The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-09-01
AT THE A. Y. P. EXPOSITION
BY STEAMER TO VANCOUVER
Seattle Rapidly Expanding World City and its Exposition
Thing of Beauty and Interest Steamer Ride
Vancouver-The Salmon Industry.
Sumas, Wash, S-17-'0

Cor. GAZETTE: Our visit to Sc
attic and the exposition was Incl
dental rather than objective. In
common with thousands of other
eXcursionists westward during the
month of July, reduced railroad
fares and opportunity to register
for the land drawings were the
primary inducements for taking the
long jump to the coast, and the
exposition merely an incident. But
the show was we'll worth the time
and expense of a few days visit,
and the city of Seattle would be
favorable base for a month or two
of sightseeing at any time of the
year. Never has the writer seen a
city with such Astounding evidences
of rapid growth. Wherever one
looks it is to see new buildings I'M
der construction or the ground be-
ing torn away by hydraulic sluicing
or more ordinary methods, to make
way for business blocks, residences
and improved streets. With its
ample salt water frontage and nu-
merous lakes, Seattle is the best
watered and best ventilated city i'm
aginable. About the same size as
Minneapolis, it is likely to pass our
home metropolis in very few years,
owing to its Importance as a gate
way for the commerce Of all nations
The only things in the way Of this
program are its rivals on the coast,
particularly Portland and Vancou-
yer, both said to be growing at the
same rapid pace as Seattle.
The first impression. upon enter
ing the exposition grounds, is the
beauty of the location and the ex.
quisite taste shown in the archi-
lecture of the buildings and the
duOI IlIIlCII VI tliS WdihS diiu sui
roundings with profusion of flow
ers, In these particulars the world
fairs we had previously seen at
Chicago in '93 and at Omaha in '9e
were decidedly outclassed, And the
} exhibits as a whole, while not sc
J extensive as at Chicago, were more
satisfactory for the ordinary sight.
seer with limited time.
To the writer the most b eautifu
) Of the structures was the forestry
) building. with its lofty pillars OF
shapely fir trunks, more graceful
than any man made imitation:
J wrought out in stone or stucco, ir
{ other buildings on the grounds. The
, forestry building, built exclusively
of the products of Washington
! wonderful forests. was a gem tina
J will be remembered and talked
about for many year to come.
! Previous worlds fairs have laugh
their lessons of the magnitude o.
| the resources of the North Ameri
7 can continent, but one comes away
+, from the Alaska and Canadian ex
: hibits at Seattle, profoundly i'm
E pressed with the future possibilitie
} of the upper half of this continent
/ The Alaska exhibit reminds all wht
f see it that some day that section
: will not only be sending it's gold
5 silver, lead and copper to the states
4 but will also be supplying them on
of inexhaustible stores of coal O
the finest quality, both anthracite
and bituminous. Not the least in
4 teresting features of the Alaska
$ exhibit are the large pictures anc
: panoramic scenes showing the prin
o cipal cities and harbors and the
| leading industries of that part o.
E the world. The Canada exhibit i
another exceedingly clever bit O.
. advertising for the magnificent EN-
: pire north of the United States
\ Canada not only boasts grea
achievements in the line of grain
: raising, but makes splendid dis
! plays Of fruits. One Of the favored
! regions for fruits, including boil
a peaches and grapes, lies north O
the Washington state line in wha
is known as the Okanogan district.