The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

N ORTLAND, August 13.-fspecial9- O The admissions at the Lewis and
 Clark exposition passed the mill lion mark ten days ago. and are rapidly climbing toward the second million. The aggregate for the months of June and July exceeded by more than 50 per cent the attendance at the Trans Mississippi exposition in Omaha, eight years ago dur ing its first two months, and this in spite of the fact that within 800 miles of Omaha there were 140000OO inhabitants. while Portland has but about 1.S0O,O0O In it's 500-mile radius
 This unexpectedly large attendance dur ing the first months of the fair is high iy gratifying to the management, and the people of Portland and of the Pacific northwest in general are properly proud of the success of their exposition. From now on 1t is expected that the attendance will increase from week to week. and the opinion of old exposition men is that the last six weeks. ending October 15, will show the banner attendance of the entire period Predictions of a total attendance of 2500.OO0 and more are freely made now.
  exposition history that the present en- terprise will be the most successful, from practically every viewpoint that has been held in the United States.
 Visitors from all over the country have been in attendance. and thus far not a single expression of dissatisfaction with the exposition has been heard. The ex- position management has not made claim to having a fair of such magnitude as that at St. Louis. but has laid stress upon the beauty of the site and it's sur roundings. the compactness and pctur- sequences of the buildings and grounds. and the great variety and value of the displays made by the several states and foreign countries, and particularly by the Pacific coast states and the general gov ernment. As a consequence. visitors are not deceived. The enticing beauty of the exposition enlists the enthusiasm of all. It Is big enough to satisfy anybody, and as a matter of fact its lack of enor- nous magnitude is a distinct advantage, persons who saw the St. Louis exposi- ton invariably comparing the two in this respect to the benefit of the Portland fair
 Railroads running into Portland from the east north and south are carrying tourists to their full capacity. The tele- graphers' strike on the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific has interrupted through traffic. to some extent, and parties bound to Portland have suffered some delay en route, but most of the trains have pulled through. The passenger traf- fic managers report that never in the history of their roads has the travel to the coast been so great. This is due to the exposition at Portland. and the low rates which have been made from east ern. point-one fare for the round trip, with privileges of coming or going by way of California The exposition has es- tabished bureaus for the accommodate tion of the travellers. It appears that nearly every body either comes goes by the way of California. Many take the northern route one way and stop off at Yellowstone Park, while thousands make a run from Portland to Tacoma and Se- attle and other Puget Sound cities.
 One of the most interesting divertise- 1nants Of the northwest is mountain climb