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t TIlE SALT LAKE HERALD MONDAY AUGUST 2 1909 ij I GLIMPSES OF THE GREAT SEATTLE EXPOSITION I The greatest log house ever built The Forestry building of the AlaskaYukonPacific exposition made entirely of logs P CH i T 4- q r 3i sw raw n 43 ttYxwvyl7 KfvgH- q r x l Sy F q k r r4 qa- fF w y hf e HJ4 3- h M- j ° z s 3- tS r vs i r- k T j- I y s > aXLF- S V m a 4 + FfvM leeamwi tKt- o ash y S w a r- i k A 3r p 4 IL- y d f k 1 fy Hs E- x r r- lor R w s c y n 4 4- t A y r r ° 4ys r v r R fjv ryr- o 1- z iXf x z f H 1j 2- I 4i 1r- n w T 0 Y H- farK ya r > 9 r h H- H l 3 nt Y- y N T r g k rv r 4- c t 4 k4 S r F I- s A r s y- a s 4r ti w i X i Lookng up the Pay Streak The side shows of the AlaskaYukonPacific exposition are a popular diversion Looking the up Cascades toward the main Government building The beauties of landscape decoration at the Seattle fair BY H H MDONALD- T ny or Seattle claiming normal- i f ulation of 300000 people is Just IIA making hay while the sun is shii- lg in its direction Its numbers are snE1d I by an influx of people until Its streets savor of Ncw York and Chi ago at their busiest hours Hotels and oonint houses are filled to overflowing amyl l u t is a wise visitor who has made Arrangements before coming that will Irsuro accommodation Citlaens of very state in the union and of every province in the Dominion of Canada rowd every boat and train arriving at > Puaet Sound city Of these Utah is u rushing her full proportion Hun fcN i trim the Bee Hive state register av it the unique little building which fiuf s her i exhibit It th rinds of many of the visitors to iif AlaskaYukonPaciflc exposition bo HS Mitt replaces the famous Totem toll a the emblem of the city While muii the glad hand and display rz ry courtesy to the strangers ihin the gates the people oi the city ere taking away all of their substance jfiey om conveniently appropriate Ho t > r ming houses and restaurants arc increased prices until they are ai- m ° st t a par with those which grasp ng r tJ trusts have imposed upon the pPJ of Salt Lake There is nothing Cd p r than at home and the general ile f prices has advanced for the fair fury nethird This is also true of the of itin grounds where exorbitant 1arg are made for curios for refresh- ments and for goods sold there This k almost the only criticism that dn be truthfully made of the A Y P ird the city where it is held The ex rrMtion is one of marvelous beauty and Priative attractiveness While not i large or comprehensive as some of tie other great fairs its 350 acres of srounds its 160 buildings and its mul titudinous amusements exhibits and Peoples gathered from all lands and s flop make it International and uni t rsaJ ant its specially unique features Prmit of comparison with the very best 1 1 the big shows that the country has run Beauty of Environment 1 In i general beauty of environment the Y P excels them all Built on the hnres of two beautiful lakes Washing hn erd Union which define the boun 1lf > of the grounds with a margin of ther are cleancut views of the r = d Olympic mountains to the WESt I I and the gracefully rounded Cascades to the east while Mount Rtuiier prime of peaks towering almost 15000 feet into the sky to te south is the converging point of a remarkable scenic vista Added to this rre the beauties of Puget sound one of the Pacifics most grace- ful ¬ arms lapping the very edges of the teeming city of Seattle throbbing- and pulsating with life The landscape gardeners who laid out the grounds have left its natural beau ¬ ty untouched where possible Tall Dougiass firs swing their rugged limbs next to ornately classic architectural- art There is but one large formal gar ¬ den with sundials spherical mirrors and set geometrical beds Elsewhere about the grounds flowers shrubs and trees beautifully varied have been permitted- to grow in riotous profusion and In real homey fashion The usual freak flow- er ¬ beds with names and designs are not present In their places are banks of natural flowers which line the walks and buildings There are spouting foun ¬ tains and tumbling cascades but the whole is a studied disarrangement and part of a caretullyprepared scheme of Jetoration Simplicity and purity have been aimed at by the artists with the result that the visitor gasps and rubs his eyes at the wonderful beauty burst- ing ¬ suddenly upon him after passing the gates Grouping of Buildings The arrangement of the buildings and their grouping is also calculated to please The center of the scheme is the United States government building which is the largest and most ornate it has yet erected at any fair and in front- of this ig the graceful Alaska monu ¬ ment a tall shaft at the base of which are grouped three female figures per ¬ sonifying the sections of the continent embodied in the threefold title of the fair To the right and left are the Alas ¬ ka and Hawaii buildings under the pro ¬ tecting shadow of the government build Ing and avenues in all directions lead in semicircles to the other homes of exhibits Cascades which at night are rainbow blazes of light tumble down toward the Court of Honor and the Geyser Basin The banks of these are lined with rose I f A F i q s t t i I A x ero I A h l dt- i 9t its X a ° 12 Looking up the Court of Honor toward the Government building Placid waters and terraced lawns add to the scenic beauty of the ex ¬ position bushes in full bloom and the basin is surrounded by pansy beds Flovers of all kinds line the bases of the buildings- and the asphalted walks Grouped about the government build Ing are also European agricultural manufactures and mites buildings which are all of classic design and the color of old ivory Greek Roman and French Renaissance types of architec ¬ ture prevail here Of ah the beautiful buildings eight have been substantially built and at the close of the fair vll be handed over to the University of Washington which loaned its campus for the show These are the auditorium fine arts machinery forestry Washington tate good roads Arctic brotherhood and womens build ¬ ings This means a gift of several mil ¬ lions of dollars to the university The Forestry Building- The most interesting of these if not one of the most interesting of the whole fair is the forestry building which is said to be the greatest log house ever built In front of this Is a colonade ot- a hundred log pillars each five feet in diameter Its contents are equally in ¬ teresting Foreign countries represented by dis- plays ¬ which are in various of the struc- tures ¬ include Great Britain France Germany Russia The Netherlands- Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Formosa Korea French East Indies German colonies Guatemala Honduras British India Mexico Dutch East Indies Nicaragua New Zealand Panama Peru Slam and Salvador These and their quality prove the inter ¬ national character of the fair The ex ¬ hibits are of a peculiarly representative class though there is much of the curious and unique Canada has done wonders at this ex- position ¬ She has tntered heartily into the spirit of the fair and has rightly considered it to a great extent her show Her mining exhibit is pro- nounced the finest collection of miner ¬ als yet gathered together for any fair and her rat resources are displayed- in most aitraotive fashion It is hard- to escape fon the Canadians at this fair fQr sh s one miss anything In the beautui anudian building he Is liable to v iLr into it at the great displays th 1 ° OnacHan Pacific and Grand Tumi rihviys elsewhere In- vitations ¬ t t i it Van ouver the new metropolis of tine ncutern province of British Columbia face the visitor everywhere Iii the city also on one of tine leading streets the people of Van- couver ¬ have erected a stately classic arch extending to visitors that citys welcome to the west Lectures given daily in the Yukon department of the Canadian building with moving pic turrs of scenes in the north have proved one of the attractive features of the fair The Alaska building has something striking In its center in the form of a million dollars in gold carefully guard- ed ¬ There is also shown the largest cop ¬ per nugget in the world here Besides the great mastodon and relies of the ancient north are exhibits calculated- to show that Alaska has resources equal to any part of the country Everywhere it is impressed upon the visitor that the climate is no more se ¬ vere than that of New England- The Orient is well represented The government has seen to it that the Philippines shall appear to advantage and the display is calculated to give a better idea of the I land possessions In the Hawaiian building too is a model- of the islands with educational fea ¬ tures showing the wonderful progress of the country in recent years The fine arts hold high places at this fair and the building especially devot- ed ¬ to them contains paintings so val ¬ uable that they are Insured for 1500 000On the ground is a large natural am ¬ phitheatre where exercises are held a monster stadium for athletic events a model government life saving station a model farm a wild cat stilt and a stock farm There was a daily newspaper but mismanagement put it into the hands of a receiver and last week it suspended publication There is especial interest in the home displays of the northwest which of course is specialty exploited Wash- ington ¬ Oregon California Idaho and our own state of Utah have buildings while some of the counties of the state of Washington have their own struc ¬ tures British Columbia is well cared for in the big Canadian building The California display stands out pre ¬ eminent among these for the arrange- ment ¬ of its fruits and showing of the wonders it can accomplish The north ¬ west generally shows wonders in the fruit line Other state buildings are those of New York and Michigan These like Idaho have made no display but de > 11 e Co aJq- hr w r t t- A 1 is I a T r t r a k- A I YC j The Arctic Brotherhood building The hospitality of the Frozen North at I j this building is said to equal that of the Sunny South a h Vote all their space to entertainment- and contain rest parlors and reception rooms Colorado and Montana are not represented at alL The Idaho home te- a neat building near Its neighboring state of Utah It has charming host eases and its hospitality Is unstinted There has however been some disap- pointment ¬ among visitors from the Gem state that no display of the resources of the state has been made The Utah Building- Utah is the only intermountain state exhibiting that has attracted much at ¬ tention during all of the fair The ca- rious ¬ building draws visitors to a closer examination and the highly creditable display is an advertisement of incalcu ¬ lable value to the state There have been different opinions regarding tINt building many Utahns visiting it ex- pressing ¬ disapproval of the curious pueblo structure as calculated to label the state as a curiosity rather than to call attention to her position as an en- terprising ¬ and progressive common- wealth ¬ There can be no two opinions regarding the high quality of the dis- plays ¬ within There are dosens of educational ex¬ hibits in various buildings at the fair and none of them approaches within a considerable distance that on the sec- ond floor of the Utah building This display has aroused much favorable comment not unmixed with surprise- and it has received high praise from every writer who has visited the show the Seattle papers containing specially commendatory articles Hung about are large photographs of the school buildings of Salt Lake and of many throughout the state which beer favor ¬ able comparison with similar pictures or those in any other state The work T the pupils which Is attractively dis jd t tvcd is more comprehensive than In- jiy other such exhibit and the grounds nd visitors are prone to linger here F N Poulson educational director of ie ttah exhibit has especial chaff of this feature and is at special q J explain the superiority of the schools r his state The Utah commission has been ape lally fortunate in Its officials Mrs I H Stevenson 1 Is an admirable hostess and her tactful manner of dis- pensing ¬ the hospitality of the state has made her one of the most popular of the hostesses on the grounds These la- dies ¬ from the various states have formed an association and the social Continued on Page 8 P t
