The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-05
SEEING TIE BIG FAIR
innocence Is Eaartd II me BIZ Trees o.
Exhibition n Portland.

cisco. I3ey had been through yell
lowstone park. Seattle and Victoria,
British Columbia, They go from
here to California and then to Dea-
yer. They will reach home about
September -. Mr.. Davis and his
interesting daughters are having a
splendid trip. Mr.. and Mrs. e. w.
4 Gibson, Mr. Chalmers Mcpherson
Miss Annie Hines and Miss Kate
Burrough were all here but ] failed
to see them Col. Davis CHANGED 10
meet them just before he left. There
were twelve OF fifteen Wayahaehie
people here at one time
The fair buildings alone o 5 eleven
million dollars. Ten states have
buildings filled with products from
their fields. mines and forests The
states of oregon. California and
I Washington have the largest and
best displays. ana ii Is bewilderlue 10
walls down the aisles OF their buitd-
ings and look upon the frHits, page-
tables. etc We know Tn Texas That
the above named states produce be
largest and finest pruue, peaches.
cherries and other fruits Of any
state in the pnion They have all
the products they raise piled up fresh
from the trees aud much OF It "a
canned in au attractive manner, Al
these things are so attfaetgeely arr
ranged thar Il makes my mouth
water to look al them. wish ]
owned 8 farm that would produce
sill This Oregon has size second
largest house In the world erected
on the grounds. II is two-stories
high and cost $4,000. Ii is 21G feet
wide and 6o2 feet loue ard ~ feet
high. There are several flr trees
lumber would make eight thousand
feet each, There are millions Of dol
lars worth OF this fiF lumber shipped
every year from California. Oregon
and Washington 10 Japan and China
One fir plank in this log house, which
Is called the forestry building, is $
feet and ~ inches Wide. We have
not yet been out into the woods TO
see where these monster trees grow.
bat we are going next week. There
are flag poles all oyer the exposi-
ton grounds from tS4is to 206 feet
high. an one long slim tree. This
may read like a fish story 10 Texans
who are accustomed TO seeing only
scrub timber. but Il is true. Japan
has the most magnificent display OF
any foreign nation and Russia has
the smallest. China has a fine dis
play. France, Germany, Italy. Hol-
land. Hungary and others too numer-
Gus TO mention have very fine exhi-
biIs OF the very best things they
manufacture. / could stay for days
In these magnificent buildings and
look at the different exhibits Nearly
All the foreign exhibits are for sale.
The fair closes October Is. and
foreign exhibitors do not wish To
ship their articles home. They are
being offered for sale cheap. II /
only bad the money Z would stock
mp on them and start a fair Of my
wv Nt &h tthHAAE+ 80 EatHtHEh MA98AAaAE
in the United States couid have been
selected for the fair. The site con-
sists Of several hundred acres 0f one
Of the city parks and half of h is
Guild lake Some Of the grounds
somewhat mountainous, but these
places have been terraCed and on
these terraces alI most of the mag
nificeBt buildings The bulidings'are
covered With electric light globes,
and the sight az night .s Indeed beau
tlful 80 behold All who have seen
the magnificent electrical display say
Il WAS never eXcelled. All the build
and exhibit halls except the gov
eminent building. are on ths east side
Of Guild lake There is a wide bridge
ualf q mile long called the bridge of
nations that connects the main land
30 the island on which fbe govern
building fs located Eight
hundred dollars haFe been expended
IN hnlfdlns8 aud displays TO Show tbc
people some ~ the workings Of the
government Big guns We use iii war
cavalry aud uavN equipment &
1fbits from the agricultural depart
nent pictures Of all the staf esineu
who have atRei make this country
great are 60 he seen here statues
ahiti1 look nafutat as tlfg stand ip
his UaittpE OnF scene pf doe
.or and bats nurse performing NH n}tef
alton looked - natural that / Kept
slanGfug eaitinR fer them o. move
until my Wife broke the spell hg
theY werv nos alive There
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