The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-05-11
WASHINGTON, 1.-THE GATEWAY
TO THE ORIENT"
Official Publication of the State to be
Distributed at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair.


illustrated booklet Just issued as the
official publication of tine state to ai-
vertise Washington at the worlds fair.
1t is from the press of the Inland Print.
ing company of Spokane. is as tine a
production of Typography as was ever
produced in the west, the design of the
cover and the artistic effects of the
work throughout being as near perfect
as it is possible to make them. The
booklet contains 81 pages and cover. the
latter representing a gate-"The Gate
way to the Orient"-on which is nailed
map of the world showing the dis
lance from Puget Sound to the Orient
as 10Sl miles, against SlS7 from San
Francisco. Besides the main cover the
front of the booklet has half leaf or
flap bearing handsome picture of
Mount Rainier and the words estate of
Washington. st. Louis. 1904" Between
this flap and the main cover is a man
lila leaf. part of when is in the form of
a mailing card that can be detached
and mailed to any chamber of COM
merce for further information about the
state. On the lower part of this leaf is
given IN terse sentences l3 things in
which Washington excels all other states
of the Union. The back of the cover
contains birdseye views of Seattle and
Spokane. picture of the Washington
building at tine worlds fair and pictures
of the falls of the Snoqualmie, Nook
sack and Chelan. On the inside of the
back cover is set forth in concise form
the products of the state during 1903.
1t shows that the oysters were worth
$lS5,0OO hops, 81, l22 $50; wool. 81. 345-
10; fruit, 1881 $40; fish. $3.50. Cos;
live stock. $7.l66.4SO; cereals. $l5.72O.-
s75 tons of coal. 3,l9O,477; pounds of
butter. S.2S6.549; feet of lumber. q
4l0.512.S46: shingles. 5,7S2 100000. Also
that the Seattle assay office handled
$l5.7sl.O3s in gold; that Puget Sound
exported $50 .409.S2S of merchandise:
that she handled 45.2 per cent of all
imports and exports from the Pacific
coast to the Orient; that there was de-
posted in state banks. S20.S62.315 and
in national banks, $35.672.625.
The first seven pages of the booklet
are devoted to the forestry interests of
the state. The forests. logs. mills. RATS.
lumber and every phase of the great in
dustry are illustrated with cuts that
are as fine, almost as photographs. The
descriptive matter is brief, as it should
be. and contains some wonderful facts
for those unacquainted with our fores-
try resources. Among them is l95,237.-
OOOO0O feet of standing timber. a STUN
page of nearly 23,OOO.OOOOOO and lO2.-
100000 shingles produced in 1908.
The next ten pages are devoted to ag-
riculture including grain, hay. fruit.
hops. vegetables and dairying, every
thing being illustrated The Yakima
valley is mentioned in connection with
her fruit. hops and irrigation projects.
which are also treated under this mead
ing.
Three pages are then devoted to the
mining industry and six to the fisheries,
following which is brief description
of the state and every county. the H.
Illustrations being the capitol building,
Spokane court house. view of Bellinp
ham and the Everett paper mills. The
booklet concludes with a table giving
the population. assessed valuation. acre
age temperature, precipitation and
many other valuable facts of each
county.
Taken as whole. the booklet is
production that will do the state an i'm
mense amount of good in the way of
advertising. It's strongest features are
the pictures and the facts concerning
the products of 1903. just enough is
told about the wonderful resources of
the state to make the reader wish to
know more, the means being provided,
through the mailing card mentioned. to
acquire the information. The booklet
is credit to the state and its authors
and cannot be too highly praised From
a mechanical standpoint it is a work of
art and will be an ornament to anv
library table.