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which will be housed the Alaskan exhibit; opposing this 

 is the Hawaiian building, and these two structures are 

 identical in architecture. On the left wing of the main 

 building is placed the Philippine building, and this is de- 

 signed from a type of building quite generally employed 

 in Spanish buildings in the larger cities of the islands. 

 Back of the principal building the Fisheries and Biograph 

 buildings have been erected, and on the shores of Lake 

 Washington the Life Saving Department 

 will be housed, and here will be given the 

 demonstrations of the methods employed 

 by this wonderful department in the haz- 

 ardous tasks of salving vessels and res- 

 cuing lives of men who have been met 

 with wreck and disasters at sea. 



In the exploitation of territories, the 

 display assembled by the territory of 

 Alaska surpasses by far any collection 

 ever gotten together for exposition pur- 

 poses. No land has ever undergone the 

 changes in supposed conditions as has 

 this country of the far North, and no 

 other country has been more completely 

 misunderstood in the past than has been 

 Alaska. For a number of years Alaska 

 has been known as a land of gold. It 

 was generally supposed to be valueless 

 beyond its mineral resources and the 

 fruits of its fisheries. Even its mineral 

 resources have been underrated, both as 

 to the extent of its gold producing abili- 

 ties and more particularly in regard to 

 its diversified abilities in mineral produc- 

 tion. 



The barrenness of its interior has al- 

 ways held terrors beyond description, 

 and its rigid climate was supposed to be 

 unbearable. All this has become changed 

 as men have discovered within the past 

 five years, and a new Alaska has come to the front. This 

 new Alaska is vast enough in area to afford room for a 

 nation, and its food resources will produce sufficient to 

 support the population of an empire. In climate, the 

 interior of the country is no more severe than that of 

 many of the northern states, and the north nations of 



chief Government interest will be centered; not only will 

 they be demonstrated by actual specimens, but will be 

 further explained by means of lectures given under Gov- 

 ernment direction, by men who are thoroughly competent 

 and who have devoted years of their life in studying Alas- 

 kan conditions and possibilities. These lectures will be 

 made additionally complete by aid of moving pictures, and 

 illustrated by paintings from actual scenes and enlarged 



End of Agricultural Palace. 



Europe and Asia. Its agricultural resources are as varied 

 as that of any part of the north temperate zone, and grains, 

 food grasses and vegetables are successfully grown nearly 

 to the Arctic circle. Its display of grown food products 

 will show a complete and comprehensive collection, and 

 for quality and quantity grown will compare favorably 

 with any other fend. 



It will be along agricultural and grazing lines that the 



View Across Cascade Court Showing Oriental Exhibits Palace. 



photographs. 



The Philippines exhibit will be made under direction 

 of the federal Government, assisted by the insular gov- 

 ernment and liberal private enterprise. Its wonderful 

 wealth of hemp, sugar, tobacco, cacao, timber, cloth and 

 hundreds of other grown and manufactured articles will 

 be demonstrated. Arts and crafts as practiced 

 and developed by the natives, the types of 

 houses in which they live, the various methods 

 of transportation and the intricate system of 

 irrigation as practiced by several of the un- 

 taught, non-Christian tribes will all be shown, 

 and many other equally valuable and interest- 

 ing features will be illustrated. The pearl fish- 

 eries of the Moro Islands will send their best 

 divers and these will be sheltered in their 

 swift, piratical "praos" and give exhibitions on 

 the waters of the lakes. 



The territory of Hawaii will be another 

 exhibit conducted under care and direction of 

 the home Government. No other country in 

 the world has more delightful and valuable re- 

 sources for exhibition purposes than the Ha- 

 waiian Islands. At the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific 

 Exposition will be shown the finest and most 

 complete collection of Hawaiian articles and 

 products ever presented for inspection and 

 comparison; it will embrace everything of note 

 and importance made or grown in the islands. 

 Old royal heirlooms, arms with which King 

 Kamehameha overthrew his enemies and united 

 the islands into the Hawaiian Kingdom, and 

 all the quaint and picturesque features of old 

 and modern native life will be shown. The 

 world famous volcano of Kilauea wifl be re- 

 produced in the most realistic manner possible 

 with modern facilities, and this will constitute 

 the most gorgeous spectacular event that has yet been pro- 

 duced. 



The South American republics will have extensive 

 representation in the Bureau of American Republics and 

 in many instances by individual exhibits. The rapidly 

 increasing importance of the Latin republics of our hemis- 

 phere is remarkable, and with the nearness of completion 

 of the Panama canal are destined to a development of 



