St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-07-03
COMMUNICATION
San Francisco, June II

EQlIUE 81. LdIldly dlolio1ls
! Dear Sir:
In a former letter / urged all C0a
templating visiting California to be
sure to include Los Angeles and th'
San Diego Exposition as one rare
sees both fairs It is assumed OF
course that San Francisco will be
visited. Without an exposition it
would be worth a transcontinental
trip; a city that a decade ago was
engulfed in a cataelysm that wound
up with a Chicago fire and from
which Phoenix like she has arisen,
more substantial and more beau
tiful, a monument to the civic pride
and courage of her people, making
that very destruction, which para
lyzed Chicheu, Quiyigua, Uxmal and
the other cities of a prehistoric
civilization in Mexico and Central
America, an incentive to her vital
ity and constructive genius.
The exposition adds a fifty mil
lion dollar attraction to the many
others offered the visitor: so vast
and expensive is the undertaking
that it may be the last in our gem
GRAFTON, hence every one who con-
templates a summer trip or other
seasonable trip is strongly urged to
go. The cost is no greater than
a trip North or East: the round trip
can be made with a ten day stay,
including everything for 1925. while
$3.50 will cover expenses Of both
expositions, on an economic basis.
THE EXPOSITION
All car lines, direct or by trans
cents fare. There are eight en-
frances, so it can be reached from
any angle. The Tower Of Jewels
is opposite the main entrance and
guide past as pronounced as it is
beautiful. The magnificent bay,
with its islands, w%arships, merchant
vessels, fishing smacks and yachts
bound it on the north. The Zone
midway plaisance) is on the east;
the state and foreign buildings. tht
live stock, race tracks and athletic.
fields lie west. The General In
formation Bureau is on the right
of the main entrance in Press Build
ing. To the right as you enter are
the gardens up to the Festival Hall,
with its monster organ, where Soul
sa's band plays and all great mn
steal events take place. To the left
of the gardens running up to and
surrounding the Horticultural Par
ace, back of the Tower on the sea
side, is the Court of the Universe.
The Palace of Manufacturers, var
led industries, transportation and
mines lie to the right. surrounding
the court of abundance.
Further to the right the maehin-
cry palace and the Southern Pa
clfic exhibit, the latter is a great
attraction with its bureau of in
In view of the close
identification of this road witt
Southwest Louisiana and our own
f. p. Battures, one Of the highest
officials in Frisco,it should receive
an early visit, besides the conyen-
it affords, in a central court
framed in trees, shrubbery and
lowers, entered through a portal
through a giant sequoia, are
. series of magnificent scenographs,
rue to nature, with waterfalls, rep
'esentlng Lake Tahoe, Crater Lake.
Ut. Shasta, Palm Canyon, ante bel
um homes on the Teche, the Ala
40, Truckee G., Roosevelt Dam,
llif Dwellers, Santa Clara, Apple
blossoms, Santa Barbara Del Monte,
yosemite and other points along
heir line.
So beautiful r these panoramas
hat it will give a taste to visit the
riginal, if the price is at hand; if
hat is lacking it will give the first
lew that the Limness art can sup
~.
Further to the right is the Zone
18th its many attractions, most Of
worth the price, some OF
so fine that a fuller descrip-
on will be given in another letter;
lch as the Panama Canal, which
on TIE gold medal and really gives
le a better and more eomprehen-
We idea of the worlds greatset
lg1neering scheme than a trip to
e canal would give, for there you
ould see it in sections. while here
~ have a birds eye view of the
hole as you cireumnavigate it in
moving platform. Another fine
traction is the Yellow Stone Park. !
which you e a great waterfall, !;
d faithful Inn, the Geysers in !
'eratlon on a stage preceded by !
moving pictures. To one
10 cannot afford to visit the Ma
NAL Park it gives a better idea
an can possoibly be conveyed by
otos or reading.
The Eden Museum has some fine
X figures, including the Kaiser,
J Holiness Pope Plus K, Won Hin
Jofre, French General,
miraL Jellico and Kitchner Of Il
artoom, the papal guard and the N
rkish harem. etc. te
he submarine exiraYanganza is fe