The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-28
TO TELL THE STATES GLORY.
Valuable Concession Granted Washing
ton at the Worlds Fair.


10. Hestwood and Judge D. L. Fry
returned from Chicago yesterday, where
they have secured frorl the national
Worlds fair commission q concession for
the distribution on the grounds of a
pamphlet on the state of Washington, to
be entitled 'The Evergreen State
Souvenir" This will be of great
service in making known the growth and
resources of the state to the visitors to the
far, and will be of the more value as it is
to have the approval Of the state commits
sion and of the ways ana means COM
mittee of the national commission before
its distribution will be allowed, and thus
will bear the stamp Of authority.
Mr.. Eastwood has been commissioned
by the state commission TO decorate the
panels on the interior of the state build
ing with paintings of Washington seem
cry without cost to the commission. To
carry out his agreement ard at the same
time secure remuneration for his work. he
is arranging with the leading towns
of the state to engage him to paint
pictures of scenery in their vicinity for pre-
sentation to the state commission, which
will place them on the panels in the build
ing. There are $50 of these panels, rang
He and Judge Fry have arranged
to issue the pamphlet containing
duplicates of the paintings in half
tone photographers with from two
to five pages of facts and figures about
each city and district. illustrated, all
drawn from purely official sources. Only
five to eight OF the largest cities will be
represented on the panels, but all sections
and cities will be represented in the
pamphlet. Mr.. EASTWOOD said in regard
to this concession last night:
When We got to Chicago three weeks ago to-
day, we were told tn at We should be lucky if we
got a hearing from the ways and means COM
mittee in three months. We got one the next
day, and were given just six minutes to state
one proposition, this favor being granted us
only because Washington is a 1ew state. The
concession was granted because the committee
recognized that this is a small state in popula-
ton and that in proportion to It's population it
has made larger appropriation for the fair
than any other state in the Union. The
committee is very PARTICULAR not to allow
any advertising OF any particular town or
firm in the book or anywhere on the fair
grounds: there will not be siagle page of dis
play advertising in the souvenir, and no state
ments will be allowed to be Inserted that can
not be authenticated. You eau form an idea
how strict the rules from the fact that An of
fer from Virginia firm OF 500, 800 for the priv-
lege OF putting one little square paster on each
lamp post in the grounds was refused.
The souvenir will be handsomely bound and
will be printed on coated hals-tone paper. On
the cover will be mountain scene surrounded
by wreath of rhododendron. at one side an
Indian spearing a salmon, and below a scene on
the Sound, with the Olympics IN the distance
The first edition will consist of 100000
copies, and we shall probably issue 100000 a
mon tn. perhaps a million altogether. The rail-
roads and other corporations are taking extra
copies for their own distributor and We have
made arrangements in Chicago for their dis
tributiou at a number OF leading places. We
shall make an envelope the size OF the book. in
which to mail it TO the homes OF those who
desire it.
We were on the grounds VIXEN the first at
tempt was made to raise the .3S-foot flagstaff
The guy-rope broke and 1t fell, out it was raised
at the second attempt In tie half hour we
were looking at the building l0a people made in
quiries OF about Washington The build
ing is unique and attractive Isl design and is
a general subject of comment 1t has the best
location OF any OF the state buildings, being at
the Fifty-seyenth street entrance, where the
trains make the first stop on 1he way to the
grounds and where a great part of the crowd
Will ge: of. The lathing Is just begun and the
building is ready for the finishing.