The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1909-01-21
EXP0SIIIUN NOTES.
Plans for Alaska. Yut6n.PaciAc Ezra,
sitien Rapidly xaterialixing.

The western bowling congress Will
hold its annual 1909 meeting II Seat
tie. May 20 to June 6, inclusive. It Il
estimated that 200 teams, of I'VE men
each, will attend the meet and take
part In the international tournament
Teams from az far east as Chicaeo
and st. Louis, have already been en-
tered and all of the larger cities In
eastern Canada will be represented.
The tournament will be held at
Madison park on Lake Washington.
The old Madison baseball grounds
have been leased for the meet and will
be fitted up with alleys and grand
stand. The date of the congress was
fixed early to bring the bowlers to
Seattle for the opening Of the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition, June /. The
local Bowling association is preparing
to entertain fully 1000 men during the
time of the congress and 1t Is expect
ed that fully that number of individ-
ual entries will be made in the tour
nament.
This will be the third annual con.
ventiOn and international tournament
Of the western bowling congress and
1t Is planned to make 1t the largest
gathering of bowlers ever held. Al.
ready twenty teams have been enter
ed from British Columbia and San
Francisco has entered eight teams.
Other cities that have already entered
teams are Denver, Butte, Salt Lake,
Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, Des
Moines, Sioux City, Detroit and st.
Louis. Inquiries have also been re-
ceived from number of other bowl
ing clubs and number Of additional
entries will be made.
Seattle will have from Is to 40
teams entered in the tournament
which will probably increase the in
dividual entries to 1900. 1t was orr
ginally planned to hold the tourna-
ment on the exposition grounds, but
owing to the change in plans a day
will be named during the week as
Alaska ukon-Paciti exposition day
when all the bowlers will visit the big
fair.
The government Of CanatA will have
lts building at the Alaska ukon-Pa-
enc exposition completed se0d ready
TO receive exhibits by the lae.~r part
OF April, thirty days in advancAof the
opening day. With the possible excep-
ton OF the state of Washington. Can
ada will have the most complete dis
play OF agricultural and horticultural
products exhibited at the 1909 fair.
Recent advices received by the ex-
position management from the Cana
ulan exposition commissioner, states
mat the work OF collecting and as
semDllng the exhibit OF the govern
nent OF Canada has been under Way
LOT several months and it will be the
most elaborate and comprehensive
display ever undertaken by the Cana
dian government at any exposition, In
the exhibit particular attention is
given to the agricultural resources of
the country, and both British Column
bia and eastern Canada will be fully
represented in the display
IN addition to the exhibit of the
canadian government the Canadian
Pacific railway will have building
ana exhibit at the exposition.
AS British Columbia is directly adj
Jacent to the exposition the exhibit
from this section of Canada will furn-
ism the larger portion of the exhibit.
Inc mineral resources Of British Co.
lumbla will be fully exploited and
there Will be exhibit of every known
mineral found in this section.
canada Will also make a compre-
hensive display of its dairying and
Will De a strong contender in the ex-
position live stock show The expo
sition management has appropriated
$1UO,OOO for premiums in this DEPART
ment and blOoded stock from all parts
OF the United States and Canada will
be shown. Already a number of the
best known breeders of Canada have
made applications to enter stock, The
I'VE STOCK shows opens September q
ana closes October 9. This late date
was arranged In order to allow two of
the larger circuits to close in Seattle
during the exposition.
The state of Oregon is the first Sec
ton to ship exhibits to the fair The
oregon building has been completed
for nearly two months and already
two car loads Of choice apples have
been stored in the cold storage plant
IN the basement of the building. Ore
Son will have a complete display of
its agricultural and horticultural re-
sources as will all of the states OF the
Pacific coast.
The California state building is COM
pleted and California will commence
the shipment of it's exhibit early in
February.
Every county in Washington will
be represented with a special exhibit
and many of the counties will have
separate buildings. Already a num-
Der of the exhibits have beep stored in
Seattle awaiting the complexion of the
exhibit structures.
Alaska will make cdmp kte dis
play OF its farming recources nth the
purpose Of removing the Impression
that the northern country is merelysa
land Of gold and ice. In the Alaska
exhibit will he samnles of oafs what
barley, rye, all kinds Of vegetables
and small fruits grown in the north
land.
Everyone Is talking about the poul-
try show and a larpa atfondannA In