The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-25

crews to Seattle during the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition. 1t is plan
ned to hold at least one regatta each
month on Lake Washington during the
life of the fair.
The work of the Newell fish hatch
cry on WILDLY Island, in Washington,
will be demonstrated at the Alaska
The exhibit at the 1909 exit
bition will be taken from 10000 stock
mountain trout now in the hatchery.
Attention is being called to the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in ev.
cry piece of literature being sent out
by the 500 line. The big western
railroads are advertising the Pa
cific exposition to ina'lce travel to the
coast In 1909.
In Seattle recently was organized a
federation of state clubs representing
nearly every state in the union. The
members of the societies have ar
ranged to advertise the Alaska Yukon.
Pacific exposition In every part of the
country. 1t has resulted in the organ
ization of the big western city into a
publicity bureau to boost for the big
1909 show.
The pioneers of Alaska, northern
fraternal organization, are arranging
for very creditable display at the
aska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in
Seattle next year. Exhibits will be
sent from every city in Alaska and the
display will be housed in a building to
be erected by the order.
Shintaro Ohashi, vice chairman of
the Toxic Chamber OF Commerce and
one of the leading publishers of Japan
will exploit the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exposition in large number of ZAP
anese publications. Japan also pro
poses to make fine display showing
the progress of the country at the Pa
cific fair.
Luther Burback, plant wizard, will
make an exhibit of spineless cactus at
the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition in
1909. Burbank says that the cactus
fruit industry will in time rival the
orange industry. Cactus fruit can be
produced for ten cents per acre. Re
Gently in Seattle there was a banquet
at which every dish served was made
from spineless cactus.
In the government building at the
Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition will
be an extensive panorama of the
Grand Valley in Colorado showing the
vast irrigation projects now under con.
struction.
The Oregon state building at the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition is
ready to receive exhibits and the dis
play from that state at the 1909 exhi
bition will be one of the most complete
ever assembled.
California's building at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition in 1909 is
about ready to receive the interior fin
ishing. The building is of Spanish
mission architecture.
Forty thousand cigar makers in the
United States are to be assessed ten
cents each and the money derived
! used to make display of the union
label at the Alaska Yukon- Pacific ex
position in Seattle In 1873.
Chicago will erect a building at the
i Alaska ukon-P Pacific exposition al
Seattle in 1909. The building will con
tain big hall in which there will be
daily lectures illustrated by moving
pictures showing how Chicago goods
! are made. The merchants of the biz
western city have raised 100000 te
assure participation at Seattle.
In, he ~
| Washington, will make a fine exhibi
of apples at the Alaska Yukon-P
exposition in cattle in 1909. The
| apples are the sane variety thai
]. Hill sends to the king and queen Of
England every year.
| The California Promotion Commit
tee will run an excursion to the Alas
ELECTROMAGNETIC exposition. June is
1909, after which the members will ex
plot the fair to encourage attendance
/ September 9, 1909, will be California
day at the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific ex
position. The same day will be OBJ
served as San Francisco day. This
will be the anniversary of the date
the state was admitted to the union.
Jafet Lindeberg, one of the riches
mining men Of laska, will exhibit
gold from each Of the creeks on the
Seward peninsula at the Alaska Yu
konPacific exposition next year.
In the Alaska building at the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition next yeal
will be a series of maps illustrating
the character of tna resources of each
district In the north.
| Complete sets of photographs, geo
logical collections, Indian curios, spec
linens Of fish, bones of prehistoric
animals and big collections Of inter
esting souvenirs will be displayed In
the Alaska building at the Seattle ex
| position in 1909, called the Alaska Yu
kon-Pacific exposition.
| The present advanced stage of civ
/ ilization in Africa may be shown by
a comprehensive exhibit the Alas
4 KAY ukon-Pacific exposition at Seattle
in 1909. Arrangements are being
made to procure such an exhibit from
King Menelck, of Abyssinia.
| In the foreign exhibit palace at the