The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-03

h-A He nrst 6sastie expossfion wzS
eoeued 70 the pubic ksst rsgas.
n vas not ccmpiese. many %
the booths and psces taken
o hektn9 an The adosDRsut AID
complement Of goods % make .
$4,000 showing. bas The s1pw1sisn. ~ 70
- was . maxniaea1f show Of the ner-
eaa6lse. nanufacsuE1a9 and natural pred
80 Of The ssass. far greater than any one
bss those IN eieee touch with the affair,
- azy ID the exposition would Be.
- tonight vhea every EXHIBIT r. COM.
p1efe. sAo exposition VIII be nat only a
beauf1fal Cd . wonderful show IN Itself.
~ WI 6anonG9yAfe the marvellous re-
opueaa ef the state Ia a manner that
D6i1her toaGuo nor psn could convey 70 tbs
Dooose. In oeh6r words. you can % 10 IL
ezo0kttou I'D - Tor roufse3vep the WON
dess Of - fertility a me soil a Wash1no-
~. the acA.svsneats Of skin ard Iahm ap-
pi5s1 and IL great advancement ~ arts
ae6 srsenses The state has made
Lang before tAe hour named far the fsf-
uas opening Of The exposition. the large pa
sfkoa- with she two great w.ngs On either
- % and fro. bsch apd forth. up and
lsua the a.s.ss narvssing 1t she bsansfes
e IL exhibits and ~ ~ N tnpstssat far
tAe hgief openfng exerctDA
Promptly ~ 80 Waansr's had toea -
uheo % - stage and the opening over
tufe vas ron1efed- The great eonce.sfsc
- psop,n ua0sd itself about the stage and
Uhsn. q eAe csoss at the overture. H. z
8a1DD. prsu6denf ~ the expoa.ficn board.
s1vaHeed to the foo.lixhss. he WAS greet
- With hearty round Of applause.
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DON ADfEa sna ssntlsnea." be sasd
II Less than two mooths ago this
exDosttioa had fss inception with
the bpsfneas men of Seattle The work
b IL start vas crude in coucsp f,on and
and o>cz3ed 20 undertake the work They
were inexperienced. hut wiling 20 iea.n
ana determined. having undertaken the
efo1oes. - make h q success. A. nrss we
had no scftahse bui.iine TIE Armory ss-
eoclnfion offered us shA great hall. bsls II
waa not large enough Then came the
board Of regents OF the state universsty on
The one side and The board Of public works
On the other ana granted W the ground
% erect the wings to the pavilion and you
CO - fR yourselves that re hAsen's sn
~ = rora to spare. U we have enough.
xAea came IA generous reSpcnsss from
NE various counties Of the state. not as
ereas thie year. perhaps. ~ they viii be
IN later years ~ this exposition grows
ctder. but great enough 20 snow the won-
derfal wealth az waaAinxsas In every tina
Of INDUSTRY. Great enough Co prova - the
moss skepticei the wonderful wealth Of our
eosL ne marvellous rcscurces Of our state
IN mines.
People, now seeing this expedition. have
esAsd: Why has Seattle not done this be-
yorsv Ladies and gentleman. Seattle has
~ tfeohiea ~ In own and serfas.s trns.-
cieA Probably no city OF sss sixe IN fha
wcssd has struggled through more dim
custses ami more dissauraxemssss TO rise
raoenix-Eke. from lts ashes. than has
eeaksi~ Ra; TIE struggle has nas been
N rafn. Prosperity aas az last Knocked az
cur door and we have saaas her welcome
seattle today stands pre-ernirensfy the
queer cisy OF the great Northwest and this
opposition ID the answ~r % why she does
Look about Jon at the resources from,
wnich she draws Ner snssenaaee Look