The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-15
KEYSTONE STATE TO FRONT.
Former PennsyIvanians now in Washing
ton Organize Association 10 Dissem-
mate News OF Native State.

oedbbie, ANON. - ieVPi SSShO Oo
tive Pennsylvauians now residing
IN the state of Washington have
organized in this city society
unique IN form and purpose, the
Pennsylvania Association of the
State of Washington.
There are about 10000 former
Pennsvlvanians whonow call Wash
lngton their home. These people,
all good people, still have strong
affection for the old Keystone
State, and the association they
have formed will foster a fellow
feeling among it's members. This
is already being done by this dis
semination of Pennsylvania news.
The ASSOCIATION has also socl.
al side, and the meetings so far
have heen interesting and enter
tanning. A fitting celebration of
tie anniversary of the day when
William Penn first set foot OF
what is now Pennsylvania is plan
ned.
The Pennsylvaniae ASSOCIATION
was organized on September IL,
1906, and has mem bershlp of
more than 200, a majority of
whom are leading citizens Of
Seattle. Will A. Steel, formerly
of Skuylklll county, Is president,
and the other officers are: First
yice-president, Joseph Shippen,
formerly of Crawford county; Sec
ond wee president, Mrs. j. B.
Price, Allegheny county; third
vlce-presldent, John e. McManus
Philadelphia; correspo 1ding sec
retary, Samuel D. Wingate, ALE
ghe,y county; recording secreta.
ry, Robert l.. Van Dyke, Arm
strong county; treasurer, r. Hes
ter Cue, Colum bia county. the
officers and the following COM
pose the trustees George H.
Clementson, Allegheny county;
Joshua H. Wrestling, Dauphln
county; Rev. WIN. Fl. Trelsch,
Armstrong county; Mrs. II. IL.
Dickinson, Chester county.
The ASSOCIATION Is planning to
secure the loan of the liberty tell,
IN order that 1t may be exhibited
IN Seattle at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition, which is tn be
held during the summer of 1909.
The bell has never been so far
west, and the number OF people
of the Pacific northwest who have
seen 1t, either in Philadelphia or
at an eastern exposition, is small,
The ASSOCIATION is also desirous OF
having the keystone Staterepres
eEted by building.
The Alaska Yukon-P Pacific eX
position project, which but re
Gently had it's beginning, is at
tracting a great deal of ATTENTION
just now. TIE people OF other
cities haven't yet gotten ovel
their wonder at the way the en-
terprise was fiuancsd. On Octo
her 2ud, Seattle citizens raise
for it $3.50, 900, a greater sum than
ever before was realized for any
object anywhere else IN SINGLE
day.
1t will be a $10,000,000 exposi
ton. The state of Oregon will
vote the enterprise 81 900, 900, th
national government probably an
other $1,000, 900, and the state
other than Washington a thir'
Sl,O00,000. Foreign participatio
will be on large scale, and til
manufacturers OF America wi
spend millions in exploiting thel
wares.
The exposition is to be h al
primarily for the purpose of tel
log the world just what soft of
country Alaska and Yukon terr
tory really is. There Will be e,
hibited not only nuggets and gol
dust, and various ores, but graf
and vegetables, which, it hs
been learned in recent years, ma
oe raised IN almost any part
ALASKA. 1t is estimated that Ala
ka Yukon, when supplied wli
better transportation facllite
VIII be able to support a popul
tion of 100000 people.
1t is planned that the fair shs
bring together in trade the shor,
,,f tha poo,6n -.