Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-02
.ALASkA-YUkON
EXPOSITION AT
SEATTLE OPENS
PRESIDENT TAFT TOUCHES
KEY AT HIGH NOON
GREAT MULTITUDE WITNESSES
MAGIC CEREMONIES
James Hill Receives Tremendous oVa-
tion-Many Thousands Also
Cheer lJchi and sebree.
Auspicous Start
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/ Inc IdlI, as thrown open lUQdSf Wds
/ finished, and carpenters and painters
were nowhere to be seen. The few de-
! layed exhibits will be installed at night
The only serious deficit is in the Ha-
waiian and Philippine displays, but the
transport Dix is speeding hither with
them, and should arrive next Thursday
Mr.. Tafts Message
Following is the text of the telegram
sent by President Taft after he had
been notified that the fair was ready
for his official signal
The White House, Washington, June
1, 1909-Mr. j. Il. Chilberg, President
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seat
tie, Wash; congratulate you and
your association on this suspicious
opening of the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition, and l congratulate the peO-
pie Of the northwest on the courage
and enterprise they have shown in
bringing 1t forth.
The exposition, designed, as it Is, to
exploit the natural resources and mar
VelUus wealth of Alaska and the devel-
Opment of trade and commerce on the
Pacific slope, should appeal not only to
the people of the west, but to the peO-
pie of the country at large l trust it
will fully meet the expectations Of those
to whose untiring energies it owes ITS
birth, and that it will prove source
of instruction and education TO its
''''' WILLIAM II. TAFT.
Address by Mr.. Hill
1.-THE greatest service to the nation,
to every state and city today, would
be the substitution for term of years
of law enforcement for law making,
James j. Hill declared today in his ad-
dress at the opening exercises of the
Pacific exposition.
There are four great words that
should be written upon the four corner
stones of every public building in this
land, with the sacredness of a religious
rite" said Mr.. Hill. "These watch
words of the Republic ore Equality,
Simplicity, Economy and Justice. They
are interviewer with every fiber of the
national fabric. To forget or deny them
will lead to every misfortune and every
possibility of destruction that rises now
threateningly in the path of our coun-
try's greatness"
Mr.. Hill referred to Alaska's remark
able progress, recalling that thirty
years ago intercourse with it was linn
tied practically to the needs of the seal
ing industry. The exposition exhibits,
he said, give a mere hint of the con-
tribution, still unrevealed to our fancy,
which she is to make to the national
life and activity in the half century to
come.
The speaker reviewed the develop
ment on the Pacific coast and said:
when capital can be enticed back into
railway investments by assurances of
proper protection and a reasonable re-
turn, the progress of construction will
do more for the Pacific northwest than
for any other part of the country"
History of Exposition
The Alaska ukon-Pacific exposition
cost 100000 and was built in two
years. The grouping of buildings is
much different than at other eXposi-
lions. The structures are compactly
placed; there is no long, tiresome walk
from one exhibit to another. After en-
terlng the main gates two buildings
standing in a cluster of trees to the
left first meet the eye. One is where
the administration of the exposition is
centered and the other the auditorium,
a brick and steel building of imposing
architecture.
To the right and across Puget plaza
is the Fine Arts palace. This building
contains a valuable art display loaned
from famous collections all over the
world. A few steps lead to the inter
section of Olympic place and Alaska
avenue. To the right is a view down
the "Pay Streak" the exposition
amusement way, and to the left front
view of the auditorium and the Uni
versity of Washington in the dis
lance.
The PAY Streak is also reached by
following a thoroughfare to the right,
just inside the main entrance gates,
and on past the rest headquarters of
the Womens league and the Masonic,
Swedish and other buildings.
Crossing over Olympic place and
walking to a point of vantage in front
Of the main government structure the
beautiful picture of the fair is UNI
folded. To the right the Alaska build
ing, to the left the Hawaiian build
ing and on either side of the Cascade
the Oriental, Foreign, Manufactures
and Agricultural palaces.
Surrounding Scenery
In the distance are the Music pa
vilion, the buildings Of Canada and
Japan, and completing this picture,
Mt Rainier, the highest mountain peak
in the United States, Various avenues
and streets branch off in every direc-
ton. On every thoroughfare is some
thing of interest. Buildings stand out
everywhere in this forest of frs. Ma
tural beauties are on every hand.
The Fine Arts building is not far
from the entrance to the grounds. 1t
is a permanent structure of concrete
and brick Next in line comes the
main government building, with its
massive DOME the architectural climax
of the fair. In this structure are the
exhibits of the various departments at
washington. In a separate building is
the wonderful display of live fish, and
in another wing the biograph room,
where moving pictures illustrates how
the United States mails are handled,
the rural free delivery and many other
things of interest.
The Philippines, for the first time,
are represented and Hawaii, too, occu-
pies a building directly in front of the
main building, and across the street
is the Alaska building. The Alaska
building, with exhibits of the varied
resources of the northland, is feature
of the fair. Alaska, Hawaii and the
Philippines are represented at Seattle
on scale not contemplated when the
exposition was suggested.
The general scheme of architecture
of the fair is in the French Renais-
sance, This is noticeable in all the
larger buildings.
Exhibit Buildings
The first county exhibit building on
Dome Circle is the handsome struc-
ture built by Spokane county and di-
rectly adjoining it is the Chehalis
and Idaho state buildings and in the
distance the log cabin of the Arctic
Brotherhood, an Alaskan fraternal or
ganiZation. From this point looking
across the natural amphitheater where