The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-21

have sent est - she nes.rer@r< al the
sountsy Of ksag Spokane. Yakima. WagIa
Walls and other counties.
Hos much material regarding such
have ron sens oGf
Il can do nothing better than 10 make
an spproxin ste answer 10 that question.
Ws have sent rwo letters TO tie ehGef
papers of the Tnited States, daily let
sers 70 az OF the daily papers
OF the Northwest, weekly letters TO all Of
8 e seskly paPsfs oi shis section daily
neRs items of Associated and United
Psess, something over p 60 pamphlets
and large amount Of miscellaneous mat
Ter throughout the country. Tnls fair has
prohaoly got more ADVERTISING for nothing
than as.v ether fair thas ever
was held Remarkable rs Is may seem. se
have not spent oae-ss1Eh as much tor ad-
vegtisarg As either o. the txo smaller fairs
which baye been held IN this city already.
And We probably reee we'd adver-
Using ia the leading col Qmns Of the press
of this county Tor whlch half
million dollars would nas have paid.
one tAlng 1 can say xifh some degree OF
pride. xe have not Boonsed Tacoma 1T the
expeBse o. any other city, And u heneyer
the opportunity arose, or we could make
an opportunity, ne have given Victoria,
Seattle and Portland the benefit of a tine
send-off. 0ae OF the great results Of
this fair will be the bringing
together OF the people from the various
cities of the Northwest, and there will
hereafter be less of bitter jealousy and a
more honorable rivalry. Certainly Ia
coma has been treated handsomely ny her
neighbors, and, unless | ain greatly mis-
taken in the ci.ixens of this city, Tacoma
VIII reci procaGe.
About a year ago Henry Bucey came 10
the Tacoma bureau Of the Posr-ISTELLI-
oEScEE aud said he had an idea for an
Interstate fair, and tAereupon gave the
lirst outline of what developed into the
fair " xhich closed today in blaze of glory.
IL would require columns to give the
interesting features of the struggle TO get
the fair on its feet. The Posr-INTELLIsES-
CIR was the arst newspaper 10 establish
headquarters a. the fair, and it was the
first newspaper To arrange for special
day. No tangible move had been made by
any newspaper to have special day or
to maintain even an exhibit or hcadquar-
ters at the fair unit. after the Posr-lsTRL-
LIGEScER bad broken the Ice. Indeed, the
conduct of some Tacoma papers toward
the fair led the iacetious Col.
Visscher to remark both of the peo-
pie and the press. 'Ii's the first
time in history / ever heard or any COM
munity trying TO hold q tair on the quiet
and not let people know about it," That
was one of the brightest things Col.
Eisscher ever said.
When the finale came tonight Cassasa
was presented with big gold medal. with
the Interstate fair star trade mark as
a pendant. The inscription on the gold
scroll was: Interstate fair, Tacoma; pre-
sented TO Charles II. Cassasa by the citi-
zens of Tacoma in acknow ledgment of his
The showmen of the fair presented Assist
ant Director General German with an e!e-
CANT gold medal, and gold medals will be
presented to Henry Bueey, franklin h.
Lane and others. Tae Women's Auxiliary
will present \ testimonial badge 20
Cassasa.
Several thousand registered again today
at the PosT-lsTELLI6ESeER ER headquarters.
large number of the exhibitors have
agreed 10 go to Portland for six weeks
far beginning December !.
The arc electric lights were not turned
on till nearly o'clock tonight. The
board of public works attempted in the
meantime to secure settlement of the
small sun due. There were facetious sugges
tions of mobbiug the bnard. and presently
il turned on the light without settle
ment. All the states and territories in the
interstate feature of the fair that were
represented. except Montana, which
claims she could not raise funds, had ex-
hibits at the fair.