Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-05
TEACHERS AID
ONE ANOTHER IN
BARGAIN WEEK
DOUBLE VOTES OFFERED IN
SEATTLE CONTEST
SUPREME CHANCE FOR WORKERS
IN PACIFIC RACE
Gold Monument Will Be One of the
Novel Features at Alaska Ex-
position, and There Are
Others

Opening day for the bargain week
in connection with The Herald's Seattle
"Trip for school teachers showed intense
interest in the temporary arrangement
by which all contestants get the ad-
vantage of a double count for all sub
scriptions turned in before the end OF
the week.
Some of the teachers who were in
clined to leave everything to their
friends took a personal interest in the
contest this week and called on work
ers to stir them up in the matter OF
coming to a decision quickly so as tC
get added advantages from the double
votes by advance payment of sub
scription money.
One years subscription this week
paid in advance, gives 1000 votes to any
contestant designated, which is q plum
worth working for.
Gold Monument
The Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition
monument, to be the GROWING work OF
sculpture of the international exhibit
ton, will be covered with solid gold
leaf. Gold donations to the amount OF
$1,000, necessary to completely cover the
great shaft with the shining metal, are
solicited from Alaskans, Yukoners and
the people of Seattle.
An appropriation to cover the cost OF
building the monument in staff has
been authorized, the drawings made
and the sculptor is engaged in build
ing his clay model
The monument is to stand in the CEN
ter of the plaza in front of the mag
nificent group of United States gov
eminent buildings and directly at the
head of the Cascades.
The exposition monument is to be
more than seventy feet in height. The
monument proper will stand on a
pedestal twenty feet high. This column
will be of Corinthian design, on the top
of which will be a globe giving the
signs of the zodiac On ton of this
globe will be a huge American eagle
with outstretched wings as in flight
Grouped about the base of the monu-
ment will be three seated female fig
ures symbolical of the northland, the
south seas and the Orient. Every foot
of this great monument will have the
appearance of having been hammered
out of pure gold.
College Rowing Races
Negotiations are on to bring the Cor
nell, Yale and Harvard rowing crews
to Seattle next summer It is planned
to hold at least one regatta on Lake
Washington each month during the
exposition, which opens June /. All
arrangements have been made for a
series of races between California
Stanford and the University of Wash
iEgtOn and Wisconsin and other mid
die west colleges have also been asked
to send crews
It is planned to make the rowing re-
gattas a feature Of the sports during
the fair and a big purse will be hung
up to bring out the Cornell. Harvard
and Yale crews. The exposition man.
agement will submit a proposition to
the three eastern colleges and will
make any reasonable arrangements to
carry out the plan.
Lake Washington and Lake Union,
both bordering on the exposition
grounds, offer exceptional advantages
for these big races. An ideal course
can be laid out, and it is estimated
that thousands of people would come
from ali parts of the United States
mainly to witness the races.