The Dickinson press., 1904-05-28
ST. LOUIS WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
A Ten-Days' Trip to the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition by the North Dakota
Press Association.

A party of "A North Dakota press peo-
pie left st. Paul the morning Of May IS
in the special car Rutland via The Bur
lington for a Io-days' trip to the St.
Louis exposition. The trip was arrang-
ed by Grant Hager and was complete in
every detail and cost the members but Il
moderate sum.
Arriving in the Union depot-the Sec
ond best in the world-Boston south sta
ton stands frst-in St. Louis a few min
utes before 7 o'clock Monday morning,
it was a disappointment to find it rain.
All Worlds Fair street cars are plain.
ly placarded and run directly to the
grounds. Our party was booked for the
Inside Inn and by inquiry secured a car
running direct to an entrance leading
to it.
The Inside Inn is a mammoth hotel
just inside the grounds. 1t cover 10
acres, has 1850 rooms, 1900 employees
and can accommodate 5000 to 1000 peo-
pie. 1t is modern in all its equipment
and gives good service everywhere. The
American plan dining.room seats 1900
people at a time and the European side
900. Each table seats six and there is a
good American waitress for each table
in the big room. Men serve as walters
in the other room. 1t is not necessary
to give tips to get good and quick service.
Rooms can ,be had from $3.50 to $3.50
per day 80 that good accommodations
can be had at $3.50 to $3.50 per day.
The higher priced rooms are fitted with
bath, etc. BY sending S to the Inside
Inn a reservation a be made and a
room secured on Io-days' notice at any
time, the advance money applying on
cost of accommodation selected. The
management is responsible and people
who visit the Fair will find that much
time can be saved by stopping at the
Inside Inn. 1t also saves the gate ad.
mission of soc, and hotel accommoda.
tons IN the city are said to be no cheaper.
One thing is certain, people cannot
afford to be fooled into the idea of taking
a boat trip such as is offered by the Elk.
position Transportation Co.-board and
lodging furnished while you visit the
Fair. The boats stop IS miles out and
no one wishes to go that distance after a
days work sight seeing.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
The louisiana Purchase Exposition is
a %stupendous afair-the greatest in the
history Of the world. 1t opened April sc
and will continue until Dec /. The
magnitude, the wonders and spendors
Of the St. Louis Exposition will speedi'
ly impress all visitors on entering the
grounds. 1t is true that there are many
exhibits still incomplete, but there is
enough for everyone to see now and
those who cannot get away in the fall
and can now, or in midsummer, should
avail themselves OF the opportunity.
The fair has cost a mint Of money, es'
timated at not less than fifty million
The people of St. Louis gave $1,000
900 in personal subscriptions; the city
voted a gift of 100000 and half of the
beautiful Forest Park as asite; Congress
gave outright 100000 and lent to the
tair $~4,6ooooo MORE. All of this $4,000
900 has been spent in making the grounds
building the exhibit palaces, inducing
the cooperation of foreign government:
and our own States, and in advertising
the fair.
The United States Government has
moreover, spent SI,65o,ooo on its owl
exhibit, and the Philippine Island exhib
it represents 100000. Fifty-one state!
and territories are represented by com
prehensive exhibits, and forty-three O
them have buildings on the grounds
the appropriations and subscriptions O
these states to purposes of the fair, vary
ing from Missouri's 100000 to Maine!
$4,000, amount to s7,I42,ooo. Most o
the foreign governments have large anc
valuable exhibits, and all the great ones
except Russia, have building IS, the ap
preparations of foreign participants hav
ing been a few thousand more than sew
en- million dollars. Germany and France
have spent more money than any othe
governments, something more than on
million dollars each. England, China
and Japan spent half a million dollar
each, and Mexico nearly as much. Tn
show places on the Pike are extravaganza
apparently, in their cost as in their archi
lecture; some of them, particularly tn,
"Tyrolean Alps" and "Creation", hav'
cost three-quarters of a million dollar
each, which is also the cost of the build
ing "Jerusalem".
THE PIKE
The Pike is to the St. Louis fair wha
the Midway was to the Chicago fair, ex
cept more so. The place is very popu
lar and the number of amusements ar
48. They are a much higher class of al
fractions than was found at Chicago, til
average general admission being 25e
The estimated total cost of seeing a
the Pike attractions is placed at $40, an
a person has a chance to spent man
times that sum-. Among the best {
these attractions is the German Tyrolea
Alps. Here the visitor gets a trip b
rail through Alpine scenes. The Iris
Industrial exhibition is also among tn
very best. The village includes the fir!
and greatest exhibit Of Irish national il
dustries, and such features as the Rock
Road to Dublin, Cormac's Chapel, Jaun
ing Cars, the ancestral Mckinley HON
a reproduction of the old House of Pa
liment at Dublin and Blarney Castl
which serves the purpose Of a large the;
ter. Hagenbeck's trained and will
animals is also a splendid show. Tt
Galveston Flood, the Fire Fighters, I'll
Naval Exhibition, the Creation and
Trip to Siberia are some of the best a
fractions and are we'll worth the admi
sion to anyone. Ladies should see to
however, that their husbands do not Il
, often visit mysterious Asia.
:. PRESS WEEK.
The week ending May II was know
as press week. 1t was the meeting
r the Press Pertinent of the World ar
the National Editorial association. Fo
: ty.one different associations were repr
sented. The St. Louis Exposition ga,
the press visitors many courtesies, SUI
: as free lntramural Ry. tickets and
general ticket of admission to near
everything on the grounds. The new
paper people appreciated and made II
most of the privileges.
S NORTH DAKOTA EXHIBIT. H.
The North Dakota commission b
made a very creditable exhibit in IL
r agricultural building. 1t is %attractir
attention on all sides and should be Sc,
y to be appreciated. All Stark and Bill
ings county people should visit the d
+ partmsnt where they will see tho han
soonest exhibit for the money expend,
e of any place On the grounds, and tn,
=, will find Lieut.. Gov. Bartlett and his alb
, staff very courteous to all and Especial
anxious to do favors to the North Oak
= ia people. The Dickinson Fire & Pres