Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-07-01
IOWA DAY A SUCCESS
Governor Clarke and His Staff
Head Big Parade.
5000 I0WANS ARE PRESENT
Great Honor Bestowed Upon Iowa And
Her Distinguished Citizens BY
California Governor And
Exposition Officials.
5000 I0WANs ARE PRESENT

Pacific International Exposition. Gov
big parade which came down through
the grounds and ended up ut Iowa
House. There never has been such .
state day in the history of the E1-
position. The principal reason for this
ID the large number Of former Iowans,
who are now residents on the west
coast. Every night train brought in
former Iowans from the South and
former Iowans from the North. and
brought some from as far east as Ne
vada, and all Of these,-about four
thousand. added to half as many real
sure enough 1owans, who are visiting
the Exposition, made an imposing ar
ray.
Governor Clarke was escorted by
troop OF United States Calvary and
q company of United States Marines,
headed by the United States Marine
Band
A great many Of the Iowans came to
the grounds early and spent the day
viewing the Exposition, using Iowa
House as headquarters. They brought
their basket lunches" which are in
digenous to this country and made
real picnic out OF it. The exercises
at the building were in charge of the
Mr.. F. T. Robson, formerly of Sioux
Bay Cities Iowa Association, of which
To the accompaniment Of the Ex-
City, is president.
position orchestra, Miss Frances
Clarke, daughter of Governor Clarke,
sang Iowa, Beautiful Land.
Mrs. Lowell White, vice-chairman
of the Woman's Board of the EXPOSE
ton, and formerly of Des Moines, was
honorary chairman. Samuel NJ Short
ridge. former Iowan, and now one
of the leading attorneys of the Pacific
coast, served as chairman of the day.
Introductory remarks were made by
w. w. Marsh, of Waterloo, chairman
of the Iowa Commission, and Emmett
FINLEY, Of Council Bluffs, member
of the Commission. Governor Hiram
w. Johnson, of California, congratu-
lated Iowa upon her magnificent show
ing in agriculture, especially, and &C
knowledged the debt California owes
to Iowa for having contributed so gen
erously to the citizenship of the gol-
den state. Addresses were made by
President c. c. Moore of the EXPOSE
ton and James Rolph, Jr, mayor of
San Francisco. Governor Clarke's
address follows
Iowa has often been referred to as
the Garden spot of the world" This
is rot simply a boast of Iowa people.
]: : a Coacensus of opinion of the
CO. 'elt cf all other States who
have visited her or come to under
stand her vast resources. 1t was the
President of Harvard University who,
speaking as representative OF these
few years ago upon great occasion,
said of Iowa. She is the garden spot
of the world. This is high authority,
coming as it does from one, cosmo-
politan in the breadth and accuracy
of his information and never given to
exaggerated or even immoderate state
ment. Conditions of heat and cold,
sunshine and rain, richness and re-
sponsiveness of soil throughout the
entire extent of her area are SO per-
fectly blended as to justify the title.
Never in her history has she failed.
Whatever may happen or has hap
pened elsewhere, Iowa never brings
anxiety to her people. The products
OF her fields, frequently lavish, and
always abundant. Like charity, Iowa
never fails. There is a sense Of Sc
curity and substantially in Iowa. In
an article in the Outlook of May 26th,
one who had been making, as he said
a searching analysis and survey OF
rural conditions North, South. East
and West referred to Iowa as THE
fat land" 1t is deeply overlaid with
fat and drips with richness. 1t has
more banks than any. other State in
the Union and more money per capita
than any other, save one, and that
one has few mines but very scant
population. The surplus and undivid
pockets of the people are made like
grain sacks and bulge with the 'coir
of the realm" The Canadians. the
Dakotans, the Coloradans, the Texans
and Californians are glad to run at
ter them, and grab up the overflow
dropping from the pockets that the
Iowan never misses. He can blu.
more valleys in the mountains ant
vaster extent of prairies and more
sunshine and climate and retain hi
Iowa lands, ever increasing in value
as a base of supplies and never-fail
ing source of income than any othe
man on earth. Practically every mai
and woman in Iowa has journeye,
back and forth to the Pacific Coas
over every line of road from tn
Southern Pacific to the Canadian Pa
cifc just to see what all the advertis
ing is about and only to return t
find that after all his own State is tn
great inexhaustible granary into whic
which through. all the coming Ger
turtles many of the mountain State