that while the Arizona
 building undoubtedly has the distinc 'ion of being the smallest structure on
 the ground, it is nevertheless one Of the neatest and prettiest when the Observ-
 CT will separate himself from the over snadowing thought of its littleness. He | says it is the best appointed state | building for the purpose intended, with l the possible exception of the New Mex leo building and he fails to see where the commission could have done better with the funds at their disposal. That
 no building was needed and the money could have been better expended in eG- | hibits may be true but the commis-
 sioners aver that the exposition man. | agement demanded the erection of a building before they would permit oth-
 CT exhibits, so they could only do the | best possible under the circumstances
 The Arizona building, says MT. Seip
 is costly and comfortably furnished and
 the visitor who stops in its pariors to
 rest enjoys a comfortable homelike | feeling not found in the stately halls | of the larger structures Of the exhib-
 its MT. Seip has little to say except
 that they are good what there is of
 them, the show in the agricultural | building being the most attractive of
 all.
 Many returning tourists have men | toned the fact that outside the ex- | hibition grounds can be found in one | certain locality at least, more kinds of
 vice to the square inch than almost anywhere else on earth. All agree to
 this fact but MT. Seip is the first to | explain why it is a fact. He says the ! r.Tr.c proximity to the fair grounds and the | jurisdiction of the St. Louis county au- 1 thorities ceases at that line of course. | The thugs, black-legs, crooks and vii | ciOus elements generally. have fixed ! the officials of the adjoining county
 who permit them to dictate in great
 measure the practices that shall pre- vail. If some offended person begins l action he has to go to the county seat | some distance away and before papers | car be served, even when the authori- | ties are not standing in, the offending parties have been given the tip and cannot be found. All manner of gamb- | ling enterprises, are cOnductei to fleece | the Unwary- Faro, roulette, shell | games, etc, are in evidence and though | they are all crooked % they are tame l compared to many of the straight hold | up devices that are operated Every l influence from music to Pretty women | is employed to decOy tho visitor over l the dead line. There ale more free l shows than Rube ever dreamed wre
 in the world before, but there is 9 joker l behind each one and a visitor needs | to be next" to himself to safely run
 the guantlet. 4 line of guards is pIac-
 ed along the county line to warn the
 visitors that they wont do a thing to 1 hut 2, H,rr-
 is no use. The great American curi- 1 osity has to be satisfied.
 ! Continuing to discuss the subject of l free shows and amusements, Mir. Seip ! agrees with others that Coney Island
 as a real lively "fDolIsh show has got the Pike badly Outclassed. Dreauland contains about everything in the world | that can be devised for the amusement
 of the public generally. at least all the | better class of exhibitions ard a lot 1 that are not so good. including a. great many free shows that Of course are
 only a bait to serve the purpose of the ticket sellers at the other attractions. And outside of Dreamland there are in- numerabIe smaller private amusement enterprises, some Of which are well worth the price of admission and some that are very snide.
 Another bit of information secured from Mir. Selp Is respecting Oscar
 Jones, pitcher Of the Brooklyn team of the National baseball league. Mr. Seip feels a personal interest in Jones partly because he is a Phoenix boy,
 but more because he used to employ
 him and some years ago taught him
 the poetry of making cigars at so
 much per thousand. Mir. Seip says that while the Brooklyn team is play ing scandalous baseball this year.
 Jones is personally making good record. He saw him both in Pittsburg
 and Brooklyn and when he saw him
 last he had pitched thirty-eight games | and won twenty of them. It is a mat ter of newspaper comment that Mana ger Hanlon wants to dispose of about eleven of his fifteen players as soon
 as he can, but it is a sure thing that
 Jones is one of the four men who will
 still be left to draw to. MT. Seip says
 Oscar is looking well, doing well and saving his money.