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Show THE CALL OF THE GREAT WEST This is a year In which tho pcoplo UWng cast ot tho Alleghanles ought to look westward and try to find out something about tho Mississippi Valley, Val-ley, tho vast mountain areas and tho sho'es of tho Pacific. Tho pcoplo living In tho Mississippi Val.oy know tho whole, country better tnan thoso of any other section, and are, Indeed, In-deed, our most national and cosmopolitan cosmo-politan Americans. They aro less provincial than the pcoplo of New York, Iloston, Philadelphia, uud Baltimore But as a rule they know tho East and the Atlantic better than they know tho faTther West of mountains moun-tains and Pacific. And this year they also should find themselves drawn townrds tho Golden Gate. Tho country Itself, with Its great natural und scenic features, Its developments of agriculture, Its new towns and titles, tit-les, will always furnish tho chief attraction at-traction for intelligent travelers Hut some Bpcclal occasion, llko a Worlds Fair, may very properly stimulate and direct the tourist tiro In a given season. sea-son. California deserves high pralso for tho sagacity and confidence shown by her In not allowing tho European war to causo tho postponement of tho Panama Pacific Exposition. Her coil-ago will, bo rowarded. There can not, ot courso, bo so largo a participation in tho enterprise by foreign nations ns was expected; and In souio ways It will not bo pob slblu to glvo tho Fair so rounded an International character as had been originally desired. Hut tho under taking has been magnificently workeu out, Us attractions will prove all unu moro than had been hoped for ana tho peoples ot tho Western llomls-iilio llomls-iilio o may well docldo to make California Cali-fornia their Mocca this 'cur. Call fornlu itsolf Is always a realm ot Interest In-terest and delight to visitors, partic u arly from tho Eastern part of tin. United Stated, because of Us almost luconcolvablo range ot climate, scon or), and products both natural una cultivated. Northward from San Francisco aro fertile valloys, loft) mountains, uud vast forests. Southward South-ward nru areas ot specialized prod ucte, particularly on Irrigated laud Still farther Bouth aro tho orchurds of oranges and other citrus fruits; uud lu tho mild subtropical climate ot tho Mexican border almost every thing psoslblu will grow, wherever water can bo supplied. California Is a wondorlund. American Revlqw ot Ho vlow s. |