Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-06-04
TAFT PRESSES KEY OPENING
EXPOSITION

EAPgSlI4U1.
AT 8 o'c3ock Tuesday afteEnoou- In the
east rom Of the White House. IN the pres
e1ce Of a distinguished gathering Of dip
lonzts. congressman and Others. President
Taft opened the AEzSks-Tukon Expnsirioo
at Seattle. State Of Washington By tooch-
ing god key stndded With god uaezeS
taken from the first mine in the kI01diks-
A hearty cheer from the assembled
guests followed the fash Of the e3ectric
current to the oSher side Of the eu0tizenI-
As the hum Of the great machinery In the
exposition grounds vas beard by the os--
Gals Of the expositjOn there arrived fog
then a message Of greeting and cheer
from The CHEF Executive Of tie United
States
The message. Which follo~ed quickly On
the heels Of the current that put every
thing TO wuck- Wzs as follows:
1 congratulate yoz and your associates
On this a1<p5c5ous opening ct the Alaska
Yukcn-Pscisc Expositio1- and cn1zrzu-
late the people Of the great northwest On
shown in bringing II forth The exposi-
tion. designed as It Is 20 expSoit the natural
resources and marvellous wealth Of Alaska
and the development Of trade and CON-
merce on the Pacific slOpe. should appeal
nox only TO people Of the west. bzx 10 the
peopSe Of the country at large trust II
vii fully meet the expectations Of tbose
TO whose untiring enersieS il O~es IT'S birth
and that il VIII prove Source Of iustruc-
ton and edDcafion 10 its thousands Of
VisiCoxx
To this Message Of the PreSide1r there
vas instant and grateful reply fru0 the
officials Of the exposirS0u thankine him
FOX his service and bis cnosratuEstl0uS. A
mare fo<mzl and sxrended respanse from
the expositioa Vas made TO the President
By Senator Piles. Of WaShinzsoo-
Responding 70 words Of encourzeenent
to the progressive psopAe Of the great
narshmest- spoken By President Taft after
he had touched the key Which set in 10
uo1 the machinery Of the exposition Sen
stoE PIbeS, Of Washington. vuicesi the thanks
Of the people Of the Pacific coass far thus
inaugurating the fair. which he said "opens
in perfect readiness At the tine appotnte-.
and Whieh has thus. al the outset. scursd
SUCCESS not achieved By another exFssl-
tion-
Reracins briefly the early history Of the
Dxthwesz country from the time the frs
~hIte women. yoans missionary k<s3es d
Marcus Whitman and Henry SpaasdIne
crossed the Rocky mountains with thea
husbands and with them took ppssess50o
in the name Of God. Of the fertile val
Ieys that lay to the westward. 6g~n q
the present day. Mr. Piles spa&e ~ith
mzsch enthusiasm
This expositiou VIII give an ocz14al
Demonstration Of the empire that has
grown up in a wiBiesness in Kiss than sew.
enty-fve years he said -Rzilrua<4s have
tannesed the supposedly impossible moun-
tainS Our cnmmeEee IS borne gpun ever
sea and cur pros1scts are found n ever
mart Of trade Cites. towns and villages
have sp<ung inao existence as If by maze
al within The brief span Of human life
I'VE seek 70 gayeiI the marxe5oSzs ~ezExh
and hmiSIess resources q ALASKA the u
hon territory and the States and pcowinces
u The Pacific siope and d enp6asize ths
Importance and future possibilities Of th<
camnerce Of the Pacific ocean and The
cnzntries bordering thereo0-
The exposition represents an expentl
tnEe u SO 1000. 900. This immense SUE
was raised BY the bSzsiness men Of thz
West By individual sahscTipeions and 9TH
oat natioaaI government ASSISTANCE Eks
which has IN the past been given to oShei
narienai expnsitions through cnneresSSonz
appropxiationS The grounds are Ideally
situated between two beautiful lakes. II
fuH view q sous Of the boftiest and ms,
picturesque mountains in the Sorsd- Herr
nature and ar, bend IN perfect unison
-EnnOhdns and inspiring as ether expo
sitio1s have been. this oue VIII psinG oui
70 oer eoUntrymea a srsnder destiny ia
the whole repuhlc. higher hope foe al
the RACE
PresideMt Taft made brief repay TO Tho
SPEECH. again expressing his hest wishes
for the SUCCESS Of the eIposstiou and has
belief that its ssccess would be hountifuL