The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-04-22
TO MEET ON TRAIL
Extremes Fest and west viii
Get Better Acquainted at
Portland Exposition.

Hlluuie west, saws the Ogden journal. !
Both the east and the middle west need
ali introduction to the FAR west. That
introduction is going to he made formal
ly aud informally-yon may take yous
choice-Ihis year, and the L-wis and
Clark exposition at Portlan, Oregon,
will be the introiucer. This xposiiion,
which will open June !, n ia useful in
many WAYS, but in no wi' i'll il be
more useful to Americans iliam in max
ing the iar-dividel sections 81 this great
country acquainted with each other.
What do.s the mar whp li>'.- ia Angus
T., on the krnnebeck. for instance. knun
about the man whose home j. al Salem
on the Willamette? And the Waila Wal
la Washingioniai--wh II hi- conccp-
. tion % the Washngtonian whose resi-
dence j. in the District Of Columbia?
Between San Francisco and New York
stretch 1000 miles Of territory, and the
middle does not know the ends nor do
the ends have proper acquaintance with
each other.
The exposition at Portland 0ii bring
together at Portland both end a4d the
middle and make them mutuiily ac-
quainted. The east ought 10 know more
a out the west than the We snows
aiout he east for easterners tray1I more
/ in the west than westerners traVe in the
east; but somehow these tourinz east
erners do not seem to difiuse knowledge
Of the west when they return hom Or
perhaps the homestaying fasteners re-
fuse to believe what their travel-wise
neighbors tell them Of the west, because
some of their tales are tallish, so to
speak, and appear unbelievable. to the
e, e Of the conservative easterner.
On the other hand, the east has gained
a mighty misconception OF the wesi 10y
placing credence in tales entirely ton
tall for the proper stature Of truth and
veracitv. The "wild aud woolly' II
is the only west which much Of the at
wot OF. The tanned and tranquil s'-st
they refuse to believe in andthey eoier-
tain, also, in some quarters, cotton
that the west is incapable OF piete
civilization.
The exposition at Portland WI 'io
much toward giving the east proper
attitude OF appreciation toward tn west
The thousands of easterners who viii
take advantage OF the reduced Railroad
rates and attend the exposition, s''- the
western country and its people, study
conditions and take note of achieve
ments, will return home with minds
cleared OF very much haziness that has
brrlouded them by reason Of the accept
! ance Of fctional caricatures as gospe
fact. They will md all along the Pa
ciic coast civilization far advanced
splendid cities with skyscrapers, church
spires, public libraries, universities o
learning and-telephones.
It's related that Boston woman wh'
visited St. Louis last year was amazed t.
learn that the telephone was in genera
use throughout the city. What will b
her astonishment To find in Portland no
only the telephone that talks but tn
,elenbone that sees? At the Lewis ant
Clark exposition device whereby on
talking through a telephone may see tn
reflected features Of the person at tn
other end of the line will be exhibits
in practical operation for the first tim
in public; and-strange to say--it Is tn
invention OF a Portland man
The east and the west will becom
better acquainted at Portland. Thi
will clear up many misconceptions o
each side and will serve the strongest
cement the several sections Of our lane