New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30

| Cascades. including the and glory OF the
! latter range Mount Rainier
The largest ~ the buildings erected three
| years ago hy the Western Washington Exposition
Company ut a OF $1,000 II Is solid structure
800 feet long and nearly wiIr. three stories in
height rooted almost entirely with glass. ard topped
/ with TWO large obsorvatorcs. The main floor con
tans an auditorium. with handstand Most Of
the retail displays In this space. besides sixty
or more exhibits from Eastern states and foreign
countries The art galleries and womnn's depart
menis I'm the third story. while th> lower floor
contains the engine and boiler rooms electric light
plant and restaurants.
There are two other large buildings. the agricut-
ural and Horticultural. and the h!shcrics both OF
which were erected for the occasion. II ought 10
b. mentioned that The push and energy OF the man
ngcment. added to the generosity II local dealers
and manufacturers resulted In thes" two large
structures being put up the insignificant cost OF
s. ., per thousand feet. including all labor.
SOME SPLENDID TIMBER
The first thing that strikes . visitor to the North
west IL tho immensely o: tho couutry's resources
Not the variety nor adequacy, but the sheer I'M
mensty. Everything * ON So prodlgously large u
scale As one man expressed Il: You have to have
big sheet of paper AMI long lead pencil - figure
on Il proposition ont here" The timber at the fair
suggests a good illustration seven million acres 81
timber In Idaho; lAorco in Mon'aul; l6c"oco In
oregon. 2pnp"o in Washington. and uucalculltcI
millions I'm Alaska and the British possessions.
Enough 10 warrant good exhibit. 1t Is admitted.
And such timber. Imagine miles of trees 300 feet
high. straigh, rs arrows. branchlcss for seventy
five feet, Imagine cutting So" to 1000 feet Of
lumber from 4 single of ih"m'
The finest wood shown is Of the Douglas pine.
Otherwise known as red FIR. rather in grain.
but exceedingly tough. and capable of bearing al
most any strain. Both English and French experts
have pronounced II superior to any wood for ship
building. bridges and Other strong work 1t Will
bend or twist like iron. but pressure can break
II squarely other woods break. When II parts
1t Is in long. Jagged rents.
Other valuable woods are red cedar. yellow. black
and bull pine hemIock. spruce, oak, maple and ash.
The yellow pine is general utility lumber red cedar
furnishes the best shingles in the world. and the
Western spruce IL almost good as oak for fin
ishng purposes curly maple which grows In
the coast States Is exceptionally suited TO cabinet
work There several pieces of furniture al the
fair made Of this wood three handsome boats and
piano. Many other examples OF fine work in
native woods are displayed. table containing
loWO pieces
FROM FARMS AND GARDENS
Agriculture and horticulture also carried
Immensely" I'm ths country. Throughout Oregon.
Eastern Washington. Idaho and Montana wheat
has until Lately been the favorte crop. but recent
experience with low markets has decidedly dampenel
the enthusiasm OF wheat growers. While the aver
age yield is thirty bushels TO the acre. of "A good
quality OF wheat 1t is difficult for the bucolic in
tcect to realize that almost anything else he can
raise Will bring him a higher profit. oats. rye and
harley are beginning to supplant the old favorte.
and splendid samples of each may be seen. The
exhibit OF grasses would open the eyes OF an East
ern farmer Red clover is six feet high three crops
OF which are raised In "A season: timothy seven feet.
and alfalfa Welding twelve tons to the acre only
average occurrences. Other grasses are profc.
The hop exhibit from washington ana oregon
is magnificent in spite OF the that the crop this
year is not full one. and the dc4lers are rather
been an unusual dearth of pickers, owing TO the
duction of wages from 81 to - cents "A box. even
the harvest, objccting to the low price offered In
many fields the hops standing. overripe. for
want OF plckers.
cultural building especially those from the irrigated
lands OF Idaho and Washington. creates wonder
that the entire population does not go into iruli
growing and market gardening. There Is no doubt
in the minds OF the farmers that the Northwest can
raise all fruits not requiring continued warmth to
equal anything produced in California. The North |
ern product is smaller in size. but fautless in |
qualify The Weld is nearly as great as In california
Vegetables, especially roots. grow 20 large size |
and the crops enormous. Washington mas be- |
gun TO turn it's attention 10 the raising or sugar
to their culture.
MINES AND, FISHERIES.
A very important exhibit s that Of the Washing |
TON and British Columbian Goals I'm the main build |
ing II includes maps Of all the coal lands In the |
two States. large diagrams showing the size and |
dip OF various veins sections Of mines in fac-simile.
as we'll as samples OF coal from well-known meas
lres ono gigantic lump Weighing 2.lsl tons. There |
is n good display from the celebrated Nilkeson COKE
COMPANY coke Is little used on the coast. but
largo quantities are shipped 10 Eastern markets.
The minerals when finally arranged. will make an
exhibition. This entire area or STATES
IS inexhausby rich IN metals mne "aes Si on
differing possibility and the vast reserves In Ore