The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-30
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Terra Tn,osnita is Risht.-The following which is
taken from SamSalito U'al' News. is a gem and fur
nishcs Il study in vaporous verhase:
ON three sides of six hundred square miles constitute
ing the area of the country. the broad Pacific with the
hay and its contours and the noise of Resembling waves
give additional zeal to the pleasing panorama unfolded
tn the eye. Now. in the way of inspiration. of taking
in the most pleasing draushts of the elements of ma
turc. u1ti"rned by art, can amy place he more inviting:
Vet. This being so. IL is Vet in a large measure a
terra inrosnita to the general tourist. ardent AS he may
be in its most comminslcd details. to enjoy it.
We have asserted more than once, and now strong
II rni'"rate what we have said. that it is a duty Of
this county to open up as far as is reasonably posi-
hAe. every necessary vantage ground hy which these
beauties may he seen. They constitute in effect a large
part of the capital of the county, perhaps roughly
classified as raw material, but they can he worked to
most satisfactory results as to tho richest products
found hereafter in a greatly enlarged population aug
nentins the figures in tho assessment roll by millions.
1t follows that our supervisors should he thorough
" alive to the imperative necessity of meeting a need
ot Sl"h Importance for IN" benefit of the county. They
should put their most strenuous cXertion to the pillow
and concentrate their minds not only upon improving
our wagon roads. but opening up. dcvisinc and CON
structing others. We feel assured that if they pursue
this course with unhinchins determination that the re-
suits i'm Il decade hence will hespcak a section of the
then Great San Francisco wing in every attraction with
the choicest scenic landscape depicted in the annals of
the past.
n TardN Rcrosniti"n'-The information may come
with surprise to many that this nation has never erect
cd a memorial TO the memory Of Christopher Columbus.
There has never been even a statue erected to his
memory, with one exception. and that is in a Very re-
mote and crowded district in some eastern city. the
name of which We have forgotten. In 1907 congress
appropriated slH".ono for a memorial structure to be
erected on tho Union station plaza i'm Washinston-a
very appropriate site. This is now completed and on
June s will he unveiled. Preparations are going stead
lily forward here for the unNcilins of the memorial to
Christopher Columbus. the disrovercr of America, on
June 5. the setting up of which is all hut completed on
the Union station plaza. 1t is estimated that over 15O.-
600 persons will participate in and view the ceremonies,
one OF the features of which will be the parade of 35.-
600 members of the knights of Columbus from all
parts of the United States. MoXico. Canada and even
the Philippines. The unvriina ceremonies will he par
ticipated in by the president and all the celebrities of
Washingtonis official circles.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES does valorization mean p"
asks a Pioneer Press correspondent. 1t may mean a
variety of things. but just at this particular time it
seems to mean a scheme by which the output of coffee
and its import may be controlled SO that the market
Will he always undcrStorkerl and the price kept ND.
What other meanings it may have seem quite incompe-
tent. irrelevant and immatcrial.
The papers say an earthquake shock scared
GuadalaJara folks-and one is inclined to think the
original name of that town must have been badly Jared
some time. mixing the letters.