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THE' MORXIXG OREG0NIAX, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1021
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Location of the 1925 Exposition may determine whether it is a World
Exposition or merely a "fair."
Sectional prejudice and personal motives must be discarded. We are
not inviting the world here to "see a show," to spend its money, and be
gone. . , , . , ' . .. . '.. 1 ,
The impression left on our guests will last for decades after the money
' they spend is gone. We must leave a big impression.
Let us show the world a great inland port; a city of beautiful homes;
a country of gorgeous scenery; a busy, active population center..
Let us make it the big Exposition of the Westbig in size, in spirit, in
effect. . . V .
At the front door of Portland is the Columbia, the greatest of the
seven great rivers of .the world. It Has made Portland the city she is
today. It makes Portland the ideal port "the farthest inland point to
which deep sea vessels can penetrate."
Let us build our Exposition on the Columbia River, where the entire
Pacific Northwest will take a part and become a part of it, and where
the whole world can participate.
At the intersection of rail water and highway traffic on the Columbia
is Hayden Island, now available as an Exposition site. It may be secured
on reasonable terms, by lease or purchase. It may be filled beyond pos
sibility of damage by the highest floods. Its first cost and its ultimate
cost are low compared with any other site. - .
The Hayden Island site will insure the success of our 1925 Exposition
in a big way.
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airplane view of Hayden Inlaad, looktnc north. Note the broad expanae of deep water available for
water paKcantr? and naval displays.
HIGHEST WATER IN 27 YEARS WOULD
NOT AFFECT HAYDEN ISLAND SITE
Exposition Buildings would Be Far Above Crest of This Record Flood, and Safe
From Highest Known Wafers of Columbia.
The crest of the 1921 flood Of the Columbia
and Willamette covered a great part of Hayden
Island, and of every other waterfront location
that has been suggested for the 1925 Exposition.
But the highest point the water reached this
year which was the highest on record for 27
years would still be approximately eight feet Be
low the proposed level of the site. A ten-foot fill
to put the site entirely out of reach of high water
is suggested by competent engineers as practical
and not too expensive.
Even a flood like that of 1894 could not damage
the Exposition if the island should be filled as
suggested. ' -
The cost of filling the site would be a sound
Investment for the Exposition because the filled
land after 1925 would be worth many times its
value In its present undeveloped state. By re
selling it after the Exposition is over, the stock
holders In the Exposition would probably make
an actual profit on the site deal, instead of losing
a lot of money, as has been the case in many
previous Expositions.
Practical Advantages of Hayden
Island as an Exposition Site
It is reached by five transcontinental railways; by
two streetcar lines; by main trunk highways from five
directions. '
It offers broad, deep water for air and water pag
eantry, for discharging cargoes, for naval displays.
It is adjacent to the $600,000 Pacific International
Livestock Exposition buildings, which may be utilized,
thereby saving thousands of dollars in .construction
cost.
It will draw the co-operation of the Hudson's Bay
Company, the British government," the Canadian
government arid the State of Washington to celebrate
the founding of Vancouver Post in 1825.
It offers hundreds of acres immediately adjacent
for automobile parking and camp sites.
. It will show to the world the best that the West has
in scenery, in industry, in shipping and in undeveloped
natural advantages.
It affords possibilities of ''commercial salvage"
which should make the actual ultimate cost of the site
practically nothing, and which probably will yield a
good profit to the Exposition.
It is crossed by seven million passengers each year.
It is just seven miles from the heart of Portland
close enough to be reached in 30 minutes, and far
enough away to relieve downtown congestion.
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Street m0 of Portland, anowitiar tke nuj way ff raehlnc Hay-oV
Inland by automobile or atreetcar. Our empimtlloa an Hayden
latiuad would be Juat aeven miiea from the downtown arc Own.
INTERSTATE 1925 COMMITTEE FOR HAYDEN ISLAND
L. M. LEPPER,
, Chairman for Central EL Portland
P. J. FLYNN,
Chairman for Vancouver
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O. M. PLUMMER,
Chairman for North Portland
O. P. WOLCOTT,
Chairman for Piedmont
B. C. Darnall
Charles H. Carey
J. F. Clarkson
J. O. EIrod
CLEMENT SCOTT, General Chairman
Percy Allen J. L. Sterrett Rev. George C. Carll
George A. Peirson VV. M. KiHingsworth VVHson Benefiel
Alfred A. Aya E. E. Faville U. D. Maxson
John S. Beall Dr. I. N. Palmer J. P. Keating
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H. N. Swank
Herbert J. Campbell
Lloyd Dubois
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