Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-01
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stion. OH every thoroughfare is some.
thing Of Interest," Buildings stand out
+ every where III this forest Of frs. Ma
+ tuTM ebauties are on, every hand.
i The fine arts building Is not far
/ from the entrance to the grounds. 1t
Is a. permanent structure OF concrete
and brick Next in line comes the
main government building, with its
massive dome, the architectural
climax of the fair. In this structure
partments Mt washington, In n
separate building is the wonderful dis
play of live fish, and in another wing
the e biograpt room, where. moving
pictures Illustrate how the United
States mails are handled, the rural
free. delivery and many other thingf,
OF interest. -
The Philippines, for the first time,
are represented and Hawaii, too, &C.
cupies a building directly in front of
the main building and across the street
is the ALASKA building. The Alaska
building, with exhibits OF the varied re-
sources OF the northlnnd is a feature
of the fair. Alaska, Hawaii and the.
philippines are represented at Seattle
on q scale not Scontemplated when the
exposition was suggested.
The general scheme OF architecture OF
the fair is the French renaissance.
This is noticeable in all the larger
buildings.
FINANCING EXPOSITION.
The exposition has been financed by
the northwest. Seattle subscribed $3.50,
600 in one day and later made 1t 100000.
Still later bond Issue Of S360.GO0 was
taken up overnight The statesof Wash
ington appropriated s1,000,G00 with the
pIovisp that not less than $4,000 of the
amount should go into permanent
buildings to- revert TO the university
or the state of Washington. Oregon,
Ifcalifornia. Canada, Japan, China, Ida
no and other states and nations assist
ed with liberal appropriations for build
fpgsy and exhibits, and the United States
government appropriated $500. eco for its
own building and for5tlle exploitation OF
the Philippines, Hawaii, Alaska and the
fisheries.
The admnistration of the exposition
has been In the hands of various de-
lSpartlnents, each department blcked by
a committee Of the leading business
the northwest. j. u. Chilbers.
a pioneer of Alaska and head of the
Scandinavian American bank. is pre;l-
dent. John a. AfcGraS, ex-governor. OF
the state and II. @. Henry, another
Bunker are vice presidents. Mr., Hen
l,y succeeded Richard A. Ballinsar when
he was called to the department ofatlle
interior by President Taft William
Sheffield is secretary: c. Il. Collins,
treasurer; James A. Wood, director o T
cxploitation: WFilfrctl Beaton, chief
or the department Of publicity: a. ".
Lewis. CHIEF of the department of en-
hibits; Frank y. Allen, chief Of the de-,
partment OF works, and !. A. Nadeau.
is director general; Frank y. Dunhani3
Is assistant to the president.
The Alaska lrion- Pacific exposition
was, in the beginning, Intended to be
no more than its title implies, but 1t
was enlarged perforce. 10 the scope
of a worlds fair. Demand from Europe
aud the eastern statese was SO insist.
ent that 1t could not be held to the.
original Limitations.
The idea was conceived by Godfrey
Chealander, a pioneer of the klondike.
III has baen carried out by a coterie OF
the most energetic. business men e, OF the Ll
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