East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-06-05
PALACE FOR AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS

The Oregon Daily Journal gives the
following graphic description of the
agricultural building at the Lewis and
Clark fair
Luscious fruits, golden grains, wav-
ing grasses, sueculent vegetables,
creamy dairy products, in fact, every
thing that illustrates the rich agri-
cultural and horticultural wealth of
oregon and the Pacific Northwest are
to .Ue .ound in the great palace of
agriculture, a structure-largest on
the grounds-covering 100000 square
feet Appropriately the figure of the
goddess, Ceres, rises in the center Of
the building and typifies the kingdom
ruled over by her in the north coast
states. Forty per cent of the floor
space is devoted to Oregon products,
with adequate representation also by
California, Wyoming, North Dakota,
Montana and Nebraska.
Oregon is represented by general
agricultural exhibits and matchless
displays of the horticulturist and the
dairyman. while 2S counties have spe-
cial booths which are crowded with
the evidence that this state is advanc-
ing rapidly toward the first place Ior
products of the husbandman.
These counties are Malheur, har-
ney, Wallowa Morrow, Umatilla, Ba-
ker, sherman, Union, Gillian and
Wasco, constituting the vast empire
of Oregon east of the Cascade noun
tains, and which, although now large
ly undeveloped because not supplied
with transportation facilities such a:
the natural resources justify, will ir
time pour into the lap of Portland
each year volume of wealth that vii
multiply by an hundred times thai
which now comes from that source
and these western Oregon counties
where heavy rainfalls and irrigation
problems do not veX as they do in tht
eastern section-Marion. Washington
Linn, Columbia, Lincoln. Jackson
Clackamas, Polk, Yamhill Josephine
Douglas. Benton and Lane
Wonderfully Varied.
So varied are these exhibits tina
visitors will have to look twice no
to gain the impression that they ar
seeing displays assembled by dozel
states The products set forth the eff
forts of the husbandman in localitie
that differ as widely as though the,
were a thousand miles apart, instea'
of being separated by only fey
miles, perhaps only by range o
mountains, on one side of which
the semi-arid region and on the othe
region in which is verdure rivalin
the tropics for profusion.
There are grains that come fror
lands thought a few years ago to b
good only for livestock range, tha
now yield millions of bushels of graf
annually, and are increasing eac
year in the quantity contributed
feed -. world. There are forag
grasses that would win prizes in ar
country in the world, fruits th'
would put to shame the sunny slop'
of France, with flowers such as wou
inspire the poet to write sonnets ar
canzonettas and lyrics to descrit
their beauty.
The building is $50 by 210 feet
dimensions and has a great dome su
mounting the center, rising to
height that makes it visible from a
parts of the exposition grounds, al
when Illuminated sends its glow Il
across the city. This dome is covert
with green translucent fibre, the gre
ribs and final that crown 1t a
thickly studded with electric glob
and the illumination makes it thil
of rare beauty when the lights a
turned on at night
In the center of the building is
lofty pavilion, rising far above Z
floor and carrying the figure of Ce
es. on either side are inches betwe
pairs of richly ornamented pilaste
sheltered by broad cornices. Statu
occupy these inches. on each 81
of the pavilion is a small turret WI
a single classic arch on each side
its four sides surmounted by t
dome.
S7I,65I Building.
Each corner of the building has
lesser pavilion of the same desit
with a star window in the middle
the wall and terminating in pilli
Joined by a classic arch, which is 81
mounted by an obelisk. The les: