The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-08-26

ING footsore and weary. The exposl. |
lion Is. in short, a world-epitome of the |
arts industries and general achieve
ments of mankind.
Entering where, upon the frieze, are
the immortal words of Bishop Berkely,
"Westward the course of the empire
takes its way" by the way of the
colorado entrance, one reaches Pacific
court. and passing through 1t comes
upon Columbia Court. Here sunken
gardens, filled with a profusion of
tropical plants, are flanked on either
aide by wide avenues, while In the
center stands the heroic statue OF Sac
ajawea, the Indian slave woman who
guided Lewis and Clark on their expe-
ditlon.
To the right of Columbia Court is
the Agricultural Palace, which Is the
largest building on the grounds, and
beyond 1t are the buildings OF Liberal
Arts, Manufactures. Varied Industries,
Mines and Metallurgy, Machinery,
Electricity, Transportation and Audi
forum.
In the western part of the grounds
the European Exhibits Palace lin
which the following nations are repre-
sented, namely: France, Sweden and
Norway, England, Russia. Italy. Ger
many, Switzerland, Holland, Austria,
Hungary Turkey, China, India and
JAPAN
Then comes the Forestry building,
constructed of huge logs in their vir-
gin state. This building is most re-
! markable. Alphabetically It is
classic such as has never been given
to the world heretofore. There is no
structure among the worlds architec-
tural centers as massive, imposing or
awe-inspiring as this building. IL is
209-x105 feet in extent, and has, on the
inside. So pillars 80 feet high from six
TO eight feet in diameter, which shows
how gigantic the oregon fir trees are.
The United States government
buildings are situated on the PENN
sula projecting into Guilds lake, and
may be reached by the Grand Espla-
made, the Trail and the Bridge of Ma
lions. A large part of the $450,000
appropriation has been utilized for the
| finest buildings ever constructed for
government participation in an expo
sition. In these are housed the dis
plays OF the various departments of
the government. The Irrigation build.
ing and Territorial structure contain
comprehensive exhibits of the latest
irrigation projects undertaken by the
government In the arid sections of the
country, and exhibits of products and
manufactures. The Fisheries exhibit
is located In the rear of the main
building. In this are shown the vari-
Gus methods of maturing different
species OF fish that frequent the
streams of the Pacific northwest The
vertebrates are stripped of their eggs.
These are Jared and processed. All
the stages of the growth Of the fish
are shown In view of the public. The
life saving station is located on the
left OF the main group on the shore OF
the lake. and exhibition drills are
given daily. To the right of the main
building are the camps of the military
marine and signal corps, as well as
the heavy ordnance exhibits. A fea
ture of this exhibit is a full-sized 10
inch sea coast gun.
The Utah building is pretty two
story structure painted white, and oc
cupies the prettiest spot ON the fail
grounds. over the entrance, beautiful
ly decorated with American flags, is q
bust of Thomas Jefferson, and on one
side OF It is a medallion of Captain
Clark and an the other one OF Captain
Lewis. Underneath these is an en-
larged facsimile of an extract from g
letter from President Jefferson &c
Captain Lewis, which reads as fol
lows
Washington, U. S. of America,
July 4, 1903.
Dear Sir:
... land our consuls in foreign
lands, where you may happen to be
are hereby instructed and required e
be aiding and assisting you In what
soever may be necessary for procuring
your return back to the United States
And to give more entire satisfaction
and confidence to those who may b.
disposed to aid you, /, Thomas Jeffer
son, President of the United States o
America. have written this letter o
general credit for you with my owl
hand and signed with my name.
TIL. JEFFERSON"
The Utah educational and mlninl
exhibits are considered to be the fines
of them all.
The other states which have erected
elegant buildings on the grounds are
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Missouri
Illinois. New York, California an,
Massachusetts,. Montana and Alaska
are also represented. The Philippine
islands have sent an excellent anC
most interesting exhibit.
The Oriental Exhibits Palace Il
strictly Corinthian, and is 1903 fee
long and 100 feet wide. and contains
10000 square feet of exhibit space.
The Fine Arts building is fireproo
and in the form OF an l., one wing be
ing 1875 feet in length and the othel
150
The Mines and Metallurgy buildinl
is 200 feet long and 100 feet wide. Tn,
design is a free rendition of the Span
ish renaissance.
Facing the Concourse Plaza is the
Festival Hall. II is 800 feet in length
and 1876 feet wide. The hall has
seating capacity OF $500, and thu
stage will accommodate 500 people. 1
is in this hall that the choir from Og
den will sing.
The Manufactures. Liberal Arts anC
Varied Industries building is one o
the largest and most magnificen