Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-11-25
A.Y-P EXPOSITION.
Counties WILL DO BETTER IN
STATE BUILDING.
Building of Separate Buildings For
County Exhibits Not Encouraged
by Commissioner Dickson. Nan.
agemenf will Provide Large Build.
Ing For All County Exhibits.


Ellensburg, who is a member of the
Washington state commission of the
Alaska Yukon. Pacific exposition, said
recently that in some OF the counties in
the state it was believed the identity of
county exhibits at the fair would be lost
In the arrangement of the county dis.
plays Of products.
LACK of exact information has re.
suited in some misapprehension on this
subject" said Mr.. Dickson. 1.-THE com.
mission desires the authorities and peo.
pie in each county to understand that
fair and liberal treatment will be given
every county. 1t should be known and
understood that building will be pro-
vided by the state for the county exhib.
its. The cost of this building will in no
proportion be borne by tile counties out
OF the funds arising from the special tax
levied for county fair exhibits.
1T is the intention OF the commission
to provide building large enough to ad.
init of every county having ample room
for its displays. The allotment Of space
must. of course, vary. It will require
no argument to show that King, Pierce,
Spokane and other leading counties in
wealth. population, and variety of pro.
ducts should have more space given them
them than, for exmaple, Asotin, or Is.
land, or Kitsap counties. But this does
not mean that these latter counties will
not have liberal allotment.
''The commission wants to assure
every county that the identity OF the
displays Of each county will be preserved.
There will be no intermingling OF exhib-
it's. The distribution will be directory
OF the localities where the products came
from. Any one examining any particu-
lar exhibit will not have to ask where
did this come from?' Not only is this
result desirable, but we want to go fur
ther, and if the visitor wants to know
what other products came from that
county the association of the displays
from that county will tell the story.
ether, too. a visitor with only very
general knowledge Of the geography Of
the state will know at a glance whether
the product is from the counties where
there is irrigation, or whether from east
or west of the mountains. Similar pro-
ducts from both counties where irriga-
ton prevails and where it does not can
thus be conveniently compared. This
will be a great advantage to the arrange.
ment which keeps the entire exhibit OF
each county separate from that OF every
other county.
"We hope that the authorities and
people of each county will make their
exhibits fully representative of the
countys products. Simply because every
one undertands that Chelan and Yaki-
ma counties will have very large displays
OF fruit, it does NOT follow that less ia
vored counties would be doing themselves
Justice If they neglected to display what
they can do in raising fruit in sections
not go favorable to such products. Each
county should do its best to give an all
round exhibit, so that the visitor may at
glance see not only how many, but
alec how excellent in character are their
resources. This is practical, informing
and satisfying. and it is the only way
instce can be done the counties and the
state"