Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-03-18
THE SAN FRANCISCO FAIR.
(The Literary Digest.)

the victories peace While hemisphere fight
ing 'the most Titanic Of rdistory,'' the western
hemisphere is celebrating the completion of 'the greatest
achievement of peacethe Panama Canal The
ras between the chief present and the
New World thus eXpres in the Portland Oregonian is felt by
many editors who have been writing about the Panama Pacific
Exposition which opened Francisco on February 90
Thus the New York Tribune tells its readers forget the
fic the Atlantic, which has upset of per-
specve and divided sympates and contemplate
thing cover which all share the emoon-that of
deep national PRIDE This very European War; which at
first appeared deathbow to the exposition may reality
turn out to be benefit observes the Indianapolis News he
will keep thousands of foreign visitors home it
keep tens of thousands of travelling Americans also home
and San Francisco expects that large number of these will
visit the Pacific Coast time before December when the
exposition officially coses Yet the will the
something both material and sentiment York
Post "Party by of it, England Germany other
great nations not exhibitors the display of the
bay is curaed foreign visitors are cut off, But these
deficiencies hardly glarng. Individual exhibitors and
commercial bodies have made good provision for England
Germany Russia and Austria And the Evening Post con-
tnues:
Forytwo countries officially participating; four
European exposons have their relics states firms and
individuals have displays worth $35OOOOOO The visitors
who will crowd the square mile and gardens until
December will have small recall that Europe Just
now not interested in the arts of peace'
San Francisco claims that exposition has been held
on site so favored by nature It extends half miles
along and half mile back from San Francisco Bay To the
north the waters of the bay it's islands, its encrcling
mountains The city lies behind and the right Presido
is at the left and further west the Golden Gate leads
to "Pacfic boundless sea- Experts read in the San
Francisco dispatches have eleven main ex
hibit buildings its five courts pieces of statutory mural
painting and lighting effects of the most magnificent col
lection achieved The exhibit palaces 60OOO
exhibits within total of $685. 1873 feet This the
ter OF the exhibitions % and less like that other
fars only we are told bigger and inclusive mol
less remarkable is the of 500 conventions which are
to be held In the fair ground the city, by and for
permanent auditorium has been built the heart of the city
The amusement feature the oy Zone corresponding to
the Midway of the Chicago Worlds Fair.
February 20 is legal holiday in California The fair
mpOfltC
official detail and incomplete only the Interstate and
international exhibits GA joyful parade 600 San Fran
ciscans Cafonans and visitors pres through the streets of
the city to witness the official opening Exacy 2454 people
passed through the gates that opening daanoher
Before President Wilson prest the button Washington and
set the wheels of the Exposition moving by wireless eegraphy
the crowd listened Speeches Lane representing
President Wilson, Gov Johnson Mayor Rolph and exposition
officials The day. said Gov Johnson epocha as he
triumph OF San Francisco that decade laid PROSTATE and
IN ruins. Mayor Roph struck another popular kew note
when he called the exposition the biggest and job on
earth.''
The next day the San Francisco Chronicle recounted the
history of the creation of the temporary paradise recalled
how the idea to build fair that should
rate the 4O0h anniversary the discovery the Pacific
and celebrate the completion of the Panama Cana1 how
meeting in 1910 San subscribed over
ooo IN less than two hours how city and state joined
the funds for the fair without government help and
raised $l6OOOO0 the remainder of the $50OOOOO total cost
OF the exposition falling upon exhibiting counties states and
and private exhibitors how the desperate sru
gle Tor Official recognition against
how the actual work of organizing planning building and
finishing promptly done schedule to both time and
money. With all this mind Chronicle bursts forth in
this editorial paean of Triumph
"a might conception that of yours, San Francisco
which you have now brought to glorious fruition
"When poured forth from your gates yesterday San
Francisco and for the first time free from
TOLL went down the work you have you saw and
the world with exposition that embodes completely the
ultimate achievement of the Unlike any other expos
hon this not historical any than the canal just
completed 1t exhibits the best and the latest that man has
DONE It and that as an exposition of beauty
it the highest expression of great that the