The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-01
BELDING OUTLINES
ARKANSAS EXHIBIT
RETURNS WITH GLOWING RE.
PORT OF STATE BUILDING AND
BIG LOCAL REPRESENTATION
Hot Springs Will Be Shipping Point
For State Fairs Prize Winning
Products.

| American Exposition, arrived home
yesterday afternoon from San Fran
cisco, where he went to close the con
tract for the state building at the
worlds great show, which win be held
IN san Francisco next year. Architect
Mann OF Little Rock accompanied Mr.
Belding to the Pacific coast. Both at
tended special meeting of The
states Pan-American commissioners
which was held yesterday morning IN
Little Rock, when Messrs. Beldins
and Mann delivered their report
Speaking of his trip, MIR. Bedding
said;
If ever there was a time when the
products Of Arkansas should reflect
the greatness OF the state at its an
nual exposition it is in the comiL2
state fair, for the commonwealth
through the Pan-American commits
sion, has made all ARRANGEMENTS Il
give to the products of this state the
greatest showing to the world that il
has ever had Out in San Francisco
they realize that Arkansas exhibit
VIII be the prize winning products to
be shown at our coming state fair
Hot Springs will be made the ship
ping point, and from this city the
very best of the exhibits Of our fair
Will be sent direct to the San Fran
cisco exposition
"When the residents of Arkansas
visit their state building at the Pan
American, | feel certain they will be
pleased with the representation Ar
kansas has there, not alone in the
state building but in the entire eX-
hihit Of Arkansas. ! consider the To-
cation of the Arkansas building a
most idcai one. From the porch
which, by the way, will be enclosed in
glass, one can sit and watch the war
ships and other craft OF this and all
nations pass IN and out of the Golden
Gate. The cost OF the building VIII
be approximately 100000. Arkansas
neighbors will be Kansas and West
Virginia, with the Congress of Ma.
tons in the rear. and it was the i'm
portance of the latter that caused
some changes to be made in the rear
OF the Arkansas building, making that
portion in keeping with the beautiful
front, for one must bear in mind that
the state building is located where
thousands will pass it daily and being
in such close proximity to the Con
gress of Nations. one of the impor-
tant features Of the American,
the rear Of the building had to be IN
keeping with it's attractive front.
Among the features of the building
will be a reception or ball room, 80
by 20 feet, while leading off from
this will be two rooms that can be
thrown into one by the pulling aside
of silken draperies. In that apart
ment viii be the moving pictures,
which will tell the story OF Arkansas
products and resources.
"While in San Francisco we en-.
Gagged d. S. Clark, one of the most
noted artists in the United States, to
place Arkansas exhibit Mr.. Clark
is the gentleman who designed ana
built the famous corn palace at Sioux
city, as well as the cotton palace
that attracted countrywide attention
in Fort Worth, Texas.
"At the meeting of the commission
in Little Rock yesterday we conferred
the states exhibit into four impor-
tant departments, agricultural, horti-
cultural, mines and metulargy, and
educational. We did this because we
considered the state could make a
more impressive showing in these
four departments than to have the
expenditure scattered in other
branches. The commission also en-.
gagged the services OF gentleman
who will assist Commissioner OF
Mines, Manufacture and Agriculture
Fage. and the faculty at the State
University in getting up one of the
greatest mineral exhibits OF Arkansas
that has ever been collected in tue
history of the state, and the same
thing was done where the agricultural
exhibit was considered
Il also held conference with those
il charge of the government building
at the Pan-Amerlcan and made ar
rangements for an exhibit from Hot
Springs. which will be stored in the
government building, and the city
viii have a most adequate exhibit at
that great exposition.
"A landscape gardener was also en-.
gagged to beautify the grounds sur
rounding the Arkansas building. One
can plant grass and flower seeds out
there in December and in seven
weeks the grass and flowers will need
the attention of the expert we have
engaged. | neglected to state that
there Will be "A nursery in the build
ing, where mothers may leave the
kiddies, who viii receive the atten
ton of nurses engaged for that pur-
pose. Among the exhibits that Will
be seen frcm this state will be a nat
full OF diamonds, which will come
IRON the celebrated diamond fields Of
Arkansas. There has so been ar
tangements made for the cold storage
Of apples. This is done SO that the
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