East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-01


Next comes the, to me, masterpiece
in the shape of great panoramic
scene depicting a cross country view
with mountains and two rivers flow.
ing in from the distant background
In the foreground is an exhibit of the
wild life of the dominion, represented
by mounted figures of every bird and
mammal which inhabits the region
These stuffed creatures are posed in
lifelike attitudes, and were it not foi
the fact that there are too many
species within the field of a single
glance. one might easily imagine that
he was looking on an actual outdoor
scene. The crowning feature of this
whole scene is the far end, where a
family Of living beaver. a mother and
three, about three quarters grown,
kittens, are comfortably installed in
a pond of water. Just back of this
pond of live beavers is another pond
containing a typical beaver house. on
and around which are mounted stuffed
! beaver, and back of that, and shad-
ing into it so cleverly that it is nearly
impossible to find the line where the
two join, is a painted scene which ap-
pears to carry the view miles away up
the canyon of a mountain stream. The
front of the pond is the dam. This is
/ built of cement and sticks, which have
been cut by the animals, and looks
exactly Ike a real beaver dam The
pond where the live ones are con-
fined is surrounded by apparently
/ natural logs placed so that they over.
hang the water. But these logs and
rocks are made of cement and are so
placed and smooth that the animals
can not climb out over them, al
/ though at first glance there does not
appear to be any restraining enclos-
ure at all. 1t took me quite a while
to figure out why the beavers did not
climb out and wander around where
their presence would, Of course cause
havoc.
Lumber Woods Display.
All the other mounted animals in
this whole scene are fine specimens
mounted and posed with marvellous
naturalness, and there are almost
every species and variety known to
the north American continent. If Ir-
vie LaDOw, Wess Matlock John
Vaughan or any Of the other Pendle-
ton nimrods came here (and | hope
every nature lover will have this op-
pOrtunity) l want to warn them be-
times not to bring any Shooting
sticks with them, for the temptations
presented in that scene might be too
strong to resist.
The next feature is a fine display
Of the different lumber woods. This
Is in the shape of beautifully polished
planks in as wide dimensions as pos
sible, Of all the several species Of
wood found, and used for lumber in
Canada.
Then comes another large panoram-
ic painting Of the town Of Cobalt or
rather two paintings, one Of which
shows the site Of the town before
there was any town and the other as
it appears today. BY. an ingenious
mechanical device, which / can't de-
scribe, these two pictures appear al
ternately before the view in the same
space. The lights gradually grow
somewhat dim and one scene fades
from sight and the other slowly comes
into the space. This effect is quite |
wonderful and startling.
Next is a large glass enclosed case
of samples Of every variety and grade |
Of coal There are also three other
similar cases containing exhibits Of /
asbestos, gold and silver and nickel |
These cases are rooms in dimensions |
and contain wonderfully fine specl-
mems Of the several minerals, those
Of the precious metals Of immense
value.
The next is another panoramic view
Of the far north. with Dawson City
as the central figure. The lighting Of
this scene Stimulates the artistic win
ter night with a beautiful aurora
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