The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-08-17
Government "sAFEn
nRS1" SPECIAL
I coEile WEST
This sSetion Espeeiaity Favored 10
Aoutino Of Exhibit.

govern 3bent's Safety First" exhibit
through certain portions of the Unit
| ed StaQes, but almost Immediately he
Gas confronted by the fact that there
we're nj funds available for transport
ing su<h an exhibit. He was about
to aba1dOn the idea when President
willard Of the Baltimore T. Ohio
railroad came to his relief. Mr.. Will
lard offered to supply the equipment
and hi Jul the installed exhibit over
the lirt rs Of his company, free of
charge at the same time furnishing
accomI1 1odations for the men accom-
panyin3 the exhibit.
Numd fous other railroad officials
got busS in an effort to get the train
over thS lines Of road in other sec.
tions oflthe country. The Union Pa.
cific wd one of the western lines
that go0 into the negotiations and
succeeded in landing the prize, though
its effors q put forth will mean the
expendit0 Ire Of a large sum OF money.
as II wi haul the train more than
5000 mi es without receiving a cent
OF reven e.
Regard,ess Of the expense. offcials
Of the )bion Pacific went upon the
theory tn et as an educational feature
to bring before the public. the future
benefits nat the people along its lines
would dtrive would many times re-
pay the Expense.
In citie and towns where stops are
made. tn exhibits will be open 10
inspectio1. free Of charge. each day
from ! Orlock in the afternoon until
nine at ght. Moving pictures in the
evening.
The exhibits are similar to the de-
partment exhibit that the government
has been showing at the expositions
held on ghe Pacific coast and else
where dufng the last few years
without going into extended detail
in the Cd est Guard service there is
. modern& full sized self-baling surf
boat, bea$ apparatus wagon, rapid
firing gun for throwing life lines to
ships In distress and there are
breaches boy for life saving At sea
The Pu Clic Health Service shows
BY ,nodelsS and charts what the gov.
ernn,ent istdoing In stamping out dis.
esse and @afeguarding the health OF
our people,
The Na@ b a,d War departments
have cars devoted exclusively to 4
display OF pparatus and medels used
in the resp Pctivs depart nents. In the
Wsz depa kmsnt exhibit thrs are
not.els Of he immense cannon Used
In fortiAca, hons. all manner Of small
arms. inclu Ping the rapid firing guls.
while In tlk Navy department there
are models1 Of the battle ships, one
being an ID pct duplicate in miniature
Of the dred dnaught, Vermont Uncls
Sans most Formidable battle ship.
In the Ntvy department IL . com.
plsts wirele(e station. taken from one
Of its subm primes. At places where
stops are m4ds. this 10 taken out and
set up and ton It messages are sent
out and anslF Fers received.
In the col ectioa from the Depart
msnt Of the Interior there arc count.
less exhibitd showing what is DOS.
sible in the Vsy Of reducing accidents
In the mined There are telephones.
pumps and even the life saving
canary. In he same department il
shown what has been done BY the
Reclamation eervtce and how It has
been possibly to make 10000, 900
acres Of desS Srt land within the last
few years blbssom like the rose and
respond to tn magic touch of nature.
In this del e1artment are shown pic
lures Of the scenery in the fourteen
national parl. most Of which are in
the west.
The Department Of Agriculture
shows the c8nservation of life and
property. hot dres are started and
how they ard prevented.
One of th most interesting eI.
hibits Is that Of the Weather bureau
service. Herd is shown all Of the in.
struments us1 in forecastins wealth.
or at both ong and short range
There are 81 pwn the methods en-
ployed in giving timely warnings Of
the approach storms. frosts, flsods
and tornadoes
The interstate Commerce exhibit
has largely tos do with the affairs Of
the railroads. In the car devoted Ia
this exhibit here are to be seen
about all the appliances for carrying
into effect thl Safety First" idea.
To make his exhibit complete.
there is show 4 locomotive under
full steam and on one side there are
number OF p(sp holes. and by look.
Ing through th glass covering them
is easy to ascet tain how steam is ap.
piled and Just What 1t can do.
The work Of lhs Red Crsss IL made
. special featufe. its exhibit taking
up an entire ct. 1t 10 In charge Of
stan Of hySicians and surgeons
and life savin( expert. There are all
kinds Of appat tstus, together with
about sverythin& needed in Arst MD
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