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A Redwood chest, sandblasted and bound with wrought iron, played an important role in the ground-breaking exercises for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Aug-

Buena shoals west of the island of the same name, now being used by the Navy as a training base. It is from this island that the great transbay bridge reaches out in both directions to San Francisco and Oakland.

At present about a third of the planned 430 acres of fair site have been raised from the bay floor.

A feature of the exercises, which were attended by such notables as Governor Merriam, George Creel, Mayors Rossi, McCracken, and Ament, was the placement of the ceremonial cornerstone of the Administration building. The novel "cornerstone" was an ingenious Redwood treasure chest, in which were placed documents recording the progress of the fair to date.

Wieldrng a golden spade, Leland W. Cutler, president of the exposition, cleared space in which to place the memorial. Then, surrounded by fifty-eight girls dressed in the native costumes and carrying the flags of as many nations, the "stone" was moved into position. It will guard its contents for the duration of the fair and will afterward be retained by the city as a memorial of the great exposition.

Back From Vacation

LeRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, is back at his desk following a vacation spent in the Northwest.