Imperial Valley press., 1913-06-06
SAN OIEGO'S EXPOSITION
IS NOW RECOGNIZED

SAN DIEGO. June 6.-When Presi-
dent Wilson signed the kettner bill
extending to the San Diego exposition
the same privileges and the same au-
thority granted to previous eXpositions
and to the san Francisco exposition, the
san Diego exposition at once assumed
that rank among world fairs It's scope
and character had prepared for it.
Starting with comparatively mod
est plan in 1909, in a city at thai
time Of $4,000 people, the san Diego
exposition was not taken seriously out
side the immediate circle or the city's
Influence. Steady work of prepar~
ton devotion Of capital to the amount
Of $50 per man. woman and child IN
the city. and well defined plan for
the profitable participation OF states
and governments have combined ".
place the san Diego exposition III such
a position that it now bids fair to
prove as large and more attractive tnan
the much heralded fair at San Fran
cisco. which. by the way, is not 50
, per cent as far advanced toward coin
pletion as is that al San Diego.
Since the day ground was broken in
San Diego the city has more than dou-
biad in population, Tie scope and char
acter Of the exposition has grown so
that no less than sc. 600 has been
sci aside for its completion. Many for
ibign governments as we'll as many states
have made arrangements to participate.
| The exposition itself is more than 50
per cent complete and hundreds OF
Workmen are busy with the buildings
and grounds. Most Of the buildings
are to be permanent structures and all
| are Ot be OF Spanish colonial archi-
Itpntnpp Of tho most hpantifu1 form
of all buildings.
The action just completed was not
obtained without a struggle. II has
been three years since San Diego first
asked the government to take official
cognizance OF her exposition project.
The opposition of persons swho have
since seen the error of such opposi-
| ton prevented such recognition al
most to the last, and even in the
last few days the San Francisco eX-
position sought to.preyent Tie passage
of the Kettner bill!
San Diego has never had a Thought
of competing with San Francisco for
patronage at her exposition. She has
| held ali along that the scope and char
acter of the two eXpOsitions are so
entirely different that there can be no
competition. While others have de-
voted thT time to attempting to dis
! Sudne anu tear OOWn the WORK Sne Is
doing. san Diego has gone steadily for
ward with her project until now. with
the government recognizing her expo
sition, placing it on exactly the same
| footing with that at San Francisco and
with previous eXpOSitiOnS, San Diego is
in position TO extend TO exhibitors, be
they government, state or private, more
actual benefit from participation thar
they can possibly derive from the Sar
Francisco exposition.
The government wilt be represented
at San Diego with exhibits from prac-
tically every bureau and department
Many states will be represented witt
special buildings, especially those tha
offer opportunities to settlers and in
vestors. One of the greatest Of exhib-
its Will be that of the history and pro-
cess of the use of water for agricultural
and industrial purposes. Home build
ing, farm building, as done in the
Americas, will be shown in section:
that will give each state and countr,
in North and South America a chance
to exhibit what it has best to offer t.
the land hungry man from the Eas
and Europe.
With a group Of beautiful building.
set in a perfect landscape, surrounded
by wealth of trees. vines and flower.
never before seen in America, eacf
building filled with most interestins
exhibits of vital human interest, at tn,
first United States port on the Pacifi,
north of the Panama canal, authorizes
by the government, San Diego's exposi
ton is certain to be one of the worlt
famous events, and beneficial to all.