Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-10-03
BEAUTY SPOTS
TO Be SHOWN
GREATER IOWA ASSOCIATION TO
PHOTOGRAPH THEM FOR PAN.
ANA EXPEDITION.
WILL ADVERTISE THE STATE
"Movies" to 30 Dispiayed at Coming
World Show Will Later Do Put
On In Iowa CitloA

Where are the prettiest spots in
Iowa?
The Iowa commission to the Pana'
ma-Paciic International exposition Is
very anxious to find out where the
pretty places are in Iowa-pretty
enough to be included in the moving
pictures which will be taken by the
commissions representatives and
which will be displayed 1T the exposi-
ton in the Iowa building during the
entire term OF the worlds fair. After
the fair is over these pictures are to
be shown in all of the motion picture
theaters in Iowa, and other rolls OF the
same films are to be sent to picture
houses all over the country-and pos
sibly abroad.
This means = great deal Of advsr-
Using for Iowa, and the commission is
anxious to have the very best views
1t is possible to secure. Five or six
men are now securing tho state for
representative views. OF course, these
men are going to take pictures of fac.
tories and manufacturing processes as
we'll 40 pictures Of farming operations.
Want Feature Films.
But what the commission is directly
interested in at this time is tho Sc
curing of eight thousand to ten thou
sand feet of what 1t calls feature
films" 1t wants to show the pretty
places. some of the river scenes-im.
proved water fronts-any of the seen
cry of which Iowans are proud.
There are only II men on the Iowa
commission" explained the secretary
of tho commission at Clinton. 1T
Is very important that we do not
overlook any section Of Iowa. We do
not want any county to come back at
the commission next year and say we
overlooked the best section Of the
state. Knowing the extent Of pride
which each county has in its W seem
cry, the commission has no course left
to pursue but to ask tho people
throughout the state to write to the
secretary at Clinton and tell him just
what they think is the proper subject
for this feature alm.
These movies which the commits
sion is going to show at tho Iowa
building will be Z sort of permanent
advertising. We hope to be able to
show them in every city and town in
the state Of Iowa, and arrangements
already are being made to take these
films throughout the United States
and even into some Of the foreign
countries from which Iowa might
reasonably expect to receive emigre.
ton.
viii Cost $4,000.
THE Iowa building Is going to be
one OF the best buildings at the worlds
fair, although it Is only costing $780,.
900, with everything included. The
moving picture theater will seat about
two hundred and fifty, and 1t is the In.
tention Of the commission to have a
continuous performance from about
ten o'clock in the morning until ten
o'clock at night. This will give an
opportunity not only to visiting Iowans
but to many visitors from other states,
and also the n hundred thousand
Iowans who are in tho western states,
to view the beauties and glories Of the
Hawkeye state.
"But to make the show successful,
we simply must have help from the
citizenship generally. II anybody
knows Of anything that could be pho.
tographed, they should advise the sec.
retapy at Clinton"