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Show II COST TEN MILLION DOLLARS, CONTAINS J EXHIBITS PROM WHOLE KNOWN WORLD II Special to The Tribune SIOATTI-E. Wnsh., Juno U The Alaa-I Alaa-I ka-Yukon-Pnelflc exposition cost $10,000,- J 000, anil Wiis ImllL in two years. Tho I grouping of hullrilnsrs Is much different than at other expositions. The structures are compnctly placed: there Is no long, itircsonio walk- from one exhibit to another. an-other. After the vl.stlor enters tho main sates two buildings standing In a cluster of trees to Hie left iir.t moot the eye. One Is whore, the administration of the expo-' expo-' tflllou Is centered anil the other tho au ditorium, a brick and steel building of Imposing? architecture. To tho right, and across Puget I'lar.n, Is the line arts palnce. This building contains a valuable art display loaned from famous collections all over the world. A few steps lead to tho Intersection of Olympic plaeo and Alaska avenue. To the right Is a view down the "I'ay Streak." the exposition amusement way, and to tho left a front view of the auditorium au-ditorium and the University of Washington Washing-ton In the distance. Tho "Pay Streak" Is also reached by following a thoroughfare to t li right, just Inside the main entrance gates, and on past the rest headquarters of tho Women's Wom-en's league and tho Masonic, Swedish and other buildings. Crossing over Olympic place and walking walk-ing to a point of vantage in front of the main government structure the beautiful picture of the fair Is unfolded. To the' right the Alaska building, to the left the. Hawaiian building, and on either side of the cascades the oriental, foreign, "manufactures and agriculture palaces.' In the distance are the music pavilion, the buildings of Canada and Japan, and completing com-pleting this picture ait. Kalnler, one of the highest mountain peaks in the United States. Various avenues and streets branch off In every direction. On every thoroughfare is something of Interest. Buildings stand out everywhere hi this forest of lirs. Natural beauties arc. on ?very hand. The fine arts building Is not far from tho entrance lo tho grounds. It Is a permanent per-manent structure of concrete and brick. NVxi in line routes the main government building, with Its massive dome, the architectural ar-chitectural climax of the fair. In this Ktrmturc are tho exhibits of tho various departments at Washington. In. a separate sep-arate building is the wonderful display if live fish, and hi another wing the bin -rrnph room, wh"ro moving pictures' lllus-Irato lllus-Irato how tho I'nlted Stales malls are handled, the rural free delivery and many ither things of interest. Trom Far Off Lands. The Philippines are represented and Hawaii, too. occupies a building directly in front of the main building, and across tlie street Is the Alaska building. The Alaska building, with exhibits of the varied va-ried resources of the northland, Is a feature feat-ure of the fair. Alaska. Hawaii and the Philippines are represented at. Seattle on R scale not contemplated when the exposition ex-position was suggested. The general scheme of architecture of the fair is in the Frencli renaissance. Tills is noticeable in all tho larger buildings. Tho first county exhibit building on Dome circle is the handsome structure built by Spokane county and directly adjoining ad-joining It Is the Chehalls county structure. struc-ture. Nearby are the Utah and Idaho Htate buildings, and In the distance the log cabin of the Arctic Brotherhood, an Alnskan fraternal organization. From this point looking across the natural amphitheater amphithe-ater where all open exercises are held. Is the first vista of Lake Washington. Dl-roetly Dl-roetly across the Spokane building is California's home Jn Spanish mission architecture. ar-chitecture. Tills ' building contains exhibits ex-hibits from every county and is the most romnleto rllsnlnv nf tlie wrimlorful ri- sources of the golden state over assem bled away from home. In the rear of tho ! California building, and facing on Seward I avenue Is tlie New York state structure, ' a ropllca of Seward's old homo near Au- burn. , Continuing the journey down Pacific ; avenue the forestry building, with its -olonnade of fir logs from Washington for- ! ests, next comes Into view, facing on the i opposite side of Nome circle from the Oregon and Washington state buildings. ! The forestry building Is the largest log ! house In the world, and after the exposi tion will be used as the school of forestry nf the University of Washington. All of the social functions will take place In the Washington building. The Oregon building was ready six months before the fair opened. The various counties of Oregon have provided a fine Mne of exhibits of the fruits, grains and woods raised in that .state and decorations decora-tions of the building show many farm 'und woodland scenes done in grains and grasses. Lumbering Prominent. In tho rear of tho forestry building and on a hill overlooking Lake Washington Is tlie Hoo Hoo house, the home of vis- j iting lumbermen. Large black cats with sparkling eyes guard the entrance gates, i Pacific avenue eventually leads to Rai- nier vista, and nearly encircles tho exposition expo-sition grounds. Leaving tho forestry and Oregon buildings, and proceeding down this thoroughfare the King county building, build-ing, an ornate structure, comes Into view and directly across the street stand the dairy and good roads building, machlnerv hall and the model foundry. Near the machinery hall Is the music pavilion, almost al-most hidden by a hedge of douglas lira, where band concerts are given dally. In the rear of the music pavilion is "tho big exhibit palace erected by the Dominion Domin-ion of Canada, and adjoining this structure, struc-ture, tho Grand Trunk railway building. The landscape features about these two buildings are in harmonv. A few steps from the Canadian building leads to the heart of the gardens and Rainier Vista. Straight ahead Is a magnificent viuw of Mount Rainier, and to the rear is a vlcit across geyser basin and cascade court to the central government building. It Is tlie main axis of tlie fair. I On both sides of the main court are tho big exhibit palaces, with their displays, dis-plays, covering many acres. To the lefL is the manufactures' palace and dlrectlv across geyser basin the agriculture build- ! ing. Counties in the state of Washington not represented by separate buildings liave provided displays In the agriculture agricul-ture building. Just beyond the manufactures manufac-tures building and adjoining the Hawaiian building Is the oriental palace. Directly across cascade court' stands the foreign palace, where Germany, France, Great Britain and other countries have exhibits. The Japanese building is next to como into view. There arc exhibits from al- I mo.'t every province In Japan. The V. M. O. A. exhibit Is close at hand and fol-! fol-! lowing Pacific avenue for a block the mines building Is seen. Minerals from the state of Washington arc on display lu-re and the. collection of ores has prob-. prob-. ably never brcn equaled, Krom the I mines building It Is only a step lo the J Chinese '.lage, the Swedish building. I the model holographic building and the j pay strcnk attractions. Sports Will Be Feature. Off from the main oxpo:d;lnn streets are the model farm, tlio athletic :ttndlum and the Mock i-xhlblt. the miles of woodland wood-land patches, natural parks and rontau-rants rontau-rants set In among the trees and shrubbery. shrub-bery. Drinking fountains have been provided, pro-vided, the water supply coming direct j from C'odar motuitain. Tlie grounds are I well lighted and French electroliers outline out-line the vistas. Lakes Union and Washington, adjoining adjoin-ing tlie exposition, permit of aquatic sports of every nature. Military and naval drills participated In by sailors from the American and .lapanese cruisers and soldiers from the government forts near Seattle are big features. The amufomeiii street at Seattle eon-tains eon-tains a full mile of attraction!). Hands of every nation glvo concerts dally. The landscaping of the grounds has been carried out on an elaborate plan. In the illumination, thousands of incandescent incan-descent lamps have been strung along the buildings. The Alaska shaft Is made a tower of light and the Cascades aro broken Into rainbows. The geyser basin, at the fool of the falls. Is alno made bcau-' bcau-' tlfnl by hundreds of submerged lights of various colors. When the exposition work was begun It was necessary to remove a large portion of a 250-acre forest of towering fir trees. Many of them woro left, and today they lift their tops 250 feel above the. gtounds. By night every branch Is picked out witli electric lamps and festoons of more lamps arc draped from tree to tree. Among the gardens and the trees are many rest stations. It is possible for aO.OOO persons to bo seated at one time and regard has been given to every other comfort. Drinking water, brought from a glacier lake In the mountains, is plentiful and free. The exposition has been financed by the northwest. Seattle subscribed $fi.S0.000 in one day and later made It $S00,000. Still later a bond Issue of J350.000 was taken up overnight. The slate of Washington Wash-ington appropriated $1,000,000 with the proviso that not less than 5B0O.O0O of tho amount should go into permanent buildings build-ings to revert to the University of Washington. Wash-ington. The I'nlted States government appropriated ffiOO.OOO for Its own building and for the exploitation of the Philippines, Hawaii. Alaska and the fisheries. Tlie administration of th- exposition has been In the hands of vniions departments, depart-ments, each department backed by a committee of the leading business men of the northwest. J. 12 Clillberg, a pioneer of Alaska and head of the Scandinavian American bank, is president. John A. McGraw. ex-governor of the state, and Jl. C H.cnry. another banker, are vlcc-presldentf. vlcc-presldentf. William Sheflleld Is secretary: secre-tary: C. R. Collins, treasurer: .lames A. Wood, director of exploitation; Wilfred Beaton, chief of tho department of publicity: pub-licity: A. W. Lewis, chief of department of concessions; Henry Dosch, chief of the dopartment of exhibits: Frank B. Allen, chief of the department of works, and I. A. Nadeau Is director general. Frank V. Dunham is assistant to the president. Tlie Idea was conceived by Godfrey Chealander. a pioneer of the Klondike. It has been carried out by a coterie of the most energetic business men of the northwest. |