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
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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
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from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean fry
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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