Evening star., 1909-07-13
UNCLE SANS EXHIBITS
WASHINGTON PEOPLE AT THE
A. Y. p. EXPOSITION.
In Charge of Branches or as Wis
itors to the Big
Show.
spondencc of The Star

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
! SEATTLE, July :. 1909.
| The city of Washington can boast of
quite a little colony of its own at the
| Alas ska a-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. for be-
| sides the tourists who come from there
| just for the sightseeing features, there
are many men with their wives and fami-
| lies, located here for the entire season
| in charge of the extensive government
, exhibits, of which they may well 1eet
proud, for never did the United states
government make a more complete ana
interesting demonstration of its exhib1ts
than 1t has done at the Alaska Y ukon-Pa-
| cific Exposition.
| The United States government building.
| at the head of the court o. honor, tower
| ing go feet high, is steadily holding the
admiration of visitors, many OF whom
| have seen all of the great international
expositions, and concede that the govern
ment exhibits here outrank all previous
ones. The 100000 appropriated by Con-
gress toward the success of this fair,
where $40, ,o(O 900 has been expended, has
been utilized to splendid advantage. and
| it would seem altogether as though Uncle
| Sam had made a favorite. indeed, of this
new member of the exposition family.
he IdtlOH mas uHlteO Will io1di ohici
| prise in Alaska Hawaii and the Philip
| pines in the exploitation of these valu-
able though comparatively new posses
sions of Uncle Sam.
| The land of ice and snow, Alaska be-
| sides its elaborate exhibits of minerals.
| timber. grain, melons, vegetables etc, in
| the Alaskan building, has erected an
arctic brotherhood building of the typical
arctic type, built without nail. and put
| together with wooden pegs. In this build
in q q fna NJ fllr
and hides. and interesting exhibit of
| pressed wild flowers. An unusual air of
| hospitality prevails in this gem of
| home, and all are given a welcome.
The government shows for the first time
that is, shows it as it should be-the
| Philippines. In distinctive building OF
its own a fine exhibition is put forth of
| its industries and pursuits: its woods. tex
| tiles, minerals, etc. it's beautiful work of
mother of pearl is unexcelled by any of
| the kind at the fair.
The Hawaiian building is most attrac-
/ tive in every detail and makes a splen-
did exhibit Of it's school industries. The
luscious fruits from these islands are most
inviting. The little native band playing
at intervals in this building lends great
charm.
The government representatives from
Washington in charge of the different
exhibits are: Maj. Macarthur. State De-
partment Mr.. J. ]. Hittinger. War De-
partment; Mr.. II. Schultz. Navy Depart
ment; Mr.. +. l.. Scribner, Department of
Agriculture assisted by Messrs Frank
| Boykin, Interior Department. Mr.. E..
/ Springman. Treasury Department; Mr..
w. Slack. Post Office Department; Mr..
| II. c. Armstrong. patent office; Mr..
L. G. Harron. Commerce and Labor.
which includes the fisheries and the
coast and geodetic survey: Mr.. NJ. Ell
ridge, public roads: Mr.. J. f: Wood of
Boston. telepost; Mr.. W: s. Robbins,
geological survey; Mr.. J. |. Schults,
Office of experiment stations; Mr.. G. Sud
worth, forest service. assisted by Mr..
F. l.. Gillian; Mr.. j. Abel, animal indus
| try, and last, but not least, the weather
| bureau. Now who would have supposed
that the weather bureau would make
| another exhibit after the one put forth
| in Washington the 4th of March, 1909.
But all the same it's here. with it's prog
nostications and tricks. its kite sus-
pended in the most conspicuous place in
the government building and all of its
para aphernalia in the front row. How
ever, it takes more than the weather bu-
| reau here also to size up the weather in
rain. yet doesn't rain. and when it
does rain doesn't wet YOU ESQ they
say. Mr.. F. Gillian has the honor to
preside over the Washington weather bu-
| reau at the A. Y. p
| Among the recent visitors at the fair
4 from the east was Mrs. James II. Bank
head, wife of Senator Bankhead of Ala
| bama Mrs. Brankhead was the guest
of Mr.. James A. Moore's family of
| Seattle and was much feted during her
| stay.
| Mr.. Willis J. Fowler, first deputy con-
! troller of the Treasury. and Mrs. Fowl Ter
are taking in the exposition. and are the
| guests of Commissioner w. NJ Geddes,
| in charge of the government building.
Judge and Mrs. Percy NJ. Mor spent a
| few days in Seattle last week. en- route
| east, on their return from the Philippines,
where Judge MOir has been engaged with
| the government for three years past.
Mrs. Moir before her marriage was Miss
Maud kirkland of Washington While In
| Seattle they were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs ]. C. Boykin, also of Washington,
at the Clark.
| Mr.. Fred Watts of Washington, mem
| ber of the Delta Chi Fraternity. after a
| tour through California. visited Seattle
and the fair, before returning east.
| Mr.. John +. Murphy, originally of
| Washington and graduate of the
| Georgetown Law College, is a frequent
visitor at the fair. accompanied by Mrs.
| Murphy. Mr.. Murphy is now a member
of the Seattle bar and holds the office
of deputy prosecuting attorney.
| Miss Caroline Schneider of Washington
registered last week at the woman's
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