Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-10-05
THINGS
AT THE
FAIR
Salmon From Oregon One
of the Chief
Features

st. Louis, Oct. 4.-Seeing so many
New Jersey mosquitoes, Holsters, ma
rine worms, Dungeness crabs from
Seattle and pink salmon eggs from
the Columbia river has given me
"creepy feeling" and made me so
nervous | can't sleep. But John has
his mind set on the mosquito exhibit
and we had to see it, and as a con.
sequence | am seized with an irresist-
ible impulse to "swat" something
every time hear a buzzing sound.
But the mosquito display was in
teresting after all. We found it in
the forestry and fisheries building
and also found much to our surprise
that this was one of the most inter
esting and instructive buildings at
the fair. The exhibit is not intended
to convey the impression that mos.
quitoes are New Jerseys only prod
uct. If my memory serves me right
New Jersey also produces a good
brand of lightning, at least 1 have
often heard "New Jersey lightning"
referred to as being something awful
rapid. But the lightning is not on
exhibition here. The mosquito ex.
hibit is the work of the New Jersey
experiment station and is intended to
show the methods that have been put
into operation for exterminatiug the
pest. There are millions of mosquit.
oes in bottles and pinned to cards,
ring-legged salt marsh mosquitoes,
dapple-wing mosquitoes, pitcher plant
mosquitoes, common house mosquitoes,
woodland pool mosquitoes, enough to
raise blisters on the face of common
humanity. There were large charts
showing the mosquitoes s digestive
system, also cross section of his
lancet, or "proboscis" a foot long.
There was large picture of a mos
quito lin the act of biting"
"I hope you notice that is female
mosquito" said John. "The male
mosquito is as harmless as Scotch
Collie dog. He never bites any
one."
By this time / was inspecting the
salmon hatchers which showed the
entire process of Matching the Colum-
bia river Chinook salmon from pink
eggs about the size of peas. Steel
baskets were sunk in running water
showing the stages of development
from the larvae to the live minnows.
An interesting feature of the salmon
exhibit was the miniature canning
factory of the Alaska Association. In
this building we saw Duugeness crabs
and all sorts of marine life from the
state of Washington, marine worms
and deep sea reptiles by the biological
association Of the United Kingdom,
and all varieties Of growing oysters
and clans. The oysters in the Vir-
ginia exhibit taxed johns credulity
so heavily that he pulled a measuring
rule from his pocket and asked the
privilege of measuring one of the
bivalves. Like all men John has the
measuring habit" He wanted to
measure the great picture by Rem
brandt, "The Night Watch" brought
here by Holland and exhibited in the
Rembrandt house, and it was with
great difficulty that ! restrained him.
But permission to measure the
oyster was readily granted and we
found il measured just eight and one.
half inches across the she'll. What a
glorious boon one Of these Virginia
oysters would be to "ehurch socia.
able" Half the oyster could be
used for the soup and the rest served
in steaks or outlets.
Here we saw specimens Of animals
and woods indigenous to every state
as well as exhibits from japan, Ger
many and South American countries.
Here are Georgia and Oregon white
pine, Montana spruce and cottonwood,
California redwood cherry, birch,
ash, white cedar, aud thousand
other varieties Of woods native to
American soil.