Show I SAYS FAIR WIll BE All READY WHEN OPENING GOMES COMES Burley urley Describes Great Work Done on Exposition by Energetic Californians I That San SRn Francisco will b be read ready In e every w way for the opening of at th the Pan Pan- Pacific ama exposition at t the time Lime fixed for that event and that the great fair Itself ma may be tho last International ex expoSItIon exposition ex- ex position to be held In thin thit country for or many years year Is the opinion of ot D. D E. E Durie Burley general passenger agent for tor the Oregon s Short ot Line railroad who bo re re- re- re tum turned d toda today from the meeting of at tho the Transcontinental Pa Passenger association Jn in that city On OnA OnA doesn't weary of at San Francisco In In a week 1 Mr r. r Burl Burley y said eald But Butone one ono tires tIre of or tho the game gome ama thoy they play there They are nrc active in business and gay In tn coda social affairs and a week of oC It tt mak makes s one physically exhausted J. J One ine Is t. afraid to toCo togo Co go to l sleep for Cor fear of missing some some- thing I I was over In San Francisco last June Juneo he said discussing th the outlook for the greatS great aIr fair with William McMurray ray of ot Portland general Jeneral passenger agent of ot the Oregon Oregon- Oregon Washington Railway Hallway and Navigation atlon company campan as 88 a committee to recommend the form torm of oC exhibit tho the Union Unton Pacific system lItem will III put ut utIn In at the fair Reproduction of Inn At t that time wo we 0 looked over th the grounds rounds and selected a n site and on thu this trip we Jointly recommended a reproduction of at Old Faithful inn In Yellowstone national J park and a topographical re reprOduction reproduction re re- production of oC the park as a novel tion The placing o of this exhibit t will n co cost t and will be one of at the finest and mo inot t novel exhibits that has ever c hen jeen shown at an exposition The Tho exhibit will b be placed In the concessionaire con eon section nearl nearly facing the VanNesa VanNess avenue entrance The Interior CI of if tho the Inn In Instead tead of or being divided into sleeping rooms room will be made into concert concert con con- cert halls hall and music rooms room exhibit cham cham- bets bers and other suitable rooms The topographical reproduction of or the park nark tk In natural colors and In minute and elaborate d detail I. I will wUl cover a full tull acre of ot ground This will b be out of ot doors but nil be bo under roof root for tor protection from tram the elements Our recommendation has bas already been approved and the tho work of at preparation Is well Wen under way j I When I was In San Francisco In Juno June they were leveling and filling tilling the tho ground converting swamps Into high dry land and driving pilings lUng to support some somo of at th the buildings It was then hard to get geta a fair conception of ot what the ground would look like Ilka when the exposition I woud would be bo ready for tor the o opening I One Building Completed One little muo South American n republic building feet teet was completed and f stood Mood lonely in tn a R wilderness of at earth The Theon on only other building that was construction con con- wa was the framework of Machinery Machin 1 ery cry ha hall haJJ which Is tho the worlds world's lar largest est exposition building Whether the they would be read ready for tor or the fair wes was a big ques que- Zion tion Today Toda Machinery hall is completed with the exception of oC placing a few Cew huge statues on Its top tot Ten other buildings are re c completed m let I and five or six In addition to these theo will be completed within tho the next sixty days Tho Tho ground Is all aU leveled le and has been J planted to grass Tass They are putting In sidewalks and ancl madam I zed ewa driveways The rhey arc aro transplanting to the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds huge tr trees es from distant forests It begins to look like real business and It Is going oln ahead like magic I am convinced con that all nIl of ot the exposition expo expo- I buildings will be completed and ready to Install the exhibits by October 1 01 or November 1 at the latest Id Idaho's hos Building Completed Idaho Idaho's s building Is the only state building b that has been completed at this time The early carb completion ot or this worn work will give Idaho a great tat deal of or advance crU ad advertising that could not otherwise be gained The he magnitude of ot tho the fair i Is hard to understand without seeing it I 1 have been to nearly all the International and andna na national expositions held in this co country during the last man many years ears and I know that this will be he the greatest greate t ever undertaken under taken nt at any time I I am Inclined to believe that this willbe will willbe I be the last great exposition during our o time The Tho expense Is 18 enormous and the returns arc ara so uncertain that tho the world pO powers rs are b becoming tired d of the re responsibility re- re lipon for Au such Huch h exhibitions e. So are arc the states It behooves ev every ry man woman wom worn an tin and child who possibly can cnn cane ue ee e this fair to do to so for It may be bA their l last t chance for tor man many many years The world orld must take off its hat to those Indomitable Th Thoy y y yare are up and Md doln doing e every minute No one would have ha believed a few ew years ago when San Francisco was swept b by fire tire that In po so h short rt a 11 time she would be entertaining the world arId In a new city and with th the tho greatest st exposition of ot all history San Ban Francisco eo de deserves en th the highest praise that t men and nations can bestow besto and arid she deU de dc- U Uthe the patronage of ot the world for tor that fair specially because of or the wonderful won won- achievement ement of at her Ita people since tho the fire A A- magnificent corps of ot men Is at the bead hUd of or this great enterprise Fair Pair More Toro Compact The San Francisco fair Is more com corn pact than any former exposition There is B plenty of ot room In the grounds and buildings for tor the accommodation of ot great crow crowds but there arc no long walks alks between between be be- be- be tween points of or Interest The electrical effects to bo be displayed 1 there thore arc new and novel and It 1 is Ic planned to make them the tho most spectacular that has ever been peen seen Mr Bure Burley says sass that the Passenger association as as- sedation fixed rates to and from Crom San fan Francisco from tram Chicago St. St Louis and Missouri river points but that the Salt Lake and oth other r Intermediate points were not yet ret determined The summer tourist rate was definitely h. h settled BettIN at 40 tb Salt Lake to San Francisco an and return from June 1 to October 31 31 with final return limited to December c 31 This rate has prevailed pre between n Salt Snit Lake and the coast for Cor several e years during tho the summer sea fica son On |