Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-28
WONDERFUL THINGS
WILL Be SHOWN THERE
Ten Million Dollars VIII Be Expended
on Instsllment Of Frisco Amuse-
ment Place.
EDUCATION DOMINANT NOTE
OF SUPERB PRODUCTIONS.
Applications fer Concession Privileges
Are Received From An Parts
Of Universe.

San Francisco, June 2s.-f Novelty"
is to be the slogan of the amusement
concessions area of the Panama Pacific
international Exposition at San Fran.
cisco in 1915. Many Of the great fea.
lures in the brilliantly illuminated
district will be presented for the first
time, and a fortune will be expended
upon their installation.
Each concession will either be en-
tirely new or else will present in
new way the most popular amusement
enterprises. Every banner pole and
every are lamp will guide the visitor
into something which is as new and as
representative of the progress that has
been made in the past few years in
presenting amusements, as the idea of
the exposition itself.
No exposition has had for its motive
such an inspiring object as the cele-
brating of the opening Of the Panama
canal which is the purpose of the world
festival at San Francisco. With this
purpose in view, it is the intention of
every department of the exposition to
render all phases of the great celebra.
tion in harmony with the meaning of
the event. Every amusement will be
sign Of the progressing times and will
point to the future of the making Of fun
as much as the wonderful exhibits will
point to the future of the arts, sciences
and industries.
Could anything be more delightful
and surprising to the novelty seeking
visitor. as he turns from one conces.
sion to the other than to be suddenly
arrested by strange sounds of weird
merriment emanating from the far end
of the fu area and then to be confront.
ed by a pageant of oriental splendeor, !
now with tom.toms beating in rhythmic |
thump to the march past of Hindoo
festivity and again with stick whistles
piping tune of Asiatic quaintness.
The pageants will pass through the /
great concessions area almost daily and /
will he one of the free sights to the
visitor who, perhaps, has spent all his
dimes and quarters on the other attrac.
tions which are to abound over the
6j acres reserved for the fun providers
and speciality producers. The nations
of the Orient are planning to present
upon a great scale something of their
color life and infinite variety.
Six Thousand Applications.
The whole world is interested in the
amusement part Of the exposition. Over
5000 applications for concession priyil.
eges have been received by Director of
Concessions Frank Burt, who is aided
by a staff of experts in the SELECTING
Of the best and only the best and most
novel Of all the possible ways Of pro.
viding entertainment and amusement
and at the same time, carrying with the
fun, a distinct educational value.
''Ideas for striking features and no.
velties are welcomed" says Mr.. Burt.
"The most recent Of the world s ad.
vances in the art of presenting cyclic.
ramas and dioramas upon an elaborate
scale viii be fully exemplified. Visitors
to the exposition will be entertaino
by many unique exhibits never before
presented. The number Of applications
for space in the concessions area is to.
tally unprecedented in the history of ,
eApositions, Applications keep coming
Ia from all over America and Europe.
When the exposition is under way, it is
estimated that more than 1000 people
will be employed in the concessions dis.
trict which is to involve an expendi.
ture Of between S1O,OOO,OOO and s,g,.
100000 in installation. Mr. Burt has
offered prize for the best mama sue.
gested for the district
A miniature representation Of the
Grand Canyon Of Arizona, to be in.
stalled by the Santa Fe Railroad, is be.
ing built at a cost Of $35O.OOO. while
eight other concessions, including rep.
resentations Of the Panama canal. a
Forty.nine Camp, the Grand Trianon Of
Versailles, the ancient German city Of
Nuremburg, the Battle Of Gettysburg
and the evolution Of the American navy
will he erected at an aggregate cost Of
not less than 100000.
Naturally, there will he the usual
concessions such as the baby incubator
the flying lady and all the perennial
enticements to the pleasure.seeker.
But the department Of concessions
has stipulated that there must he some.
thing now about every we'll known and
standard form Of amusement to be pre-.
sehted in 1915
Built on Immense Scale.
The concessions will be built on an
immense scale The Grand Canyon
will be 200 by 700 feet in area and w
contain in miniature all the sirh's
be seen and the sensations to he ok.
perienced' in the most wonderful of =
nature s wonders in Arizona. There u