The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-01-13
A REAL FIGHT.

:, Not a day goes by but that Mayor
Parker, the aldermen, leading bust
ness men, lawyers, doctors, ministers
do not receive from New Orleans or
San Francisco, or both, entreaties to,
take sides in the now spectacular
fight for the Panama exposition.
This exposition is to. be held in
1915 to commemorate the t.Nuptials
OF the Atlantic and Pacific" or, in
less poetical words, the opening of
the big ditch. @
New Orleans and San Francisco
are appealing to. congress for gov
eminent aid, each declaring she was
the first in the field and that each,
for every reason that the mind can
conceive, is entitled to Uncle SANS
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1t probably dosen't make so very
much difference to the people of
Minnesota which city lands the
prize. If San Francisco wins it
will mean a long and expensive
journey for persons residing here to
see the exposition, while the trip to
New Orleans would be comparitive-
ly cheap. The middle west might
profit by the crowds that would
swarm westward, but if the show
goes to the Queen of the South, it
would seem more satisfactory to the
river states, who have been loudly
urging finland Waterways" which,.
OF course, means a better channel
for the Mississippi.
Anyhow the fight is interesting
and just now the clash of arms is
the loudest in Washington and when
ever the boosters for the California
city make special move to engage
the attention of the congressman the
Louisiana delegation tries to ego
them one better.''
San Francisco headquarters is in
the new Willard hotel at Fourteenth
and F streets. New Orleans head
quarters are just across the street in
the New Ebbett. Gaudy banners
swung over the two business thor
oughfares faunt the claims of the
contesting cities; page advertiser.
ments in the newspapers set forth
the same in blackface type; and al
Turing literature, celebrating senti-
mental and practical exposition ar
guments, is sent out from both head
quarters daily.
During the holiday season the San
Franciscans brought to the national
capitol several carloads of oranges
and large quantities of California
wine. A note accompanied each
case of fruit and sample of wine ex-
planning that these were two of CAL
ifornia's principal products. -.
1t was pointed out that visitors to
the exposition would find lots more
of the same there in 1915.
This boom caused some gloom to-
appear at the New Orleans head
quarters. But not for long. The
boomers from Louisiana got busy.
paul" and "Aunt Emma were sent
for at once. Paul is head bartend-
er in Ramos saloon in New Orleans.
Aunt Emma is an elderly negress,
heralded as the best coffee dripper
and praline maker in Louisiana. ~g
They are now at the New Orleans
headquarters, where miniature
New Orleans exposition has been
opened. There are great shocks of
sugar cane and punches of native
rice. ,.. Ii
+ The parlors have been transform
ed. There are growing trees laden
with oranges, mandarins, tangarines,
and grapefruit, and a grove of big
palms, representing twenty differ
ent varieties that grow in Louis
lana. -.- ~ }.
-. "But the most popular feature of
this show" said Sam Blum, public
ity. agent, care the sections presided
over by Paul and Aunt Emma. -
"Paul can mix a cocktail it is in.
sulting to call poem. It is as
smooth as secluded bayou and as
mellow as distilled moonlight. ~ s.
"And as for his gin izz. It was in
vented in a moment of inspiration
and perfected in hours of leisure.
When mixed by the master hand it
is the acme of cOOrdinated linnidc