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Show OFFICIAL PRAISES SAN DIEGO EXHIBIT J. W. EllingsoE of Salt Lake Route Tells of Wonacrs of Pair. J. W. ElUngson. chief clerk of the Salt Lake Route freight and passenerer department depart-ment here, returned yesterday from southern south-ern California, where he went with the midwinter excursionists last Saturday. He staved with the excursionists as far as Lms Angeles and then made a flying trip to San Diecco to see tho fair. C. II. Cutting, Cut-ting, traveling freight and passenser auent for the company, who accompanied the second train load of excursionisis, is still with them, but is expected home, Saturday Sat-urday or Sunday. Mr. EHlngson had a lot to say about the treatment accorded the excursionists, including in-cluding the preparations for their entertainment enter-tainment at San Diego yesterday. After exhausting his supply of adjectives In describing de-scribing Die fail, he offered statistics to show that it was a. greater financial success suc-cess In January than any of the other large expos it ioiis during the first thirty days they were open. According to the official statement issued is-sued by the director general of the exposition. expo-sition. 180,270 persons passed through the turnstiles during . the opening month against 166,822 at Omaha. 179,339 at Buffalo, Buff-alo, 125, 7u4 at St. Louis and 104, o2i' at Nashville. The climax of Mr. Ellingson's eloquence i was reached In the description of tho Utah builditig and the views of the surrounding sur-rounding country It affords. "It is not a world's fair," he declared, "but an exposition ex-position of the wonderful resources and development of the west. AH the western states are represented, and well represented, repre-sented, and are an object lesson for our friends from the east." |