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THE SrMAT OBEGOXTATS. PORTIAKD. OCTOBER 15, 1905. W H A I TIE FUR HEMS Tl COAST ETCHINGS FROM THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION Governors and Mayors See . Big Results Looming in Future. ALL FELICITATE PORTLAND From Many Important Centers West of the Rocky Mountains Come Commendatory Communi cations Relative to Fair. Governors of states and- mayors of cities throughout the Northwest, as -well as from California, write to congraulate, by letter or by telegram, Portland and Oregon on the success of the Centennial Exposition and to voice their approval of the good results which "will flow to all parts of the Pacific Coast from the hold ing of the Fair. FRANCIS SENDS GOOD WORD St. Louis Exposition President Com mends Portland. President David B. Francis, of the Lou isiana Purchase Exposition, wires his congratulations: To the Editor The Iewis and Clark Centennial Exposition has accomplished much along the very desirable line of dif fusing wider knowledge of the wonderful resources of the Northwest among the people of the Central and Eastern sec tions of our country, and in bringing them Into closer touch and relationship with the people of the Pacific Slope, to mutual advantage. Well may the City of Port land feel proud of its brilliant achieve ment, which now stands crowned with success, and to the Exposition manage ment which has carried the undertaking through with so much credit to JLhem selves, their city and their state. I join with many others in extending hearty congratulations. DAVID R. FRAN.CIS, President of the Louisiana Purchase Ex position, St. Louis. IS STUPENDOUS SUCCESS Governor Mead Gives Fair His Un qualified Approval. Governor Mead, of Washington, had to go out to see the Washington building for the last time. He pronounces the Fair a stupendous success: . To the "Editor I had to go out to sec the good old Washington -building for the last time. I have seen these exhibits -time and time again. In fact so often that some people might think I ought to bo tired of them, but somehow they seem- as though they are friends of mine, arid I hate to talk about their being- cleared away, It Is the same way with the whole of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, to which I have become greatly attached. It has been a stupendous success, and its history will be an everlasting monument to the enterprise and progresslveness of the peo ple of this Northwest country. We of Washington arc as proud of the Fair as the Portland people, and we have done our utmost in making it a success. To morrow It will all be over, but it will be many months, or perhaps years, before we have forgotten the Lewis'and Clark Cen tennial Exposition. ALBERT E. MEAD, Governor of Washington. GREATEST IilTTLE FAIR. Governor Gooding's Laconic Esti mate of -the Expositon. Greatest little Fair the world has ever known goe9 Into history with the closing of the gates, Is the declaration of Gov ernor F. R. Gooding, of Idaho: To the Editor With the closing of the Lewis and Clark Exposition gates at mid night the greatest little Fair the world has ever known has passed into history. Idaho from' Its Inception has felt a great interest in this Fair. For the first time in. the history of the Northwest the people of the Pacific States have had an oppor tunity of meeting together In a friendly contest, exhibiting to- the world their great Industries. Idaho feels especially proud of the part she has played. Her people have visited the Fair by thousands, and the splendid showing made has been a source of pride to the whole state. It made people believe the state has been materially benefited through the oppor tunity given the multitudes of visitors -to the Fair to learn of our ' resources and advantages. We feel that through the In fluence of the Exposition, a high class ot citizens will be drawn to Idaho for set tlement and investment. Idaho feels that it owes the people of Oregon, together with the management of the Exposition, a debt of gratitude for the splendid success that has been achieved. From tho .opening of the gates on June 1 until the hour of closing, the Exposition has been a success. The man agement has been strong. The people of Portland, and the Exposition authorities have shown the participating states and tho visitors from near and far every possible kindness and courtesy. Appar ently nothing was forgotten at any time to make those who came enjoy them selves, and carry from your city and state golden opinions of tho Fair and of the Pacific Northwest. F. R. GOODING. Governor of Idaho. GOLDEN STATE'S GREETING. Governor Pardee, of Calforna, Fe licitates Portland and Oregon. Governor Pardee, of California, voices the appreciation of the Golden State: To the Editor. California has no rea son to regret her participation in the Ex position, and, on the other hand, she has many reasons to be glad of It- The money sent was -well Invested. In proportion to the amount expended, the advertisement for the state has been quite as profitable as that at St. Louis. Derhaos more so. in the beginning, some of our people dthibted whether It would be -worth while for Cal ifornla to make any exhibit at Portland. "believing the Exposition would be a small local affair, on which not much money would be spent. But -wiser counsels pre vailed and California erected In Port land a better building than she had in St. Louis, and made a moro effective dis play. Everybody Is now rejoicing that this was done, because) It has been the means of bringing to the state great num. 'bets of people who otherwise might never have seen it, and some or whom arc sure to return as permanent residents. Icon .l cannot hold a Fair here. Why, where are the people A city the size of Portland holding a great Exposition! Why, it will not and cannot make expenses." It took such men as the lata Henry v". Corbett and a score of 'others who had faith In the country to start out with a subscrip tion paper and raise over $300,000 In a sin gle day, and no one ever thought at that time of ever getting a dollar back. The whole business commuity of Portland and the public men of Oregon, are to be con gratulated on the spirit shown in creat ing and managing, so successfully the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and again I lasting obligations to them. E. G. CRAWFORD, Mayor of Vancouver. gratulato the people of Oregon and of Portland upon the success of the Lewis and Clark Exposition which was a great achievement creditable to both the state and the city. GEO. C. PARDEE. Governor of California. EPOCH - MAKER IN HISTORY What'Mnyor Waters, of Salem, Says of the Fair. An epoch-maker in the history of Oregon, Is the statement of Mayor F. W. Waters, of Salem: To the Editor. In addressing my- strengthening the Idea In its inclpi ency, yet tho factors following', the guardians who huve kept awake all tho While, -watching" every detail of the .great affair, and carefully and zeal ously protecting Its every Interest, and who have played an untiring part from the beginning to the end of this great advertisement of Oregon's re sources, they must have, and certainly are entitled to, a noticeable recognition for their services and their unselfish and liberal patronage. . Among these potent factors and ac tive agents In the Interest of the Fair, none deserve greater credit than Tho Oregonlan Itself. Not only has The Orcgonian given Immense quantities, of valuable space to the general adver- RECORD OF THE RAILROAD There is "no parallel In American railroading that demonstrates so -emphatically the ability of the Western transcontinental linos to provide facil ities for and successfully handle heavy passenger traffic. Because of the great distance from great railroad ccntors of the country, the lines, reach ing the Pacific Coast were dependont entirely upon their own resources for taking care of the heavy local travel and largest transcontinental business over known. .During the' four and one-half months of the Exposition, about 2000 extra passenger trains have been handled on account of tho Fair, by the railroads centering at Portland. Each day 76 Pullman cars have been handled on regular trains and in regular service, and there has been an average for the entire period of ten extra Pullmans each day. Approximately 12,000 Pullman cars have entered and departed from the yards of Northern Pa cific Terminal Company during the Fair. . July, August and September were the months of heaviest traffic, and the .record day of the season recorded the arrival of 73 Pullmans, preceding the opening of the convention of the American Medical Association. Street railway service on the West Side lines of the Portland Consoli dated was doubled during tho Fair, and cars on the lines to tho grounds have made approximately 1S3.000 round trips. Travol has been con siderably In excess of 1,000.000 fares weokly for the entire,, city during tho season. self to the pleasurable task of con tributing something appropriate upon the closing of the great EewlK and Clark Centennial Exposition and Orien tal Fair, I desire to touch briefly upon a' few of the benefits accruing to Salem and locality, leaving the general aspect and import to the state at largo to others in a position to handle more conversantly the various phases In volved, commercially 'and otherwise. In presenting these hasty remarks, although purely local In character, I think It both Just and timely to preface It all with spme reference to the mov ing factors in this epoch-making event, now passed into history. Wthile Hon. H. W. Corbett and other worthy pro moters have played important parts In planting the first seeds and financially tisemcnt of the Fair and Oregon In all Its multitudinous departments and made low rates on all papers going east of tho Rockies, but It has lent its unquestionable and constant lnfluenco to the end that tho Fair might be made a successful starting-point for a new epoch in the commercial history of the State of Oregon. I feel that much of tho success of the Lewis and Clark Exposition Is due to tho untiring ef forts of The Oregonlan to properly and liberally advertise the attractive fea tures to the country at large. Through The Oregonlan, the mouthpiece ot the Fair Board and its officers and con trollers, the Lewis and -Clark Centen nial has spoken to the world and sent Its message far and wide. A& to the beneficial effects of the EXPOSITION TRAVEL EXCEEDS ANY PREVIOUS MOVEMENT TO PACIFIC COAST. In round numbers, 110,000 tickets of Eastern visitors to the Lewis and Clark Exposition have been validated by Joint agencies of the Transcon tinental Passenger Association at Portland and other Pacific Coast iplnts, of which 71,400 were validated at the Portland office! For the past week validations have averaged about 400 dally, and It Is the expectation of passenger agents that the average for tho remainder of this month will fall to about 205, with a decrease from that time until November. 30, the final limit on these tickets. Up to October 1, validations at points other than Portland were: San Francisco, 24.667; Los Angeles, 1319; Seattle, 1515; San Diego, 255; Tacoma, 218; Belllngham, 174; Everett, 5S; Vancouver. B. C, 403; Victoria, B. C., 44S. Total, exclusive of Portland, 28,073. F. E. Franks Joint agent assigned to the Portland office, who has had charge of validations at several Exposi tion titles, estimated the total sales of tickets on account of the Lewis and " Clark Exposition at 100,000. which was considered high by officers of the association. These figures represent the number of visitors from points outside of Oregon, Washington. California, Idaho and part of Montana, where local forms of tickets are used by the railroads instead of the kind requiring validation. With allowance for the number of persons purchasing tickets who have not returned East, and those who arc yet to return, the total travel on account of the low rates will be in excess of 130.000. exceeding all previous movement to the Pacific Coast within a like period. . Fair upon Oregon, no one can say where they will end. Portland wants 250,000 people. Salem wants 50,000 people. If Portland gets her quarter of a million people within the next few years, I feel assured that Salem, the capital of the state, will have her an ticipated 50.000. and Marion County win have a population of loo.oou in habitants. With the great Willamette Valley teeming with energetic farm ers and husbandmen of the soil, with ictlve producers In the fields of our unlimited and Inexhaustible resources. and connected with the metropolis and natural waterway of the state by bands of electric and steam railways, prosperity is sure and certain. Already the effects are to be seen. The 2,000. 000 of people registered at the gates of the, Exposition are leaving behind. In their departure, new settlers, new faces In our midst, new business en terprises and new homeseekers. The Lewis and Clark Fair is like unto the crumb cast upon the waters; already it is returning and bringing wun it an era of prosperity destined to far ex ceed our wildest Imaginations. Our metropolis Is fast falling Into the hands of men of money who are se lecting points ot commercial vantage for great ventures In skyscraplng buildings. Immense wholesale estab lishments and many other projects. The railroad kings have paid their re spects in person and today are con tending for entry Into Portland with their transcontinental lines, insuring gigantic strides in commercial rela tions. If these are the present indications at the "hub" of tho state, what must be the prospects for the nearby towns and valleys reaching out like spokes in tho wheels of trade and commerce? It means the making of a greater Sa lem. It will force public enterprise. It will compel attention to public utili ties and private Interests. It means, in short, the taking on of the larger things. The setting aside 6f rural characteristics and tendencies Imme diately follows the advent of modern advancement. Thoso of us Orcgonians, who have taken ah actlvo part in this Fair, closed but yesterday, or who have lent assistance In any way, even by at tendance, are deserving the commenda tion of every man, woman and child throughout the state. We have not only put Omaha behind us in tho mat ter of admissions, but we have come out a financial success. The manage ment is entitled to our hearty thanks of appreciation for Its untiring labors and for so successfully conducting this mammoth show, bringing It to a .happy close, winding up Its affairs sat isfactorily, and all notwithstanding the usual minority of prognosticators threatening financial failure, -want of a creditable exhibit, etc., to the con- triay this great epoch-maker in Ore gon's history live long In the memory of us all. and let us not forget those who made it possible. F. W. WATERS. Maydr of Salem. Or. IS INDEBTED TO PORTLAND Whole Northwest Owes a Debt of Gratitude. The whole Northwest is Indebted to Portland for benefits arising from the Falr, asserts Mayor E. G. Crawford. u.n. nt Vancouver. Wash.: To the Editor The Lewis and Clark Exposition now being a tnmg ot the past. retrospection seems In order. To say It has been the most successful Fair held In the United States, both from benefits derived In ad vertisement of the country and from a flngtiriai RtandDoInt. Is not saying too much. I believe It has and will do mora. good for Its respective locality man any coii- iinrotnforo held, because of the need we had of making ourselves and our re sources known to the oiaer parts ot tnc United Suites, and the resultant benefits that will v rfprlved from the tremendous advertising we have had; advertising that could not have been had for ten-fold the money expended oa the Exposition had there not been a dollar returned to the stockholders. The entire Northwest has shared In this wonderful advertise ment. and It would seem from tho loyal support every portion of tho orlslnal Ore. gon Country and Indeed the whole Pa clflc Slope has given the Exposition, that It has accomplished an even greater end than the advertisement of ourselves to the East, and that Is the spirit of "all pull together. It would seem to an on looker that this spirit has been shown to a remarkable degree by all the cities and towns of the entire Northwest. While good-natured rivalry has exiotcd, still we have all stood together In one common cause the upbuilding of this great coun try. Tho men who conceived and carried through thin great enterprise have earned and are entitled to the thanks of the peo pic of three states for their enterprise and public spirit shown by them In carrying to a successful termination what is admitted to be one of the most beautiful and in structive Expositions ever held In this country. How many pessimists, at the early stages of the Exposition, said, "lou NORTHWEST GAINS MUCH. Communities of Oregon Country Be come Better Acquainted. Communities of the Northwest have become better acquainted and Eastern ers have learned of the resources of the whole Oregon country, remarks Floyd L. Daggett, Mayor of Spokane: To the Editor. The Northwest has inlnarl much throiieh the Portland Ex position. First, In getting better ac- i quainted with the resources and needs ! of each section of our Northwest ter ritory; second. In having an oppor- : tunity to attract Eastern attention to ' our possibilities. Spokane in this way has reaped a great benefit. FLOYD L. DAGGETT, Mayor of Spokane. are within their own reach If they will but put forili their hands and take them. E. NORTHUP. Mayor of McMinnville. OWES DEBT OF GRATITUDE Northwest Indebted for Results Duo to the Fair. Mayor Richard A. Balllnger, ot Seat tle, thus expresses his opinion of the results of the Fair: . To the Editor I take pleasure In MONEY IS WELL INVESTED. That Is Opinion of Mayor E. B. PIckcl, of Medford. Money was well Invested, declares Mayor E. B. PIckel. of Medford: To the Editor The cost of the "Lewis and Clark Fair" to Jackson County has been approximately $15,000, and the ques tion naturally arises, has it been money well Invested? We think do, and believe the most obtuse and pessimistic cannot fall to appreciate the wonderful value It has been to the southern portion of the state. The opportunity for proving to the world the greatness of Oregon resources could only be obtained through the me dium of such an Exposition. An under taking ot magnificent proportions, and the management is to be congratulated on Its achievement, and Oregon should feel proud of her success. Mayor of Medford. OREGON TO THE FRONT NOAV How the Fair Has Advertised Re sources of State. Oregon will come to the front, says Mayor C. N. Johnson, of Forest Grove: To the Editor The president, managers and all concerned are to bo congratulated on having conducted and brought to con clusion one ot the most successful fairs of our age. The people of Oregon are only beginning to realize the benefits which the Exposi tion hao conferred on them, in bringing Oregon and her resources before our Eastern sisters, a majority of whom know we are in, but think we are not of, the world. A visitor from Minnesota remarked: "This Fair Is certainly the best adver tisement Oregon could ever have sent out. Her exhibits are a credit to her, or any other state, and the stock was as tine as I have ever-seen anywhere. Oregon la certainly coming to the front, and It is time people were finding It out." C. N. JOHNSON.. Mayor ot Forest Grove, Or. OFFICIALS OF TILE EXPOSITION. Officers of. the corporation Presi dent, H. W. Gcide; first vlcvpresl dent. I. N. Flelschner: second vice president. A. L, Mills: third vtc presidonu Samuel Connell: secretary. Henry B. Heed; treasurer. First Na tional Bank; auditor. W. R. Mac kenzie. Board of directors J. C. Alnsworth. Georse "W. Bates. A, Bush. Samuel Connell. II. L. Cortiott. A. H. Devers. F. Dresser, William D. Fenton. L N, Flelschner. II. W. Goode. Charles E. Ladd. L. A. Lewis. Robert Livingstone Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie. Rufns Mal lory. S. M. Mears. Georse T. Myrs, James H. Raley. George W. Riddle. B. Van Dusen. Paul Wesslnser. Theo B. Wilcox. Herman Wlttenberir. Adolphe Wolfe. A. L. Milts. Director of works. Oskar Huber; di rector of exhibits. Colonel Henry E., Dosch: director of architecture. Ion Lewis; director of special events. Theodore Hardee: secretary to presi dent, D. C. Freeman; manaser press bureau. Frank L. Merrick: director of concessions. J. A. Wakefield: comman der Exposition Guard. Major Charles E. McDonell; chief of admissions de partment. F. B. Davison: bureau ot excursions. C. II. Mclsaac. manager. Dan J. Malarkey and G. G. Gammans. general counsel. The Oregon State Commission President. Jefferson Myers: vice-president. W. E. Thomas; commissioners. Richard Scott. F. A. Spencer. G T Harry. F. G. Young. George Conser. J. H. Albert. Frank Williams. J C Flanders. Dr. Dav Raffety; secretary. Edmond C. Giltner: assistant secre tary. George O. GooUall; hostess. Mrs. Annlce Jeffrj" Myers. "United States Government board H. A. Taylor, chairman, and repre sentative of Treasury Department. William H. Michael, representative of State Department; John C. Scofleti representative of War Department. Cecil Clay, representative of Depart' ment of Justice: Merrltt O. Chanre. representative of Posterflce Depart ment: B. F. Peters, representative cf Navy Department: Edward M. Daw son, representative of Interior Depart ment; S. R. Burch. representative cf Department of Agriculture: Frank II Hitchcock, representative of Depart ment of Commerce and Labor. F W True, representative ot Smithsonian Institution and National Museum C H. Hastings, representative Library cf Congress; William C. Fox. representa tlve of Bureau ot American Repub lics; William M. Geddes. secretary and disbursing officer. and custodian United State Government building. John B. Moan, clerk of the board VIEW OF MATOR NORTHUP Results of the Fair AV111 Be to In duce Settlement. i E. Northup. Mayor of McMlnnville. j considers the Exposition ono ot the great events In the history of the Oregon country. To the Editor It Is my conviction that in spite of all that may or may not be truthfully said regarding the, management of the Lewis and Clark rFalr, and what might have been done better than It. has been done, that tne Fair has beun one of the great events in the History of the 'Pacific Northwest. It has brought many people from the East who will eventually find homes here and thus aid in tjie development ot this great country. But to me the greatest benctit has been to our own people In showing them what they al ready have and the greater things, that giving expression to my views as to the benefits accruing to the State cf Washington, as well as to the entire Northwest, from the Ixiwls and Clark Exposition. The Fair has furnished the opportu nity, for thousands of Eastern people to learn from personal observation what the groat Northwest is doing ar:l what Its possibilities are. No amount of advertising literature could take the place of the Exposition In this par ticular. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the men who have successfully pro moted this Exposition, and no one cart estimate its value to the States of Or egon and Washington. It. A. BAIjLINGER, Mayor of Seattle, NOT ItAST DAY IN EFFECTS What the Fair AVIII Do to Influence i the Future. Mayor W. H. Davis, of Albany, gives THE BITTERS IS THE SICK MAIN'S FRIEND MR. 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