Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1908-11-12
Plans For the 1909 Exposition
Special Correspondence

sition bonds has removed the last OBJ
stacle to the success of the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition and it is now
certain that the 1909 fair will have the
distinction of being the first big ex-
position to be entirely completed in
time for the opening date. The pro-
gress that is being made on the con-
struction of the buildings and grounds
is guarantee that no detail will be
left unfinished when the fair is for
mally ouened June I, 1909.
When it was announced that an ad
ditional $3.50, 900 was required to carry
on the work outlined by the exposition
management the people of Seattle re-
sponded promptly to the call for funds
and the entire amount was subscribed
within a week after the actual canvass
was commenced. With this additional
fund on hand the management of the
exposition took immediate steps to en-
large the scope of construction.
Already three of the permanent
buildings are finished and are ready to
be turned over to the University of
Washington at the close of the fair.
By the first of the new year the fourth
permanent building will be completed
and number of the temporary struc-
lures finished. The mining palace and
the fisheries building and the hospital
and fire station are in use and the
Oregon building, the first state build
ing to be completed, is ready to re-
ceive exhibits. Oregon will begin the
shipment of it's exhibit about January
l. The first consignment will be 3, 900
boxes of apples, which will be placed
in the cold storage plant, in the base
ment of the Oregon building, until a
few weeks of the opening date.
Remarkable progress has been made
on the construction of the California
state building and this structure will
be completed not later than January
1. Work has been commenced on the
Washington state building, which is to
be one of the permanent structures to
be turned over to the University at the
close of the fair.
The plans for the United States
government building have been ap-
proved and the contract for the con-
struction will be awarded in about ten
days.
Work on the grounds is in excellent
shape. The site of $50 acres has been
entirely cleared and graded and roads
and paths laid out. Acres of green
lawns give refreshing appearance and
the mild climate of Puget Sound will
make it possible to transplant great
many of the more hardy flowers during
the winter months. There are in all
about a million plants in the green
houses and when these are set out and
in bloom the grounds will be veri-
table mass Of beautiful flowers, cling
ing vines and green shrubbery.
Construction is under way on eleven
miles of paved paths and driveways at
the grounds of the Alaska Yukon Pac-
ifc exposition.
Oregon will be the first state to
install it's exhibits at the Alaska Yuk-
on-Pacific Exposition.
The first Alaska exhibit for the
Alaska Yukon-P Pacific exposition ar
rived from the North October 25. The
exhibit consists of number of curios
and furs.
The Pacific fleet of the United
States Navy will be stationed at Sc
attic during the greater part of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition next
year.
Hawaii will have a novel exhibit at
the Alaska Y oukon-P Pacific exposition.
1t is planned to show the islands in
their relative size and direction from
each other.
Cameras will be admitted to the
grounds of the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition. The size limit has been
fixed at 4x5 or31x53. Permits must be