Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-05-15
EXPOSITIONISREADY
SEATTLE To BE MECCA FOR
THOUSANDS THIS YEAR.
The Great Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo
sition VIII Be the Greatest of the
Kind in Years.-All Buildings Are
Completed and Exhibits are in Place
The Side Trips an Attraction.

Seattle s two expositions are just
about ready for the bell tap. The
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition is 90
Der cent complete, which means that
everything is done save sweeping the
floors, and the other exposition, which
consists Of the most magnificent seen
cry and the longest list of interest
fng tours boosted by any American
city, is always ready.
Railroad experts the country over
declare that the success of the A. Y. Z.
IS already assured, but for this fact
they do not give the whole credit TO
either the management or the publicity
campaign. On the contrary, they de-
clare that the imminent influx into the
northwest is due more largely to North
western resources and home possibili-
ties and TO Northern and Alaskan seen
cry and romance, more than to any
other power of attraction.
The only work that now remains to
be done on the Exposition grounds is
upon the motor boat pavilion, which is
not TO be brought into use until Au-
gust, and on the stock show sheds
which are for use in the early months
of fall, and which are entirely cut off
from the main exposition picture.
Those, however, will be complete by
the opening day.
Nightly now the exposition grounds
are lighted for the enjoyment Of the
pre-exposition crowds which daily go
TO the grounds. For weeks the at
tendance has averaged close upon
5000. If special free days were count
ed, it would be a larger figure than
this
Practically all of the exhibits are in
stalled in the Manufacturers Building
and in the Oriental and European build
ings. The installation in the Palace
of Agriculture is somewhat slower but
will not be behind hand at the right
moment. The Government exhibits are
we'll along, with the exception of the
Hawaiian and Philippines exhibits,
which arrived late. However, they will
be complete to the last detail by June
the first.
The japanese exhibit is being spread
rapidly in Japan IS splendid building
and in the Japanese tea garden on the
Pay Streak. China s village on the
Pay Streak is also rapidly filing up,
as is the Turkish village, with its
streets of bazaars and cafes.
The Canadian exhibit is installed and
makes one of the most attractive and
interesting features of the exposition.
And while work is being pushed ra-
pidly ahead on the exposition proper,
arrangements are going forward just
as fast that the visitor may take ad-
vantage of the "second exposition. -
Now steamships are arriving daily for
the famous excursion trip along the
Inside Passage and the Alaska coast
60 Sitka. This is called variously, the
S'Totem Pole Trip" the "Glacier
Route, the "Cannery Excursion, -
and other names of the like, for there
are so many distinct features to be
enjoyed that it is difficult to pick any
one Of them correctly to nickname the
tour.
The "Mosquito Fleet" on Puget
Sound has also grown to tremendous
proportions. In nearly every nook of
the Sound there is point Of surprising
beauty or interest to which these small
craft ply. There are the Navy Yards
at Bremerton, the Siwash villages
around Port Orchard, the Neah Bay
reservation, with its marvellous canoe
men, who go out into the fercest seas
with their frail little craft. Forts
Casey and Worden, commanding the en-
trance to the Sound, and historic old
Port Townsend, close by. Port Towns
end is also near the entrance to Hood s
Canal, natural rift which has upon
its shores more scenic beauty than any
other one body of water in the world.
Victoria and Vancouver, the bustling
British Columbian ports, are only a
few hours pleasant sailing, and the
round trip may be made in craft of
much elegance, at a fare of not more
than one dollar.
The railroads have so arranged mat
fers that about every wonder spot on
the American continent may be seen
either while going to or returning from
the exposition. By granting liberal
stop-over privileges and by Interchange
of tickets for the return trip, one may
see Banf, the Yellowstone, the Grand
Canon of the Colorado, the mines of
Butte and Anaconda S shelters, all of
Oregon and California, the Yosemite
Valley and the dozens of summer and
winter resorts which California has to
offer, such as Santa Cruz, Santa Cata-
lima island, Santa Barbara and the
country round and about Los Angeles.
The round trip from Missouri river
points has been fixed at $50; from st.
Paul and Minneapolis it is $50 and
from Chicago 500. The dates of sale
are from May 20 to Sept. 20, inclusive
and the return limit is fixed at Octo-
Der 81.
Tickets viii be sold over any direct
route, good for return over any other
direct route.