Imperial Valley press., 1912-06-26

counties of the state are allowed t.
appropriate an aggregate of a millior
dollars for the same purpose. The
city of San Diego has bonded itself fol
| 81 ,O00, 900 to beautify Balboa park fol
the purpose and another million tC
improve the wharfage facilities.
As the Panama California exposition
is in no sense rival of the Panama
Pacific exposition, planned to be held
in San Francisco, from May to October
of the same year, the two eXpositions
are working in harmony; one to be a
worlds fair, and the other to be an
unique exhibition of arts and sciences
! in the most beautiful setting that can
be arranged for it.
The Panama California exposition
will show to the world what the Fran
ciscan fathers tried to do and what
the people of the southwest hope to dc
with the heritage to be found in this
country's vast commercial possible
ties just touched by the moulding
hand of modern endeavor
San Diego is building her eXposi.
ton now
Workmen are busily engaged at this
moment in grading and construction in
Balboa park.
The reason for this early prepara-
ton lies in the desire of the projec-
tors to make of the Panama California
exposition the most beautiful exposi-
tiOn ever held in the world. and Who'll
ly unique. Millions of plants are be.
ing propagated now i'll huge nursery
i'll the 14OO-acre park for this purpose
The directors have ordered that all
buildings shall be finished by Janu-
airy l, 1914, one year in advance. to
give the landscape architects and
gardeners a chance to grow the palms.
ferns, vines and Towering plants over
the buildings.
The structures finished and under
way are the Administration building,
the Memorial arch over the main en-
trance and the California state build
ing. Plans are almost ready for the
agricultural and horticultural build
ings.
All architecture and all ensembles
nt ~ nl,it
the beautiful Spanish colonial, or mis-
sion style. The scope of the eyposi-
ton covers the southwestern United
States, Mexico. Central and South
America. and it is in these countries
that the Latin-American architecture
grew to its greatest beauty. The ex-
position is a mission city III white. OF
cement construction throughout. set
IL California landscape. the most
beautiful that can be devised.
Features of the San Diego exposi-
ton are world congress of Indian
tribes, gathered from all parts OF the
two Americas; exhibits from the
United States reclamation. forestra-
tlon, conservation and immigration
bureau; archaeological material, the
most complete ever gathered in
covering the entire American
continent; ethnology. embracing all
the peoples that ever lived on the
continent; the ancient ruins and rel
les; the beautiful and unique and
striking things from all these coun-
tries, reciting the history of the alb
origines of America back to the re-
motest known and legendary times,
discovery and conquest of America
and last but not least. opportunitv-
the opportunity that has come TO the
Pacific coast of the Americans
the opening of the Panama
canal
Nearly every Latin-American gov
ernment has replied favorably to re-
quests for participation and are await.
ing an official visit from the eyposi.
ton management to determine the
character and scope of their participa.
ton. Now that the buildings are un.
der way. these visits will be made at
once. In addition to these are the
southwestern states of the United
States, to which Commissioner-at
Large John A. Fox is now making
tour arranging for their participation
The only limitation placed on ex-
hlblts is that they shall be absolutely
unique and different from ANYTHING
that has ever been shown before. The
exposition is so attractive from it's
natural beauty of location, almost ex-
actly similar to Naples bay, from its
architecture and from it's decoration,
that nothing but the highest class of
will be admitted EVERYTHING
must be process to show Opportunity.
lhere is model one acre farm: n
Navajo squaw weaving a blanket. and
ana OaXaca weaving a serape: an
Ecuadoran making a Panama hat, and
an Araucanian modelling pottery; but
there Will not be one single shelf of
canned or bottled goods on exhibition
through the whole of the Panama Cali
fornia exposition. Sir Thomas Linton
VIII show tea garden of Ceylon, with
tea growing, pickers gathering the
crop. working the tea and packing if
but Sir Thomas engages to remove
every tin from the exhibition as fast
as it is packed and sealed. While his
workers are exciting wonder at the