Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
ANIMALS IN FRUITS
Exhibits in the California
Building at Seattle.
SHOWING THE INDUSTRIES
Washington's Resources Indicated
by Huge Timber Structure. .
UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDED
Beautiful Piece of Architecture
Erected by the Japanese-Ha-
waiian Palace of Raw Sugar.
SHOWING THE INDUSTRIES
UNIQUE FEATURES INCLUDED
RY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

RY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
SEATTLE. September 13, 1909
The most interesting features of the
exposition are the California and forestry
buildings. The former is q beautiful
structure of staff of the mission type
not replica of any particular monas-
terry, but a composite of the artistic
features of several different ones in the
southern part of California. with Moorish
embellishments around the windows and
the doors. 1t is IA feet square, with two
wings thirty-tive feet long.
The interior contains a curious and
comprehensive inventory of all the prod
ucts of the state. Ire first thing you
see, as you approach the main entrance.
are two mountain lions made of dried
peaches. Upon entering the building you
are confronted by life-sized elephant
made of walnuts. with oranges for his
eyes. n war charger made of prunes
bears a knight of the same material /;
there is a COW made of almonds. a bear
made of raisins, and various other ami
mails cause you to wonder whether you
have wandered by mistake into a menag-
erie or Noahs ark. But the visitor is
treasured of the peaceful character of the
place when he sees a huge cornucopia
emptying fruit, nuts, grapes. berries and
other riches upon grateful world. In
the center of the building is a unique
wheat, oats. barley and other grains
pasted on canvas for walls. The decora-
tons. quite artistic In design. are worked
out in dried and cured fruits and nuts.
Along shelves above the wainScoting are
fresh fruits. which are changed every
few days. and below and above them are
show cases filled with preserved fruits in
tin and glass. The walls of the entire
building are lined with fruits and flowers.
Illustrating the Industries.
Other industries of the state are il
striking manner. In the mining depart
ment a miniature dredge shows how the
old river beds are being worked for gold.
There are exhibits showing the silk in
dustry. which is becoming important and
visitors can see the entire process from
the cocoon to the finished fabric.
Chickens are Matched out every day by
electric incubators. one of which is de-
voted to ostriches. The salt and bOrax
industries are also shown to advantage,
and moving model of the famous TWEEN
ty-four-mule team pulling load of borax
across Death valley always excites in
quiries
The educational exhibit is worth care
full attention, particularly that which
shows the proficiency of the industrial
branch of instruction. Almost every art
and trade is represented, including the
ancient handicrafts of the Indians. There
are several paintings by local artists and
innumerable photographs showing the
scenery of the state. -.
Every visitor Is asked to- write his
name in the biggest book that was ever
made. Its pages are 3D. by 32 inches in
size. The book is % inches thick. and.
when open. spreads ~ feet. 1t weighs
Californians have secured the addresses
OF several hundred thousand people in va
rious parts of the country, which will he
arranged according to locality by the
card index system to be hereafter used
for advertising purposes.
The Forestry Building.
The forestry building is made Of mon
strous logs and lumber in various forms
to illustrate the timber resources of the
state of Washington, which claims the
largest area of native forest, and is the
largest producer of lumber. Seventy-five
thousand carloads are shipped annually to
the markets of the east from sawmills
west of the Cascade mountains.
AS an educational exhibit the forestry
building is undoubtedly the most impor-
tant on the grounds. and at the close of
the exposition will shelter the School of
Forestry OF the University of Washing
ton. There was a similar building at the
Portland exposition, and it is still stand
ing. which many people consider more
appropriate, because 1t is built after the
style of the regular log house. while this
is of classic design, a Grecian model in
which the trunks of trees are used in
..l-g. n
taken from the forest instead of the
quarry.
The entrance to the building is shelter
ed by portico. supported by 124 log
columns cut i'm forest only sixty miles
from Seattle, at an elevation of 5000 feet
Every one of them is perfect piece of
timber with the bark unmarried and with
out limb. They are II feet in length
and approximate six feet in diameter at
the base. No temple ever erected by
human hands has such a splendid col
onnade. Within the walls the roof and
balconies are supported by similar col
umns-one hundred perfect logs AZ feet
long and varying from ) feet to 61a feet
In diameter: twenty-six logs "a feet long
and between s and feet i'm diameter, and
large numbers of others OF different
lengths and thicknesses. cut according to
the demands of the architect.
On the porch is d piece of dressed tim
her from Ostrander Cowlitz county, that
entire length. There is another on the
other side of the entrance ~ feet long
and AZ feet square the entire length.
The label says that this timber was hewn
by the Hall Brothers Shipbuilding Com
pany at Winslow Wash. a remarkable
firm. of which an interesting story is
told
Story of the Hall Brothers.
Between fifty and sixty years ago
thirteen brothers, all brawny, stalwart
men of strong character and determi-
nation. came out from Maine to the Pa
cffic coast. There was no room for all
of them in any one place. so thoy set
tied at different points between Seat
tie and San Francisco. They bought
timber lands and set up sawmills. They
started shipyards and built hundreds of
sailing ships, and when business was
dull they would load one of their own
vessels with lumber and one of the boys
would take it around the Horn to New
York or Boston and sell the cargo and
the ship They built some or the most
famous clippers that ever sailed this
coast. and their logging and lumber en-
terprises We're among the most extern
sive and profitable. One of the most
important branches of their work was
the education of young men. A score
of the iDfiupnti11