The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-09-02


sion of California ard the great expo
sitions at San yrancisco and San
Diego is difficult undertaking. So
many Of our people have been to the
Pacific coast this year and have seen
the state in it's gala dress with its
throngs of visitors, as well as the
expositions and their masterful set
ting. that to say anything new about
them is a puzzling proposition, es-
peciaily to one who has given them
only cursory glance. They are trite
subjects and any endeayor to por-
tray them is no easy matter 1t
would be as hard of achievement and
as paradoxical as "the carrying of
Goals to Newcastle"
Both California and the exposition,
however, are worthy of an inspection
from the world at large. They are
distinctive and well worth while. The
visitor VIII find in both OF them much
to attract his attention and command
his wonder and admiration. Califor-
mia is a state of immense proportions
when measured in statute miles and
hardly less astonishing in its pro-
ducts. whether of the field or the fac
tory. There are but few. If any. areas
in all of the civilized world where ma
ture is more lavish in its gifts, or
where man has done more to make
them subservient to his use. There is
within its borders variety of clim-
ate and resources unrivalled. perhaps,
By any other commonwealth In the
Union and nowhere have they been
better commercialized to promote the
cause OF civilization and contribute
to the welfare of mankind.
California. however. is not the Edo
rado Of the dreamer and neither gold
nor success are to be had for the ask
ing. The struggle for bread there is
as keen as IL is elsewhere. perhaps.
a little keener than It is in some 9TH
er sections OF the country. Orange
growers on the Pacific coast. no less
than the apple growers OF Colorado
and Michigan. have their troubles,
and. in common with the rest OF man.
kind, occasionally feel the pinch Of
hard times Diversified horticulture
has. TO some extent. improved condi-
lions there and English walnuts In
some localities are superceding the
orange A. the more profitable crop.
The laborer and the mechanic, like
the orchardist and the rancher. do not
always find in California the fulfill
ment OF their ambitions and there
are hungry men and women there. as
there are everywhere else.
Southern California is one of the
show places OF the United States and
the irrigable territory around Los An
geles is one OF the most careful and
intensive cultivation. There are thriv-
ing towns and villages on every hand,
but in spite of the booster and the
optimism OF the real estate agent.
there are men and women who look
longingly back to the old home in
Missouri. or in Iowa. Illinois. Ohio
and in New England. Men cannot
live npon climate. nor subsist on beau
tiful surroundings. There must be
adequate returns for the investment
of capital and demand for labor,
and these are no more alluring in
California than they are in Colorado.
Nebraska or Kansas.
The expositions at San Francisco and
San Diego are marvels OF beauty and
are housed with magnificence such
as no others. perhaps have been. eth.
er in this country or abroad. The
skill Of the architect and the land