The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-28

the Lakes.
week from today the celebration OF
fh- Fourth OF July Of 1885, IN this city
VII have passed into history. and the
verdict expressed By unpFejudlceS people
will undoubtedly be that II Was the great
est even: Of its kind ever witnessed on
the Pacific coast Everything that maEey
could furnish o. the ingenuity OF bright
minds suggest has been made a part Of
the three days programme. throughout
the entire length ~ wkicf4-slay and Night
something alaFlng Is offered for the
OBLIGATION u the citizfnE If Seattle afd
the thousands OF guests who will assist
n making this week a notable one The
earle will be awakened at daybreak by
the salute Of the states. and from that
slEle on until the close II the week Ii viii
he kept screaming. Unless IL Is too
i9afse fsw extra flaps Of its wings and
huFFabS may be necessary, until TIC
craving of tha ceicbrants have been Salts
fed lasting for some hourz after aext
week has been commenced. There has
never been time since Seattle Itself
went np ia smoke and flame. furnishing
the widest sort of pyrotechnlcs. that
sals city has been as g.cil prepared 20 en-
terrain a crowd n1w. Never has IL At
a1iy time presented so metropolitan an
appearance as ii does today Its long
well paved streets. it's impressive buslness
architecture. and above all. the evidences
of substantial prosperity, viii impress
many who have never s.en the Queen
city ~ the Northwest enthroued apon
her hills with the blue Sound ~ her
t3V1 and the great fresh-wAter lakes
with their many parks and pleasure re-
sorts at her back These are normal
conditions Take the same magnificent
advantages and ciethe them with bill
iowy bunDns. throw thousands of flags
- the hreeze under a bright sky. flooded
with warm sunshine, and the effect viii
b. Understandable. The public trimming Of
the city has not been neglected t,s the
snmtaiitee having that important branch
~ the celebration in hand. Triumphal
arches viii span the more important
fhaFougnfarss and Examinations and dec
oraiions of all descriptions will prevail
sverywbere. Across First avenus. just
north Of Cherry street there afli rise an
arch The highest feature Of which viii
b. etghty-two feet above the pavement
Thanking the arch on either side VIII be
n tower. finished at the top with Il high
hippea roof. Between the towers there
will stretch n bailustraded platform be-
iow which and supporting IT, will be the
arch Itself, rising from pilasters resting
against the towers. The arch Is q fun
from above false capitals. Directly above
the crown OF the arch another minaret
corresponding in it's fendal aspect TO the
Ranking towers. will lift Itself into the
air to height Of seventy feet 10 the hip
OF it's roof. and SIN above this Il aagstafT
twelve feet nigh Will carry the Stars and
stripes. Another arch OF classical de-
sisn Will be- erected al Madison street and
Second avenue. IL will be as pronounced
In its character "a thai at isref n,r.r,u.>
and Cherry street and will consist Of
two enormous shafts bearing an artistic
ensablaiure supported by the arch below
AT Cherry street and Second avenue
there viii BE- an elaborate Illuminated
arch. In which sas .rgll be used for the
purpose Of display. and ut First avenue
and Columbia street another Illuminated
arch wifi be erected tn whlch thu. fea-
tlros Will be those Il electrical display.
AZ intervals along ;he principal streets
there viii be- handsome hanners stretched
between The buildings some II which are
Illuminated with portraits nf men con
spieuous In the countrys history and
upon all Of which are appropriate mot
Goes and quotations from the savings ~
the great men of the United states. while
others have been suggested by incidents
~ its history. Many ~ these banners
have already been completed under the
direction Of J. T. Rose. who
""s nae ehaf8e or The dccor7-
TONS .'F the oy Tor similar events
1fo' '''of iheE are composed n grace
fnlty shaped white cloth center pieces
s"Ep'i'ae" ny "ou9ie hnes 81 bunting
eo1ceaIit9 tho stron. ropes b. which they
sre suspended All nj tbe cloth panel4
~ doubled an6 the 1,ottoes are PAINTED
'n a''R @iArH '0 Az are the dates
90" ana iat'. painted within wreaths
a. ff'' R tArh banner Is decorated with
h'thF thsz@ ana che green branches ~
"fhor vitae IRE cicvetly iater~ovcn with
'hH '"nsio6 aua areahd the edges Of the
'i'to .N'osiS ne notices. 81 the ban
"efS MY ads efinpletrd are AS TollOws
',.'ritnu nee Forever
Mi.'aHs Tar defense, bAt not one cent
ior tfhlte
washington Is our watchword-'