Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-05-06

shows good business judgment. One
of these permanent buildings is that of
forestry, which is to be made wholly of
logs from the gigantic trees of the
northwest Most of the other build
ings are in the French renaissance
style. That of New York state is a
facsimile of the home of William Ell.
Seward at Auburn. There is also to
be fine statue Of Seward, the man
who purchased Alaska at time when
the wise blockheads of the day grinned
and called 1t Stewards iceberg" Peo-
pie who look far ahead are always de-
rided by those superior worldlings who
cannot see az inch in front of their
noses.
a Temperance Festival.
A fourth upward step made by the
Seattle fair is that 1t is to be dry"
The state law provides that liquor
shall not be sold near the university,
and the law will remain in force,
though it is not because of the statute
alone that intoxicants will be prohibit
ed in and about the exposition grounds.
The new departure will be recogni-
tion of the great and growing temper
ance sentiment throughout the coun-
try. Thus the enterprise is to be made
n prophecy of the future in more ways
than one. The experiment will be
watched with interest, and friends OF
temperance will doubtless see that the
fair does not suffer because it has de
throned King Alcohol and banlshed
him from its domain.
Every exposition has had its mid
way, where the barker barks and Co
ney Island shows are in evidence. In
st. Louis this was 1.-THE Pike" In Sc
attic it is to have a name still more
original the Pay Streak" Any one
who has ever travelled the midway and
has seen the dimes and quarters melt
Ing through his fingers win recognize
the appropriateness of the title.
There are to be many other novel
ties. For one thing. a Siberian village
will show to civilization a really primi-
tive people. The human race is sup
posed to have had its earliest home in
/ Asia, and it can readily be imagined
| that these Siberians have not changed
! their modes of living since the distant
! days of the first man. They live in
| tents, kin their game with rude weap-
| ons. allowing none of the blood to es-
| cape, pray TO the devil and propitiate
him with blood offerings and slay
( their own hopelessly sick. aged and
| cripples. Tho village that has been
| brought to Seattle had one child born
since its advent This young Sibe
J rlan and others will be features of the
| village
Another unique feature is a foy
farm. the exhibitor being a man who
/ has actually started such a farm. or
which foxes are bred for their furs
Stewards Iceberg"
Perhaps the greatest spectacular fea
ture of the exposition is a gigantic
cyclorama of Alaska, The enterpris,
was originally started to exhibit to the
world the possibilities of Uncle SAM
| arctic possession of the Yukon valley
both on American and Canadian terri
tory. The popular idea of Alaska is
land of "cOld and gold" As 4 matter
of fact, it is a country with great pos
sibilities in agriculture 1t is no far
ther north than Finland, and the eli
mate is even milder than I'm the ex
treme north Of Europe. 1t Is now real
lied that some day Stewards iceberg
may be the home of prosperous mil
lions, and IT is for the purpose of has
tening that time that the A.-Y.-P
was originally planned. Then the Pa
cif1c Idea was added. and all countries
bordering the great ocean were invited
to participate. 1t Will be strange
blending of the polar and the tropic, o
the Eskimo and the Tagalog. In 1t the
American people viii be given an op
portunity to become acquainted with
the little brown brother" There will
be Philippine exhibit such as never
has been bcheld at any other fair. Thi.
Is likewise true of Hawaii, section o.
one of whose famous parks is to repro
duced. Japan here will give by far the
fullest display of her industries and
life ever beheld at an exposition, In
Guiding not only the wonderful Nippon
Of today, but that even more romantic
Nippon of the old days of the samural
Essentially all the Pacific countrie.
will be represented. as well as most Of
the American states and some of the
European nations.
In scenic way the location Of the
fair is ideal. 1t is located between
two lakes, giving 1t more than a mile
and half of water front 1t is liter.
ally fair in the forest, the buildings
arising in a picturesque manner among
the giant trees of the northwest After
visit Charles Dana Gibson, the art
ist, enthusiastically declared 1t "the
most beautiful exposition ever plan
ned"
The Mountain Climbers Convention
In the near distance arise the three
great peaks Mount Rainier, Mount
! Baker and Mount Constance. One OF
! the other of them is in constant view
from all parts of the grounds, thus
| furnishing a combination of water
charm the lover of nature When tc
this are added the noblest effort of the
architect and the pleasing effects OF
the landscape gardener one can begin
to understand how 1t must have strucl
the creator of ''the Gibson girl"
No exposition is now complete with
out balloon races, and Seattle will
lave her speed test in the skies. A
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