The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-30
DISCOVERY DAY
ONE OF BIGGEST
Planned to Celebrate Finding
Of Gold, at AIaska-Pa-
cific Exposition.
MANY BUILDINGS DONE.
THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
ENTIRELY COMPLETED ARE
RAPIDLY NEARING THAT POINT
-GREAT FEATURES PLANNED.

Seattle, Aug. 29.-Six buildings fin
fshed and six more nearing completion
Is the record made by the management
of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific EXPOSE
ton nine months before opening day.
All of the grading of the avenues, cir
cles, plazas and courts has been COM
pleted for some time, while the other
work on the grounds is about so per
cent finished.
The structures finished are: Agricul-
ture, Manufactures, Machinery. Admin
1gtration, Fire Station and Hospital.
Those that Will be completed within a
few weeks and the estimates Of their
progress are as follows: Oregon. 30
per cent; California, % per cent; Mines
80 per cent; Fisheries, 30 per cent; Au-
ditorium, so per cent; Fine Arts, 20
De cent Many more buildings will
be started at once, namely Washing
ton, Foreign, Forestry, Machinery an
mex, Transportation, Missouri and
New York. The group of six United
States government buildings will be
begun this fall and rushed twoard
completion.
One of the biggest days the EXPOSE
ton will have is now being planned.
It is to be called Discovery Day." and
will fall on Monday, August 16, 1909.
On that date the thirteenth anniver-
sary of discovery of gold in Klondike
by George Carmack in 1896, will be
celebrated. The story of how Car
mack. who now resides in Seattle, dug
out handful of gold nuggets, staked
out discovery claim, and travelled to
Circle City to tell the news; of how
only five persons remained in that
camp after the glad tidings were
brought in, is well known to north
ers of the early days.
The Northern Pioneers and other
bodies have discussed plans for max
ing Discovery Day at the exposition a
big success. 1t Is the intention to
have as many of the persons who spent
the early days in the Northland in the
search of gold to be present at a
grand reunion on that date, and a spe-
cial program pertaining to the anniver-
sary will be arranged. Carmack him.
self, will be a prominent figure at all
times during the exposition as he re-
sides in Seattle, and is taking a great
interest in the exposition, which
would have, perhaps, never been held
II it were not for his discovery.
Managers of Concessions on the Pay
Streak, the amusement thoroughfare
of the exposition, are now busily en-
gagged in construction work on their
buildings. Several structures are be-
ing put up and many more will be
started before fall. The Pay Streals
will be more than a mile in length and
will be lined on both sides by costly
buildings to house the new and inter
esting attractions that have been Sc.
cured. There will be about thirty
features on the Pay Streak to amuse
the visitors to the 1909 fair. Among
those arranged for at the present time
by Director of Concessions A. w. Lew
is, are the following: Burning OF
Prairie Belle, Virginia Reel. Wreck Of
the Corsair, Night and Resurrection
Heller Shelter. Trip to the Moon
Temple of Mirth, Velvet Coaster, Trir
to Hoods Canal, Fighting the Flames
Princess Trixie, Ingorrote Village, Jar
din du Paris, Scenic Railway, Shoot
the Chutes, Monitor and Merrimac
Trip to the North Pole, Eskimo vii
lage, Infant Incubators. Oriental Vii
lage. Creation, Placer Mining, Spanish
Theater. Chinest Theater. In addition
there will be wild animal show ant
several more illusions.