Evening star., 1909-02-14
TO MAKE BIG DISPLAY
Government Prepares Exhibits
for Seattle Fair.
SEVERAL CARLOADS GOING
Members of Board of Managers Com.
plete Plans.
ARTISTIC FINISH TO GROUNDS
Supervising Architect Provides for
Buildings to Cost $250,0oo.
Some of the Material.
ARTISTIC FINISH TO GROUNDS

| Within the next few weeks the ship
ments will go forward of the sixty or
more carloads of exhibits from the va
rious departments In Washington for the
exhibit Of the government at the Seattle
exposition. The collection is about as
complete as any that has ever been sent
to an exposition. The government board
OF managers appointed by the President
to select and prepare the exhibit Is COM
posed Of Jesse E. Wilson, assistant secre-
tary of the interior as chairman: William
NJ. Geddes of the Treasury Department,
and w. de c. Ravenel Of the Smithsonian
Institution and National Museum. who
under the law were charged to prepare
this complete and harmonious exhibit.
showing the principal administrative func-
tions of the government and their educa-
tional value in connection with the devel-
| opment of commerce in the countries bor-
dering on the Pacific.
The board of managers have called to
| their assistance the following representa-
tives of the several departments, and to-
gether have worked to give to the Pacific
Department of State; w. w. Ludlow,
Treasury Department: John c. Scofeld.
War Department; o. J. Field. Depart
ment Of Justice: c: A: Conrard, Post
Office Department: F. s. Curtis, Navy
Department; J. c. Boykin, Department OF
the Interior; s. r. Burch. Department OF
Agriculture; Frank H. Bowen. Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor; w. de c.
Ravenel. Smithsonian Institution and Ma
tional Museum. and for the purpose OF
100000 was allotted last July and work
on the same has been going on since.
Plans for Buildings.
There was also appropriated by Con-
gress $25O.OOO for buildings. and the
group of exhibit palaces provided by Su-
pervising Architect Taylor of the Treas
ury Department will give to the exposi-
ton grounds a most artistic finish. There
will be a main government building. and
separate buildings for the Alaskan. Ha-
| waiian and Philippine Island exhibits,
and a life-saving station-all a part OF
the governments display of resources. A
the buildings with that of other exposi-
| tions will show the extent Of the efforts
Of the board OF managers to give to Seat
| tie everything possible within the pro-
visions of the law. At st. Louis the gov
ernment exhibit covered an area Of 1885,
| 496 square feet, including the fisheries
building: at Portland. 1924 square feet;
| while at Seattle there Will be an exhibit
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| government buildings. and when the linn
| tied appropriation made for the latter is
| taken into consideration it will be seen
| that the government Is Vying with the
people Of the city Of Seattle in making
| an attractive exposition for the Pacific
| coast tourists next summer.
i While it Is not possible for the board OF
/ managers to feature an entirely new ex-
hibit. owing to the fact that the govern
ment's resources are fixed within certain
bounds yet many of the departments have
undertaken productions along lines most
j interesting. The National Museum ts ar-
ranging such articles and material OF an
| historical nature as will impart knowl-
| edge of the national history. more espe-
cially of Alaska. Hawaii and the Philip
pine Islands. and that part OF the coun-
try west Of the Rocky mountains.
} Interior Department Showing.
The Interior Department. besides in
creasing its departmental exhibit. will
aid the people Of Alaska and Hawaii in
maintaining appropriate exhibits from
those far-off territories. Congress having
made a special appropriation OF 100000
for the Alaskan exhibit and $4,000 for
the Hawaiian display.
The citizens of the latter country havl
subscribed an additional $25.OOO and
named a commission to aid the board OF
managers and the Interior Department In
!, making a showing commensurate with
the development Of Hawaii. An effort
Is also being made to have many OF
the native musicians in attendance to en-.
tertain the visitors to their building. and
agents of the government have been
in both Alaska and Hawaii for several
/ months past securing material and data
, for this part Of the exhibit.
! The usual attractive exhibit Of the
War Department Is augmented by an ex.
) hibit from the Philippine Islands. which
will also occupy a separate building GOV.
| arir ara n Sr1A md
while there will be few of the natives
brought from the islands for the short
period of the exposition by the govern
ment, private enterprises have started 9
move to have representatives there. anc
an effort is being made to have the Phil
ippine Band. now en- route to participate
IN the inaugural parade, stationed at tht
Seattle exposition during part of thu
that one of the dirigible balloons vii
be sent as part of the War Depart
ment's exhibit. Altogether that depart
ment will spend about $50, 900 in the com
pletion of it's exhibit.
) Mint and Assay Office.
The Treasury Department will make on.
Of the most interesting exhibits 1t has
ever undertaken. having. besides the lift
savers. complete mint and assay Office
taking the crude ore and showing by ex
perts present the course Of coin making
to it's finish: also the printing OF paper
money by plate printers from the bureau
of engraving and printing. all requiring
the detail of greater number OF ex
perts from that department than has beer
sent to any exposition for years. The
revenue cutter service. marine hospita
service and other branches OF the pay
department Of the government will be II
evidence with attractive exhibits.
More space in the main building is bein,
devoted to the resources of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture than for any Other
department., a special effort being made
to show the development along lines o
agriculture on the Pacific coast and ir
Alaska. the preservation Of forests. goot
road making, etc, while the Department
of Commerce and Labor will devote spe
cial attention to the fisheries. the Inn
provement and safeguards to navigation
and show data affecting commercial anG
labor interests.
Post Office Department Museum.
The Post Office Department will trans