Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-02
EXPOSITION IS NOW OPEN
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this sicture. Mt. Rainier, the nisaes'
lmountain leak lin the United States.
Various avenues and str Is Branch
Ion in every direction. IA every
ltkoroughfare is something 81 interest
raldings stand out eversw l;-c n
this forest CT frs. Natural btar;,es
/ are on every hand.
The Fine Arts Building is not far
Ifrcm the entrance to the grounds. II
IIs 2 permanent structure cf rIr"rrie
aid brick Next in line tones the
Ham goyCrntrennt building wil ITS
max Of the fair In this strl ,tITe arc
itDc exhibits of the various ir;'ar'-
lireuts at Washington. In a separate
huli0ing is the wonderful display a.
Hive fish, and In another wing me ! To-
graph room, where movins pic ures
Illustrate how the United S,a'es mails
&C IL. SIed, the rural free ieiN;ery
land many CHER things of 'r'-r'S'
The Philippines for the first time
are represented and Hawaii too. &C.
cWdes a building directly In front OF
the main building and across the
street is the Alaska ba lding.. The
Alaska building. with exhibits of the
varied resources Of the Northland. Is
a feature of the fair Alaska, Hawaii
and the Philippines are represented
at Seattle on scale not contemplated
when the exposition was suggested.
The general scheme of architecture
of the fair is in the French Renais-
sance This is noticeable in all the
larger buildings,
The first county exhibit building
en- Dome Circle is the hlndsor.e
structure built by Spokane County and
directly adjoining il is taa Hhe,n';is
county structure. Nearly are TIE
Utah and Idaho State buildings ana
i'm the dds.ancr he leg cain of the
Arctic brotherhood, an Alaskan fra
teimal organization. From this pnin'
locking across the natural amphithea-
ire where all open EXERCISES are heii
is the first vista of Lake WashirLtoh-
Directly across the SDJk'nc buiHi
is CALIFORNIA; home in Spanish mas
sion architecture. This buiiuing con
tains exhibits from every county ana
is the most complete display OF the
wonderful resources of the Golden
Gate State ever assembled away from
home. In the rear of the Califcrn a
building and facing on Seward Avenue
is the NV York State structure. a
replica cf Stewards old home near
Auburn, New York State. In the New
York building is banquet hall. me
structure is one CT the most impoS -ns
at the fair.
Continuing the journey down Pacific
Avenue ths Forestry building, wiz
its coionade CT fir logs from Washing
ten forests next comes into view fac
ing On the opposite side of Dome CIR
Gle from the Oregon and Washington
State buildings. The Forestry ouid-
ing is the largest log house N the
world and after the exposition Will
Re used as the school of foresty of
the University of Washington.
All of the social functions take
place in the Washington building
The Oregon building was ready six
months before the fair opened. TheI
various counties CT Oregon have pro-
vided fine line of exhibits OF the
fruits. grains and woods raised IN
that State and interior decorations CT
the building show many farm and
woodland scenes done in grasses and
grains.
In the rear of the forestr" building
and en- a hill overlooking Lake wash
ington is the H-o Hoo house, the|
home of visiting lumbermen- Large
black cats with sparkling eyes guard
the entrance gates
Pacific Avenue eventually leads toI
Rainied vista and nearly encircles thel
exposition grounds Leaving the For
estry and Oregon buildings. and pre-
ceeding down This thoroughfare thel
King Cornty building. an ornate sfruc-
turs. comes into view and directly
across the street stand the Dairy and
Gcod Roads buildings. Machinery Hail
and the Model Foundry. Near tncl
Machinery Hall is the Music faviEon|
almost hiden by a hedge of Douglassl
frs, where band concerts are given!
daily.
In the rear of the Music PaviiionI
is the big exhibit palace erected by
the Dominion of Canada and adjoin-
ing this structure the Grand Trunk
Railway Building. The landscape fta-
lures about these two buildings are
in harmony. A few steps from the
Canadian building leads to the heart
of the gardens and Rainier vista
Straight ahead Is a magnificent view
of M. RsinkG and TO the rear Is a
view across Geyser BASIN and Cascade
Court TO the Central government build
ing Il is the main axis If the fair-
On both sides af the main court are
the big exh bit palaces, with their dis
piavs. covering many acrss- To the
left Is the Manufactures Palace ann
directly across GcySer Basin. the Az
ricultrre Building. leading manH-
fac;urers Of the United States and
EBTope have sent exhibits showing
the various Processes through which
American made goods pass before the
finished article is turned out The
balcony nf this building is given Over
x, a ccni-letc arts and crafts exhibit
Counties in tho State Of WaShin<-
ton not represented by separate euiin-
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