Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-04-07
EXPOSITION LETTER.
Spring in Caiifornia-Formal Dedi-
cation of Exposition.
From THE AMERICANS special Exposition
correspondent.

Norman 4. Mack was presiding officer.
| The usual bronze plaque was presented by
C. {. Moore, president OF the exposition.
| Cossasa and his band of forty men fur
| nished the music.
! 1t was an ideal day.. The exercises we're
held on the lawn-and piazza OF this beau
tiful building. Its front, draped with
| flags, made picture long to be remem-
Aered. Ex-vice President Fairbanks was
an interested on locker, but took no part
| in the ceremony. These state buildings
are used for social purposes. The families
of the commissioners live in them.
| At luncheon that day l sat next table
to the family of John X. Gale, who has
three beautiful daughters, while Hon.
Norman Mack has two, and these young
people are certainly enjoying all their
privileges, If one is to judge by the papers
as well as in watching them, for it is
| teas, dsnsants, ETC., and all the smart set
of San Francisco. vie with each other to
provide unique entertainments for the
eastern visitors.
Several OF the most beautiful OF The
state buildings are to be taken over by the
government to be used in connection with
officers quarters of the Presidio. talked
with one of the commissioners OF the
Massachusetts, building, and he said the
building would he for sale after the ex-
position was over, but that he had no idea
of what use it would be put to.
When one realizes that ali this was
waste land five years ago, it seems in
credibleto see it now-trees, full grown,
have been Get out - an avenue
of palms more than mile in
length. These palms are at least thirty
years old, and all growing finely.
This manner OF filling in is wonderful.
saw this same work being done over at
Mare island. A huge machine takes up
the mud and rock from river bed in
manner similar to what we see in a
dredger, and forces il through a huge pipe
sometimes for several hundred feet. This
pipe is run through water to the place to
be filed, cement retaining wall having
first been built. Nearly all this land for
the exposition was made in that way.
am sure no other site could have been
sofavora BILE, for it matters not how hot the
the porches Of the various state buildings.
and it matters not if one be from Maine
or Missouri, the generous hospitality is
never lacking.
The battleship Oregon, in which all San
Francisco feels such pardonabie pride,
lies just off the Oregon building, and it
was the boys from this ship who grappled
sor md hranubf ~, y,cnr Raa,hv az so x,,,.ad
into his fatal taube. The moving pictures
of that terrible accident were being given
inside of week after its occurrences
most gruesome form of entertainment, but
one can not escape these machines, and
cones upon them in every place.
In Los Angeles there are thousands Of
people, real colonies, employed just In the
manufacture of moving pictures. 1.-THE
Clansman" was all produced in that
section, which, with its wonderful scenery,
is so well adapted 10 this kind of work.
At many OF the hotels / came upon these
people in all sorts of native costumes
native to the play they were producing;
and they have whole menageries, too.
am depressing from my subject, but /
want to tell the readers OF THE AMERICAN,
who are yet in the lap OF winter, some
thing OF the beautiful spring in Cali
forna. The hills are thickly carpeted
with green, and it is the richest green You
could ever imagine. Wild flowers have
already risen above the grass, and in
many places the poppy, with its bright
yellow, dominates the color scheme. The
skies are SO blue! The cherry, peach and
apple orchards are in full bloom. To-day
motored through miles and miles OF
orchard on the other side of the bay. In
many places the cherry blossoms had
blown into little drifts against the walls,
and the air was delicious with the pungent
odors of blossoms.
One almost forgets that there is a great
exposition acting as a magnet for visitors
from all lands when one is travelling
through these orchards, for these alone
are surely worth coming many miles to
see. And yet, in very short time, all this
beautiful green will have turned sere ard
brown. California gets its rain, and then
all is SO beautiful, but after the scorching
sun has done its work, give me dear old
Maine with its refreshing rains, and it's
months and months of verdure.
Saturday, March 20-This has been the
most perfect summer day, just such day
as we of Maine get in June. To-day l
was asked what state came from, and 1
answered, 1.-THE State of Maine" The
person with whom / was talking said
'sWhy do people from Maine say, Il am
from the State OF Maine'?" l, too, won
der why we say il, for we certainly do. !
have heard it remarked upon before. One
never hears from the estate OF Massachu-
se;ts".
The Palace OF Agriculture was first on
my list. Some idea of the immensely of
this department may be gained when'i it is
stated that the floor area covers eight
acres, and in addition to this floor space,
three acres outside the building are de-
voted to displaying the heavier impie-