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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1904)
THE MOUSING OEEGONIAN, FKIDAX, JAKUARY 1, 1904 T IS daily becoming more evident that the Idea of "the "Western "World's Fair" Is grandly catching on throughout the coun try. People today are keenly alive to Its practical possibilities, whereas It was not so very long ago that their Interest was cursory, or even Idly Indifferent And since I have visited former exposition cities to study their methods with a view to adapting the best and most valuable Ideas to the require ments of the IMS Centennial In Fort land, my conclusion Is that we shall have trouble In finding room for all the exhibits that we shall have general, states and foreign countries. The Lewis and Clark Exposition is planned upon a scope calculated to be ample enough to Interest the entire United States; to exploit this vast, rich country of ours; to provide cosmopolitan amusements and to present lor tho edifi cation and instruction of the population of the "West Coast States and the Inter mountaln Country such an array of the products of progressive science, industry end education as has never been gath ered together west of he "father of waters." There Is no question whatever U. JXMNTJJE COLUMBIA. In my mind as to whether we shall nave the best of everything to show, both from our own country and from the Eastern states the real trouble, as I have said, will be such extensive offerings as will necessitate careful picking and choosing to accommodate the supply to available room. Scenic Site Nov Ready. Much Important work In preparation has been performed this past year on the site and it Is a safe assertion that never before In the world's history of exposi tion enterprises was the ground In so excellent a shape a year In advance of the show. Our gates will open and the Fair will be in complete readiness on the date selected. The combination of nat ural features of park and lake near the harbor of the "Willamette and command ing at the same time a panoramic sweep of the snowy pinnacles of the Cascade range Is quickly grasped by strangers, who taave pronounced tho Exposition grounds unsurpassable for scenic beauty. The year after next will find fruition of years of talk andjidvertising of which this Exposition is primarily intended to be the cap-sheaf of the Oregon Country. This will be tho first large Exposition of an international character that has ever been held In far westerly latitudes. Ever since the exposition held af Omaha there has been a remarkable stimulation to the campaign to add to the "Western 1 Mn U Ul II .V - -Si fit I St. 3 . o O, TKe Oregon Country as Lewis and ClarK Found It Map of their track across the Western Portion of North -America from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean fry Order of the Executive of the United States in J 304-5-6. Wo i . iSJU 1 A J.M u a t-tttt t Bnlli i w lll I States' population. This campaign has been conducted with an education pur pose as well as to make felt the unselfish desire of Western people to better the material welfare of their Eastern friends and neighbors and to have them share the delights and the benefits of this su perior country. Oriental Fair a Feature. Ambition In no small degree to Illus trate the future possibilities, or rather the early probabilities, of this country and its trans-Pacific seaport commerce, this Exposition will demonstrate to the commercial world, as positively nothing else will, the actual inception of the era of new trade relations with the teeming millions of people of Asiatic countries. Stress Is to be laid upon the Oriental feature of the 1905 Exposition. Here, upon the very threshold of the Orient, with a comprehensive exhibit of their products shown and "with every facility offered our Far Eastern neighbors to open up new supply markets, much good will flow' from this commingling of interests. In a sense, we will have the "West Coast on exhibit in 1905. The Exposition in its most attractive and wealthiest, most cultured and progressive city, will give us a long lift onward toward that 200,000 population mark. In no section are people more keenly awake to the matter of progress than in the "West. In noother place does" the Z33E t5 .S-r i L .A trt V NO aft. 1 '4 the mountains welfare of states, commercially, Indus trially and otherwise, receive closer at tention. The people here are manifestly proud of their growth of 100 years since the famous explorers drifted down tho Great River of the "West In their canoes spying out the land beholden before by no white man. Momentous, Indeed, was the event when it became known that the road to Asia was one of tb- great est of water roadways and not a myth, as the old Spanish geographers supposed It was. Worthy , of the Explorers. That the anniversary of the exploration of tho great Columbia River land to the ocean be worthily celebrated and marked by the erection of monuments to Jeffer son's explorers is the ardent desire ot the people of the "West. It Is essentially a people's Fair, and it- has been evident from the Inception of the business that the public feels a certain proprietary In terest In tho successful accomplishment of the event. The achievement of the explorers rather gains with the passage of iJme, for the years point with unmis takable, emphasis to the magnificent re sults that sprang from the humble be ginning of American sovereignty In the log fort where Lewis and Clark wintered at the mouth of the Columbia. The Oregon Country, the . states which were carved out o the territory and Its Expo sltion which will typify it shall com -el oos 4 v CO l - 5... v 'r. ' I Will j UtfllimWIll "if 5 j vo 6V A- (J! fir x 3 15 mand the respectful attention of the na tions of the world. After tho very worthy patriotic motive for the holding of the Fair, the practical purpose In view is the exploitation of the Greater "West, In this connection, let it be clearly understood that the Cen tennial Is anything but a Portland enter prise. The transcontinental railroads having indicated that the most nominal rates will be allowed for the comparatively short trip from the Missouri River to Portland and return, It will bring thou sands after thousands of strangers to view and. Investigate the country and Its sights, enjoy the Exposition, which will be a magnificent symposium of the varied commodities which the Pacific Northwest produced shown under the best conditions, and, incidentally, at tract fresh capital and energy to the task of developing our latest resources and bringing settlers for our untaken valleys and plains. I believe It Is becoming more patent to the people every day that this Exposition Is for the .greater good of the greater number. Hence, the Pa cific Northwest celebrates 1C So favorable has been tho showing made for Oregon at every one of the past National expositions within a decade that It is fair to say that many thousands of Eastern travelers and pleasure-seekers, as well as many thousands of homeseek- 5k 1 ,? mmj. mm Daring. W C",r- . J hir UPTHE ers, are already prejudiced In favor of this country. They have heard much of the Great West and of the Pacific North west In particular, and, at a time when the eyes of restless ones in congested sec tions of the Industrial and agricultural portions of the Middle "West are turned Inquiringly toward opportunities for homes and fresh starts in business west ward, It Is most pertinent that the time be seized upon to draw tie people here. International In Scope. " The Exposition's character will be In ternational. Assured of Government assistance, Its scope, naturally, will be ; extended to a greater extent, but no point has been overlooked toward se curing the participation of the chief grand divisions of the world'here In 1905. From my interviews with ihe leading commissioners from foreign na tions while visiting at St Louis and In New York and "Washington, I am fully satisfied that they wUl be represented by splendid, full exhibits. "What is not the least Important in this connection is the friendly attitude of the representa tives In this country" of China, Japan, Corea and other countries toward the Lewis and Clark Exposition and its purpose to induce fuller Intercourse between the peoples of the Far East and - their logical supply quarter, the Pacific Coast, which has begun to feed them from its prolific resources. ' The Exposition will have a main r i- t I -s. . II I zspjvmvmmjj . m.. m mm fjyr 1000 mPZ;'' group of beautiful buildings on its plc turesque site, with abundant room to permit of the erection of separata buildings by sister states and by for eign nations, many of which, it Is cer tain at this early date, will put up structures. Chief of the Exposition group will be the States building; the Administration building, the Festival Hall, Palace of Liberal Arts, Electricity building-. Fish and Fisheries building, a Temple of Fraternity, builded by fra ternal organizations, and an Oriental building. Others may be added to this group as may bocomo necessary. There will bo a Government building". A Phil- ippine village Is Intended as a strong; attraction. Japan will, no doubt, have a typical bazaar representing industrial life, arts and manufactures, occupying1 several thousands of feet of space. Good , progress has been made toward secur-J ing- the approval of European countries for government exhibits. The pre paratory work has been aone and Willi be consummated when, near the open ing of the year 1904, the Government" of the United States will proclaim to the -world the celebration at Portland and Invite all nations to attend. Displays From the State. An Important feature or the Exposi tion will be the result ot nearly two years' careful work of the Oregon State Commission, which will have very .full exhibits from the state of every mimmi mTmmm m m m mm m4mmmmt mmm-mm mmmm mmm-mmm mm -mm mrm m m m -m-m mim mm m "tV;" 1 I
