The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-12-03
Turkey and Persia.

Turkey and Persia
The pavilion Of the Ottoman EN-
pire, architecturally a reproduction
Of a famous Turkish mosque. Is
nearing completion. The Turkish
exhibit will be the most interesting
and beautiful ever sent to any
worlds exposition from that coun-
Try. Among other exhibits will be
one hundred Arabian horses and
Angora goats and blooded sheep.
The Persian exhibit has already been
assembled at Teheran and is now
awaiting shipment to the exposition.
Included in the exhibit Is a price
less collection Of rugs. Food prod
ucts, tobacco, and the fine fabrics
which are produced here In q per-
lection not known elsewhere, win
also be shown. Vahan Cardashian,
Imperial Ottoman Adjutant High
Commissioner and Executive Direc-
tor to the exposition, recently ar
rived in San Francisco and will re
main until exhibits arrive, when he
will personally supervise their as
sembling. Mr.. Cardashian gives as
surance that his best hopes have
been realized in the material to come
to the exposition.
Representatives Of British exhibi-
tors arrived in San Francisco as
early as August to inaugurate the
plans for presenting their exhibits
and subsequent shipments OF exhib-
its have reached San Francisco.
Japanese Exhibits.
The Japanese government made
an original application for $4,000
square feet Of exhibit, space In all
Of the exhibit palaces. Under later
urgent demands from Tokyo, Com
missioner Ishii. after the outbreak
Of the war, arranged with the expo
sition directors for. an additional
space Of 21,41s square feet Of ex-
hibit space in tho Palaces Of Food
Products, Manufactures and Horti-
culture. The Japanese Commission
reports that the most representative
displays of Japan have been gath
cred from every portion Of the En-
pire.
The site Of the Japanese govern
ment pavilion covers $4,000 square
feet The central structure Is a re-
production Of the famous temple Of
Kin Ka Ku II at Kioto, the original
Of which is more than 1000 years
old. The buildings are surrounded
BY beautiful Japanese gardens, the
materials for which, as we'll as for
the buildings, are shipped from
Japan, together with the native jap
anese artisans and workmen who
will erect the structures and lay
out the gardens. Every item, even
to the stones and turf, will come
direct from Japan.
The exhibits will consist of silks
and the processes OF its production
and manufacture: forestry exhibits
with models Of typical Japanese for
ests; the fisheries. with models OF
Japanese fishing boats; a model of
the volcano of Sakuraiima. the most
recent active volcano in the world
The Imperial House hold has de-
cided to loan the Imperial art col
lection, gathered by the late EN-
peror Meiji and most Of which could
not be duplicated.
China.
The Chinese pavilion is rapidly
approaching completion. In Septem-
Der 14S tons of material were land
ed from China for the erection of
the temple within the great walls
already erected. The pavilion repre-
sents an expenditure Of 100000 Of
the S750,000 appropriated by the
government for participation in the
exposition. In each Of the exhibit
palaces China will also be repre-
sented. A comprehensive display
will be made of silks and art prod
ucts and Of all Chinese industries.
The assembling Of the exhibits has
been accomplished under the direc-
ton Of the governors Of the Chinese
provinces and from this assortment
the most representative displays
have haen sn1acted.