The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-10-10
LOUISIANA BUILDING AT SAN
FRANCISCO EXPOSITION.

Louisiana is to have State Building
in San Francisco at the Panama. Pacific
International Exposition and it is to be
built through the patriotism of twenty
five thousand Louisianians.
The last Legislature passed an act,
authorizing the appointment of a Lou.
isiana Commission to get up a Louis.
lana exhibit for the exposition at San
Francisco. The Governor has appoint
ed on this commission Hon. w. o.
Hart of New Orleans, as president,
with Mr. Justin F. Denechaud, the
Commission of immigration, vice-pres-
ident, and Mr.. ]. B. Pike assistant
cashier of the Hibernia Bank C Trust
Co., as treasurer.
This commission has selected Mr..
Glen Fleming as secretary. They have
opened Offices in the Hibernia Bank &
Trust Co. and are beginning an active
campaign to get UP creditable exhibit
The three commissioners selected
are active business men, interested in
the upbuilding of Louisiana and are
giving their time and efforts free of
charge.
The secretary, Mr. Glen Fleming, is
well known over Louisiana, having
been connected with it's agricultural
and live stock development through
the different fairs over the state for
the past fifteen years. He was select
ed secretary because of his fitness for
the place.
The commissioners are all very en-
thusiastic and the campaign which is
being inaugurated will and should, in
terest every good citizen in the work.
Mr.. Denechaud left New Orleans
on Sunday to arrange Louisiana ex-
hibit at Wichita, Kansas, at the Dry
Farming Congress. He will leave
Wichita about the 10th for San Fran
cisco to select site for "a Louisiana
: building and arrange for exhibit space.
The commission has the assurance
from the exposition officials that Lou
isiana will have one of the best loca-
: lions on the exposition grounds.
The act by the Legislature appro-
PIRATES only 100000 for this work,
but it provides that all paroehial and
municipal corporations throughout the
state are empowered to give financial
aid to the project.
1t also provides that the heads of
the departments of the state govern
ment shall prepare full and complete
displays of their respective depart
: ments
The 100000 appropriated is en-
5 tirely inadequate to get up creditable
r exhibit, but the commissioners feel and
e believe that every good citizen in the
t state will be interested in making this
4 a great success.
This being probably the last great
= exposition to be held in the United
S States for some years to come with it's
e wonderful opportunities for advertising
e Louisiana's possibilities to the world
!, and especially to America, makes it
S very necessary that we have a credi-
Il table exhibit
The encouragement received SO far
J. by the commissioners is very encourag-
/. ing. They have written to the police
e juries, asking for appropriations, and
n will ask all the municipalities in the
y state to contribute. Each section will
It be asked, if possible, to furnish an ex.
r hibit as it is the wish of the commits.
D. sion that every individual section OF
It the state be represented in this gen
e eral exhibit.
e The commission is now having mint
r ed $4,000 bronze medallions, bearing
r on ore side the capital building al
is Baton Rouge with the state seal and
e. on the other side will be relief OF
h the Louisiana building. They are go
ing to ask $4,000 Louisianians to each
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