Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-18
]TAA'S EXHIBIT
At PORTLAND FAIR
c.ceral Director S. 7. Whitaker
Exolains About Those Missing
Features at St, Louis.
ANSWER 70 HARRY JOSEPH.
s.ys that Commission Has Not Ex'
cscded It's Authority Cases Pack
ed and Stored in Warehouse,

ponresentatlve Joseph made some
,,orpes in the Legislature recently In
,matlnp that the Utah worlds fair
commission had been exceeding It's au-
,horlty In disposing Of parts Of the ex-
blblts claiming that they should have
hoon handed over TO the Lewis q
clark commission; and that because of
,hls Il would require a large approprl-
alton to collect sufficient exhibits to
make the whole complete enough for
display at Portland.
General Director s. T. Whitaker OF
Tho Irtah worlds fair commission was
asked today for an explanation of the
charge. and he said:
"The fact OF the matter Is that there
"a now In the warehouse In this city,
complete exhibit as II was In st. Louis;
and that part that was given to the dli-
ferent universities was what we had In
excess of the requirements for the Lew
is g clark exposition. Myself and two
members Oft he Lewis e. Clark commits
eon were designated to select the eX-
tibits to be used at the Portland fair.
This we did, and the material has been
packed and marked for that purpose.
in addition TO this, all Of the plate glass
show tables, cases, etc. We're also crat-
ed and are now In the warehouse
ready for delivery to the proper author
tiles as required by the law There are,
however, great many individual ex-
hibits that were not owned by the state
commssion only loaned for ex-
Loo
owning these exhibits have been con-
ferred WITH and IN a number of cases
have permitted them TO be used for ex-
hibiton by some OF the different IN
gttutIons throughout the Union, prin-
cipally the United States national mu-
scum, Washington. In the case Of
others, they are now being returned
to the original owners. There is u
sufficient quantity Of exhibits on hand,
so that II Will not require further
collection especially I'm relation TO the
mineral exhibits for exhibition at Port
land Naturally the agricultural eX-
hlbits were perlshable, and We're prin-
cpally used In decorations, and IN
that way were practically useless. In
the matter OF the coal and the iron eX-
lbts, they were 50 valueless that the
cost Of boxing Grating and transport
Ing would be far IN excess of any new
collection. This same argument viii
apply IN the matter Of the building
stone, While Il was necessary TO have
Il at the fair the cost of returning 1t
would not justify the outlay
"Oue entire car of ore exhibits, the
cost OF transportation and the work
Of crushing We're presented to the com-
mission by Mr. Newhouse. This was
distributed as souvenirs to the visitors.
The electrical power and water for
operating the concentrating mill,
amounting to about 500 per month,
was presented TO the commission With
the gratis distribution Of exhibits TO
universities and individuals. Whenever
the commission found that the interests
Of the state Of Utah could be advanced
by presenting TO any person or associa-
ton any souvenirs or mementoes, they
dd So confirming themselves, however
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