Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-05


and tanned as "The End of the Trail
conceived in the artist-mind of James
Earl Fraser, has so strikingly perse-
vered in his sculpture of man and
faithful steed.
California, the land of fruit and
flowers presents a pleasing contrast!
Nv impression of California is derived
from three sources: the landscape ov-
er which we journeyed; the people
whom | met; the California Building,
erected at a cost of two million, of
dementions excelling any building ev-
er erected by state or nation on EN-
position grounds, motifs taken by the
architect Thomas Burditt, from old
Spanish Missions, the California
building is d history of state ancient
and modern. An air Of mystery is
given by the presence of the Forbid
den Garden, reconstructed feature
OF the Santa Barbara Mission, over
/ looking which a statue OF Padre Juni-
nero Sierra, "Father of Missions"
stands. The motion pictures afford
a seating capacity Of two thousand
with instruction to the amount of sew
enty thousand motion picture films.
1t was here that I saw the picture of
the San Diego Exposition. The build
inps there were white with green
roofs. There are fewer buildings
there and The attendance is not so
LARGE as that of San Francisco. In
these pictures we were given view
of the lone shack in secluded spot,
where. pressed by his publishers un-
der stress Of i'll health, Harold Bell
Wright, gave the product of his bril-
liant authorship, an The Eyes of The
World" to literature Clad in inform
al garb of the rancher, he is distin-
guished by a certain nobility OF
countenance and dignity of bearing
Dressed i'm formal conventionality anc
accompanied by his family, he i'm.
presses one as a gentleman Of the ole
school. When you remember that he
came. a homeless waif, to be taken in
: to the heart and home of minister
who educated him, you marvel at the
perseverance and splendid endeavoi
OF the man.
Y The display of the industries of thu
state are accurate and vivid. You ob
r serve the growth and culture of thu
e olive. orange, lemon, grape, meloi
o and the grains. You see with wha
r. care they are harvested and how on
Y lv the best are selected for the East
j. Commissioners report which easter
E markets are not supplied, thus avoid
ing surplus commodity. In the build
ing. the displays Of ruits and bounte
Gus nuts. please your eye. But the
t, perform their destiny. They max
you hungry So perfect are they you
# thoughts are carried back into the cen
r. turtles. You wonder what the first Ed
n en- could have been
W The Sacramento Valley and Foot
% nil NDNltlCr ill(ibNt III Nhtil hA'ft-'s
10 model Of river steamboat, 9th
Sacramento river is navigable tw
re hundred miles, model of hydro-ele'
" trio power plant, mining, agricultur
n and horticulture.
r. Humbolt county features a red woo
Or followed stump, which is converted IL
III to a room, measuring three hundre
feet in height, twenty feet in diamet'
ID at the stump. The distance from ii
IF stump to the first limb was one hun
er dred fifty feet.
ad While the woman from Los Angelo
n is lauding the pretty bungalows ar
be lovely homes of her city of foliage ar
,,s flowers, the San Francisco matrt
n speaks with pride as her eyes rest
IN the Golden Gate, the beautiful ba
w and the fog encircled mountains. III
marine band is playing, IL Want
Go Back to Michigan. You have love
n -, Michigan but you also love Californi
:" Next week a continuation of this a
, teal will describe the Exposition al
the Palace of Education.
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