Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-03-25

doubt meet with the approval of
thousands of visitors to the 1909 eX-
position as well as their patronage af-
ter they see the land as it really is.
There will also be demonstrations Of
the wonderful productiveness of the
virgin soil of the state which will stand
greatly i'll contrast with the worked
out farms of the east. This condition
will commend itself to the eastern
farmer who visits the Fair. The very
fact alone that two crops of potatoes
can be produced every year on the
same ground in the Puget Sound
country is fact that will probably
surprise many easterners.
The miniature farm has been plated
into small rectangular blocks which
have afforded an excellent opportunity
for the good roads instructors and
the art of beautifying the farms which
will have the effect of making life on
the farm and in the country more at
tractive. Practical demonstrations of
berry raising will also be made on the
model farm.
There will be S5 dancing men and
women in the Turkish Village of the
Alaska Y Yukon-Pacific + xpositio o n
which opens on June l in Seattle,
making it the biggest oriental conces-
sion put on at any Exposition.
Tourists bound for the Alaska Yu-
kon- Pacific Exposition, which opens in
Seattle in June, will have splendid
opportunity to take the world famous
summer excursion along the glaciers
and mountains of the Alaskan coast.
The Seattle chamber of commerce
will conduct an information bureau in
Seattle while the Alaska Yukm-Pa
cific Exposition is in progress for the
benefit of the visitors to the city.
Agents will meet all boats and trains
and in this way persons who visit the
metropolis Of the state of Washington
this summer will be assured of reason.
able rates at the hotels and lodging
houses.
Among the interesting works of ar,
to be exhibited at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition this summer will
be statute of "Old Jennie" last O
the Rogue River Indians.
The National convention of til,
Epworth League to be held at Seattl,
this summer during the progress Of th'
Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition vii
draw more than 10000 visitors t.
Seattle from the cities of the North
west.
One of the interesting exhibits a
the Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition
will be the display of the American
Bankers Association. The exhibi
will be highly educational in character
A meeting of the bankers association
Of Washington, Oregon, Montana an,
Idaho will be held in Seattle this sum
mer.
An automobile race across the con
tinent for the long distance supremacy
with costly trophy for prize, vii
take place about the second week o
the Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition
There will be thousands of visitors il
!. Seattle to witness the finish of TIN
race.
With the spirit of enterprise an,
accomplishment manifested in all it
undertakings, Seattle is preparing t.
take care of the International Conven
ton of Epworth Leagues, which meet
: in Seattle July to II, and extend
to all of the 100000 members of tn
Methodist church and especially to tn
100000 Epworth Leaguers, cordi
al invitation to attend.
Seattle is Western gem, still some
what in the rough in eXteriors but a
well governed and as moral as any cit
of the east. 1t is beautifully situate
on Puget Sound, an arm of the Pacifi
Ocean, with the beautiful Cascad
mountains on the east and the rugge
Olympies on the West. 1t is cit
; of inspiring views and full of interes
from the commercial standpoint; it
waterfront scenes and the great publ
works now in progress being Of uniqu
attractiveness.
The 100000 people of Seattle al
largely transplanted Fasteners, Soutl
erners and Canadians. The represer
the pioneer elements Of these peop
: and are the wells from which til
Seattle spirit bubbles-the spirit whic
makes Seattle famous for the accon