The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-09-26

the one national aim of preserving popular rule
for the world. Thus. not only will there be
vital interest in the exhibits of the war
and navy departments bur In the displays OF
The work of tie department of agriculture In slim
Mating increased production of food; the nctivi-
lies of the food administration In encouraging the
conservation and equitable distribution of this
fundamental war munition; the addition OF new
food sources through the bureau of fisheries of
,i,e depurim ment of commerce. the safeguarding OF
human life and indirectly increasing OF coal pro-
ductIon through the work of the mine rescue cars
ol the bureau OF mines. department of Interior;
rnh the spreading OF official news through the
committee on public Information.
IN. Joint committee government exhibits.
which for the various departments In admin
siratinc the displays and Is headed ms chairman by
r. IamsoI,- Scribner of the department OF agricul-
Inre has contracte for the exhibits to be shown
simultaneously ive circuits of approximately
.;5 state fairs and expositons from the Atlantic
the Pacific.
Organization of five circuits does not mean TINT
any one circuit is being favored or Disseminated
..rninst in the quantity or quality Of dspNys
The government exhibit material Is OF such mngni'
,utle that no fair hns been abe offer space
than cnn he filled. The army and navy exhibits
have been made tp In Ave duplicate sets In fact
practically the only variations of note In the dis
plays in those OF the department OF agriculture.
which Inns IIanned. In addition to Its exhibits of
general interest, displays of particular Importance
fur specific regions. For Instance. where wheat-
growing is aabsOrbng. wheat will be featured.
and where cattle fever tick Is sucking blood anu
destroying meat. special emphasis will be placed
IN the tight rid American territory of this para
site
The government exhibits have much to detain
even the idly curious, but informing the people Of
government work and of important aid which the
public render the government In the nntionai
crisis liz the big aim All exhibits educational
and those of purely technical interest are rarely
used. Displays the product of years of ex-
Dprience In exposition methods md every EFFORT Is
made to visualize subjects In such manner that
observers will be Informed well as entertained
To list and describe adequately every item in
the exhibits would require many words. Features
selected here and there. however. may serve to
give un deu of the complete show.
The war department display hardly fail to
place Americans more closely in touch with their
boys who are making more uneasy the heads that
wear the crowns. There are Browning machine
-uns for infantry use and Lewis machine guns
Of the nircrnft type: mountain cannon that can
lie pulled to Alpine heights; figures clothed In reg
plation uniforms, including an nvintors flying
logs; rifles of the latest model used over there.
md wooden blocks showing penetration of the old
nd new bullets; complete equipment of the be-
owed .sloughbOy." and trench periscope through
which he watches for friskiness on the part of the
.Fritxies :" gas masks that he dons when the Hun
breads his fnvorite poison the trench helmet that
protects him and the hand grenades he hurts; the
-lovel with which he digs a trench and the pump
hat takes out the water.
Then .aere are models of the various kinds of
,,.na used by the army, national and regimental
,,lors In silk. storm and post flags. portable field
wireless outt heliograp instruments. lanterns for
light signaling, day and night rockets and signal
:ngs
and any American hasn't learned yet to dis
tinguish Il sergeant major from a brigadier gen
.ral he can do from boards which carry the
Insignia of officers and the chevrons of enlisted
men with the wound and service chevrOns au-
t,orixed for officers and men serving in France.
The navy display shows more of the tools that
IRE making this world unsafe place for Inter
,ntional burglars. and also some rifles captured
rom German soldiers. The navy shows n depth
liarse Of the kind whose bubbles often mean the
md for some submarine pirate; naval mine and
ncl,oe and big torpedo with Its truck Projec-
,iiea of various sizes accompanied by bombs
at airpanes drop. The clothing display includes