The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-07

The Alaska -Yukon-P Pacific exposi- ton to be held in Seattle next year promises more truly unique features than any other so called worlds fair in the history of this country. To begin with the people in Seattle are painfully so. In Chicago a few years ago the exposition manage ment had a contfivance for extracting money from the innocent that they honored with the name Midway v
 In St. Louis. somewhat later. smi- lar device for relieving the uEsus- pecting of the first aid to happiness was called Pike. Both of these names were decidedly misleading Ii you do not believe this statement ask any of those who had practical exper- ] fence with walters who failed to bring back change for Sl00 hills, with rest
 aurants that charged S1.00 for ham sandwiches, with barbers whose
 ''pIease pay the cashier" requests
 were seldom less than 8. 00, with shoe sinners who demanded half dollar l for skipping ones feet with dusty rag, with highwaymen who operated "refined family theatres on a refined gold basis or with any one of the ] hundreds or more other instrumental ities for helping people on towards ] lo real fail by comparison. The ''Piken and the "Midway' of the past will be known by the more just. name ot l the ''Paystreak. If it s-true to tue title one will at least have the satis- faction of having had his money 5 worth which is usually rather dilfi- cult thing to obtain in this day. The Seattle fair will naturally be educa-
 tiona because it will be located on the grounds of the University of Wash
 ington, following the lead of the man. agement of the St. Louis fair, pat of whose grounds included the territory
 and some of the buildings of Wash ington University. Unfortunately, it @ill not. as St. Louis did, have I1n- versity City over ooking the site. The truly distinct feature of this next 1 worlds fair remains, however. to be l told. Hold your breath It is to be dry" There will not be one drop of intoxicating liquor sold on the grounds. I am informed that this plan is unalterabIe because of a law forbiddEg the sale of that which in- toxicate within two miles of the state university grounds. This means. therefore, that the tired. thirsty man cannot even slip outside the grounds occasionally and ''wet his whistle. :" It wiIl be a distinctly new phase in the west, at least in that west that is pictured in the minds of so many who have ever seen that big rapidly grow ing part of our country. There will be none of the dance hall scenes that customers have so persistently paint
 ed as the most striking feature of the
 'wild and wooly' territory. It will be a revelation to thousands perhaps, and it ought to be d summer place of real Joy for many thousands of white ribbonefs. But there will be plenty of water mineral water, spring water, sulphur water, soda water, river water, salt water, lake water water from fountains, water from mountains, water for boating, water for bathing aud swimming, and for every. purpose known to man. With Lake Washington on one side, Puget Sound on another, big ship canal between them and two or three rivers | within few miles, this ought to be one Of The greatest temperance con yentions in the history of the world. JAMES ]. DOYLE.