Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-02


been eaualed From the Mines build
ing Il is only a step 70 the Chinese
village. the Swedish building. the
model Photographic building and the
Paw Streak attractions.
on from the msin exposition street
is the modsl farm. tie athl tic stadium
and stock exhibit, the miles OF wooo-
land paths. natural parks and res.
taurants set In among the trees anu
shubbery. DRINKING fountains nave
been provided. the water supply com
ing OBJECT from c dar Mountain me
grounds are well lighted and French
electroliers outline the vistas.
Lakes Union and Washington, ad-
ioin the exposition. permit ar equatic
spcrts OF every nature. Military and
naval drills participated in by sail
ors and the American and Japanese
cruisers and soldiers from the gov
eminent forts near Seattle are big
features and the reviews of the troops
are VI messed by thousands OF visitors.
BALLOON and airship races are
among the big events and aeroplaneI
Lake Washington and picked crews
Aero Club. Some of the fastest mo
tor boats In the world race daily eli
Lake washington and picked crews
from the Igorrote and Eskimo VII
lagos try their skill in handling the
oar In their native crafts.
The amusement street at Seattle
contains a full mile of attractions.
Rands of every nation give concerts
daily.
The landscaping of the grounds
has been carried ont on an elaborteI
plan. In the illumination. thousands
Of incadescent lamps have been strung
along the buildings The Alaska shat
is made a tower of light and the cas-
cades are broken into rainbows. The
Geyser Basin. at the foot of the falls.
is also made beautiful by hundreds OF
submerged lights Of various coicrs.
When the exposition work was be
gun il was necessary to remove a
large portion of a 250-acre forest &
towering fir trees. Many OF them
we're left. and today they lift their
tons $50 feet above the grounds. EyI
night every branch is picked out wit.
electric lamps and festocns of more
lamps are draped from tree to tree.
Among the gardens and the trees are
many rest stations 1t is possible for
10000 persons to be seated at one
time and regard has been given to
every comfort. Drinking wafer.
brougt from glacier lake in the
mountains, is plentiful and free.
The exposition has been financed
by the Northwest. Seattle subscribed
$3.50 900 in one day and later made
10 100000. Still later bond issue
of s35O.000 was taken up overnight.
The safe CT Washington appropriated
81 ,O00.0 900 with the proviso that not
less than 100000 of the amount
should go into permanent buildings
TO revert &c the University of the
State of Washington. Oregon, Cal
Hernia, Japan, China. Idaho and othe-
states and nations assisted with lib
eral appropriations for buildings and
exhibits and the United states Coz
eminent appropriated 100000 for
it's own building and for the exploita-
ton of the PHILIPPINES. Hawaii. Alas
ka and the fisheries.
The administration of the exposition
has been in the hands of various de-
partments. each department backed
by a committee of the leading bust
ness men of the Northwest. J. p.
Chilberg. a pioneer of Alaska and
head of the Scandinavian American
Bank, is president. John A. McGraw.
ex-governor OF the state. and II. c..
Henry. another banker are vice pres
idents. MFR. Henry succeeded Rich
ard A. Ballinger when he was called
to the department Of the Interior by
President Taft. William Sheffield is
secretary; r. c. Collins, treasurer,
James A. Wood. director OF expioita-
ticE; Wilfred Beaton. chief of the de
partment of publicity; A. W. Lewis.
chief or department Of concessions;
Henry bosch. chief of the department
of Works, and |. A. Nadeau is director
general Frank V. Durham is assis-
tant to the president
The Observation-Disclosures Exposi-
ton was. in the beginning. intended
to be no more than It's c.iie implies
bnt it was enlarged, perforce. to the
scope of a worlds fair. Demand from
Europe and the eastern states was
so insistent that IL could not be held
within the orig nal limitations.
The idea was conceived by Godfrey
Cbealander. pioneer of the klondike.
IA has been carried out by a ooSerie of
the best energetic business men OF