The Brinkley argus., 1913-05-30
.WONDERSOF THE WORLD
Will Be Shown at America's Great Celebration at
 San Francisco in 1915.
The Magnicence and Grandeur of the Panama-Paclc h. ternatona Exposition Cannot Be Adequately Described-A
 Gathering of the Nations of the World.

permit the setting out and planting in the grounds and courts of several hundred thousands of rare trees plants and shrubs now being grown in nurseries.
 Early next fall the sightseer 1n San Francisco will be enabled to looR from the rim of the enctrcllng hills at Harbor View down upon the ex' position city and see the buildings ID progress of construction. To the west he may look out to the Golden Gate and to the islands in the Pacinc beyond. To the north he will see the stream of traffic that passes before the exposition site.
 Easy of Access.
 One may easily reach the exposi- tion in twenty minutes from the Ferry building The site of the ex' position, at Harbor View, lies within the city limits as crescent upon the shores of San Francisco bay, just In side the Golden Gate. No more pic turesque location, nor one more ap- propriate to the celebration of great maritime event, could be imagined On the south, east and west it is en- circled by towering hills with vary. ing contours rising successively from 250 to 300 feet above sea level, like theater. Upon the north the site opens out upon the harbor of San Francisco. The panorama at Harbor View recalls the famous Riviera upon the shores of the Mediterranean. In the harbor before the site lies Alca prison whose white walls are reflect ed in the waters of the bay. Beyond are the hills of Marin county rising up into the hundreds and in some in stances into the thousands of feet with Mount Tamalpais, loftiest of all its summit often shrouded with 8 turban of fog upon which the sur shines as upon a vast bank of snow as background. for the setting.
 The central portion of the site lies slightly above the sea and is encircled on three sides by gently slopins
 
 the boundaries of the site these slopes change to steep hillsides an6 thus the center becomes the floor oi huge amphitheater from whose sides the exposition will be seen stretched out below. To the east and soutf the residence section encircles the exposition grounds, and to the west and southwest the site is embraced by the wooded slopes of the Presidic military reservation, dark with cy press and eucalyptus and interspersed with occasional vistas of green val leys
 All told the site comprises 625 acres; 1t is two and one-third miles in length with a maximum width oi one-half mile. It's frontage upon the harbor will be approximately two miles and further from the bay 1t will extend another one-third mile. Fort Mason. military post, occupying g corner upon the extreme east anC along the bay.
 Faces the Bay.
 The exposition buildings built upon an east and west axis will face the bay upon the north; they will parallel the stream of the great incoming traf fic of the world through the western gate of the United States. The har bor itself will be part of the great theater upon which will be staged the worlds jubilee and the Golden Gate will be the entrance to the the ater.
 A. marvellous panorama will be af forded visitors on ships coming through the Golden Gate. As one 1 looks from the harbor he will see three main groups of exposition buildings. There will be the grea, central group comprising the fourteen exposition palaces to be devoted to general exhibits; there will be the group upon the left hand or east and | devoted to amusement concessions and covering sixty-five acres; this will be the midway" The right hand group upon the Presidio mill. tary reservation and nearest the Gold. en Gate will be devoted to the pa. vilions of the states and foreign gov.