Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-04
WILL HAVE FIVE BUILDINGS.
Government Exhibit at Seattle Next
 Year Will Be Practical.

Seattle, Nov 4.-Five separate structures will form the main group of the United States government building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. They will be the Main, Alaska, Hawaii and Philippines, fish cries and biographic lecture build ings. In addition the government will have numerous smaller build- ings to house the essentially outdoor exhibits.
 Jesse I. Wilson, William M. Geddes and l. H. Dunlap, the federal commissioners, arrived here on Oc- tober 20 and made the first definite announcement of the exact details. They brought plans and all the neces' sary authority to begin work. The first matter will be the clearing Of the grounds on which the United States palaces will stand, in all thir- teen acres. AS the site is level and the approaches graded the prerara- tory work will not take long. MT Geddes expressed the opinion that by January l, 1909, every one of the five buildings will be well under way with at least the heavy struc- tural work done As the five build ings will be temporary, they can easily be finished and ready to re- ceive the exhibits by April of next year
 Reports have been received from most of the departments of the gov ernment giving in brief outline what the displays will be. It is noticeable in all these reports that much atren- tion will be paid to demonstration features. Thus in the agricultural exhibit a series of lectures is to be given with the assistance of the bioscope at which will be explained the methods of "dry-land' farming, irrigation, practice, stock breeding, methods in raising poultry, plant grating, sanitary dairying, in fact everything that will assist the farm CT and rancher in getting better re- suits and bigger returns for his labor.
 This same plan will be carried out in all departments where there are subjects on which to instruct the people. The bioscope will also be used to show the peculiar and unique features of the government service such as in the postal department, the mint, the various laboratories, the army and navy. The bureau of health will display and give lectures upon the handling of epidemics, showing practical hospitals and sani- tary practice. Tuberculosis will be given special attention.
 One of the distinct features will be the section devoted to irrigation and forestry. The close connection of the two will be shown. No sub jects are of more importance to the west than irrigation and forestery, and the government proposes to make this part of practical educa- tional value. Irrigation methods will be shown in detail, so that to the novice it will be perfectly plain. No doubt hundreds if not thousands of people will receive inspiration from this exhibit and will take advantage of it by taking up land under the numerous irrigation ditches that are found in every western state.
 Panama, Hawaii, the Philippines and Alaska will have divisions spe- cially devoted to those countries and here the government will make the educational feature distinct. People after viewing these exhibits will have an excellent idea of the geographic, climatic, natural, commercial and strategic features of these interest ing parts of the United States.