The San Francisco call., 1910-08-13
SAN DIEGO WANTS
EXPOSITION HERE
Delegation OF Southern Califor-
MIA Businessmen Visit City
to Promote Project
Colonel D. c. Collier Voices Sem
timents of Party Which
Will Enjoy Luncheon

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businessmen, headed by Colonel d. c
Collier, is here to confer with th'
Pacific exposition boosters anC
is ready to throw the entire weight o
southern interests to bring the. biz
worlds fair of 1915 to this city. :
luncheon will be given at the Fairmon
hotel this. afternoon, when plans viii
be discussed for concerted move ol
Washington.
Colonel Collier is enthusiastic owe
San Franciscos fight. He brings th'
story of San Diego's intention to hole
a fair al the same time, but declares
that 1T will be of an entirely differen
nature and designed to set forth th'
commercial and agriculture
features of the reclaimed southern re
gions.
PLANS MADE IN WASHINGTON
This procedure was agreed upon a
washington last May Colonel Collie
says that. having raised the money fo
their Panama California exposition a
San Diego, they now have plenty o
time and are ready and willing to taxi
UP San Francisco's fight He said:
The delegation from San Diego is
mere to suggest and to receive sug-
gestions for advancing the interests
OF the Panama Pacific exposition,
which 1t is proposed to hold in San
francisco. l do not believe New
Orleans can divert government
recognition. from this city. as the
fair city of 1915. If the combined
influence of the southwest proves
to be the balance of power, there
Will be no string left unpulled and
no stone left unturned to secure the
victory to this city.
AS was determined at the confer
ence held in Washington last May,
San Diego will proceed with plans
for an exposition to exploit the
advantages of the whole southwest
In character 1t will be historical,
commercial and practical, and in
every respect will differ from the
ideas to be carried out in building
up San Franciscos exposition. 1t
will be devoted largely to education
of our people along the lines of
conservation, irrigation, reclama-
tion of desert lands and dry farm %
villages of the Aztecs and the
homes of the cliff dwellers. Last
Tuesday. San Diego bonded itself
for $1,000 900. which, with $1,000
900 already subscribed, Will constf-
tute the nucleus of our exposition
fund.
1 personally believe it will be
possible to gain the support of the
Francisco. The hope of South Amer
lean and Central American. coun-
tries lies principally along the Pa
cific, where the prospects or 1u-
ture trade are the basis of spec
ulation and investment. An organ
ized effort to induce the republics
of South America to select san
Francisco and San Diego as JOINT
locations for the exploitation OF
their own resources would without
doubt be we'll received and should
have its effect upon congress.
We are here to learn how we may
best assist San FranciSco'S. enort 10
attain a victory at Washington this
winter Wherever opportunity has
offered during the last few months,
we have done that which was posi-
BILE, and we hope to participate IN
the campaign now being made.
ANXIOUS TO AID SAN FRANCISCO
Joseph w. Seton Jr., chairman of tn
San Diego publicity committee, con
ferred with Charles R. Aiken. directo
of exploitation of the San Francisc'
exposition, at luncheon in the Palac
hotel yesterday, and later said:
Through the efforts of our own
people and the agreement with rep
resentatives of San Francisco we
are assured of fair at San Diego;
We have now surplus of time and
energy, which we are anxious ana
ready to expend in favor of San
Francisco, so that California may
secure the worlds fair for 1915.
BY united effort, railroad and
steamship companies can be in
duced to make a bargain rate COW
ering San Francisco and San Diego
We are certain to attract a greater
attendance than can be secured Tor
New Orleans, for the reason that
visitors will find here generaleand
Of the Seattle fair visitors from the
east were enabled to travel the
entire length of the coast at an
additional cost of few dollars,
and we believe that the double at
traction of 1915 would gain results
1t IS our hope that every item
sent out by San Francico and San
Diego may advertise this feature
nations that every. part OF Cali
fornia and everything that makes
for immi grafton and settlement VIII
be fully exploited. Our iuncheon
tomorrow. as / have been given to
understand, is to settle the details
of the joint campaign that we shall
make prior to the reopening of con-
greSS.
do not believe that New Orleans
will be able to make upon the gov
ernment the same Impression that
can be made by the people of the
west and the southwest, and | am
certain that California will be the
only exposition state in 1915.
POET PROPOSES PERFECTION
Ella Sterling Mighels, Californi
poetess, novelist and playwright, too
time yesterday to call at the Panama
Pacific exposition headquarters, wher
she expressed her view of. q typica
california" exposition. 1t is under
stood that there will come soon fror
Mrs Mighels' pen a poem which vii
give her views more vividly. 1t
expected to be a poem conveying IN it
very freedom of motion and spirit III
idea of true western originality an
enterprise.
Miss Mighels has followed exposi
tions very closely and is full of idea
to make the San Francisco one distinc
tive and original. She said:
First of all let us have the in
termural railway enabling us to
observe from above the beauties of
cupola and dome and the crown
ing art there displayed, such as
delighted the crowd at Chicago in
1898. In the later expositions this
has been lost to the crowd in the
streets. | would suggest the aban-
harvest ~Siargestr the ahighesf as adj .5e
jectives, and choose instead to at
tain perfection in every part.
EXPOSITION FUND GROWS
A. G. Spaldins & Sons yesterday sub
scribed $1,000 to the exposition funs
A. G. Spalding is a member of the Sa
Diego delegation now visiting in Sa
Francisco and is a candidate for tn
advisory vote of the people at TIL
primaries for United States senator.
A total of $3.50 was added to tn