The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-12-02
CONGRESS WILL
SOON CONVENE
Especial to the Silver State.)

Taft, though suffering from a cold, has
been busy making preparation for the
opening of congress, and has been
getting few thoughts down on paper
so that he may be able to tell the law
makers what the country most netds.
What the San Diego exposition needs
at this time is to have the senate fin
ish the work the house begun last
spring of putting through the resolu-
tion authorizing and requesting the
president to invite Mexico and the re-
publics of Central and South America
to make exhibits at San Diego in 1915.
Director General D. G. Collier will he
in Washington before congress gets
busy, to look after exposition matters.
He has had so many assurances that
the senate will take up and pass the
resolution that he scarcely feels anv
apprehension OF that score, but he IL
desirous of seeing it done quickly. for
in getting a great exposition ready
for the opening day, time is a most i'm
portant factor and it is intended to
the San Diego exposition ready in ev-
cry detail when the clock strikes mid
night on the last dav of 1914.
Time Grows Near.
| 1t is very near 1912 now; conse-
quently there is but little more than
three full years in which to do vast
amount of work. And the director
general realizes that not even an invi-
tation has been extended as yet to the
rich, prosperous and progressive Latin
American republics to take official part
in the exposition which, to a greater
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exploit their achievements in the arts
of civilization. These countries have
much of interest and value to show to
the world. San Diego hopes and ex-
lpects that they will make use of the
opportunity presented to show it at
the coming exposition
Commerce with the countries to the
south of us has been growing fast in
the past few years and it is destined
to grow with even greater strides
San Diego, beng the nearest port to
Latin-America on the Pacific side of
it and hopes that the ties of friend
er as time goes on.
Living on One Acre.
With the whole world embarrassed
tnc declaration coming from people at
san Diego that they can live in com
fort and raise family on one acre of
land is attracting wide attention. Near
the exposition city is small colony
known as the Little Landers of San
Ysidro pronounced Isidro). where all
of the agricultural holdings are small,
many of them as small as one acre.
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lege professors, retired business men,
literary people-a class of people of
intelligence, if not of means Having
solved the question of contentment
with little, these people have propos-
ed to the exposition management that
they be allowed to demonstrate the
manner of making living on one acre.
They purpose establishing three one
acre farms at once, in order that the
fruit trees, grape vines, berry bushes,
asparagus, and other things requiring
time to develop, may be ready by the
time the exposition opens. The expo
sition management adopted the idea.
The little farms will be laid out and
improved and in 1915 visitors will be
shown the produce for each year since
work started, and they will be able to
way strangers will not need to accept
dealers as to the productivity and prof
its of California lands. They will be
able to see
Perpetual Spring.
One of the most striking things
about the San Diego exposition is that
it is to remain open for a full year.
That this is feasible is due to the fact
af 10 ats sao11 4 I,
year at San Diego. There are very
have such an equable climate. This is
floral setting for the fair such as has
never before been seen at an interna-
tional exposition. Reports from the
exposition grounds are to the effect
that the millions of plants and shrubs
being propagated there are flourishing
marvelously and that there is every
prospect that the expectation of hav-
ing a wonderfully beautiful park set
ting for the exposition city will be
amply realized.
Bracing Up.
One of the things which was not en-
tirely expected as concomitant re-
suit of the exposition is the stimulus
it is to local pride San Diego is ris-
ing to the necessity of being worthy
of the exposition. The citv is "brac-
ing up" The people are determined
to make their city one of the most
beautiful in the world, because they
know that millions of strangers will
visit it, and that they may be criti-
cal. The people of San Diego went
down into their pockets and subscribed
cool million dollars to start the ex-
position. Anyone who ever tried to
raise $50 with a subscription paper can
have a faint-a very faint-idea of
what this means. Then they voted
bonds to the amount of another mil
lion to improve the park where the ex
position was to be held, the improve
ments to consist mainly of permanent
buildings to be used first for exposition
purposes and for other uses afterward.
and for landscape gardening. Then
there were other needs made appar
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