Arizona republican., 1913-05-12
WORLD WIDE
 ATTENDANCE
Thousands of People Will See Arizona in 1915 Grand Canyon and Roose- welt Dam Will Be Visited by Sightseers.

Thousands of people who have never visited Arizona before will see the state in 1915 on their way from all parts of the world and of the United States to the Panama Paci- | fife International Exposition at San 1 Francisco
 Due to the opening of the Panama | Canal and attracted by the 1915 worlds fair, more than two million will visit California in exposition | year. according to the estimate of | railroad and steamship traffic experts These visitors will see not only the wonderful displays presented by the ! states of America and by foreign nations at San Francisco. They will travel through the west and their way to the exposition, will stop-over | ar the various attractions along the l route and so learn more about the 1 broad country of the west than they could possibly do if it were not for | the opening of the Panama Canal ! and the exposition which celebrates | that opening.
 Each state has borne it's part of | the cost of construction of the Pana- ma Canal and more than half the | commonwealths of America have promised to participate in the na- ! tional celebration. The foreign na- | tions have entered into the partici- | patton on splendid scale.
 l At Harbor View the site of the l exposition on the shores of the Pa | oific ocean. work is proceeding at
 2 great pace and thousands of men are now employed in the construc- l ton of the exhibit palaces where dis plays from all quarters of the globe l will be displayed.
 The arrangements now being made 1 for exhibits in these immense pal 1 aces assure a more comprehensive display of the resources and pro- 1 ducts of the west than has ever been l assembled in one place at one time. As its contribution to this national | celebration. California has assured a sum of more than twenty million | dollars Five million is the sum ] raised through bond issue by the city of san Francisco ana an equal 1 sum was appropriated by the 1911 | California legislature. $7.500.0O0 was | raised by popular subscription and l S4.500.OOO is available through an act | enabling the counties of California to raise necessary funds.
 | The exposition management has ! voted a million dollar auditorium to | be erected on the new civic center now in course of construction al San Francisco.
 In this same quarter of the city there will be built a magnificent | municipal opera house where the | most modern operatic features will be presented during the exposition year
 A great California building will be erected on the exposition grounds. California is giving it's energies and of it's money in a manner that is totally unprecedented in the history of international expOsitions The commonwealths of the nation ara ra.- pidly taking action in appropria iations for state building and Davlions where the products and resources of each individual state will be dis | played to the world when it visits
 California and the west in 1915. New York state has already aD- propriated $7OO, ,000 toward the expo sition and Chairman Norman E. Mack has assured the management that the great Empire state stands ready to increase it's appropriation if ne CeGsarN. oregon and Washington have appropriated s175,O00 each No vada will appropriate $100, 0,00O, New Jersey. s200,00O, West Virginia $75
 900. Missouri $10o.0OO. Indiana $90-
 900. And so it goes.
 Participation of the states is as- sured upon a scale that assures the
 greatest gathering ever made of tho people of the states. The nations Of
 the world appreciating the great work of Colonel GOethals and his assist ants at Panama are preparing to take
 part in the celebration upon an un precedented scale.
 California, as host to the worlG, is preparing to express in some meas ure her gratitude for the help freely offered after the great fire on April IS. 1906. seven years ago. Evory
 charm that the Golden state possesses and all the hospitality of it's people will be offered to contribute to tho enjoyment of the nations guests on this occasion.
 The exposition belongs as much to Arizona, to New York, any other state as it does to California. The Arizona society of California is preparing to welcome all Ari- zonans who visit the ol<len state in 1915 and to uphold the prestige of