THE I B B I G A T I X AGE. 



wonderful extent. For the first time in exposition 



they will receive careful and intelligent exploitation, and 



their exhibits will be bewildering in range. 



The Imperial Government of Japan has made the most 

 liberal appropriation yet allowed for foreign exhibition 

 purposes, and this has been several times duplicated by 

 individual and corporate enterprise. Japan's display will 

 be sheltered in a magnificent building, constructed on ar- 

 chitectural lines of one hundred years ago. A special 

 commissioner has been in Seattle for several months, and 

 on the opening day of the exposition the government will 

 be represented by a high official of the nation. In the dis- 

 play of fine arts of Japan, the government has loaned for 

 exhibition purposes a vast collection of art treasures that 

 has never before been permitted to leave the shores of the 

 country, and the exhibit will also show a number of scien- 

 tific instruments and inventions which have not been dis- 

 played outside of the confines of national buildings. 



In the Palace of Foreign Exhibits, every foot of ex- 

 hibition space has been granted, and additional room has 

 been made in order to accommodate the demands of for- 

 eign exhibitors. This magnificent building is one of the 

 most striking on the exposition grounds and is located 

 on the north side of the Cascades and faces the Oriental 

 building. 



One of the particularly valuable departments of the 

 fair will be seen in the Department of Fisheries. This 

 department will be housed in a building erected by the 

 United States Government and will be wonderfully com- 

 plete in detail. Its collection will embrace every known 

 example of fish life found within the fresh water bodies of 



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Fine Arts Palace, One of the Permanent Buildings Which Will 

 Revert to the University of Washington After the Exposition. 



the United States, and the oceans of every latitude. The 

 aquariums are enormous in extent and are so constructed 

 that live birds will be seen flitting through glass recep- 

 tacles, inverted in the tanks, and give the appearance of 

 flying through the waters and among the fishes. 



The Forestry exhibit will occupy the most character- 

 istic building ever constructed for such display. In lines 

 the Forestry building is strictly classic; it has a frontage 

 of 320 feet and in width is 144 feet. The main columns are 

 composed of 124 logs, forty feet high, and none less than 

 five feet six inches in diameter. Each log weighs more 

 than thirty tons, and has enough hoard measurement to 

 build a family cottage. The main columns are in the 

 rough and in placing them in position no bark has been 

 removed. A balcony will be placed around the building 

 on the interior for the benefit of sightseers, and each end 

 is surmounted by a view tower. The building is perma- 

 nent in construction, and at the expiration of the exposi- 

 tion will revert to the University of Washington. 



No fairer scene can be offered any place than the out- 

 look from the foot of the Alaska monument on the grounds 

 of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Standing directly 

 in front of the great building of the United States Gov- 

 ernment, the enormous golden eagle on his towering perch 

 of northern gold keeps watch and guard over the most per- 

 fect exposition city that has ever been reared. Under his 

 eye is gathered the rarest collection of man's examples 

 of skill and art ever assembled, and these find shelter in a 

 magnificent group of permanent and temporary buildings 

 whose architectural design and clever construction ex- 

 emplify the very highest of man's inventive ability. 



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The United States Reclamation Service has in 

 process of construction several projects in- 

 volving an expenditure of nearly $20,000.000. 

 All have reached a stage where water will be 

 available this year, and the hundreds of new 

 homes show that settlers are preparing to use 

 it. The following projects are reached by 

 the Great Northern Railway: 



SUN RIVER PROJECT 



The Sun River Project is located a few miles west of 

 Great Falls. Montana. The total acreage to be watered is 

 276,000. This is all free government land, the homesteader 

 having to repay the government only for the cost of con- 

 structing the works, which is divided into ten annual pay- 

 ments without interest. Fort Shaw, the first unit of the 

 Sun River Project, is now open to entry. It contains 204 

 farms, ranging from 40 to 160 acres. Send for Sun River 

 booklet, mailed free. 



LOWER YELLOWSTONE PROJECT 



This will water 66,000 acres of very productive land 

 lying along the Yellowstone River in Eastern Montana. 

 This land has been producing good crops for years, but 

 irrigation will double the yield. Fully described in our 

 booklet, "lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project," mailed 

 free. 



WILLISTON AND BUFORD-TRENTON 

 PROJECTS 



Located in Western North Dakota. The water is pumped 

 from the Missouri River into huge settling basins and then 

 led off into the canals and laterals. Considerable land is 

 for sale, as the owners have to sell down their holdings to 

 160 acres, the maximum amount permissible for one man 

 to hold under the Reclamation Law. Splendid opportuni- 

 ties exist to get a valuable farm at reasonable cost now. 

 Booklet free. 



OKANOGAN PROJECT 



Located in Okanogan County, Washington. About 7,000 

 acres of very fertile land is to be brought under the ditch 

 in a short time. The soil is volcanic ash, the same kind 

 that produces such wonderful yields in the Wenatchee 

 Valley and other famous Washington fruit districts. An 

 ideal section for the man who wants to own a ten or 

 twenty acre fruit farm. Forty acres is the maximum 

 amount of land for which water will be furnished. Fully 

 described in our Washington Bulletin. 



OTHER PROJECTS 



In addition to the above, there are a number of projects 

 promoted by private capital and enterprise. Most of these 

 are in the rich fruit raising districts of Washington. The 

 Wenatchee Valley, Kettle Falls Country, Spokane County 

 and other irrigation centers are fully described in our 

 Washington Bulletin. Sent free on request. 



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