June 25, 1903

   “The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition will remain open until October 1st. There are two peculiarities about it. One is that it was ready on the opening day. The other is that it received no appropriation from the government, which, however, expends $600,000 on the government building.

   The purposes of the exposition are to exploit the resources of Alaska, the Yukon territory and the Pacific northwest, including the Canadian northwest, and to make known the importance of Pacific coast commerce and the great progress of western America, a territory within a radius of 1,000 miles from Seattle which has a population of 7,500,000.

   The Seattle exposition is built about a cascade and geyser basin. In addition to the government and various state buildings, there are structures devoted to Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, mines, fisheries, agriculture, manufactures, foreign exhibits, China, Japan, forestry and administration. A stadium seating over 12,000 is located between lakes Union and Washington. There is a natural amphitheatre to the northwest and mountain peaks are visible from the grounds. An amusement section resembling the Midway Plaisance 1s called the Pay Streak.

   It is promised that the exposition will prove worthy of the northwest, as no doubt it will, but the country itself will claim the chief interest of visitors from the east.”

   (The text of the title image is from the newspaper article; the AYP logo above it is from a 1909 AYP postcard.) 

(The Philipsburg Mail – Philipsburg, Montana)