The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-14
MAINE EXHIBITS AT ST. LOUIS
The Maine Building Success.

The Maine Building a Success.
E. NJ. Blanding, editor of the Indus.
trial Journal. recently returned from
ST. Louis and has given his readers a
very interesting account of the Exposi-
ton. Of the Maine building and ex-
hibits he says:
| The State of Maine building attracts
much attention because of the unioue-
ness of its design and it is visited daily
by large numbers. Designed by John
Calvin Stevens, one of Names best
known architects, and constructed of
Maine logs by workmen from Maine,
and put up under the general supervis-
ion of Hon. Louis b. Goodall, Chair
man of the Maine Commissioners to
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the
Maine headquarters are now complete
and elicit much favorable comment
from visitors. Chairman Goodall, Sec
rotary SWEET and their associates have
! had many obstacles to contend with,
but in the face of difficulties with
which the people at home are not IA
! miliar, during the most stormy and dis
agreeable spring perhaps ever known in
the southwest, and with strikes innum
cradle on every hand, the work forged
ahead to completion and the Maine
building opened its doors to visitors
shortly before our arrival. In one i'm
portant particular | am specially
pleased and that is to find in these hot
June days it is the most cool and com
Portable of the myriad structures rear
ed Oh the Plateau of States, while it is
doubtful it there is on the entire Expo
sition grounds an edifice that will com
pare with it in this regard. The spa
cious interior of the Maine headquar-
ters admits of the advantageous display
of pictures and exhibits and this has
been utilized to good effect. Conspicu-
ously displayed are large Oil paintings
of His Excellency Governor John F.
Hill, Ex-V Vice President Hannibal Ham
lin, and Names first Governor, Hon.
William King. There is a large array
of scenic views, the Poland Spring
House and the Samoset at Rockland
BreakWater being prominent.
There are large and eXquisitely
colored views along the Bangor 4
Aroostook Railroad and also some very
striking illustrations of Aroostook
potatoes. Considerable space is given
to a superb display of Iamson Prints
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has been contributed by the Maine
Historical Society a portrait of Long
fellow and views of the poets home. A
game and birds from the Bangor taxi
denny establishment of the S. L..
Crosby Company attracts much atten-
ton. Therei is a large case showing the
handsome plush goods made by the
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creditable exhibit by the Haskell Silk
Company of Westbrook. Numerous
samples of Maine granite are shown,
largely from the quarries i'll Hancock,
Knox and Washington counties. Burn
ham & Morrill, make large show of
canned goods. The Maine building has
a big book where visitors register, and
there is also commodious reading
room, where leading Maine newspapers
and magazines are to be found. Chair
! man Goodall has made three trips to
st. Louis, remaining there six weeks on
his latest visit, and has been iDdefatig-
able in his efforts to advance Maine
interests, while his associate Commits
sioners have generally made one or
| more trips there. Secretary f. G..
SWEET, who is in charge of the Maine
building, is polite and obliging official,
extending a warm welcome to all Wis
itors. Ralph Haskell, University of
Maine student, has been at the build
ing during June and has assisted in
various ways. Chairman Goodall in
forms us the formal dedication of the
Maine building will take place October
9th.
Names part in the great Exposition,
outside of the State of Maine building
and the exhibits therein, is not extern
sive. In the Manufacturers Building
the Sanford mills make a handsome
display of their plush goods. In the
Mining Building Hiram Kicker 4 Sons
make a highly creditable exhibit of
| Poland Spring mineral water. In the
Agricultural Building there is good
array of ArOostoOk potatoes, while in
/ the Horticultural Building Maine APP
pies are shown. In the Fish and Game
Building S. w. & W. l.. Steward of
| Monson have booth where they offer
for sale paintings of fish, hand painted
paddles and souvenirs of the Maine
woods. 1t will be of interest to Maine
people to hear that the Administration
/ group of buildings form part of the
/ future seat of Washington University,
! a tlourishing institution long identified
with st. Louis, and the Chancellor of
which is Winfield Scott Chaplin, ma
tive of Bangor and in years gone by a
member of the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Maine. 1t is also pleasing to
note that among the sculpture that
adorns the great Exposition city is to
be seen the skillful handiwork of a ma.
tive of Maine, the female figure of
Iowa in the Colonnade of States and
also the graceful figure representing
Renaissance Art over the central and
permanent portion of the Palace of
Fine Arts having been executed by
Carl Tefft, son of DR.. H. F. Tefft Of
Brewer.