Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-03

be issued, calling attention to the
special arrangements for the firsI
week In July at the exposition, In be
half of that rich Canadian province,
No exposition enterprise ever has
received such signal honor as the OF
ficial actions OF those five executives
viii bestow. Hut public interest II
the centennial Is by no means confin
ed TO the Pacific northwest. From
every state In the union, during the
exposition period, of -four and a hall
months, large parties Of sightsoers are
arranging TO visit Portland to see the
exposition and take In" the beauties
Of the surrounding country. The rail
roads have arranged a ate of one
fare for the round trip from all points
east of Chicago and st, Louis. while
from these points the rate will be ever
less than one fare.
The exposition Is not In any sense
a merely local affair. The United
States government Is spending nearly
a million dollars In It's participation,
IT'S buildings and grounds occupying
more than fifty acres. Ten states have
erected handsome buildings on the
grounds, and every important Euro.
pean and Oriental nation Is installing
representative exhibits. Japan alone
occupies more than half the space in
me of the big palaces of exhibits and
IS clamoring for more space.
CALIFORNIA; part In the exposition is
an important item. The visitor from
the east will find In the gerat four
pronged building erected by Califor-
MIA. which %reproduces the architectur.
al features Of four of the famous old
Franciscan missions, a veritable cpl
tome of the states riches-gold. fruits,
wines and all the wonderful products
VI Una ldIIlOuS Stdtc.
The chief value of the exposition,
to visitors from eastern points, lies
in the fact that it will afford an unex-
ampled opportunity to become ac.
quainted with the vast resources and
the new and interesting aspects of the
far west; though it is in a wider ems
a worlds fair. The officials declare
that the exposition will be finished
and ready for %opening-a completed
and perfect spectacle set in the midst
of a m%arvelously beautiful environ
ment-on the first day Of June.
Salmon Eggs For Exposition.
PORTLAND, May 3.-Five hundred
thousand salmon eggs have been ship
ped to Portland from the Yaquina
hatchery at Elk City, Ore. Upon their
arrival here they were placed in cold
storage to await the opening Of the
exposition, where they will be used
in the state hatchery exhibit. The
cold storage process retards the ma
turing of the spawn so that 1t is prac-
to preserve the eggs until their
Matching is desired.
The Yaquina hatchery is located on
the Yaquina river and is n of the
most successful plants maintained by
the state. Thus far more than nine
salmon eggs have been taken
there, of which number more than one
are of the steel-head species,
the best of the fish entering Yaquina
river.
The plant has been very successful
and when the young fry is set out and
matured, the returns from the invest
ment of the state will make the river
of the richest in this region.
Workmen Hit the Trail.
PORTLAND, May 3.-Concession-
sires of the trail at the Lewis and
Clark exposition are exceedingly busy.
race is on. All contracts for trail
concessions have been signed and 1t IS
now up to the co~ncessionaires. They
will have TO hurry. The trail must be
completed before opening day, June l..
Among the concessionaires a good.na-
turod rivalry iS manifest Each wish
es to have his concession completed
before his neighbor. The various con-
buildings are apparently being
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