Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-23

In the good old days OF the Indians
power, going on the war path" had a
sinister and awful import. II meant
hard fighting and good chance of
losing ones scalp to the enemy. In
the year of our Lord 1907, going on
the war path" means delightful trip
to the jamestown exposition and
thrilling, If not dangerous, experience
along the line of the special attrac
lions which have been provided for
the entertainment and instruction Of
visitors. And while there will be no
prospect of losing ones scalp, even
when running the gauntlet Of the vii
lage Of real Indians, 1t Is more than
likely that the visitors wad will be
scalped more than once by the enter
prising concessionaires Chicago fair
had its Midway st. Louis fair its
Pike" Portland exposition its Trail"
and now the jamestown show, which
has just opened up for a six months
continuous performance, will have its
War Path" and this feature prom
ises to out-distance all former at
tempts Of great eXpositions to provide
a wholesome and unique amusement
attraction.
There have been many famous war
paths in historic Virginia, and in this
immediate vicinity, and it is promised
that Jamestowns War Path will live
equally long in history.
The War Path fronts upon the great
military parade ground and is sur
rounded entirely by trees, shrubs and
flowers. 1t Is a great quadrangle
1900 feet long by 500 feet in width,
with two parallel streets, 80 feet wide,
on both sides of which are amusement
concessions. There is total conces-
Guiding the bazaars in the plazas at
either end This central block is
divided midway of Its length by a
glass arcade, so feet wide and covered
by dome, affording convenient pass
age between the two streets.
At the entrance to the War Path
stands an ornate building in rainbow
colors housing the oriental and Ameri
can bazaars. The War Path will be a
cosmopolitan city, it's facades showing
architectural styles of all nations, in
all colors and with many fantastic
feature Of construction and ornamen
tation. At night the great centra
dome OF the arcade will be ablazt
with prismatic light which will be
visible miles away. There will, O
course, be some old familiar attrac
tions, as shoot the chutes, scenic rail
way, miniature railway, carousel
baby incubators and others equal,
we'll known, which the public demand
but 1t Is the novelties that after al
attract the crowds.
Without leaving the boundaries O
the War Path one may stroll into Js
pan and find oneself in typical stree
scene such as he would find in Toxic
The street is lined with little shop
and natives are selling their wares
3 A native theater and restaurant wi
show the Japs in their little histrioni
and gastronomic life. A tea garde
will entice the passerby who fancie
) he would like to find himself a figs
in one of those fan pictures. HeI
= are many pagodas and various thing
g Japanese in architecture, such {
/ bridges and bazaars.
: 1t will be recalled that the famol
J battle between the Monitor and II
Merrimac was fought few hundrC
yards from the present site of Il
exposition. 1t is fitting that one
, the most elaborate spectacles shou
be a reproduction of this famous c
gagement. The mimic fight will
carried out in an immense auditoriu
with real ships. manned by real M
I who will fire real guns. The Trevor
g display In connection with this repi
$ duction is on an elaborate scale;
depicting the storm an immense qua
tity of water actually rains down up
b the boats. Every detail has been
produced with the greatest possit
historic fidelity.
;, Colonial Virginia will be represel
ed in a building which will be CO
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