Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-01

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The Olmstead Bros. of Boston laid out
the grounds and allotted fifty acres for
buildings twenty acres for concessions, ten
ment of the Oregon Agricultural College,
sixty acres for the, livestock show and
sixty acres upon the island in the lake for
Indian villages and amusement grounds,
midwest shows, war Dances Indian sports
cattle-roping, broncho riding, cowboy races
and other features of outdoor life peculiar
to the plains and mountai of the United
States. Another exhibit from the Philip
pines similar to that at st. Louis will be
made there.
The 800 acres of water furnish ample on
portunity and material for carnivals, regat-
tas and other aquatic sports, and the cleo
trical experts are now engaged in planning
elaborate and novel lfuminations. They
propose to surpass those at Buffalo and St
Louis. They think they have material and
environment SURPRISING that of either city,
and the director general of the exposition
Mr.. Goode, being an electrician himself is
taking deep personal interest in the sub
ject. Mr.. Goode is the president of the
company which furnishes the power to light
the city and run the street car lines He is
young man of great energy and executive
ability, and is inspired by personal ambition
as well as by patriotism and civic pride.
Portland Rich and Cultured.
The people of Portland think very well
OF themselves and their town. They have
a good deal to be proud of. l do not know
of any other city in all the world of similar
age that is so cultured, so rich and SO COM
pete. The population in 1860 was less than
1900, while now it is 125 600 and the people
have spent ten millions for new buildings
during the last four years. The bank clear
ings were $176U00,000 in 1903 the manu-
features were worth $40, 500, coo the iobbing
trade $175,000,OO0, the ocean commerce Sl2-
100000 and bank deposits are nearly $40, 600
Voo. Ihese material signs OF prosperity, the
high class of the population, the perfect eli
mate, the beautiful surroundings are nat
urally I, source of satisfaction to every citi-
zez, and some of them prefer Portland to
Paradise.
Portland is called the Rose City" and
you would know why if you could lake ONLY
2 short walk through its beautiful streets
rhe exposition grounds are to demonstrate
the claim to that title for 5000 rose bushes
have already been planted, and many more
VIII be. There are 400 different varieties of
trees and 600 varieties of shrubs on the
grounds, and annexed to them will be a
garden where all the staples of the state
will be growing side by side. The landscape
scheme has been SO arranged that X can be
overlooked from terraced hillside.
Ten Exhibit Buildings.
Ten exhibit buildings are being erected, as
follows:
Liberal arts, 100 by $50 feet in size.
Foreign exhibits. 200 by $50 feet
Agriculture, 200 by 450
States building, 200 by $50, allotted to the
exhibits of the several states.
Mining building, 100 by $50 feet.
Electricity and machinery, 200 by 80 feet
Forestry building, 206 by 1O2 feet which
will be constructed OF rough logs of tre-
mendous size in order to show the giant
timber of Oregon. Four timbers, each ITO
feet long, are set ON end to make dome.
and the Intel OF the main entrance will be
log thirty feet long and nine feet in diam
eter. in
The horticultural building will be con-
structed of similar material, colossal logs
in md five e,,r
feet in diameter being used.
The United States government will have
a building similar to thattat ST. Louis, now
being erected at cost of a auarler Of a
million dollars, and twill shelter prac-
tically the same exhibit that has excited so
much interest and inquiry there.
A fraternity temple will furnish head
quarters for the members of the secret and
benevolent societies. of the country and
meeting place for congresses and conven-
lions that will be held in Portland next
summer, as they were held in st. Louis
this year. 10 : ,d
Public ceremonies will be held in festival
hall, 305 by 125 feet In size, with stage |
seventy five feet square and a seating ca
pacity OF 1000. n III.
The only permanent building, 81 by 16S |
feet In size. will be erected of flreproof ma |
terlal as library for the state Historical |
Society, and will be known as the Lewis |
The buildings are all of the Spanish re- |
harmonious In design. The
architectural scheme Is similar to that at |
Buffalo. The exteriors will be painted In |
ivory white and the roofs will be of red |
and green tiles.
The entrance will be long curved perl
style with double row of Corinthian coll |
umns, and over the gates in blazing letters
will be the motto of the exposition: West |
ward the Course of Empire Takes It's |
Way"
An Oregon Enterprise.
The buildings are all done by local archi- /
tects and local contractors under the di- |
rection of Ion Lewis. Everybody connected I
with the enterprise IS an Oregon man. |