The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-16

" positions are being eclipSed by the or
> at Portland this year. The Northwe.
furnishes the timber and the buildin
p will be marvel to everybody 1t is
II great log house, forty feet high at tn
n caves and well proportional. A grea
u colorado down the center is bounded o
n each side by row of fifteen pillar.
q each being log with the bark on an
e varying in diameter from five to Seve
:. feet. They are forty feet long and al
: most as large at the top as at the bot
s tom. These support the great beams o.
r which the roof and upper floors are laid
q Everything is finished with the bark OF
except the roof, stairways, floors, etc
. On the ground floor are a great variet.
of birds and animals from the forests
and the exhibits of the fishing industr!
of the Northwest, including fish traps il
l actual operation, such as tourists SCI
from the cars and boats when travelling
; through the canyon of the Columbia. A
little stream Of water turns the water
wheel which dips up the minnows an6
puts them in the little scow anchored
by the wheel. In the upper part of the
building are samples of wood suitable
for manufacturing doors, windows, cases,
baskets and excelsior. The things which
impress the visitor are the size Of the
trees, the absence of knots, the straight
ness Of the grain, the toughness of the
7 fiber and the fine finish which it will
take. The excelsior factory can cut out
fibers the size Of a knitting needle and
a hundred feet long If desirable or the
basket maker can cut the tree in ribbons
the same length and the width of the
log. If the door factory had an order
for panel hundred feet long and a
foot or six feet wide, it could saw out
the panel. There is an endless variety
of useful and pretty things which can
be made from the timber of California,
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. and peo-
| pie who have been accustomed to meas
ure everything in forestry and numbering
| by what they have seen done in Georgia
or Maine or Wisconsin and Minnesota,
may prepare to have their ideas all
knocked to pieces when they visit the
Northwest this year. and the man who
thinks his father and uncle have used
up all the fine opportunities for making
fortunes by manufacturing things in
wood will do well to visit the Lewis and
Clark Exposition and then make a big
tour Of the coast and plateau states
while he studies supply and demand.
Passengers going to Portland over the
o. r. & N. can leave the train and go |
through the canyon of the Columbia by
steamer. The boats leave in the morn
ing and at noon, and every opportunity
is given to see the grandest cliffs and
waterfalls.
The city of Portland is full of hotels
and rooming houses and dwellings with
furnished rooms to let. Board and room
at respectable places with modern con-
veniences, is from $3.50 day up. Ac-
which are usually to be
had in Portland for $500 day will be
$3.50 during the exposition. Such ad-
vance in prices is not to be accounted
for wholly on the theory of monopoly
Ind increased demand Any city that !
secures a great exposition has to raise Il
arge sums of money to meet the vari- y
Jus demands made upon it, and a dis
ribution of the burden among all WISH II
ors makes such eXpositions possible "
The city of Portland and the exposition
company are confronted with a perlex- u
ng problem about saloons and gambling
ouses which are located in front of the
EXPOSITION grounds. Every effort made u
o dislodge them has been thwarted, and u
he question will now be settled by II
opular vote. TO
The street car service at Portland is sc
nd hn icf, |
he exposition grounds is short. Tine "
uildings are huddled close together on III
lie grounds and visitors can see the
hole show in from two to five days. The ~
resome 'bigness' of the st. Louis Ex- l
)sition is not to be counted in at Port III
nd, but the side trips are a hundred III
mes grander IS
Some Of the popular side trips which he
'ople are taking in connection with ~
e exposition are: From Portland to d.
GOD River by rail or steamer, Portland
Mt Hood Portland to Astoria and
e mouth of the Columbia, by rail and
Gamer. Portland to Salem. Portland to
coma, Seattle and Vancouver by rail
steamer, Portland to San Francisco ~
rail or steamer, Portland to Alaska, LII
: Orient and Honolulu. Transportation M
npanies are making low rates and are to
the attractions very widely. ,
very interesting feature about the cit
vel to the exposition this year is that ~ ~
will be people having money or educa- Da
n or both, and the west is particularly Of
crested in getting this class of travel ~ ~
for many of those who come will as
ner or later make homes or invest KIN
nts in the west. Those selling tickets n nt
the eastern and middle states are ;Lb
1menting on the fact that it Is the NC
my people and those having wealth las
0 are coming. Many will visit the
st coast this year instead of going co.
Europe. fe,
companies operating steamers on the qu
life are advertising the attractions ~
the Orient, and 1t Is likely that travel ito
that part of the globe will result in 1
ling to thes manufacturing interests nn,
the western states and increased trade ma
h the Far East aS[
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lewis and Clark fair grounds. Port. u
q, Ore, Especially June 12-Every ahi
as the Lewis and Clark fair pro- and
sses, the magnificent Idaho mining me,
of naft