The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-25
At San francisco This Year in Large
Numbers
MAGNIFlCENCE AND SPLENDOR
viii be One of the Most Notable
Gatherings in the History
of the Golden State

RepuD1C, WHICH ID w uS nSAA ="
San Francisco during the week
commencing August 18TH, 1908, IS
destined to become one of the most
notable gatherings-in point OF
numbers, magnifcence and splendor
in the history of California as
well as in the annals of the fratern"
ity. The people of San Francisco,
and of all California, fully appre-
ciating the fact that these veterans
may never again gather in an En-
campment on the shores OF the Pa
cihc, will exert every effort to make
this Encampment the most memor-
able one in the history of the G. A.
R. No other organization holds
the affection Of the people as does
the ones composed of the veterans,
the defenders of the Union, of lib
erty and right. The veterans re"
siding in California and Nevada ar
ranged the preliminaries for the
Encampment, but all the people OF
California and of the Pacific Coast
are enthusiastic on that topic now,
and working hand in hand with the
committees to make this Encamp-
ment eclipse all former fraternal
gatherings. From the Governor of
the State to the humblest citizen,
every one is imbued with the idea
that San Francisco and California
must give the veterans the most
rousing welcome they have ever
had. Merchants, manufacturers,
farmers and miners, all are eager to
make the visit of the veterans
pleasant and a memorable one.
They are determined to show the
visitors the famed beauties of this
Western Wonderland, which must
be seen to be appreciated. From
every county and section of the
State the choicest products will be
brought to San Francisco, and be
placed on exhibition, that the visit
ors may feast their eyes upon them.
Carloads of fruit-the most delicious
in the Notwithstanding trees,
the giants of the California forests,
and other wonders that have made
the Golden State famous, will be
on exhibition throughout the city
for the benefit of those who cannot
visit every section of the State
The famous gardens Of Santa Clara,
Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, Contra
Costa and other adjacent counties
will furnish the material for The
grandest floral display ever seen
Quartz and hydraulic mining viii
be demonstrated on miniature mines
and oil wells are to be bored in tn
city, in the sight of the visitors.
The electric display and the il
Nominations are to surpass evei
those which have made San Fran
cisco famous during the Knights c
Pythias Encampment in 1902, an
were considered the finest ever seen
1t will be the grandest sight to be
hold the vast hosts of the veteran
marching through the streets {
} San Francisco, beneath a canopy {
Il flowers, and under gar1ands an
). domes woven of myriads of incar
!, descent electric lights, turnin
$ night into day and making til
9 scene one of fairyland. For til
n illumination and the decoration
q though much of it is owned by tt
s city and is given free of cost, ar
the flowers are donated, the legisl
ture has appropriated $4,000 f.
the purpose and the citizens expe
- to raise three times as much I
st voluntary contribution, to defrs
r, the cost of dressing the city in he
Ie iday garb.
The climate is the most agreeab
that can be imagined; the temper
ture the year round is mild al
" pleasant. In August, with no raj
We the thermometer registers IS to
m degrees, rarely a degree more
IN less, whether midday or midnigt
70, ID Two hundred thousand visitors c;
a be easily accommodated in the ci
O at one time, and have been Co