The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-05-14
THE PAY STREAK.
BY VIM. H. Raymond.

| BY VIM. II. Raymond.
To use racing expression Their
is more class" on the Pay Streak
of the Alaskan Yukon Pacific exposI
ton than there was on the Midway o
Chicago, the Pike at st. Louis. or tn
War Path at jamestown. The mum
Der of attractions is not as great a
at either Chicago or st. Louis, but tn,
standard of quality, cleanliness an,
educational value is higher than a
any exposition ever held.
So far as individual features OF tn,
Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition ar,
concerned, the Pay Streak is the big
gest thing at the Fair. The Who'll,
exposition Is predicated upon ths
many times demonstrated principle
that when the world turns out t
make holiday it is fun it is looking
for. Life, action, color, a lot Of music
the unique and bizarre are desired
above dignity and the sober side
wherefore has the world been comb
ed and three quarters of million OF
Seattle money invested In the newest
and most effective fun producing feat
ures that were to be found.
There is a sermon to be read, II
one cares to read 1t, in Captain A. M.
Babers village of Siberian Eskimo.
There is education In their history,
valuable information In the trinkets
they make and have for barter and
fun In quantity in their dances, their
play and their own amusements. 1t is
new in every feature and always in
tensely interesting.
" n same may be said Of the Igor
rote village. 1t is the first view, close
at hand, that the west has had Of its
brown, head hunting little brothers
from the Philippines and there Is an
afternoon of fun and study In the
bunch Of them.
, Ezra Meeker has crowded the earli-
est, tensest history Of the Northwest
into his reproduction of the Oregon
trail. 1t Is ride behind the ox-tean
that crossed the continent under Mr..
Meeker's guide, the hospitality of
pioneers cabin, the life as it was
when the patriach of the concession
himself came into the west and help
y
ed to make it.
e. w. McConnell's huge cyclora-
mas, the Monitor and Merrimack and
The battle of Gettysburg, reproduce
with absolute faithfulness the two
mighty incidents Of the civil war
Veterans of both battles have dcelar-
I'd that every movement is historical
" correct and so realistically are they
presented that every minute inside
he big buildings is a thrill.
Thompson's scenic railway has
,een one of the biggest bets at every
worlds fair. On the Pay Streak he
las put up the biggest structure he
las ever built and it leads by devious
Ways and mysterious cayerns Of much
,eauty and startling effect, overhead
nd underground.
Almost next to 1t on the streak is
he Mountain Slide, an all fun attrac-
ion that was SO good it nearly closed
,oney Island It is just what its
anne implies
N. Saith has spread the largest |
Streets Of Cairo" and Turkish vii
age" that has ever been shown at
ny exposition. He employees more
han $50 people, many OF them the
ighest priced Oriental dancers and
erformers ever brought to the coun1
ry. A herd of elephants and an
Their of camels kneel in the market
lace when the muzzein calls the
aithful to prayers, are a part, of the
quipment and there are besides the
azaars, cafes, theaters and mos
ne.
The Baby Incubator is always in
,resting, but on the A. Y. P. Pay
freak 1t will Also be of great util
Y, for, besides the many incubators,
lere is 9 splendidly equipped nur-
Try at which tired mothers may
ave their little ones in the care of
aimed nurses, who have at their
every scientific appliance
Id sanitary arrangement to guaran- i
e health and freedom from danger !
whatever kind. 1t means the tour +
the fair made easy for the woman !
th mo one to leave with the chill f
en-" .
The Spanish theater is just as it Il
Is taken out of Madrid and stars 4
10 trod the boards there will tread LII
EN- here. 1t is altogether new to v
. west and, with an excellent Span
| orchestra in native costume, will b
owe novelty of refinement and Il
IS. 81 II
John Cort's arena is something "A
oily new in the list of attractions. 81
Is huge enclosure with a seating b
,acity of 1000 and in it througout W
, fair the worlds greatest boxers, +
champions In all the weights, the fo
ding wrestlers among whom will 81
Gotch, Roller, Hackenschmidt and W
hmount the Turk, will show their 81
IS with the gloves and on the mat. 81
will be an athletic carnival the like q
which has never before been cd
ught off. John l.. Sullivan, the M
Attest of them all in the day that to
,one, will be a star attraction and be
will have with him Jake Kilrain, ye
riley Mitchell and others of the be
timers who We're great in the time he
ne skin tight glove and the green bu
I'd. a.
he "Old Mill' always one of the wi
money makers, is established on Va
south bank of the Pay Streak in co,
ideal position. 1t is one of the
It picturesque of all the Streak at be
tions and offers a world of fun. Wi
1t leads by gondola, through hid hi
chasms and fairy like dells, over Wi