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Show GREAT 8AN DIEGO EXPOSITIJ'l San Diego Cal. Juno " 11 When Wilson signed the cKttner bill extend Ing to tho San Diego Exposition t3o same privileges and the same authority author-ity granted to previous expositions and to tho San Francisco expos. Hon, tho San Diego Exposition ht ouse. assumed as-sumed that rank among world tnlrs Its scope and character had prepared for It. Starting with a -comparatively modest mod-est plan In 1909, In, u city at that tlmo of 39,000 people, tuo 3an Diego Exposition was not taken seriously outside the Immediate circle of trie city's Influence. Steady work of preparation, pre-paration, devotion of capital 'o tu amount of $50 per man, woman imd child In tho city and u well dcf.ned plan for tho profitable participation of states nnd governments hnve combined com-bined to place tho San Diego Exposition Exposi-tion In such a position that It now bids fair to prove ns large and more nttractlvo than tho much heralded ' fair nt San Francisco, which, by tho way, lg not fifty per cent nB for advanced ad-vanced toward complotlon-as Is that nt San Diego. ' Slnco tho day ground was broken , In San Diego tho city has more than doubled In population the scope and character of tho Exposition Uas grown so that no less thhn $0,400,00.00 have . been sot asldo for Its completion. Many foreign governments as well as many states havo made arrange- ments to participate The Exposition . (self Is over CO per cent complete :r.d hundreds of workmen ore busy with tho buildings nnd grounds. Most of tho buildings aro to- be - pormanont . structures nnd all aro to bo of Span lsh Colonial architecture, onp of the most beautiful forms of nil oulldlngR. Tho action Just completed Mis not obtained without strugglo. It has beon threo years since San Diego first asked tho government to tnko S olllclal cogulzanco of her pxposltlon project. Tho opposition or persons who hnvo seen the error of Buch op position provented such recognition K nlmost to the last, nnd even In the ' last few days tho San Francisco ox-position ox-position sought to prevont tno pass-ngo pass-ngo of tho oKttner bill. San Diego has nover had a thought of competing with San Francisco for patronnge at her exposition. Sho has held all along that tho scopo and character of the two expositions iro so entirely different that there, cm bo no competition. Whllo others nav devoted tholr time to attempting to dissuade nnd tear down th') worn; sho Is doing, San Diego has gone steadily steadi-ly forward with her project until 'now, with the government recognizing recogniz-ing her exposition placing It on exactly exact-ly tho snmo footing with that of San Francisco and with previous expositions, exposi-tions, San Diego Is In position to extend ex-tend to exhibitors, bo they government, govern-ment, state, or private, more actual benefit from participation than they can possibly derive from the., ,.Saa Francisco exposition. Tho government will bo represented represent-ed at San Diego with exhibits from practically every bureau and department. depart-ment. Many states will bo represented represent-ed with special buildings, especially thoso that offer opportunities to sot-tiers sot-tiers and investors. Ono of tho gicat-est gicat-est of exhibits will bo that of the history his-tory and process of tho use of water for agricultural and Industrial purposes. purpos-es. Home building farm building, as done In tho Americas will be shown In sections that will glvo each stnto and county In North and South America a chance to exhibit what It has best to offer to tho land hungry man from tho East ana Europe. With a group of beautiful buildings sot In a portoct landscape, surrounded by a wealth of trees, vines and flowers flow-ers novor beforo seen In America, each building filled with most Interesting Inter-esting exhibits of vital human Interest, Inter-est, at tho first United States port on tho Pacific north of tno Panama canal, authorized by the government, San Diego's exposition Is certain to bo ono of tho world famous events, and beneficial to all. s |