East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-11

Point of View.
The Lewis and Clark fair is now
practically complete and visitors may
see the most compact, neatest clean
est, most entertaining and we'll ar
ranged exposition ever held in the
world.
The natural setting is splendid.
Nature has sloped off the verdant
stretches, facing the lake and crown
ed the site of the fair in the most
varied and beautiful manner.
The arrangement of the fair is ar
tistic and we'll sustained. Beginning
at the very entrance, the masterful
touches of an artist are seen. The
groun Is slope toward the grand ter
race, the main buildings are arrang-
ed sc they may be visited with the
least possible travel and yet the groups
have no crowded effect
The forestry building is the most
unique and marvellous structure ever
erected in the United States. No
where else in the world could such
massive timbers, native to the very
river bank on which the exposition
sits, be found in such abundance.
This building is a marvel in itself
and is a monument that will stand
for ages. 1t will be preserved and
will remain a perpetual landmark on
the slopes facing the west in Port
lands magnificent park. The Won
ders in the building are no less wor-
thy of note than the building itself.
Oregon and other northwest woods,
game animals and fowls, all kinds of
wooden manufactured articles logging
and sawmil machinery and all kinds
of exhibits appropriate to the building
are found there. 1t is whole show
itself
Close at hand is the art Museum,
containing 5000 pictures, catalogued
and arranged for inspection. Here
one may spend weeks, studying and
admiring the masterpieces. The build
ing is lighted by electricity all day,
so the best possible effects may be
secured in studying the great paint
ings. This building and its treasure,
alone, is worth a trip to the fair, to
every school boy and girl within
reach of the city of Portland 1t is
the opportunity of lifetime to many
to see and admire the real paintings
which they read of and concerning
which they hear fascinating lectures
The great college, workship and lab
oratory of the entire exposition, how
ever is the government building and
exhibits.
1t is impossible to give even a
slight idea of the education to come
from an inspection of the govern
ment building. Here are no vendors
nor hawkers, crying their wares; here
is no cold commercialism demanding
that you buy or pass on.
Everywhere in this magnificent
building is an air of genuineness, of |
stability, of reality.
The exhibits are your own proper |
ty, as it were, the arts and sciences |
and industries underlying your own |
institutions and the magnificent dis |
play there is an epitome of the gov
eminent and its complicated and in
tricate machinery.
The postal department, the war; |
navy and agricultural departments |
the life saving service, the fisheries
industry, Alaska, Porto Rico, the Phil
ippines-all their wonders are there
in charge of competent experts to ex-
plain every detail.
Here among the wonderful arts
which make the government what 1t
son may spend days and weeks and
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magnitude of the government.
There is hospitality and cordial
greeting for visitors everywhere. No
man can reproach the fair manage
ment for not having done its full duty
to make the fair enjoyable. The Of
ficials, guards, attendants and all
persons in charge seem to understand
thoroughly we'll that this is an edu-
cational event and no pains are SPAR
ed to explain the wonders of the Or
egon country and it's great exposition
to the tourists.
AS to prices and accommodations, it
is true as has been oft repeated by
visitors returning: If you are in
search of high prices you will find
them; but If you desire clean, neat,
moderate rooms and plain, wholesome,
clean meals at moderate prices, you
can find them in abundance. One
happy thought seems to have pervad-
ed the entire construction of the fair,
and that was to provide plenty of free
seats, plenty of free drinking water
and plenty of shade and in every part
of the grounds merry picnic parties
are found lounging and lunching in
the shady parks with everywhere the
nodding, blushing roses.
1t is a pleasure and profit to west
erners to be able to see at one sweep
ing glance such a comprehensive and
splendid view of the western world,
spread at their feet.