The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-21

viess Of the exhibits In the international
builGingz. in al txsnty-sixht views Of
Washington at the fair. Commissioned
Rochester and Hr. John r Reavis, secse-
tsry Of the Spokane Chamber Of Com
Essrce, were largely instrumental In the
preDarasioa q the souvenir.
The other day m errand called me "a
tbs Administration building. and -
passed one Of the music stsnds my nind
was filed with musical "reminiscences.
There was the famous Giimore's band,
surrounded By larger aud more enthusi-
astic GROVE than I have seen as an audi.
enee for any Of the ane bands that hare
been giving the best kinds Of performances
ever since the gates Of the Fair were
thrown open on last May day. stopped
10 see IL / would detect the reason. and
wss not long In arriving at conclusion.
One tune played was the "Barnyard
Chorus. and - the crowd cheered 70 the
echo the band good naturally struck up
the neu popular air. Daddy Wont Buy
Ne Bow-wow," which has Just recentIy
suppisnted After the Bail and Boom de
Ay," and 10 nov being whisfied by the
small boy, the frisky old man, the girls.
and even the Turks and AIgerians Of Mid
way Piaisaaee. OF course the skit from
"Bow-wou" started the crowd again. and
the band played another light and pop
ular air. The success Of the Gilmore band
lies in the fact that 10 keeps its fingers on
the popular pulse and only occasionally
branches of into the difficult airs Of clas-
sicai music. which can only be appreciated
by artists and the highly cultivated, who
never enter into the mass Of humanity
that cheers and hnrrahs over the
melodious airs Of lighter vein. The pres
ent leader Of the Gilmore band is Dan w.
Reeves, who was the leader Of the Ameri-
can band that furnished the music for the
exposition at Portland last year. His
band gave excellent satisfaction there, bat
I listened in vain through one OF his pro-
grafnmes for strain of what can. with
my limited musical training. appreciate
Of the late master of this band, he stands
up and wares the baton over the
great players with good effect, but
1t does not seem TO me that
he can put half as much life into the band
as did old Pat Gilmore himself. remem-
Der once. few years ago. that Gilmore and
his famous band played TO . packed house
in the Armory building at SEATTLE, and
when the band played the Carnival de
Venice" with soloist for each kind of in
strument standing up one after the other
and playing the piece rs each one con-
ceived that it should be rendered and
when they played a few more pieces, be-
lieye the audience was convinced that they
bad never seen band of musicians SO
completely under the mastery OF leader
IS was that one. At least so 10 impressed
me. and after seeing many band leaders
here at the fair, | am still of that opinion.
Great was Gilmore's band. and great was
Giimore's leadership In the minds of the
American masses.
During The recent times of economical
spasms that have seized the fair manage
ment and resulted in q liberal application
OF the pruning knife / have never yet
heard whisper OF any ones trying to pare
down the allowance made for Mr.. w. J.
Buchanan. and IL Is probably the part of
wisdom that inspires this silence. for IL
Mr. Buchanan should be removed IL would
certainly require about four men TO take
his place. He 10 by all odds the most
oyergorked man in the entire crew. In
the first place, be Is at the head of the agri-
cultural department and has that immense
building In his care. Then he has charge
of the live stock department and
all the dairy tests. Besides all
this. he IL acting chief of the
forestry department and has been from
the start. This gives him another large
building full of exhibits to look after.
The sum total of all this work is simply
prodigious and cannot be appreciated un-
less one could for O few hours look into
his Office and see the multitude Of matters
needing his attention. But Mr. Buchanan
is apparently the master of the situation,
which certainly speaks volumes for his ex-
ecutive capacity.
No, to detract particle from Mr.. Bu-
chanan's excellent management, there Is
large censure tina. should be put down
as a blunder very nearly akin 10 foolish
ness in the apparent lack o. all apprecia-
ton of the importance of forestry in this
and other countries. The largest building
on the grounds il the Manufactures build
ing. covering forsy-four acres, and enjoy
Ing the distinction of being the largest
building in the world. 1t. of course, has a
prominent location. Another pair of
prominently located buildings are those
devoted to electricity and mines and min
Ing. Let Us chew up few mouths full of
statistics and then ask why the Forestry
building was crowded away In an obscure
corner, out OF sight and difficult 20 reach.
unless one il bound 10 see il and Is willing
20 exercise patience by asking a score or
more of guides and guards how to get to
the desired but hidden corner.
The United States government reports
show that the annual forest products in
this country alone amounts to about 81. 600.
0Ca.o0. representing roughly about y. 0oo. :
0oo0o0 cubic feet o: wood or the annual
increase of the wood growth Of 500. 600 coo
acres OF forest In fair condition. This
value exceeds ten times the value of our
gold and silver output and three times the
annual product of all our mineral and coal
mines put together. Based upon the
United States census Of isso the forest out
pu, was only third in rank, giving frs.
Mace 70 manufacturing Of all kinds and
the second place 20 agricultural products
of al kinds. Just think Of ii. onlv third
ia this accurate ranking. The frst in this
rank has the two largest and mos, con.
spieuous buildings on thc grounds with \
chief for each OF them--the Manufar,urar.