Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-10

n sho,ld Avnrvbna nlan vvh0 makea thu
ltrln .acro.s the continent. but va
glad to have seen the one at san
Diego frst. That show excited my
/ curicsity before started for I could
see no reason on earth for having two
worlds fairs In California in the same
year ecexpt that San Diego and SOUTH
ern California could not afford to III
still and let the tourists 70 by them.
To PASS up the tourist In southern
| California would seem like asking Iowa
to miss one wears corn crop 90 that
Minnesota could obtain Z better price,
The big show is at san Francisco. It
received recosnition and aid from our
national government ana most OF the
states and foreign governments are
represented there, while few in COM
parison, are at San Diego. What then
i was there at Sc. Aesn and was II
worth while? II Was. It ID well worth
the side trip and IL not expensive. It
IL not, however, 4 worlds fair. It 10 q
San Diego and southern California ex-
position for II fairly hreathes with
emotion in it, call to the tourist to
come to the land or eternal spring,
where all 10 TO be sunshine and
flowers and the fountain OF youth In to
now HNHAVaH
Alphabetically there vas probably
never an exposition M beautiful "a
Interesting 20 clean ana 40 attractive
a. the grouping Of Spanish buildings
amid Rardens Of tropical yerdure. In
side the exhibits were few and small
as compared to worlds fairs in general
but one was content to 70 about amid
the gardens And rest outside where the
{ z
OF structures stirred him with the
the pigeons swarmed In great nocks to
be fed from the hands OF visitors, while
q Spanish toreador sold the feed at s
head ana shoulders While he made
with pigeons was n regular n nay.
ing admission 1t the rates.
And promptly At $50 each afternoon
melody in the opeu Air for John D.
Spreckels, child Of the sugar trust. the
man who built San Dfexo. has pre-
scented the fair and san DIEGO with the
only out of-doors. OMEN air pine orGan
IN the world. II cost him 500. 900 and
is to remain after the fair Ia zone q
booster for the sunshine and out door
life at San Diego. In fact the whole
group OF exposition buildings has been
built to stay and San DIEGO hopes to
land college TO occupy its exposition
buildings permanently when the pres
ent season Is paused. Several OF its
buildings have been constructed Of
steel and concrete for permanent
museums. while the others are Of
frame. covered with platter ON metal
lath and viii be az durable az the
modern residence which In now most
generally built IN the same way.
Il X Ne passjns ehSw.
San Diego had to 20 It almost alone
with her fair but It Is q marvel to sec
what 4 town the size OF Dies Moines
has done for itself with help only from
the state Of California, q few OF its
northern counties and a few other
states and foreign exhibitors. was
told that her citizens had invested
q. 500 600 in the fair. but they had one
weather eye on the future Of San Diego
as well. To. begin with they began
three years ago on q rough, precipitous
hillside, which had been donated TO the
city as Balboa park but which was al
most impossible to man or beast in its
natural estate. Out OF II they made a
park Of 400 acres az perfectly inn
proved ~ the best In Chicago or New
York City. The park il theirs for
keeps. In the center Of It they placed
their exposition and most OF that 10
to stay there. High upon the noun
tain foothill. overlooking its own
canyons, then the city and out across
the bay the site itself 10 scenic in its
efYect and beautiful all ~ the time