The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-27

and above-above the logon and the
green turf and the fountains, looking
out over the plain and possessinglit-
the nations younger daughters, in all
the wonder OF their strength and their
beauty and their youth.
The Louisiana Purchase, of which
the st. Louis Fair commentaries the
one-hundredth anniversary, was the
acquiring by the United States from
Napoleon of France and all the land
west of the Mississippi, north of
Texas, and, loosely speaking, east Of
the western slope of the Rocky Noun.
talns. This vast area, out Of which
have been carved the Indian Territory
and Oklahoma, and the States of
Louisiana, Arkanas, Missouri, Iowa,
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, the Dakotas, Montana
and part of Idaho, was bought for the
absurd sum of sl5,0Oo,o0o Napoleon
was hard pressed in Europe at the
time, there seemed to be possibilities
that the opposition to him might be
carried to the point at attacking the
French possessions on this continent
west OF the Mississippi, and, finally,
on grounds of immediate expendiency
and as a result of skilful American
diplomacy, the First Consul offered to
sell this whole priceless territory for
60, 600, 900 francs. 1t seems almost In
credible now that the knowledge in
America OF the land west Of the Mis-.
sissippt was at that time so utterly
vague that there was strong opposi-
tion to Jefferson's IS plan, and that the
price was looked upon by many solid
men as eXhorbitant and the whole
scheme chimerical The treaty was
at last signed and the purchase eff
fected on April 80, 1880. This pur-
chase, which gave to the future Unit.
ed States over one million square
miles of territory and the full posses.
sion of the Mississippi, was the CROWN
ing event at Jetferson's administra-
tion.
AS far as size goes, the ST. Louis
Fair will break all RECORDS. With it's
1,240 acres, the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition is twice as big as the Chi
cago Fair, four times as big as the last
Paris Exposition, and larger than the
Columbian Exposition, the Pan-Amer.
ican, and the Centennial combined.
The generous people OF st. Louis,
who allowed good part OF their
beautiful wooded Forest Park to
be razed to a clay wilderness. on which /
to build the exposition, have some
reason to think it is too big. In a
general way, the grounds are about
two miles long and mile wide. The
main lagoon is 600 feet wide, the lesser
"aisles" leading up to Festival Hall
are 300 feet wide. The approximate
cost Of the Exposition will be S5O,OOO.-
600, of which St. Louis furnished slO,-
100000. Thirty-six foreign nations
will make disDlays-France, Germany,
Mexico, England, China, and Japan
each spending half million dollars.
The United States Government Build
ing has cost II similar amount. The
Art Palace. a permanent structure,
cost Slightly less than one million dol
lars. The statistics of the main build
ings or "palaces" are as follows: Pal
ace of Liberal Arts, 525 by 75O feet,
cost S47500O: Palace of Mines and
Metallurgy, 600 by 1900 feet, cost
S49S,000; Palace of Manufactures, 600
by l.20o feet, cost s7l9,399; Palace of
525 by $50 feet, cost 3l9, 999
Palace of Varied Industries, 525 by
|, 200 feet, cost s6O4,0OO: Palace Of
525 by 730 feet. cost $780,
940: Palace of Transportation, 600 by
l 300, S696.00o: Palace of Machinery,
500 by 1,300 feet cost s496,597; Wash
ington University Buildings, cost
81, 600, 1000, used by Exposition; Palace
Of Agriculture, 500 by 1000 feet coy
ers nineteen acres. cost s529,94O; Pal
ace of Horticulture, 400 by 800 feet,
cost $22S,O00 Rose Garden, four acres
in area, $4,000 rose trees, Livestock
exhibit covers thirty-seven acres of
woodland.
The main building are only half the
show. Wherever possible, the man.
agement economized floor space by
putting exhibits out-of-doors. Some
idea Of the necessity of this economy
may be gathered from the fact that
there were enough applications from
breakfastfood manufacturers alone to
more than fill all four miles Of aisles
in Agricultural Hall. "Life color, mo-
tion, operating exhibits" have been
the passwords to the big exhibition
halls, and exhibitors have been urged
to show the process of manufacture
rather than the completed articles.
Here are more of the "bigness" figures
taken haphaZard from the apparently
limitleSS supply: Largest pina oroan