Evening journal., 1905-05-31
WORLDS FAIR HINTS.
Lewis Clark Exposition Officials
Receive Odd Suggestions.
THOUSANDS OF WOULD BE GUARDS


Many Pretended Descendants of
Meriwcther Lewis, Who Died n
Bachelor, Want TO visit the Fair
ms Guests, with All Expenses Paid.
Young Woman would BE welded
on Trail For s2.5OO.
Many people appear 10 be Of the
opinion that the Lewis and Clark ex-
position which Portland and Oregon
are to hold this summer in commemo-
ration Of the Lewis and Clark explor-
ing expedition Is a charity proposition,
where any one can get a job and any
one can sell an heirloom, says W. E.
Brindley. AS matter Of fact,sChe fair
is being run on a strict business basis.
and 50 many legitimate exhibits have
been offered by states. communities
and even foreign governments that,
after several additional buildings had
! been erected and wings added to 9th
ers, the managers have been forced 20
/ turn away hundreds OF applicants for
exhibit space.
Nevertheless the applications for po-
sitions and money continue TO come in
! with every mail. More than 5000 ap-
plications for positions as guard are
on file IN the secretary's Office. The ap-
pncations are OF all kinds, varying
from scholarly letters from school
teachers and college boys TO scrawls
! like the following.
I though 7 wood right 70 YOU abought
getting work az t-e fair next sumner / wood
like TO get IN sumo kind OF work I wood
like 20 make sumo money don't car what
Il 90 so / can pay my board / would Ike
TO be a gard better ten eny thing els n !
can M the ordor ! kant Cume n I don't
get work there 20 7 can the fair right 60
me nbought the work let me no as mutch
as you can.
Another applicant for the same posi-
tion writes:
I am a old soigier served four years dur
ing the rebellion Have bin policeman and
detective and sherin OF county Rence tie
war and can give best OF references and
strictly temperate.
Many appear to have the impression
that the Lewis and Clark fair is to be
a sort Of grand side show and want tO
exhibit themselves as freaks. Here is
a letter from one at Tomahawk, Wis
Lewis & Clark 3ents can SIT on a chali
everey dnv OF your fair IN aney spo'
where there Is lots OF air including nights
, I am sixty years old well built had q
leg cut OF times IN ours this would b
a novelty on your ground for spectator
I also can fast fifty days on steued prun'
; water or water from appels Fruite OF anel
} kind How mutch can you gents give 'n'
per week for long Run
From Gallatin, Tenn, came a lette
which the secretary's stenographe
y facetiously declares is the longest ap
D plicatlon yet" The author Of this epis
/. tie, one Bud Rogers. thinks he ough
b to be employed because he is the "tall
a est cullur giant the world ever new
|. and goes on to explain in detail that h
/. has a reach Of 10 inches, that hi
;, hands are twelve and a half inche
9 long and his feet three inches longei
r Bud claims TO be eight feet nine inche
It tall.
n A Missouri man generously agrees
k share with the exposition the millio
10 dollars which he claims an airship {
s his invention would be worth. Unfo
8 tunately the Missourian is short 9
10 present as TO ready cash. but he write
D. that If the exposition viii stake him
J. a small loan he will make an airshi
y that will sail from Missouri to Orego
d at the rate Of 100 miles an hour.
l. In spite Of the fact that Meriweths
Lewis, one of the leaders of the Lew
and Clark expedition which the ives
ern worlds fair is TO commemorate
g died bachelor numerous pretende
10 descendants OF the great explorer haN
ir written the exposition management
IS Some Of these want to attend the 70
IS as guests, with all expenses paid b
e. the management, but most OF thei
q, want TO sell heirlooms Of various kind
y articles owned by Meriwether Lew
H. as a baby, Meriwether Lewis as a be
ID and Meriwether Lewis as a man. A
IA OF these relics, according 20 the letter
p. were inherited by the descendants I
m the bachelor explorer.
D. Most Of the people who have article
for sale value them very highly. On
old lady, however, who evidently Co
siders herself a master OF the art I
j. making plum puddings. modestiy r
D. quested merely a season pass as rem
IS neration for exhibiting one OF her choi
IL est puddings az the fair.
y A Portland young woman, about
ie marry young man Of small mean
L conceived a plan whereby she mig
ID secure sufficient funds for an extern
ie ed honeymoon and the furnishing OF
Is fat. The young woman. called on Sc
D. retary Reed Of the exposition a fe
le weeks ago and calmly announced IN
she wished TO be married. She wou
be married on the Trail. the expos
tons amusement street, for a consi
Grafton Of $500, pointing out that a
NJ ceremony would attract a great de
H. OF attention and prove a drawing car
u OF wonderful power.
Oh For 81 500 and a suitable allowanl
rs for travelling expenses a man and
1T wife agree 10 give an excellent fin
a. tation Of a newly married couple. "Ol
IS plan is TO ride on trains as bride an
i groom" writes the man. I'VE ca
give the best imitation of a new
married couple you ever saw. We ca
e. bill and COO with the best OF theI
d Our idea is TO attract attention by OF
- actions you know everybody is &