The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-11-08
GOLDEN CATE
CONTEST ON
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to someone of the other candidates.
Do you realize the magnitude of this |
exposition, "A free trip to which We
are Offering you? Do you remember |
when San Francisco and New Or
! leans were fighting to see which |
| city should have the government ap- |
proval of the exposition. San Fran
cisco raised millions of dollars in
one day for the fair? Does this not
tell you that it will be a wonderful
! fair One worthy of the occasion. |
what France failed to carry on.
! This fair is to celebrate the com
pletion of the project, bringing San
| Francisco and New York thousands
OF miles nearer each other by water
This Exposition is an epoch in the
history of the United States, and,
as it is held where the climatic con-
dit.ons are perfect, you can expect
to have the time of your life. Don't
forget that this trip is at our eX-
pense You can get on the train,
We do the rest MEET Me AT |
THE GOLDEN GATE" Let this be
your slogan.
You can expect to have the best
rim, ,.,,, ,vor I,d IN ,,,u,. lirn Van
will enjoy the long trip over the
mountains through Reno and the
Snow Sheds, down Blue Canyon and
Dutch Flats to Colfa1, where the lit
tie narrow gauge train carries pas
sengers off up through the mountains
/ to Grass Valley. Near where the
first gold tmined in California was
dug, then down through the pictur-
| esQue valley through Auburn and
Sacramento, on to Benicia and Port
Costa where the train is ferried |
across the Sacramento river at its !
mouth, and thence around the point
into the city of Oakland.
Perhaps the party may choose the
Feather River route. as this is one
Of Americas greatest sights The
train, running for miles hundreds
of miles above the river, avoiding
the snow sheds, and passing through |
Oroyile, Cal, where one of the great |
sights is witnessed. Great dredges |
have dug up the ground to a depth |
of some twenty five feet, pilng rocks !
up twenty to thirty feet high, sitting
out the gold This work has eX-
tended nearly around the town for
distance of perhaps twenty miles. |
Here. too. are found the early orange |
groves of Butte county, the fruit |
from which is always found in mar
ket places weeks ahead of its sister
counties in the southern part of the
state.
From Oroyille, the drop is gentle,
and the sights through the Sacra-
mento valley ones of beauty On
this route one sees a part of the |
San Joaquin valley as the road |
follows the valley south from Sacra
mento to Lodi. the home of the |
Tokay grape, on to Stockton, then
southwark, rounding old Mount Diablo |
and coming into the Bay on the |
Mole, where you are met by the ferry |
boats which land you at the foot of
Market street, San Franciscos long
est retail street
One could write forever of the
beauties of the trip but there is a |
lot of work to be done before we go.
There are thousands OF subscriptions
to secure, thousands of due-bill books !
TO sell and in fact, thirteen weeks
Of good hard hustlng However, the
reward is worth it--yes-eyen if we
had to work half the night to win it.
trip to talk about the rest Of your
lives;a trip you cannot afford to
miss. You want to remember in or
der to win this trip, you must have
votes.
Remember that the nomination lists |
close next week. Only one more |
week to enter except by special ar
rangement with the contest manage
ment. It is. of course, fair to the !
candidates already entered to let
new ,andidates enter at any time, if
the; desire to accept the handicap
so imposed by reason of their tardi-
ness. We desire. however, to ascer-