The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-03-28
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OSett1 TIP VIII pc feature oA Ahe
outing Of 1915 that Will be briehi
spot in memory through life.
AT San Francisco as much time
las circumstances perm&t may be
spent at the great opposition there,
and then the journey is resumed,
either By rail or water, to San DIEGO.
thus in trip aieng one side OF tic
triangle visiting the extreme north
west and the extreme southwest OF
tha nation. Our exposition here Is
to be so essentially different in ~
most every detail that few trayeiers
will visit one without visiting the
other. Our exposition is to be one
in action showing not what people do
by display Of products, but how
they do things, by display OF pro-
cesses. / think the very novelty OF
our plan is its greatest drawing
power.
This marks the secc1d turn OF
the triangle 4 have in mind, and here
the trail turns eastward homeward.
II wonder how many people realize
that within few decades their OPP
portunity to see the great desert
places OF the Southwest will have
passed! We must not forget that
the Irrigation of the desert has
passed the experimental stage, and
that the passing of the desert
through its reclamation is as certain
as is future time. In the deserts to-
day. t!ckled by irrisestysl, are won
drously productive spots. They are
prophetic of the time when the
seeker for the American desert VIII
the future will not find any desert
I'm Arizona and New Mexico are
found things of rarest interest. Here
are the remains of civilization,
crude though it. was. that existed
thousands of years ago. The rough
irrigation systems then built are elo-
.quent promie of the great works OF
today. The rude houses Of this van
ished race are the foundation IN
part of the architectural theme of
our exposition. After leaving this
dand of mystic romance the way
leads, the traveller back home
through rich fields.
Think of such variety Of en-
tertaining features, all found in one
trip! Such a trip reveals the natur-
al wonders, the vastness, the re-
sources and the resourcefulness, OF
the West, 1t brings to view spread
ing wheat tields in the Middle West.
the majestic forests of the North
west, the richness of lands in
precious minerals. at touches two
great expositions; 1t threads a way
through an empire made waste now
being redeemed by mans pluck and
enterprise and ingenuity.
For those OF longer purse and
more time there will be the trip
through the Panama canal, from the
Atlantic or Gulf ports, to the Pa
ciiic seaboard. Doubtless THOUSANDS
will visit the coast in 1s15fby this
route, but probably it is safe to as
sumo that the vast majority of the
multitude that will wend its way TO-
ward the setting sun two years from
now will employ the idea OF swing
around the triangle. IN some of its
possible notifications. / think this
will be the route of the average in
formation seeker during -s15.
q repeat, however, that the
American people have never had,
! and, may never have afterward, an
opportunity to see so much OF life
and the scenic grandeurs of the
West, at SO little expense, either of
! time or money. as will be presented
in 1915. With all these things &c
attract, travel is certain to be of i'm
mcnse volume"