The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-11-23
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NAon1N0lON, NOV. z5-l nat an
other session of congress is almost here
is brought home to us by the arrival
of senators and representatives daily,
toget settled for the winter, and to at
tend to various matters of interes to
their constituents.
With the president and his cabinet
back from their summer wanderings,
things have taken on lively aspect
around the White house. The president
is reported to be hard at work on his
message to congress, and it is under
stood that the secretary of the interior
is acting as his chief adviser on this
matter. That Mr.. Fisher is con-
servationist, and that he spent some
time in Alaska last summer, seem to
be grounds for the belief that he will
make some radical recommendations,
which the president will adopt, for the
disposal of public lands, including
fnatural resources" in the United
States and also in the territory of
Alaska
Congressman Needham, of Califor-
MIA, was one of the first of the far
western members to put in an appear
ance. He has been watching the pro-
gress of the investigation by the
Remsen referee board of the use of
sulphur in curing fruit, in which his
constituents are much interested as
they claim it is possible to cure fruit
properly without making use of the
sulphur process. He is also prepared
to make hard fight to keep the tariff
on agricultural products unimpaired.
He claims that without the reasonable
tariff now existing on the products of
California fields and orchards, the peo-
pie of his state would suffer irrepar-
able loss Congressman Needham is
also interested in the resolution grant
ing official recognition of the San
Diego exposition. At the special ses-
sion last summer he helped to secure
the passage of this resolution in the
house. 1t is now before the senate and
has excellent prospects of being pass
ed The bill authorizes and requests
the president to invite the nations of
Mexico, Central and South America to
make exhibits at the Panama Califor-
MIA International exposition at San
Diego in 1915. There is believed to be
no opposition to the passage of this
Exposftions Cooperating.
Director General d. G. Collier, of the
San Diego exposition, will be in Wash
ington again this winter to push the
passage of the resolution in the senate
His industry and tact won him many
friends last spring, and they are pre-
pared to give him their aid now He is
not apprehensive, however, of meeting
with any serious obstacles, because the
San Francisco exposition directors
have pledged their aid in return for
the assistance given by Colonel Collier
and his allies when they were in need
of help. With both expositions united,
there should be no trouble about get
ting the passage of the resolution very
early in the session. However, Colonel
Collier showed at the last session that
no ordinary difficulties can discourage
him, and he can be relied on to stay
with the fight until he has won Mean
time, he has plans for other and i'm
portant work here. He can give atten-
tion to this while watching the pro-
grcss of exposition legislation.
Exhibit in Washington.
With enterprise characteristic of it,
San Diego has taken space in the fine
exhibit hall of the Southern CONNER
cial congress in Washington and has
had booth fitted up and decorated
in a striking manner. Here visitors can
get literature about the Panama-Cali-
fornia International exposition, they
can see photographs of the exposition
city, its matchless harbor which was
filed with warships at the recent ma
val maneuvers, and of the typieally
picturesque scenery of Southern Cali
fornia. The exhibit will, it is expect
ed be visited by thousands of people
every year, and the exposition will get
much valuable publicity through it. At
the same time, it will serve to
strengthen the bonds between San
Diego and the southern states, and
promote the campaign for the diver
sion of California travel through the
south, which is anxious to receive and
entertain tourists.
To Advertise the Expositions.
1t is understood unofficially that the
two big 1915 expositions are to be
widely advertised through co-opera-
tion with the railroads reaching the
Pacific coast. These railroads, and per-
haps their eastern connections, are
planning, according to a gentleman
connected with the advertising bust
ness, to unite in placing newspaper ad-
vertising, calling attention to the un-
usual attractions offered tourists, for
visiting the Pacific coast during the
progress of the expositions, when they
will not only have the advantage of
unusually low fares, to visit the most
remarkable and beautiful natural seen
ery ON the continent, but they will
have the added and almost irresistible
inducement of two great international
expositions which alone would amply
repay them for crossing the continent.
There is nothing. perhaps, which has
such high educational value as big
exposition. At glance one may learn
more at one of these big enterprises
than can be learned by many days of
travel or reading The San Diego ex-
position, in addition to being highly
instructive, will be exceedingly novel
strange and one might saw ahsolutelv