The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-04-22

st. Louis correspondence:
No matter how carefully ono may have
read OF tho wonders of tho Worlds Fair,
the visitor cannot conceive of its great
magnitude. impressive beauty and in
tensciy interesting character until he
visits it.
The 1904 Worlds Fair is the only
great exposition to be complete and ready
for the opening of the gates on the rime
appointed. In Il newspapers limited
spnce it is absolutely impossible to de-
scribe, or even catalogue, all of the fca-
lures thai will appeal To the visitor.
The inside Inn solves one great prob
lem-hotel accommodations. y month
before the opening this great hosiery,
with accommodations Tor 6.O00 guests,
was ready for the reception of guests.
1T is the largest hotel in the world. and
Is entirely within the exposition grounds.
Features of its equipment are 900
sleeping rooms. The kitchen is 2Go feet
long and - feet wide. There are ST
feet oC range. thirty steam roastcrS, veg
etahle cookers and soup stock kettles;
four dish washing machines with a ca
pacity Of 10000 pieces OF china an hour;
a battery of 10 mammoth coffee urns.
There ~ a sub-kitchen, a laundry. n bak-
cry and a store room, all in the base
ment. \ force of 1900 trained employees
are required to operate the hotel.
Tho rates prevailing Mt the Inside Inn
are controlled by the Exposition man
agement, and they do not exceed those
charged ut any firstclass hotel in ST.
Louis in ordinary times. On the Euro
pean plan the Worlds Fair visitor may
be comfortably located for S1,50 per day,
including admission to the exposition.
Prices Tor a luxurious room with bath
range up to So per day.
Thirty-eight of the States OF the Union
have erected magnificent club houses in
the wooded section of Forest Park. and
have created what is called the Plateau
OF States. Every type of approved ar
chitectare is represented. The Worlds
Fair visitor. no matter from what sec
ton, will find Tire hospitable portals of
these mansions always open to him.
Despite the immensely of the Worlds
Fair grounds, covering. as they do, 1910
acrcs-two square milcs-every section
Is of easy access. Thirty-five miles of
splendid roadway intcrsect the grounds.
The lntra Mural Railroad. with IA miles
of tracks, whisks the visitors to any see
ton in rapid time on the payment of one
fare. The miniature steam railways
have 10 miles of track and complete the
most elaborate transportation scheme
ever designed for any exposition.
The Cascade feature of the Wcsld's
Fair. the center of the main picture
Cor beauty and grandeur totally %cclipses
all the courts of honor of former great
0yINSitIpUa- - trycto1 v-ntnrc s,,ri,uinu
from three monumental fountains. plunge
down as many cascades n distance of 300
feet, With a fall of so feet. and enter
the grand basin. Here the waters di-
vide and fill two miles OF marble-revetted
lngoons two miles in length. beautiful
and picturesque small craft ply these
waters and afford the Worlds Fair Wis
ltor an unrivalled view of the majestic
architecture of the splendid structure o.
the main exhibit palaces.
Eleven million dollars will scarcely
cover the United States governments
participation i'll this greatest of all
Worlds Fairs. The government building
IL the largest, handsomcst and most eX-
pcnsive ever built for exposition pur-
poses by any government. In it are I'M
rivalled displays by the Smithsonian In
%stitrte, the Navy. War, Postofice. Treas
ury. Agriculture and other departments.
The display of big guns is made outside
of the building, and the largest and
most powerful gun ever made are
mounted and manned by Uncle Sans
most expert artillery men. The Govern
mcnt Fisheries, in one of the most grace
fnl of the many handsome structures,
possesses exhibits of the keencst interest.
A group, Of sea lions, q school of stur-
seons and other animals and fish of the
sea sport in M immense pool in the
center OF the structure. The denizens of
the sea. lakes and streams are shown in
great glass tanks OF clear water. Inter-