The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-03-08
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sic and considerable speech making,
the day of Democratic triumph has
come, and the new administration
(made in New Jersey) is fairly
launched
The crowds have hailed the new
regime and already are melting away
under the hot fire of Washington hos
pitality, evidenced mainly by a cheer
full hand thrust into each of your
tourists pockets to see if by any
chance there may be some small
change left that you might possibly
get away with.
Rival Shows.
1t was undeniably a clever thing
for the suffragettes to do, this concen-
tration of their forces on Washington
just at this TIME, and the holding of
rival parade and celebration the day
before the new president was to be in
stalled. The ladies received a tre-
mendous ovation, and they had almost
as big an audience as the president
himself. The latter was attended by
more soldiers, but the ladies made up
a program more original and therefore
attracting a great deal of interest
and, indeed, applause. What impress
sion the demonstration made on con-
gress is somewhat doubtful. but on the
public at large it was far from un-
favorable.
Washington Hospitality.
Strangers who came to the capital
were simply astonished at the lengths
to which the people here went in their
extortion. 1t will be argued that
things were pretty bad when congress
attempted to check the highwayman-
like methods of the local people, but
congress waited too long, and its eff
forts to protect the public seemed to
be worse than half hearted. The
lengths to which the exorbitant hotel
keepers went were not half told 1t
may be true that the rates per day
were not more than quadrupled or
quintupled, but the hotels refused to
book people for the Inauguration week
except for special prices and for the
full week, as a rule, although some ac-
cepted bookings for five days. The
better hotels demanded that accommo-
dations be paid for during full week.
At one of the highest-priced hotels,
usually charging $4 and $5 room
with bath an inquiry made week or
more before the Inauguration brought
the information that there was only
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be rented for the week for $40 OF
course man could stay one day if he
so elected but the price would be
just the same-,$140. There was moth
ing that went with the room, except
the bath, and it was not represented
that the room commanded view of
/ the parade.
Another hotel, hardly accounted the
| best in town, asked $35 for single
room without bath for the week, or
+ $40 for single room with bath. A
! third-class hotel wanted $14 day for
two persons, room and meals, for a
minimum stay of five DAYS. Other
houses refused to make any reserva-
tions except on private arrangement
with the manager, and still others had
4 been booked "full up'' for weeks.
Similar policies were adopted as to the
sale of seats from which to see the
parade.
Exposition Plan.
The plan to give million and half
for a government exhibit at the
| Panama Pacific exposition is, at this
writing, embodied in an amendment
to the sundry civil bill, but the fate
of the bill is still in doubt 1t may be
remarked that this will not benefit the
San Diego exposition in any way, as
it is intended entirely for San Fran
cisco. San Diego has already arrang-
ed for some of the most interesting ex-
hibits that the government can make.
Reference has been made to them al
ready, and it is not necessary to go
into great detail about them here.
They will cost the government mere
bagatelle, for the material is largely
on hand and the various government
officials concerned are enthusiastic
over the subjects in which they are
interested.
Irrigation Miracle Worker.
Archaeology, of course, is going to
occupy a prominent place, at San
Diego, also anthropology. Ancient
peoples and their civilizations from
various parts of the new world will be
represented at the exposition. Those
who have given even the most cursory
study to this subject will appreciate
something of the richness of the ma
terial at hand, but even they will not
be able to understand the treats that
are in store for them.
Irrigation, the miracle worker of
the ages, will be demonstrated with
such great fidelity to truth that the
story told in plastic and mural art
will prove more realistic and absorb
ing than fiction. From the deserts of
Arabia, Palestine, Sahara and other
parts of the old world, as well as from
our own abandoned cities of the past,
will be brought evidences of the exo-
tie development that was possible
where the life giving waters were
poured out upon the desert soil In
Italy's new African domain the bird
men have discovered in the desert well
preserved cities that were abandoned
before the Christian era dawned. Now
they are surrounded by sand and Wis
tied only by iackals. Such treasure
fields will be drawn on to entertain
and instruct the visitors to the San
Diego exposition.
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