The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-25
BOOMING A PANAMA SHOW
saw DIEGO SENDS AN ADVANCE
AGENT OF TEE EXPOSITION.
H's Net e Ne Held Uasfi I0aR- hut AIean-
while mat CIty o. Paefg1ng So Mnl-
laas and san FraneaaeO d CROWNS
.gealsua INVITA- isa 90 CaA. RSaasvsae-

hHN1f anu kaA iNE N9i- AaaA NaAiHh -
Bob Connolly. The Colonel and Bob Wil
be tichled 60 death TO SO you. and shs
Colonel win pull OF q lOe Os funny wheszaa
Col COllieg's sole reason for visiting u
our midst 10 % bust into tbs, EApsrs thai
morning with some stories that have q
do with the PanAmA-CAliforniA exp0si
ton az San Diego. ths Colouel's hons
town. ia 1915. Up In his apartments
yesterday hs had glasses with tiny hobea
near the rim thar nc the loo water run
out on your clothes and Bob Connolly.
his assistant. had q box % these funny
cigars thst explode after you've SMOKED
them 4 bat And the Colonel had q
camera which when q button wa touched
Set hose . calico and wire spring snAkn
siE feet long that jumped right ~ yon.
and there was a box 81 matches thar
wouldn't light and q lead pencil with =
point OF soft rubber that looked Ike
lad but which lent nimbly - you trissi
20 writsFwith it Honestly. it waa Just
one shrek % laughter after another
The Colonel said that he's going To BE-
here Only until Wednesday. He may
always ~ foymd at the hotel. he said.
| hstwe@n % ard o. clock.
/ ~
asked. He answered that he was refer
/ ring to the evening.
Col. Collier - tireceor-xsnerAl Of the
coming exposition. He gets his title
from the fact that oncs upon q time NJ
I VA on the stat % a Governor u ms
STATE When az home he dabbtes IN a
/ few thlnxs ike MINES and real estate. and
/ be orus a theatre IA lsan Diego. and he :
Z Interested N a bank, and be- recently
/ uudt two trolley roads. and he owns a
| ranch.
Have you also a chain % grocery
I store - the colonel was asked.
I must admit that ! have NOT Col.
Collier answered aftar some thought.
Y : Grant. Jr. - pr,=ld-nt % tho
exposition and Joan y sprecSeis - me
/ Ar~t vIc--pr-sitsnt- A C. spalding -
fhe second vica- president and IA. list
q directors Inciude- Lyman J. Gage.
~an Diego. according 10 the Colonel has
come up nOOiy. Al he Chicago world
fair Cheap cane srru-= only ~ p~r
only ~ $50 already has come up With
" aa. .sO, or 81 rsrson, IN regular
money. The exposition. chs. Colonel sav~.
- gong IN To- the rral inauguration of the
op~nInz ~ IA. Panama Canal
Lets cahle Cot. Roosevelt 70 open the
rhnz sad Col Collier SUDDENLY yester-
day Afternoon. Whereupon the following
ra1le va written and sent
cd Ts.1fr-r R1~.s rrf PIris F-ascs:
Pana1,s california Exposition. San Diego.
i5I-. rHulu-u8raftng complexion os1ss.
your Er-a' lrr.evemsn: Cordially invite
yol ~ arsu ans And have The honor
- he. Colonel Yours very-s.n~-reiv.
cot q COLLIER. Director -tsensrAL
STICK around until w. x-t the answer.
invited - Doth@r. but dII-k Was coming
in al iaazr one section q the country
now qudte m. n xht -nerp - NJ lingering
I douht b-GAn b. Colon~l. a. u the benz
I irz - b. conferred by the operafiOn %
the Panama Canal VII you have one
~ rhss- ciEara9-
-No. thaak YOU. Every thing I've
touched nAs exploded OF =um~thlnE
. ! ag ~ having klt q fun. aren't you''
/ On tho .svsi khls - = perfectly good
/ q gar No. All night. The peopls- II the
PAcihc coast. a. was saying. AZ. putting
I shear ho'a=e= and harbors N order IN .
that 1zhr Bob'-And two cites. san
! Francesca and san Diego. arr engaged
B N bitter contest for rho privileg. of
B holding Al EXPOSITION IN 1915, IN which
I var. y - assumed. the great waterway
w.l - op.ns.d 20 tFAfhc Do you xnDw
/ John Blackburn H- came out 20 Lo-
J Ana',l-- from >Crantun. Pa. and opened a
I -h-atr- tb.r-
-NDw ran Diego. with a population ~
. n nss nas p-rfsrt@d An organ zafion
and rais-si ~ pubrc .sIt-cr1ption for tins
-iNu sad :. so I'D minute ago.
. Caisu-I pslrtill u...
And ! stack COB . San Diego has
ra1-s,i q $4,000 A. I I'4st -aid when m
t-rr1IJts-i and It'll Austue- million - 20
r ~. lsfidsd 20 fal- -tlin 'i4r1uxh a ntInf-
/ cUal bonding -sn-nI@ tn. CrIIlnfi.--
. ~ -outh-rn ,alif0rnla zoe INST t-.alfrfII
-U.r thai az all 49, Providence 10 a
D. u0m-lf . EXTREME good nature craafsi
ar -rlD~rr-i 'n invest -Dun- mora. which
vii bring rr~ total well abov- tns entIr,,
T .fIttav for rLr Alaska y IlE 4n-PAriflr RI.
rasirtYn ar --attl. And Boo have ~.
} le.n oif-r-d cent q Government AID.
/ I ass yluf-
/ -Col1nel. ~ haven p hA-n osf@r.d a cent
J ~ 10 GDvarnm@nt - rhs United stats 70
I bob Connolly answered
BIT ~ don cara. DO -, Bob?" We
B can &c along without .. cant weS-
You an bet your sweet hfs ne can
>ColO0@l
Governments az least has done this
/ for or country' th- COionel resumed
Nv lts records u hals shown that our
climate - the most esplAbIs. whatever
t that means. not 20 sav the most salu-
nrlosIs IN the United StAfas Do you
happen 20 know Pred BelAsco2 Re :
on th-rs with ~ too- He running a
theatre also ard he's a good httl.. fellow
-sanc~ IL mean w.-first Announosd
the project there mas h---n some Awak~u-
ing In the extreme southwest % our state
mas there not he~n. Bobs'
-COioo.A.' replied Bob. there has been
an awakening In the sxtreuas south wesr
% our glorious state such a. the rspon
never before has Known
I'm awfuIly glad 70 hear that the
Colonel sad. Now 70 also may b. a
interest 20 You % know that we've noe
OUTSIDE capital thinking over re schems
Of essahlshins sioooo o0O nnodsrn-'
How mHchg-
say alO. 90 90 modevu harbor1uour
landsocksd and spacious bay. thu most
erAnseendsnfally oemuttful body Of water
IN the enrirs world not sxospttnw the-I8aV
OF Naples. san Francisco Bay on.
don't maze mo laSigh: my lips are chapp~di
Then, wtrh dDclIs and hart ors such a. %
not sxist any ptacs IN the world. the
branch lns nov being consfructsd from
Yuma 20 San Diego wiIl mare our city
the first tourist stop IN California nv
fellow real estate Operators cks@rft4llv
Eromiss for IIs q population IN 1913 o.
l25.ODO. What's thu QUICKEST way 60 kse
% Brooklyn from herep A gin l Know
0ack home ASKED meto look ~ hsr brother
Ia Brooklyn and I've hesn here for twenty
four hours and haven't been over there
yet
The conflict between San Francisco
and san Diego the Colonel conciucssd-
- ot statewide mportAncs. southern
80 a.