The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-31
Her
EXPO. is
PLAN ned
Panama City Will Pull Off Big Show
Soon; Balboa, Discoverer Of
Pacific Ocean, Will Be
Honored

opening date little more than two
months distant, the national exposi
ton Of Panama is certain to be ready
The exposition does not celebrate the
opening of the canal, Notwithstanding
the fact that the presence of this new
highway Is counted on to treble tile
number Of visitors that otherwise
could have been expected The most
recent event that il celebrates is the
resumption OF separate governments by
Panama and the opening date Novem
Der was chosen because il is the
twelfth anniversary Of that event. The
official designation Of the big under
taking is The National Exposition ci
Panama Commemorative of the Dis
eoyery Of The South Seas
The single person most honosed will
be Balboa dead these four hundred
years. The preamble OF the dcree
providing for the exposition says It is
for the purpose Of
"Extolling and honoring the memory
of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, the dis
coveerer Of the Pacific ocean OF
Strengthening the sentiments of
friendship and sympathy which bind
Panama with Spain, the mother coun-
try on the one part, and that of the
republics of the American continent
on the other part; promoting CONNER
cial and intellectual interchange With
these countries; and exhibiting to the
to The visitors at the exposition the
natural resources, industries, arts, and
in a single word the growing civiliza-
tion OF the republic Of Panama
A plot of ground. 20 acres in extent,
in the north part of the city is occu-
pied by the exposition, lying along
slope that overlooks the Pacific There
are to be about eight exhibition build
ings, a stadium, 4 plaza, grand park
way. and d concnurse and patio at the
waterside Most of the buildings are
finished. These include the palaces OF
agriculture, of fine arts, of govern
ment, of commerce and industry and
OF administration At the date Of the
legations last report, the palace of
education also was more than half
finished The management of the eX-
position has been occupying the ad
ministration building for some tirn..
Early last spring Cuba completed its
building. It is permanent structure,
the second floor of which is to be oc
cupied by the Cuban legation and the
first floor by exhibits Of Cuban pro
ducts, which win be maintained after
the close Of the. exposition.
With an $4,000 building and ex
hibit Spain will have an important
part. The building will also be perma
nent and have thes anne functions as
'hNt of Cuba Construction is now in
progress, it is stated. The erection q
tnls building is one of the signlficani
features of the fair. For many years
after Panamas declaration OF inde
pendence from Spain, i'll feeling exist
ed between the mother country and
the new republic, due partly to misun
derstanding and partly to the fact tha
Spain cherished hopes of the recover
ing its old possession The fact nov
that Spain was the only European
country invited to participate in the
fair and that she accepted the invita-
tion shows how completely this feel
ing has changed on both sides. In
deed, the natural sympathy between
the two due to identity in language
literature and to considerable extent in
culture long since asserted itself
Another permanent building will be
that of Venezuela near those Of cuba
and Spain but there is some doubt
whether she viii be able to complete
il in time for the fair Although the
other three central american republics
have not 20 far made appropriations.
he mingling of people from all these
countries at the exposition is expected
10 strengthen the bonds Of friendship |
and Understanding among them
The United States government has
set aside s25000 for representation al
the fair. but just how this is to be
spent has not been announced The
Panama government hopes, il y said
that The United States viii some time
see fit to erect representative exhi |
bition building III the permanent
group and that many other countrle
viii also take advantage Of The oppor
tunity for exhibiting their products
near the new-word-highSay
II IS not the first time Panama has
honored the memory Of Nnnez De Bal
boa There is coin Of the republic
called Balboa Balbos's portrait is
on the national postage stamp, and