PANAMA PACIFIC
EXPOSITION NEWS
SAN FRANCISCO.—While the city
uf San Francisco lay in ruins, and the
air still quivered with the heat of its
unextinguished embers, and hundreds
uf thousands of Its people were home
less, its citizens began the planning of
the great International exposition. In
the fall of 1906, only a few months
after the great fire that destroyed the
entire business and manufacturing
section of the city and much of the
residence part, action was taken by
the legislature looking toward the
holding of an exposition In San Fran
cisco. In December of the same year
an exposition company was Incorpor
ated.
Today, only nine years after the
great fire, the greatest international
exposition in the history of the world
Is being held in San Francisco.
It .was on April 18, 1906. that an
earthquake that damaged the city
water mains and shut off the water
supply was followed by the fire that
within seventy-two hours had laid the
city in ruins, wiped out its business,
rendered homeless a great proportion
of its people and made money so scarce
that for weeks millionaire and pauper
stood side by side in the bread line,
neither able to buy tht' food necessary
to keep him alive.
On February 20, 1915, the Panama
Pacitllc International Kxposition threw
open its gates to the world—and the
world responded.
Thai city that less than nine years
before lay in ashes is today host to
the nation and to all the nations.
And the exposition, great as it is—•
and, as before stated, it is the great
est in the history of expositions—is
only in keeping with the greatness of
the city that has produced it.
For San Francisco of 1915, the new
San Francisco, is a bigger, better, more
beautiful San Francisco that the old
city of "Before the Fire.” It is a
richer, more prosperous city, with a
larger imputation, tiner buildings, more
imposing public improvements.
And beyond all else, it is a city of
hope and confidence, for it has been
tried and found not wanting. It has
passed through flame and came out
unscratched. It has been razed to the
• ground and has arisen undismayed.
The acid lest of adversity has been ap
plied to its people and thpy have re
mained untarnished.
San Francisco, hacked by California
and the nation, has built the great ex
position not in boastfulness but
thankfulness. The lofty towers
sparkling in the sunlight, the colossal
buildings filled with the best that the
world produces the glittering lagoons,
beautiful gardens, exquisite sculpture,
hut herald to the world that San Fran
j cisco has arisen from her ashes, more ;
glorious than ever before and filled
with gratitude to her sister states and
to tlie nations of the world that, when
'she was in distress, so generously
(showered upon her of their wealth and
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plenty.
"California Invites the world" Is the
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motto of the exposition. And that In- i
vttation carries with It a wealth of |
hospitality and gratitude.
The exposition was really conceived
more than two years before the great
fire. In a letter to the hoard of di
rectors of the Merchant's Association
of San Francisco, dated January 12,
Hint, Ft. R Hale, one of the directors,
who today Is a vice-president of the
exposition, said:
"Is the time not ripe for us to con
sider a World’s Exposition In 1915?
Five years of active preparation would
leave us six years to develop Interest
In a propostton of Immense magnitude
St. Fouls raised $5,000,000 by private
subscription, $5,000,000 by municipal
bonds and received $5,000,000 from the
government of the United States. San
Francisco could do the same thing, and
it might he possible that the state of
California would appropriate $5,000,000.
Through this letter was horn the
great Idea. Tt took eleven years to
bring it to fruition, hut the harvest
today is abundant. Many things, in
cluding the destruction anil the recon
struction of the city, happened in Hie
Interim—but never once was the Great
Idea lost sight of Even amid the
flame and smoke of a burning city it
porsisted. During the fearful week
when all available funds, public and
private, were locked in red hot vaults
hurled under thousands of tons of
debris, plans for the exposition to
commemorate the completion of the
Panama Canal were being worked out.
And illuminating commentary upon
faith and confidence of the people of
San Francisco In those da vs they were
already looking forward to the expo
sition of nine years from that time as
a celebration of the rebuilding of their
city.
And has San Francisco -and Cali
fornia—not the right, then to cele
brate? Other pities have been de
stroyed by fire or by convulsion of
nature, though none so completely or
so suddenly ns San l'ranelsco Rut
what other city, virtually wiped out in
throe terrible days, has rebuilt itself
on a grander, more magnificent scale
In less than a decade? San Francisco
3 VESSELS ON LOOK
OUT FOR STEFANSSON
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The following from a Canadian pa
per of; March 30th, 1015, throws still
further light on the measures taken to
rescue the Stefansson party. The
statement is a summary of a discus
sion of the subject occurring In the
Canadian Parliament a short lime prior
to the above date. As will be seen the
Canadian Government looks upon the
aeroplane project as impracticable:
“In connection with the vote of $50,
000 for the patrol of Northern waters,
Hon. Frank Oliver asked what the gov
ernment was doing in regard to the
rescue of Stefansson and his missing
party. Hon. Sir. Hazen replied that he
had been in conference witli Captain
Bartlett and it was felt that there was'
a possibility that Stefansson had made
his way to Siberia, and would be found
if he were able to keep alive. How- 1
ever, it was not thought to be a pro
bability. Mr. Oliver asked what part
the Government had taken in the res
cue of Captain Bartlett and his party.
Mr. Hazen answered that upon re
ceiving the message from Captain Bar
tlett the Government had got in touch
with the Russian and the United States
governments and notified all the ships
in the north as far as possible. The
ITnited States revenue cutter Bear had
been of great assistance, but the Amer
ican Government would not allow thej
C'anndlan Government to pay any part
uf the expense. The actual rescue was
made hy tile King and Winge, a Nor
wegian vessel, and the Government had
renumerated the master of that vessel
in a manner satisfactory to him. Mr.
Oliver stated that he had read an ar
ticle in an American magazine, re
lied ing on the Canadian Government
for not taking more active measures
for the relief of Stefansson. Ho feared
the facts did not reflect much credit on
Canada. Mr. Hazen replied that the
Government now had three ships in
the North on the lookout and all ves
sels going North were advised to he on
the watch. The matter had been care
fully considered hy the department and
he thought that everything possible
was being done. The suggestion had
been made that the Government con
duct an aeroplane expedition in search
of Stefansson hut that had been deem
ed impracticable.”
CLEAN UP.
All property owners and residents
are hereby required to clean up their
yards as soon as the melting of the
snow permits.
By order of the Town Council.
J. H. MUSTARD.
tf Health Officer.
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