The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-11

waters this month. Hawaii's princi-
pal exhibit in the pavilion will be an
aquarium in which will be shown the
wonderfully colored fishes from the
Paradise OF the Pacific" so viyidly
colored that tourists at Honolulu be-
lieVe they are painted to order. Six
large, well-lighted tanks set in
half octagon will hold the many
varieties of fishes and new additions
to the family will be received every
three weeks during the exposition
period.
Among the exhibits will be small
octopuses, which, in the Islands, pro-
vide rare edible for Hawaiians and
foreigners alike. Chairman H. p.
Wood, of the Hawaii Exposition Com
mission, and Secretary of the Terri
tory W. W. Tayler will arrive from
Honolulu in January to accept and
dedicate the building. Hawaiian musi-
clans will sing their croony melodies
every day and everything in and out
OF the building will give the "at-
mosphere" Of the farthest west ter
ritory Of Uncle Sam. On June II,
Hawaiian Day. at the exposition, it
is possible that Ex-Queen Liliuoka-
lani and the Princesses Kalanianaole.
and Kawananakoa, both society
women, will be hostesses with Gov
ernor Pinkham and the Hawaiian ex-
position officials.
United States Exhibit.
Preparations for the largest Gov
ernment exhibit ever made by one ma
ton at an exposition are nearing COM
pletion in six of the exhibit palaces
at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition. The display is that of the
United States and is to occupy all told
$4,000 square feet of exhibit space.
Its total cost will be in the neigh
borhood Of 100000.
Nearly every one OF the depart
ments of the Federal Government is
to be representa-, the exhibits being
distributed among the appropriate
palaces. In the Palace Of Mines and
Metallurgy the Bureau of Mines Is
constructing series of model mines,
beneath the floor. In the Palace of
Machinery will be a display of the
manufacture of arms and armament
and all Of the technical and mechan-
ical side of the Army and Navy op-
erations; here also will be the ex-
hibit of the lighthouse department
and miniature model of naval
drydock. The largest display will be
in the Liberal Arts building where
more than $4,000 square feet Of
space has been allotted to the Gov
ernment. Exhibits will also be made
extensively in the palaces of Agricul-
ture, Education and Food Products.
Municipal Auditorium.
On January the great Municipal
Auditorium, erected by the Panama
Pacific International Exposition at a
cost Of $1,S00,000, on ground fur
nished by the city at cost of over
100000, was dedicated by a great
reception and ball. The affair, be-
ing the Inauguration Of the great SER
les of social functions that will mark
the exposition, was appropriately
made the most brilliant Of the kind
ever held in the city. A note of spe-
cial distinction was lent by the at
tendance Of all of the state and
foreign commissioners to the expos
ition now resident in the city.
Philippine Display.
A shipment of 1000 packages OF
exhibits for the Philippine display
at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, brought to port by the
y. S. Army transport Sheridan, were
received at the exposition grounds
the third week in December. The
cargo was unloaded at the transport
docks adjoining the exposition
grounds and constituted the first
trans-oceanic shipment brought di-
rectly to the grounds
The Philippine exhibit is to be dis
tributed between the Philippine build
ing and the several exhibit palaces
the principal display being made In
the Palace of Education and the
Palace of Agriculture. Preparations
for its installation are well under
way. Most Of the material used II
the construction of the Philippine
booths was brought from the islands
for the purpose. The exhibit proper
will include complete display of thu
resources and development of thu
Philippines, with particular refer
ence to the progress made since thu
American occupation.
Letter Day.
The entire Pacific Coast joined II
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