The St. Louis Republic., 1904-08-31

1 ments for St Louis Day has unanimously
| adopted n resolution OF thanks to Mayor
| Silas Cook Of East st. Louis. for the In
interest he is taking In the celebration OF
St Louis Day, and his promise to call on
tho business men OF East st. Louis TO Join
the st. Louis merchants IN making the day
successful.
Mayor Rolla Wells will write to-day to
the Mayors OF ST. Charles. Alton. Belle
Vile, Edwardsville. Ferguson. Kirkwood.
Webster and other surrounding towns. ex-
tending them and the people OF their
towns a cordial invitation to Join tho peo-
ple OF East st. Louis In celebrating St.
Louis Day.
While the toddlers Of the Sunday schools
! are in the parade. Captain Pitcher of 1903
Pine street. who was born September 10.
1904. and will be loo years old st. Louis
Day, will rido In carriage In the pro-
cession. II he Is able to do so.
The st. Louis Credit Mems Association
through C. c. Child. its President. writes
to the ST. Louis Day Committee that
hearty support will be given by the Cred
1t Men to the celebration of September Is
at the Fair.
j. a. Lewis, Louis Renard. John W. Dom
nell and c. c. Childs have been appointed
subcommittee to cooperate with the
General Committee in making the day not
able.
Louis Brouser. Secretary OF the st. Louis
Paint. Oil and Drug Club sends in the fol-
lowing list of firms in his line that will
close September Is.
American LLnseed Company. American Can
Company. J. W. Allison. Anheuser-Busch Malt
Murine Company Berry Bros. G.td). Brown
OIL Company. Becker-Moore Paint Company
Burrows webber Company. Brown Manufac-
turing Company. Cleveland Varnish Company
Ed l.. Concannoh. Campbell Glass and Paint
Company. Columbia Can Company. Dodge q
Olco;t Eagle White Lead Company. A. A.
Aberson & Co. Grasselli Chemical Company
Gregg varnsh Company. Great Western Paint
and Color Company. Illinois Glass Company.
Kent and Purdy Paint Company. Keasbey q
Mattison. Henry J. Linncman Mell'er Drug
Company. Mound City Paint and Color Com
pany. Murphy varnish Company Nulsen
Klein & Krause Manufacturing Company. Ma
tional Lead Company. Parke. Davis & Co..
Platt 4 Thornburgh Paint Company. Peecock
Chemical Company. Robbins varnish Company.
Sultan Drug Company. J. d. Street & Co..
Sligo Iron Store Company. Tilden Company.
Waters Pierce OIL Company. C. II. W. Well
pot, whiteIaw Bros. Obear-Eester Glass
Works. Ozark Zinc oxide Company
BALLOON FLIGHT FEATURES.
In the way OF a special feature, Carl f.
Meyers. Aeronautical engineer Of the
Worlds Fair offers the following sugses-
tion for st. Louis Day:
To the Editor Of Tho st. Louis Republic:
In response to invitation for suggestion OF
special features for st. Louis Day. suggest
that Night Of two or moro hydrogen balloons
be made from the aeronau:io neld at an carly
hour. either simultaneously or at stated inter-
walls Of say, ten to thirty minutes apart. and
certainly not later than noon. for an nll-day
Journey. or for the longest time in air.
longe4t distances Travelled. the landing ncares.
TO Washington Monument. District OF Column
bia. and at least within 200 miles thereof: for
each Of which separate events the Exposition
offer Q prize Of $500. payable November l,
1904. to the winner UP TO that time among all
contestants.
Tho early flights would bring early Visitors
with whom early business could be done by T.
hibtors and would AFFORD contestants sufh-
cient daylight 10 make decent start before
nightfail. The aeronautic field Is the proper
place for such events. because ample arrange
nents eIis, here for housing and initiating the
balloons and for seating visitors.
confident. through much previous
periencc. that with suitable management
noon crowd exceeding any previously known
In st. Louis be conven!cnced. and
state from personal participation tina; over
100000 people assembled q single occasion at
scheney Park. Pttsburg. Pa, to witness
special double Night by Mrs. Myers and myself
at the noon hour. Very truly yours
CARL f. MYERS.
Aeronauticai Engineer. Airship Building.
Worlds Fair.