Show PORTLAND FAIR OPENS TOMORROW BY PRESIDENT PRESSING A BUTTON PORTLAND ore may 31 81 after more than two years of busy preparation the lewis and dark clark exposition stands ready to open at 1 tomorrow afternoon juno president roosevelt will press a golden telegraph key at his office in the white house which will set in motion the machinery of the exposition more than three thousand miles away but as the personal and official representative of the tho president at the opening exercises vice president fairbanks will bo be present at portland and will make the principal address of the day honors accorded him will bo be equal to those which would bo be bestowed upon president roosevelt were the latter able to bo be present united states Seii Aloi ator clarence D clark of wyoming will represent the senate and congressman james A tawney of min desota will speak on behalf of the house of representatives sov oral other united states senators and congress congressmen inen will attend the opening ceremonies portland expects from fifty thousand to seventy five thousand to attend the exposition on op day the population of the city is about excursions are to bo be run for the event irom from scores of cities and towns in the pacific northwest in lu portland all stores public offices and business institutions will bo be shut down lor tho day this great enterprise represents an outlay of an approximately ap seven millions of dollars not counting tho the exhibits which arenor are worth th probably three times as much the united states government has expended nearly a million of dollars being represented by six buildings 0 s and several outdoor features es commissioner wesley K X walton webb 0 greene and ru dolph kuchler will represent utah at the formal opening of thi 1 position while in portland the members of the commission will hold several meetings and will look after important matters in con 1 lection tion with tho the utah exhibit 11 4 4 4 wf ft aff yaw E ila LASAL |