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Show . STlTUES Symbolic Figures Are Presented by President Francis. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Dec. IV President D." R. Francis of the World's fair has written a letter to the Governor of each State and Territory embraced In the Louisiana Purchase, Informing him that the exposition company has decided de-cided to present to each of those States and Territories 'the statue, symbolic of it and occupying1 a niche in the colonnade colon-nade of States back of Festival hall on the), fair grounds. The gift is to be made without cost to the State and Territories, the only condition being that the statues be re-n re-n oved from the grounds and a promise given 'that they will be preserved in their present form as long as practicable. practica-ble. . These statues are of heroic size and were designed by some of the leading sculptors in the country. Each is typical typi-cal of the State or Territory It represents. repre-sents. The States and Territories represented, represent-ed, in the group are: Missouri, Louisiana, Louisi-ana, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Nebras-ka, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Da-kota, Montana Wyoming, Oklahoma and Indian Territory. |