El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-17


OF the globe The occasion will be'thc
official opening Of the Panama canal.
Inc OBJECT viii &c to inform the world
OF the Sratness OF California. in par
ucular. and of Pacific America in gen
eral. From the dawn to the twilight
OF 1915 the cities Of san Francisco ana
san Diego with their two eXpositions
viii make the year a red blOtch of
achievement and entertainment on old
Father Times drab calendar.
Two Big Expeditions.
san franclscO within its Golden
cate, and san Diego, nesting in the
arch of its own Silver Gate. expect TO
snow the human race the greatest in
ternatiOnal tWO-rinEed circus eve.
staged More than that. they think
their combined efforts will produce tho
universal Circus AiaXimus So il will
II an outlay of $4,000, 900 and 10000
UOO tons Of energy and brains count
lot lot anything. Their motto now is.
think it viii be: California. the State
that Made Panama Famous"
california mas been planning to as
tonlsh the world in signal way since
1909, when the idea of celebrating the
Panama achievement in proper form
was first preached definitely Dy q. y
davidson, then president OF the San
Diego Chamber Of commerce. Out OF
Lnat thought is growing the Panama
Pacific International exposition at San
francisco and the Panama-C California
exposition at san Diego. Never before
has one state tried to do two such big
things at once.
san Francisco Spends Millions.
President Charles c. Moore and his
assistants hope to create the greatest
worlds fair in history in the Panama
Pacific international exposition ut San
Francisco. It viii open February %
and close December 4, 1915. The area
iii be So acres, about the same as
the Chicago exposition. but with
greater floor space for exhibition DUR
poses. testimony ~
exhibitors was that the st. Louis fair
OF 1903 was spread over altogether too
much ground The san Francisco fair
VIII cost about S5O.OOO,0Oe. The CitI-
Zens Of California subscribed $1,000
600; the state appropriated $4,000. 600.
and the city OF san Francisco issued
bonds for 100000 Several millions
OF dollars viii be raised by the s.
counties Of California for their individ-
ual displays. Fully 50 foreign nations
Will send costly exhibits, and all the
great commercial concerns Of thu
world, without reference to color or
creed, viii spend large sums in the
advertisement Of their wares.
All Nations TO Participate.
ChrOnO.Ogically the story of the san
Francisco fair is Authorized by acs
Of congress January 81 1911; first
spadeful of earth on the exposition
site turned by president Taft OcroH,- -
Il, 1911; authorized to include in its
area the adjoining military reserNn
ton by act Of congress January IS.
1912. heralded before the world by
presidential proclamation dated Feb
ruary >, 1872 as a universal exposition
to which all nations were invited to
send exhibits and visitors. The actual
construction work on the main build
ings viii begin in July of this year and
must .be finished within one year
The fleets Of all the great nations
win assemble in Hampton Roads, Vir-
Ginia, in January or February, 1915.
Their commanders will be received in
Washington by president Wilson. The
president viii return TO Hampton Roads
with them and there Will review the
greatest international naval display in
history After which the fleets will
proceed to San Francisco via the Pan
ANA canal. and the fair viii open
February 20. closing December T..
Site and Climate Favorable.
Occasion. site and climate VIII com
bine to help San Francisco make good
its boast that the coming exposition
will be the best ever attempted All
other worlds fairs have cOmmemOrated
some historic event Of the past The
Panama-Pacific International eNpOSi-
ton will be a distinctive adjunct Of the
opening of the Panama canal an event
not only historic, not only Of natiOaal
Importance but one of great interna-
tiOnal moment and an event of the
world
The location Of the fair grounds on
the shore Of san Francisco bay, with
a frontage Of over two miles, facing
the playground OF the navies OF the
world as they 90 their part In the eN-
position program. is an advantage
which no other fair has enjoyed in this
country.
The climate will enable the exposi-
ton to stay open from winter to win
ter with a temperature averaging 50
degrees throughout the entire nine
and One-half months Fully half OF
that time the weather will be ideal for
the thousands of families who viii live
in tents in the hooks around the bay
while they visit the fair in an easy
going fashion.
Eleven Palaces of Exhibits.
Eleven great palaces Of exhibits will
be built--fine arts, education, social
economy liberal arts, manufactures and
varied Industries, machinery. trans
pOrtatiOn, agriculture. live stock. hOrti-
culture, mines and metallurgy. They
will form the center OF the exposition
and will be connected by a series or
courts, the central one to be 5O0X9O0
feet. Green vines and flowers will
predOminate instead OF the CHASTITY IN
adorned plaster walls so common in
previous eNpOsitiOns. The foreign and
state exhibits will stretch along the
shore. The Midway of the Golden
Gate which Will be the amusement
lar nature, Will be on the other side and
will reach almost into town.
\ great feature viii be that the fair
will be selectiye and not collective
Quality will be the aim. not quantity.
A new departure viii be a palace de-
voted to social science in which will he
shown with great completeness the
progress of the world in the uplift or
humanity.
World Congress to BE Held.
COrrelative with the exposition Will
be the first session of the Congress Of
Confederate Nations Of the World 1t
is planned to have only the greatest
men Of the world in that body. and
they will discuss the vital problems of
all nations. What more appropriate
time than the opening of the water
course which will unite the worlds
great maritime highways What bet
fer place than the city whose enter
prise brings the American people face
to face with the greater problems and
opportunities OF the orient and Latin
American over so years ago William
II Seward said The problems of the
future are to be solved upon the shores
of the Pacific" These conferences
may prove preliminary steps toward
universal peace and a world confed-
Grafton.
san Diego 70 Have 8f2 Fair.
San DiegO's Panama California eS-
nosition was born on August %. 1909
when G. a. Davidson. then president /
of the city chamber Of commerce. IS
sembled the directors and told them
DIEGO was no ,ronar- Mac.