Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-06-19
would pass m usterLb1t the display

would pass muster-but the display
1t is an actual fact that our .Trego
county fair Of last September has got
1t beaten = mile There was nothing
but grain and it was of an inferior
variety A map of the state and the
Kansas seal made of seeds of the
different kinds of grain, such as mil
let, wheat, oats, milo maize, etc.
were the two best Things we saw.
Otherwise the rest is downright
shabby and any true Kansan would
rather Kansas had never been repre-
sented At all than TO be represented
in the guise in which she appears at
this Exposition We heard many
sighting remarks and could not
repudiate them for they we're true.
Where the fault lies we are not pre-
pared to say At this writing, but
there is fault, somewhere and Kansas
is too great a,state to allow. herself
to be SO utterly misrepr esented as she
is where thousands can see her shame.
The exhibits in the other state
buildings were gorgeous and be&uti-
full, and contrasted strangely with
the meager display of Kansas. The
grounds of the Exposition are ideally
lovely and is most beautifully laid out.
The botanical gardens were magnif-
cent. The California building and
the county buildings of Santa Clara,
and TulaTe were wonders
in their extensive exhibits. The arts
and crafts buildings we're fine as also
was Science Hall. We saw a genuine
torpedo and we're shown its mechan-
ism and its deadly mission. In this
building were all the appliances of
modern warfare and it makes one
shudder when they realize how
man can become through
invention. There were great shingles
from northern California that looked
as though a dozen would shingle an
ordinary sized bungalow easily. A
great trunk of red wood permiItedsa
horse and buggy to pass through with
ease. The San Diego Exposition is
very beautiful and a great deal of
and work was put into it by
the San Diego people and they de-
serve much credit. To compare it
with San Francisco is an unfair thing
to do as the one at San Francisco is
international. We enjoyed our visit
to San Diego and the Exposition very
much and it will inger as a pleasant
memory for many days to come. We
returned to Los Angeles our head
quarters for our. sight seeing trips,
on the steamer, President, and had a
nights ride at sea- which we all en-
joyed very much.
On the first day of May, Los An
geles gave its annual LaFiesta parade
a most gorgeous floral parade spr7
passing the Tournament of Roses at
Pasadena on New Years. The floral
electrical parade at night is one OF
the most beautiful things one can
desire to look upon, just one mass of
floral floats beautiful girls and coIored
lights combined in most charming
effects. We are enjoying our trip
for the past two months |
the weather has been ideal, no rain,
plenty of sunshine and cool enough
for comfort, The markets still a.
bound in an endless variety of fruit
and vegetables and they are very
cheap. Californians are great
boosters, but they have great deal
TO boost for and after all booster in
any country isn't such bad thing.
AS to the dishonesty of the Califor-
nia real estate man, while one hears
a good deal of joshing about it he is
no different than the man from the
other state, for it is really matter
Of the individual rather than of the
locality. California has the finest
made roads of any state in the union.
and hundreds of miles of
these made roads connect city after
city, mountain and sea shore, and
glide along as though
over a mirror. A fifty mile
ride over one of these roads is SO
quickly completed that one scarcely