Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-28

for which they are famous the world
over, making blankets, baskets, bead
work and pottery.
On the Panama canal concession, the
visitor viii be able to make the whole
trip Of the great new waterway by
means OF an overhead electric railway
and for about % cents those who are
not able TO see the canal itself, will
be able to Sc the model in 20 minutes
ride-and it may be taken for granted
that the tripper over the miniature ca
nal will miss nothing of the wonders
which passengers on the big Atlantic
liner will see when the vessel makes
its first voyage through the connecting
link between oceans, the opening Of
which the great exposition of 1915 is
to celebrate. The concession viii cost
s25O,OOO.
Most of the scenic paintings in the
canyon and along the canal will be ex
eeuted by Walter Burridge, one OF
Americas most famous scenic artists.
All the historic incidents in the his.
tory Of the American navy will be H.
lustrated in realistic form in the con-
eession to be known as the evolution
of the navy to be presented by E. W.
Mcconnell, who produced the Trip to
the North Pole at the st. Louis exposi-
ton in 1904 The visitor will here see
the earliest batleships and their de-
elopment into the modern Tread
nought. The whole will be presented
on a moving background which will
give an exact duplicate of the rolling
sea and is promised to make some of
the visitors even feel the ozone in the
air The show is to be a regular thrill.
Ter from start to finish Mimic warfare
will be carried on from day to day, and
s20000,00O vessels will be battered and
sunk for the amusement of the man
who pays his quarter. only to rise
again in the next performance to be
battered and sunk once more.
Ancient City Reproduced.
One Of the most interesting of the
concessions, will be that reproduction
Of the ancient city of Nuremburg, oLce
the capital of the Emperor Charles and
now the most perfe picture Of the
middle ages that Europe has managed
to preserve. Every fea,lsc OK tnis
ancient city will be ra5f,sentel rs it
was five centuries and more ago. The
Nuremburg concession will be installed
at an estimated outlay of s225.OOO.
For the rest, there will be the Ice
Palace, the Aeroscope and a hundred
other attractions which will be novel
and entertaining and, best Of all, teh
whole group of concessions will be set
in picture reminiscent of the Panama
canal. The entrance way to the con.
cessions area viii be made by way of
gigantic imitation spillways and on the
long thoroughfare which runs
through the whole district the varied
scenes along the course of the Panama
canal, will he reproduced, thus keeping
all visitors in mind continually of the
great object of the exposition which is
to celebrate the opening of the great.
est achievement of modern times.
The concessions area will be lighted
by night by method that is to excel
all previous ways of illumination. In
the center of the locks will be the pla.
"a of wonders, lighted by night by 14O,.
BOO incandescent lamps reflected upon
by beams of brilliant lights from un.
ieen sources outside the plaza. The con.
itruction Of the concessions has begun
md soon the fairyland will be ready
or the world.