The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-12-14
INCREASED Inter.
EST in EXPOSITION
Especial to the Silver State.)

California International exposition
said Col. d. G. Collier, of San Diego,
president of that enterprise, on his ar
rival in Washington, that we could
hardly stop its expansion if we would.
"We had no thought at first of in
Guiding exhibits from countries beyond
the Western Hemisphere, but in addi-
tion to the participation officially of
the Latin American republics, we are
assured of many valuable and inte -est-
ing exhibits from the countries of
Europe, Africa and Asia.
81 do not mean that all the nations
of the world are going to make official
or national exhibits; but there will lie
many great private and semi-official
exhibits, in many cases more unique
and of greater human interest than the
displays usually made under strictly
official auspices.
Foreign Concessions.
Practically all of the countries in
the world will be represented by unof
fetal exhibits. For instance, com
pany is being organized to bring from
Hawaii a comprehensive exhibit of
Hawaiian institutions and products,
which will be exhibited in the form Of
bazaar. A representative of the island
Of Java is in San Diego at the present
time making arrangements for an at
tractive exhibit, and representatives
of China and Japan have already been
in consultation with the exposition Of
ficials Russia, Turkey, Egypt and
other countries have also taken up
negotiations, and it has become evi-
dent that the foreign representation
viii be large and intensely interesting.
A Great viaduct.
Part of the general plan for the
exposition buildings and grounds is to
have a great concrete viaduct or
bridge leading from Laurel street, one
of the principal thoroughfares of San
Diego, directly to the main entrance of
the exposition grounds. This splenlid
viaduct will be nearly 1000 feet long.
The only structure with which / can
compare it is the magnificent million
dollar Connecticut avenue bridge in
the city of Washington. This viaduct
will be 80 feet wide and about 100
feet high. 1t will be completed by the
fall of 1912
"Other construction work is well in
hand. There is no tagging. Foundations
have been put in for the administra-
tion building, and work on the Cali
fornia building is scheduled to begin
in the spring. In the park, which is
tire site of the exposition, an army of
men is now employed planting plans,
ferns and rare trees and shrubs, in or
der that the setting for the magically
beautiful exposition city shall be as
perfect as the hand of man can make
it by 1915. The results already accom-
, plished have impressed some of the
original doubters as almost marvellous
) Teracing and road building have be-
gun. Trees of various kinds are being
set out along the borders of the big
1,400 acre park, around which will run
the great boulevard. The central
thought dominating the management is
not only to have a great exposition
but to have it ready, complete, per
feet, on the day the gates are thrown
open to the public.
Collier Real Force.
!. Since he became identified with the
! exposition, Col. Collier has become q
) national figure. Still young man, he
J has accumulated fortune by the ex
ercise of the same characteristics
which are helping to make the exposi
l tion success. Being proud of his city
and ambitious to see it become great
and being enthusiastic on the subject
f of the exposition itself, he has worked
1 for the latter since the inception of thu
plans for it without salary or an ex
pense allowance in the endeavor Il
make it the most beautiful and uniqu,
Z world show ever built Already ovel
$2,500,000 has been raised for the ex
a position, and the total cost of it viii
hn
: 100000.
: China Rends the Dragon.
/. For centuries China has been bount
4 in political slavery. So oppressed ant
: benighted were the masses that i
Y seemed as if they could never arise t,
+ claim their birthright of freedom. Bu
China has awakened. In patriot,
and cultured subject, DR.. Sun Vat Sen
she found deliverer from the rule o.
the Manchus, and the people hav,
thrown off the folds of the imperia
dragon which had almost destroyed
them. From London has come private
advices that DIR. Sun, scholar an,
diplomat well known in London, New
York and Paris, is to become presiden
of the first provisional government
now being established at Shanghai tn,
capital of the republic of China, ant
that by the first of the year the new
government will be fully established
The old China has all but passed away
and in its place has come new repub
lie with constitution promising lib
erty, Justice, government an,
brotherly love. The change is almos
too great to credit. DIR. Sun promise,
that all foreign rights shall be full,
respected, and foreign enterprises will
be encouraged He appeals to the pow
ers to permit the solid establishment
of the new government, declaring tina
the Chinese will never submit to tn
retaining Of power by the Manchus
An Altruistic Age.
Undoubtedly the world is growing
better. No only are the fossilized ma
tions, like China, waking up and adopt
ing modern ideas, but there is a grea
growth of hnmap svmDathy and an mn