The Nome daily nugget., 1915-06-03
(Continued from yesterdayO

 in Europe has interfered but little with the plans of the European nations so far as the exposition is concerned. All being friendly toward the United States, they have all almost without exception. paused long enough in the heat of battle and the grim struggles in the trenches to carry out their pro mise in regard to the California fair Most of them have erected handsome and imposing buildings
 The Panama Pacific International Exposition has the distinction of being the only worlds exposition of conse- quence that was ready on time and that opened it's gates to the public on the date set for the formal opening.
 When. on February 20. 1915, Presi- dent Wilson, in the White House at Washington, pressed the little black button that set loose the electrical cur rents that, hurrying across the contin- ent, set in motion the machinery in the
 
 machinery, the exposition was com plete and ready. Only nine years from the time of the greatest disaster that ever befell modern city, San Fran cisco not only had been rebuilt but had in commemoration of her reconstruc- ton and of the completion of the Pa nan tn1 nit that has no equal in the world, and never did have
 San Francisco is located on the western edge of the continent Between her and the more populous centers of the United States intervene thousands of miles of hill and plain, mountain and desert. Except for her own state and the states of Washington and Oregon to the north, there is no populous com monwealth near her She has no great back country upon which to draw. as other exposition cities have had.
 In addition to that, the Panama Pa cifc International Exposition was
 
 earlier in the year than the opening date of any previous exposition. Judg- Ing from past experience. therefore relatively small attendance might have been looked for during the early months, at least
 But California had confidence in her a
 mild as May in the East. And the world knows California
 The confidence of California and ot san Francisco. was justified From the very beginning the people came. At the end of the first thirty days the automatic stile registers showed that more than two million people had vis- tied the exposition. No other exposi- sion has reached this mark within five weeks after it opened. And the at tendance at the Panama Pacific In- ternational Exposition is regular. There are no "off days" when the at tendance drops far down. Only once or twice has the number registered by the counting machines fallen below 10000 in a day. On the opening day 245.OO0 were present-and this not withstanding the fact that the weather was threatening.
 From now on the exposition is as- sured of good weather seven days in the week. For in California, where there is no cold weather, except in the high Sierras. the rain comes all at once. during the winter months. They ceased almost simultaneously with the opening of the exposition and will hardly begin again before it closes on December 4th. How many millions will visit the exposition before that time is problematical, but the estimate is raising daily with the constantly increasing attendance. No former exposition ever had the glorious setting that the Panama Pa ciic International Exposition has. Only two years ago there was the low lying northern beach of the city a l swampy tract of ground, much of it l inundated by the daily tides, a part of it occupied by noldescript buildings | Except for the view from it., there was nothing of the beautiful about it. | But the dredgers and drainers and niiers did their work Today there arises on this tract of ground a city the like of which has never been seen oefore' As glittering centerpiece, there pierces the sky the magnificent Tower Of Jewels-a great diamond about which are set the other precious stones of the exposition. Immense exhibit palaces are so arranged as to make the most of the tonoerobb,, nn