The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-26

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IL planning an exhibition OF interna-
tlonal scope to be held In The sum
NOR OF 1903. IL Is to be called the
Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc Exposition and
viii aim 10 tell the world OF the
hitherto untold and almost unknown
resources OF Alaska and the Yukon
country. and the Pacific Northwest.
Furthermore It will attempt to
bring the United States into closer
relations with the islands OF the
broad Pacific, and the nations Dor
dering upon the greatest OF oceans
Tho fair has been financed by the
raising OF the greatest fund ever So
cured for any object in the space of
one working day. October 2 the
people of Seattle bought stock in the
fair corporation to the extent OF
$3.50. 900. an unheard Of accomplish
nont. IL was the aim Of the man
agement 20 raise S600,O000 in one
day. and VIII II. Parry. chairman
OF tho ways and means committee,
proolaiming Everybody helps" as a
slogan. declared that this could aad
must be done. Tho city would have
given n milllon.if IL had been nee
cvsary.
Tho legislature OF the lusty young
state OF Washington is to be asked
this winter to appropriate at least a
million dollars with excellent pros
poets that this vast sum viii be Civ
en. The western states Will make
9big appropriations, and nearly every
state in the union will be represented
ieo that It is not unreasonable TO pre-
sumo that another million will come
from the commemorative Golfers.
sThe expositions commissioner, Ma
for r. S. Garrison, has met encour-
Rgement at every hand. The nation
ri government Is certain to make a
generous appropriation for a series
of buildings filled with exhibits, and
the federal appropriation may
amount 10 a third of million.
Tho fair will aim primarily to ex-
plot the resources aud tell the world
af tho inestimable possibilities of the
land that Uncle Sam bought for ST.
100000 and whose exports and inn
ports arc yearly nearly four times
that sum. Since the discovery of
gold in the northland, the city of
Seattle has received in round mum
hers $3.50. 100000 worth OF the yell
low metal, Recently IL has been
learned that Alaska is marvelously
rich in copper, tin, and many other
minerals, and that vegetables, grass
es and even grains can be raised in
tho short. hot summers. An Alaska
building filled with interesting dis
plays, is planned. The resources of
tho adjoining territory. Yukon, will
be no less interestingly exploited.
Asia and Oeeanica, which border
on the Pacific, have ten times tho
population OF the United States in
three times the area. Oriental trade
has long been a commercial asset OF
the coast ports, and the Alaska Yu-
kon-Pacific exposition will attempt to
foster this trade by encouraging the
states OF the far east to make dis
plays and to send representatives TO
the exposition who will be shown
what the United States produces
which the lands across the sea prof
itably might use.
Tho fair will emphasize in its ex-
hibits. displays Of the products Of the
Pacific Northwest, country which
recently has come to be OF more in
tcrest to Americans than any other
section OF Uncle SANS broad domain.
there are 100000, 100000 feet Of tim
Der in the country which calls Sc
attle the gateway, and vast wheat
fields stretch for miles without break
over the prairies OF eastern Wash
inet0n. Fruits OF nearly every sort
ara raised on the irrigated stretches
and in the sheltered valleys. Wages
are good IN Seattle and the town isl
prospecting. There is about the
whole Northwest a prodigality OF
good fortune which says to the east