The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-04
GEN. v. H. H. BEADLE
WRITES OF MEXICAN WAR
MOVEMENTS AND THE SAN
FRANCISCO EXPOSITION.

San Francisco, Cal, April %
To the Editor: The one dominant
interest and subject of talk is the
prospective war with Mexico and
here we see much more of that and
the preparations for it than you do
in Madison. For instance, ii was a
rare pleasure to les the handsome
cruiser South Dakota steam into
and out of the harbor here and go
under full steam for the west coast
of Mexico. 1t was loaded 10 its ca
pacity with men, guns, munitions.
provisions and other war material.
1t was pictured handsomely in the
papers and spoken of in favorable
terms. Thousands of troops were
shipped from here by rail and steam
er to points on the Mexican border
and to join the main body at Calves
ton and elsewhere. There were some
very interesting scenes and events.
The dates for marriages were an
ticipated and for divorces; they
were urged for immediate judment.
The songs that were sung were very
different from those old time but
sentimental as well. One | had new
er heard before was Goodbye, Dolly
Gray, worth while, too. Happily
the prevailing opinion is that there
will be no actual war.
Nc n can visit San Francisco
and avoid seeing and hearing about
the exposition of 1915. The pre-
parations for it are remarkably ad-
yanced and excellent. There will be
apparently a universal readiness for
the reception of the exhibits and the
people; some of the buildings are
well advanced toward completion
and they are very large and prom
Use to be very fine. Take the ma
chinery building, it is wonderful in
size and advancement. So vast is
its accommodation that an ordinary
a~eroplane rose and circled and per-
formed other maneuvers within it:
other buildings are as remarkable.
One will hold audiences of 10000
or $4,000 without difficulty. The eff
feet on the city will be very marked
in the appearance of SO many new
structures, very many of which are
10 remain permanently. The states
are erecting buildings of their own
quite generally but South Dakota is
omitted from that list. Certainly
the forecast for the exposition sur
passes that of any ever held and one
longs to see it i'm full development
and crowded with visitors.
The April climate has been very
fine and March was reported as
equally good. / arrived here on
March 31st and have seen from that
day till now a wonderful growth of
flowers and shrubs that made one
think il was midsummer. | noted the
names of a number of them: Begin
ming somewhat in their order, there
We're, the primrose, the myrtle, the
lilies, the walllowers, the callas, the
tulips. violets and geraniums like
considerable shrubs, d%affodils, Cali
fornia peoples, roses in great num-
bers, ~honeysuckle, carnations, hell
otropes in their fine lavender shades,
hyaeinths, hydrangeas, pansies, blue
bells, acacia and more. / have never
seen flowers SO fine as those now
here. The trees of many kinds are
equally interesting. 1t surely seems
that visitors can come to the expo
sition very early in the season and
enjoy it. There will be flowers of
wonderful variety and great beauty
from the opening day to the closing.
Every foresight has been taken to
have them ready and in growth and
bloom at the appointed hour.
| cannot use your space for per-
sonal matters but | go Immediately
to Eugene, Oregon, 709 Hilyard
street, where | will make a long Wis
it with my daughter, Mae, and her
family. w. III. III. Beadle.