| Show A BOOST FOR FORTHE THE NORTHLAND neglected lell hy by shire llIco lI its dl discovery covery by itus is tars II a ago Is ot at last conic cOllie Into Its own It IS to have a such ns as no e Omen l Its first ot of Iti In the II ot of tho next great worlds fair ot th the north time the expo which Is to be held In III thIs city elty In 1 1900 09 Nearly three years before time open openIng opening Ing ot of the the citizens of at Seattle 11 hy by raIsing In II a the tho greatest sum ever tl Or tiny enterprise The fair wanted unit Will JI 11 Parry ot of the tho wa trays and commIttee set sel about to I It The end lid of at time da day Oct Oat 2 showed 6 III the tho exposItIon corr cofferS r The Thu people would have subscrIbed II a million It t they Md hert bUI to dl 41 to 0 The rh tall fair It III already time nil a show the figure mob ably lit III none too large Thc They ito 10 In the tho tar far we west t oti on 1 a scale ot of bigness not ot of In the tho east a st to 10 the lie tall fair l 35 apiece It was I it glorIous hut It lii III already forgot forgotten ten len Three dollars net fifty cents cent Its hi Seattle and nd three dollars anti fifty Cents In an eastern city or of the came amo size ore IN quite Now the legIslature ot of the state ot OS is hi sure lo 10 mako n a ous contrIbutIon probably equal to more than 1 a dollar for every ory oman woman and child within the boundaries ot of the state TIm Tho Ing western vestern states which ht h the successful expo exposItion held heid In Port lort land In 1 1001 05 arc aro contaIn certain to males oven even bigger showings In 1002 Maj raJ T S an of wIde e c Is even now lOW touring the tho east ald to feel the public pulse puls lIe lies has met at side anti thin a assurance In ever eer lie has hall vIsIted that the tate state would erect IL a buIlding and make n a display pla The rho national government always a generous patron ot of exposition will whit be asked for to help along the tho faIr or of 1009 1000 antI and Is hi certain to make a abig abig big approprIation len attn prominent In natIonal affairs from Hooee I cit down have hao expressed d their imp ap predation or of time thu educatIonal value alue of exposItions JK an ot of knowledge and Limo tho proposition to 10 take tIme the vestern under the tho 1111 lions wing Is III sure uro or of enthusiastic sup eup support port from nearly every quarter The exposition has hall advanced 1 through the tho ot of financIng and choosing ot of locatIon and hM has entered upon that of construction rime Is 1 a sIghtly tract of cit 3 5 acres composIng the grounds ot of the tho ot of Washing Washington ton John C Olm ted 1 a land arch archItect architect or of national I hn hiatt laid out the walks and nud and the locatIon ot of the tho principal pal palaces aces aceR and nd work und r his direction tins has already been begun beun The Tho time III be too long Jong to complete tue tho elaborate schema tor or decoratIon laid out b the architect A factor which hod largely to 10 do wIth the tho selectIon or of the tho college campus as grounds for tor the tho fair was WIlS tIme tho circum stanco that lint the tho exposItion n a ma 1111 of the tho buildIngs ought might bo be usell for tor balls antI dormItorIes Other tel tUI have found that the tho stuff I houses houI which millIons admired during their heyday were worthless after the gates KateR hall had closed on the last day and Seattle II by this knowledge TM states of oC the WIt east and middle west some Aoma ot of whIch lira are tired ot of temporary exploItatIon welcome the Iho opportunity to 10 erect creeL n a monument or Of Im Importance While the ex cx exl posItIon l ate as Ito name Jame suggests wIlt will aim prImarily to tell the world orld what there Is to see and to 10 dig front from tho ground In Alaska It Il will hae as a secondary object t of prime sIgnIficance the tho bring log InK or of the Iho two shore shoren or of the to lI Kether In trade rade That this may ho bo ac through atm 1111 interchange ot or Intelligible exhibits seems reasonably certain Asia Aela and support a 0 population 10 times or of the Unit United UnIted ed States ThIs vast mst throng or of nearlY people uses comparatively little or of AmerIcan wares and Its lIsl products are aro comparatively In Inthe inthe the United States Promotion o of on an In Interchange Interchange ot of will bo be In fOUl respects tIme most Important accorn o of the tho 1903 fair Anti AnI besides these ed the elmow will advertise IU Its own the Pacific northwest northe t ami lie tit city ot of Seattle which d depend rena upon one another for tor th their lr mutual pros pro prosperIty peril Sea Is tIme gateway to the tho world ot of feet teet of at lumber And ot of Vast agrIcultural anti mineral minerai It Is n a city or of destiny |
