The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-07-22
MANY VISIT FAIR.

A Seattle dispatch says that though
South Dakota has no exhibit at the
Worlds Fair in Seattle it is presum-
ed that many people Of the Coyote
state will be there during the exposi-
ton period. According to- President
f. c. Evans Of the South Dakota So
ciety in Seattle, any amount of in
quiries concerning the fair. side trips
for pleasure and sport, and accommo-
dations have been received by him
and he Is making plans for the royal
entertainment Of the visitors when
they come.
South Dakota day is some time Of,
August 81, In fact, but there are a
number of special occasions and con.
ventions which, 1t is expected, will
bring many Dakotans to the city. The
Northwestern Teachers convention be-
ginning June 80, the National Conven.
ton of the Epworth League, July 6,
and the National Editorial convention,
July II, are expected to cause many
Dakotans to visit the coast.
A number of South Dakota ranch.
ers have already signified their inten-
ton of exhibiting some of their high
class stock at the live stock show
which begins September q. Some of
the largest prizes ever offered in an
exhibition are to be given away here,
and associations of this country and
Canada are making arrangements to
participate in it.
Judging from the increasing num-
Der of visitors in the city it is we'll
for the people from South Dakota who
are coming to the fair to- engage rooms
either through Mr.. Evans or the Cham
Der of Commerce. Plans may also be
made by this means for pleasure trips.
One of these is the climbing Of the
highest peak in the United States,
Mount Rainier, which is only sixty
miles from Seattle. Trips on Puget
Sound to Vancouver, b. c.; Tacoma
or other cities may be made very
reasonably.
OF the eXposition's beauty much
has been written, both as to the land,
scaping and as to the architecture
No n who has seen the grounds OF
the Ivory City" strolled along the
Cascades to geyser basin, permitted
his eyes to roam over the formal gar
dens, and then glanced out over Lake
Washington with its lofty fir clad hills
in the back ground, has failed to admit
that he has viewed a sight of granduel
that will remain with him through life
Another treat is in store for the Wis
itors at night, when the grounds, the
buildings and the cascades are lighted
with more than a million electric
lights.
Music is to be heard on every side
during the day and evening, and {
visitor may sit down almost any
where in the shade of the trees neal
the cascades, or in the buildings ant
hear soothing strains. There are sew
eral band concerts daily, and on Sun
day is to be heard the free concert
given by the Seattle Symphony orches
ira of sixty-four pieces. This latter is
quite a step forward in exposition en-
tertainments, but this worlds fair is
to show progress and the new feature
is in keeping with the idea personi
fed in the exposition.
Among the especially attractive ex
hibits are those arranged by the gov
eminent including the Hawaiian and
Philippine displays.
The main government building gives
a comprehensive idea of the way ex
e~cutive work Is carried on, and what
money is being spent for.
The Philippine and Hawiian build
ings give an idea Of the life and In
dustries Of the peoples of the Islands
from the earliest history to the pres
emf day.