The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-01-15
|SAN DIEGO FAIR
FORMALLY OPENED
New Years Day Marks the
Opening Ceremony
BIG SIX HUNDRED ACRE EXPOSE.
TION CLOVIS WITH LIGHTS.
Large Crowds Visit Grounds and Await
With Eargerness the Opening Of
Events.

San Diego-With the tumult of the
opening night and New Years day dim
inishing, the San Diego exposition has
settled down for its all year run y
with activities scattered over the en-
/ tire srace of GA acres With the
exception of Nevada, whose large
building is situated on the Alameda,
the western states have their build
inss along La Via de los Estados, on
| the lower plateau, and from early
morning until late at night there is
open house in all these buildings for
the entertainment of visitors from 9TH
| er sections
! The main buildings are closed at
| sunset, to allow for the installation of
fresh exhibits, but along Ell Prado, on
| which they are located, and in various
| plazas there continue special evening
events in the way of concerts and par
AIDES until midnight when the gates
are closed This rule did not oper-
ate on New Years eve. 1t was just
at midnight that President Wilson, in
Washington pressed the telegraph key
which officially opened the EXPOSE
ton, threw on all the lights at full
voltage and set off an array of fire
works at the lower end of the Plaza
de los Estados.
At that moment there broke loose
all the enthusiasm of the $4,000 peo-
pie who had been pouring through the
gates since sunset, many in carnival
costumes and all lightly clad for wan
dering about in the balmy climate of
New Years in southern California. The
babel of noise which started then did
not end until nearly sunrise, when
the crowd vanished, to come back for
the more dignified ceremonies of the
following day in which there figured
Secretary of the Treasury - McAdoo
representing President Wilson, Secre-
tary Lyman J. Gage, Count del Vale
de Salaza, representing Alfonso XIII
of Spain, Gov. Johnson of California,
Gov. Spry of Utah, Lieut.. Gov. de Baca
of New Mexico, Rear Admiral I. B.
Howard commanding the Pacific fleet,
John Barrett director of the Pan-Am-
erican Union, representing the Latin
American countries and other celebri-
ties
On the day following came the mill
tary and naval parade in which there
were representatives of all branches OF
the army, the Fourth regiment of U. S.
marines, which is stationed on the
exposition grounds, the men of the U.
S. S. San Diego Rear Admiral How
ards flagship, and large array of
semi-military and civilian organiza-
items. From Mexico came military
detachment just now unconcerned with
the revolution in the republic. twenty
miles away. From Portland, Ore,
came the Royal Rosarians with their
own band the members of the society
clad in white summer flannels. From
Utah and Idaho came delegations by
special train, and the nearer states
of the southwest sent their representa-
tiyes in imposing array
On each Monday will be a special
ceremony for one of the states of the
Union. January was Arkansas day;
a week later came Delaware day, with
January is set as the District of Col
umbia and January 25 for Georgia The
population of southern California is
made up largely of people who have
come from other states, and these
local residents supply the nucleus for
the state day celebrations. All state
societies are fully organized for this
purpose.
The "Isthmus" has achieved a not
able popularity. From sunset of Dec.
81 it has been crowded with visitors
swarming through the many amuse-
ments along it's 5000 feet of frontage.
They have spent hours in the Painted
Desert, watching the Apache, the Hopi,
and Zuni and Navajo and other Indi-
ans at work in the varied arts and
crafts. They have wandered about
among the palms and banana trees
and pineapple shops of the Hawaiian
village, listening to the singers and
ukelele players and watching the hula
dancers. They have strolled through
the streets of Japan and the depths
of underground Chinatown, and seen
other curiosities of what is asserted
by San Diego to be the greatest amuse-
street in aYnnaitinn history Tho