The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-25
Reasons Why State Should Make Lib
eral Appropriation for Alaska.Yu-
kon-Pacific Exposition Pointed
Out by President ChiIbero.

concerning the provisions of the Alas
ka- Yukon-Pacific exposition bills to be
introduced at this session. President
Chilberg has issued the following
statement
We are asking the state of Wash
ington to appropriate for the pur-
pose of its participation the sum of
100000. This will include the cost of
a state building and a complete ex-
hibit of the products of the state to-
Setner with the customary expenditures
for administration and opera tion Not
one dollar of this fund will come to the
treasury of the Exposition company
or be handled by the officers of the
company. The money will be appoint
ed by the governor, and which, when
It's duties are completed, will render a
full accounting of it's doings to the
Legislature of 1911. and at such other
periods in the meantime as the legisla-
ture may direct. In this respect the
washington commission to the Alaska
1ukon-Pacific exposition, will not be
essentially different in its organization
business methods. etc, from the Wash
ington commission to the Chicago ex-
position. or the ST. Louis exposition or
the Portland exposition.
I'VE are also asking the legislature
to pass another bill, which though its
provisions will materially benefit the
exposition, is not in the strict sense of
th., 60;
since it's enactment is so important to
the success of the exposition, we are
willing to accept it as our bill. This
is the bill appropriating 100000 for
permanent buildings for the University
of Washington. Such has been the
tremendous growth of the university in
recent years that the proposed build
ings are now necessary and the cree
ton of them will simply fill an existing
want. Every cent of this 100000 ap-
preparation will be expended under the
direct supervision of the board of re.
gents of the university, who are re-
sponsible men with fixed duties estab-
lished by the laws of the state. go.
The buildings will be completed to
that point which will make them suit
able for exposition purposes and will
then be delivered to the exposition
company for its uses. At the close
of the exposition, the buildings will be
returned in good order to the posses
sion of the board of regents for use by
the university. Out of the 100000 to
be appropriated the regents will with
hold small amount of money, esti-
mated to be from $4,000 to $4,000,
which will be used to complete the per-
manent buildings according to the orig
NAL plans, after the exposition COM
pany is through with them. In this
process not dollar of the states
money will be wasted. The regents of
the university may be depended upon
to expend wisely the 100000 to be ap-
propriated to them.
Double Use for Buildings.
Likewise. the state commission
may be expected to disburse to the
best possible advantage the 100000 to
be entrusted to it. We hope that the
commission may see it's way clear to
use a part of this money for general
exhibit structures of such character
that they may afterwards be used by
the university At Portland, the state
of Oregon expended 100000 for such
structure, as against about $4,000 eX-
pended by the corporation for similar
purposes. One thing is quite certain,
and that is that the state of Washing
ton as the sponsor for the exposition.
will be expected to have the very finest
state building on the grounds. The
sum of 100000 could be put in sucn
a building to good advantage. The
state building could be erected with an
idea to permanency and thus be useful
to the university.
How Do We All Benefit.
THE question has often been asked.
and with justice, as to how the unlFer-
sity and the state of Washington are
are to be directly benefited by an APP
preparation of s1,000,000 to make the
Alaska Y ukon- Pacific exposition
success. l realize that $1,000,0OO is
very large sum of money and am glad
that the members of the legislature are
DISPOSED to make the most caretul
investigation of every aspect or the
question before appropriatlng the
money. The direct and substantial
benefits to the university and the state
may be briefly summarized as follows:
First. the permanent buildings for the
university to, be erected by the state,
the value of which will be S6oo,ooe.
Second. permanent improvements to
the university campus in the way OF
paving. parking. water and sewer sys-
TENS. power plant, etc. which the eA-
position corporation will make at
cost of $3.50. 00O and which will become
the property OF the university at the
close of the exposition. Third, the gov
eminent of the United States Will De
expected to expend $500 600 for build
ings which can be acquired at the