The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-22
TAPS SOUNDED FOR
Observation-Disclosures
EXPOSITION AT SEATTLE

-.o+tIo Wash, Oct. 1S.-At mid
saturday night the 100000 cleo
"7' I:abte of the Alaska YukOn-Pacific
,,,,oeirion were extinguished, closing
Generous life of the Worlds Fair
u, ,ooq which from every standpoint
'l mare success full than it's most
va Ions friends had dared to hope.
|'S a., final moments of the Fair were
5ramatic as its beginning on June L,
49,, "a GOO people gathered at the ma
,,,r,I amphitheater and waited for
s.idant Taft's signal. The last day
~, heen devoted to saying goodbye.
Tho sun shone bright, the flowers were
nor more beautiful and the whole
,,.,osition looked as new and fresh as
rho dav of the opening.
Times for All Moods.
rho attendance was large and, while
.ba carnival spirit possessed the
..,,,no there was sorrow for the pass
inc Of the brilliant show.
Tho exercises of the closing hours
tooan at 2:3O o'clock with a display
= Tananese fireworks. The EXPOSE
tfon hand paraded from building to
t,,iIding serenading each. The United
ctotoc Government building was reach
- At $50 o'clock, its daily closing
,,,,r A cOrnet sounded taps" and
tho hand played Aud Lang Syne.'
Tho flag was hauled down, the life
.ovino crew on Lake Union fired Fl
o,,rs and the buildings doors were
locked
Stroke of IL Awaited.
At night a great throng of people as
combled at the natural amphitheater
basido Lake Washington and listened
+o classical concert by band which
,Iavpd waltzes for the frivolous and
Cbopins funeral march and other SOM
her Dieces for the sOrrOWing. At 1880
o'clock the Exposition officials and en-
Moves marched from the AdminiStra-
tion building to the amphitheater to
await the stroke of midnight.
On the stage, Josiah Collins, chair |
man of the committee on ceremonies, /
presided and spoke briefly. President |
J. E. Chilberg made an address of |
thanks and farewell and exactly at |
= o'clock opened a switch that dark |
pned the whole fair. A single bugler |
blew taps" and then in darkness, but |
for the stars overhead, the vast au-
dience sang Aud Lang Syne,' accom-
panied by the band. The street lamps
were lighted again and the people
went home.
On the Pay Streak the celebration |
was noisy, but orderly, and closed with !
fireworks. the last pieces being Good |
Night and Goodbye"
Fair Us Financial Success.
As eXpositions go the A.-Y.-P. has /
been a financial success. Every dollar !,
of Indebtedness has been paid and
there will probably be a small dividend |
for the stockholders. The Exposition
issued $35O,00O in bonds and contract
ed an indebtedness in addition of about |
the same amount The stock subscrip- |
tons aggregated 1928 200.
In comparing the financial results |
with those of other eXpOsitiOnS, there |
are numerous factors to be considered. |
Omaha, for instance, was unable to |
contract any direct indebtedness aside |
from the bond issue. What otherwise /
would have been indebtedness was in |
the form of stock subscriptions, and
the fair there paid a dividend of about |
~ per cent. Fair officials here say |
that they are utterly unable at this |
time to make any estimate of what the |
dividend will be, but admit that it will |
be a small one.
Our stock subscriptions" said Pres
ldent Chilberg, were made without |
any expectation of a return. The |
money was contributed as an adver-
uSement for the city and the North
west and We believe that a full return |
Tor the money invested has already |
Oeen given and that the stockholders |
leeI the same way"
Attendance 3,74o,561.
Inc total attendance has been g..
'+V'9ol and so many visitors came |
"oil Eastern States that the railroads |
were unable to handle them comfort
aolE' The Exposition was financed by |
'ne people of Seattle. An appropria-
uon by the state, derived from the sale !
=. state lands in this city, was eXpend- I
Vu loF the permanent buildings, which
overt TO the State University, on |
muse land the Exposition was held. |
cue .ne grounds We're parked at cost of |
s'0V'Vo0, the walks and other improve
90 nIs Delng permanent More than |
buildings and all the fountains,
ees and shrubbery will be retained
- .ne university and the buildings not
eeSlfed will be removed and the sur
,@Ie planted in grass. The grounds
m De maintained permanently in |
- t,u'n their present condition, proba-
"I me Joint expense of the city and |
state.
T. - Is said to have been the most bril- |
~ulE lighted fair ever held and the
Ia, pSt beautiful in it's setting, with two
-: S tapping its boundaries and noun !
III" rising On two sides. No liquor
viii! peIhltted to enter the grounds or