Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-08-09
OHIO FAIR BRINGS
WAR NEAR PEOPLE.
Government to Have Big War EI-
hibit at Coming State
Exposition.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Uncle Sam to Give Buckeye
Folks Fine Idea of Nations
Military Activities.
or INTEREST TO FARMERS

Farmers particularly will appreci-
ate the United States Governments
official war exhibit at the Chio State
Fair the last week in August. Spa
cious housing quarters have been re-
served for the exhibit, which has been
designed by Uncle Sam to bring the
conflict in Europe as close as posi-
BILE to Ohio people and to give them
a comprehensive idea Of the nations
military activities and of the true
meaning of preparedness.
AS this years fair is to be strictly
win-the-war exposition. Ohio Secre-
tary of Agriculture N. E. Shaw and
Fair Manager E. v. Walborn were
quick to seize the opportunity to
bring the big war, exhibit to Colum-
bus. They believe it will have tre-
mendously good effect on all who see
it and will put patriotic Ohio into the
war stronger than ever.
Those who have given sons to fight
/ the battles for world democracy will
/ find much of interest and inspiration
in the exhibit, which will afford them
a chance to inspect the implements of
modern warfare, equipment of troops,
and to see how Uncle Sam takes care
of his fighting men.
A special force from the Federal
Department of Agriculture and en-
listed men of the army and navy will
be in charge of the exhibit, to which
no entrance fee will be required. The
national departments of agriculture,
army, navy and commerce, the food
administration and the committee on
public information will be represented
in the exhibit.
A large showing of machine-gun
equipment will feature the display Of
the army. The new Browning ma
chine gun, which has created a fu-
rore in ordnance circles, will be on
exhibition, as will the Lewis aircraft
gun, the modern Enfield rifle and the
mountain gun. There will be lay fg-
ures showing the various uniforms
worn by the fighting men Of all
branches of the service, including che
complete uniform and personal equip.
ment of the modern aviator.
Masks worn by the first-line trench
men in counteracting poison gas vii
be on exhibition, and an interesting
part of the signal corps display will
be the showing of the sun telegraph b!
which, with system of mirrors, teie
graphic signals may be sent 70 miles
Models of tents used by the army ept
a complete model of a base Hospital
including all sorts of surgical dres
sings, frst-aid apparatus and a mag
net for extracting shrapnel srlinters
also will be there to attract visitors
Young men who contemplate
naval career will find much 10 inter
est them, such as torpedoss, dept
charges and exact miniature model
of some of the well-known ightin
ships of the navy, as we'll as auxiliar
vessels which are required to supper
! a modern navy in action
The exhibit of the Department c
| Agriculture will embrace profusio
of maps, transparencies, samples {
containers and the like, intended t
inculcate ideas of food conservatio
| and enlargement of the productive
of the land. 1t also will include ir
struments used in conducting tn
manifold Investigations of the variou
bureaus of the department.
Stuffed creatures of the water wi
be exhibited by the Bureau OF Fisher
les, Department of Commerce, whic
will attempt to impress on the publ
the desirability of fish as food. B,
sides, the food administration wi
have many lessons to present. It wi
! have on show numerous photograph
| and charts. which were prepared wit
the view of attracting the interest
housewives and enlisting them sti
further in the movement which h;
for it's slogan, Food will win Il
war"
Free motion pictures, including sp
cial films on war subjects, will /
shown by the government.