Show ALASKA ALASKA- YUl ON P FAIR FAIRIS IS MORE IS-MORE MORE THAN HALF READY Instead ol of a Midway I a Pike a Trail or a Warpath It Will Have a Pay Streak to Amuse the Big Crowds Cro Fair Will Open First Day of ot Next June About Government and the State Buildings and Exhibits SEATTLE Sept 18 18 The 18 Time The Alaska Alaska- Yukon Pacific exposition which t is to beheld bo be e held at Seattle Wash from Juno 1 I to October 16 1000 1909 has ha mado made more rapid rapi progress toward completion than thau any my other national exposition ever cr held in inthe inthe the tho Unit United cd States had made mado so far in anc ad On AU August 1 th the management was as able ablo to tt estimate conservatively ely n the that exposition was 05 IKi per cent complete com COUl in its ph work Irk There Ther yet Jet r remain ten months in in which winch to put on the time fi finishing 1 touches s. s and the tho JUana management management manage manage- e- e ment is is a able able to toto to announce that without doubt the time exposition will bo be complete in every department on th the aa day fixed for fOI limn tho formal opening The ox position exposition company is amply supplied with t funds for completing its ts work The capital stock tolk of the controlling controlling- corporation fixed at t has hus been fully folly subscribed subscribed sub sub- scribed and paid in in in aud and tho several tc counties of the of Washington have havo contributed in in tho the way of direct aid over o t more Many lany of the counties will fre erect t buildings of their own which will will to a c certain extent bo ho pseudo exhibit buildings 8 The Ilia exposition exposi tion will Twill lime have ten teu largo large c exhibit build build- in ings r arc Manufactures I agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture mines fisheries fine arts arh ma rims chinen transportation oriental European European Euro Euro- pan and 1111 forestry In addition thero will iII bo ho o tb the usual complement of pr private nto exhibit buildings steno building t concession con con- on cession making a total of about buildings CI Exhibits The Tho Unil United ll States State con congress lC has lias om- om recognized tho time exposition by hy ap ap- lating i for a government to exhibit and aud sip Rix buildings limo Tho government government govern govern- ment exhibit will be ho the finest o over or r mado by the tho at nn any exposition exposition exposition exposi exposi- tion except the tho o exhibits at tho the Chicano Chicago and St St. Louis expositions c Special at t. t will bo he given i en b by the government to exhibits from fromn Alaska Hawaii and the tho Philippines and of Pacific fisheri fisheries s. s Generally f speaking the exhibits under tho the direction of the tho government o will be beof beof beof of the practical kind and will pertain commercially and md in all atI other tars tar to the substantial development dc of the Pacific west A largo large number of t the c states of the union are arc making malung arrangements for their participation Oregon ma made mado o an initial initial in in- in- in a appropriation of l OOOO and will give ivo OOOO more moro at the 1909 session of its legislative o assembly Or Oregon Oregon's ons on's s 's bu building is is nearly complete California has bas broken ground for a largo buil building in in tho the old Spanish mission style of ol architecture an and aud already alread- finds that it will need more moro moue money in addition to the tho appropriation on ma made e by its le lego leg in l 1907 07 Washington n appropriated for its participation and will erect a number of buildings among them thorn a n state building which will be tho finest an and most costly state building ever seen scon at an au exposition The Tho New cw York and Missouri commissions have havo already alread- selected their sites and will bc begin n building in tho the near f future turo Many State Buildings Other states aro are going goin ahead similarly with their plans All AJ All All' of tho the Pacific coast and Rocky locky mountain states will he represented by br state hu buildings l in and aud exhibits Thousands 8 of applications for exhibit space havo have been received by tho the c exhibit department t. Life color demonstration and und motion will be tho the chief ef characteristics character character- i tics of or t the e exhibits of tho the exposition Reports from commissioners to foreign countries are aio to the tho effect that foroi foreign n participation will be bt extensive Commissioners tiro ure now working in England Prance France German German- Germany Holland Belgium Egypt furl Turkey eJ AI Algiers rs Persia Persia Per Per- sia China and Japan Many displays have havo been secured from the tho ish exposition c now being held in Lon Lon- don Tho The exhibit build buildings nis will be ready for the reception of exhibits on January 1 1909 All AU tho the grading rading ant and landscaping on tho the grounds has been completed so that when the opening day comes tho the exposition position will bo a marl marvel mar vel el of beauty Tho amusement section of tho exposition exposition exposi exposi- tion known at C Chicago ica o as KS tho midway at St. St Louis as tho time pike at Portland as the trail and at Jamestown as the tho warpath will ill bo ho known at Seattle as the the pay pay streak a term well known to miners in all countries and especially to those who h have havo worked alon along he the Pacific coast and in Alaska Tho The pay streak will be bo three quarters of a mile in in len length th and will havo o only meritorious attractions It is the tho aim of f the exposition t on c company to get aw away y front from tho the old and threadbare class of amusement features featured at expositions Seattle is amply able able to to care carts for all visitors who ma may come cometa to its exposition in 1909 Ib lb is is-a is a eit city of people well supplied with hotels It will be Possible possible ble for a visitor to tho the exposition to secure secure secure se se- cure in in Seattle next year meals and lodging accommodations a Hour for an any price that he may mar desire to pay In the first class hotels it will hill bo ho possible to secure as good a II room as in in any first class hotel hotel hotel ho ho- tel in in New York at a cost no larger per por da Ita day than the prices prevailing in New York Transportation facilities are ample am am- plc pIc and it will bo possible for a visitor to go o from tho the heart of the city eity to tho the exposition grounds i in twenty minutes Besides tho the wonders wonder's of the exposition Seattle and aud tho surrounding country will will offer otTer man many other attractions Beautiful ful Pu Puget et sound flo the tho wonderful lakes and snow V capped mountains will give o otho tho the visitor a great reat scenic scenic treat In addition addition addition addi addi- tion to tho the man many 7 places of interest in inand inand and about Seattle th there thero ro are mauv der delightful de dee side tr trips ps that can tail can bo ho made by rail boat carriage carnage or automobile in ln a aI short time timo and at moderate expense I |