Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-27

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
STATE AND DISTRICT FAIRS.
Dates Arranged for Their Holding Dur
ing the Coming Season.

Dates Arranged for Their Holding Dur
ing the Coming Season.
Some time ago resolution was passed at
q meeting of the State Board of Agriculture
requesting all the District Associations to
send delegates to convention to be held
in Sacramento January Goth, TO arrange
dates for the holding of fairs this year. In
compliance with that request, the follow
ing assembled at the office of the Secretary
of the State Agricultural Society, at the
Pavilion at 3 P. NJ yesterday:
District No. l, comprising the counties of
Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco.
was unrepresented. 2. A. Finigan who
was present, stated that the Directors had
not formally received notice of the conyen-
ton, and had not elected delegates.
District No. 2, San Joaquin, MERGED. STAN
islaus and TUolumne-L. U. Shippee.
District No. 3, Butte, Colusa and Tehama
C. W. Dorm and W. A Shippee.
District No. 4, Sonoma and Marin-J.
H. White and w. Page.
District No. 5, Santa Clara and San Mateo
james Rae.
District No. 8, Los Angeles, San Bernar-
dino and Nentura-L. J. Rose
District No. Z, Monterey and San Benito
District No. S, Ell Dorado-A. T. Leach
man.
District No. II, Plumas Lassen, Modoc
and Sierra-B. +. Chandler.
District No. 10, Sacramento, Suffer. Yolo
and Guba-D. E. Knight and T. J. Sher-
wood.
District No. %, solano and Napa-w.
Page.
District No. %, Amador and Calaveras-
Q. S. Gregory and Bernhard Isaacs.
Santa Rosa Park Association. De
Turk.
Santa Clara Valley Association-E. Top
ham and j. Rea.
State Agricultural Society Directors-I
U. Shippee, G. w. Hancock, L. ]. Rose,
Dana Perkins, H. NJ. LaRue, john Boggs,
c. NJ. Chase, Christopher Green, James
Mem. Skater and Frederick Cox.
The meeting was called to order at 3:15
o'clock, and, on me ton of G. W. Hancock,
Mayor Shippee, of Stockton, was elected
Chairman of the meeting, and Edwin F.
Smith, Secretary.
The Chairman stated the object of the
meeting and asked the Secretary TO read
the call.
DATES FIXED.
After a lengthy discussion the following
dates were fixed for the holding of the
SLaLe ana OlStr1ct FalrS
Los Angeles-August 9Th to 18th.
Santa Rosa-August 18th to 18th.
Petaluma--AugusI goth to 18th.
FL Dorado-August 10Th to 18th
Chico-August Goth to 25th.
Oakland-August 9th TO September LIST.
acknowledgements 9th 10 September
1st.
California State Fair, al Sacramento
September Sd to 10Th.
neutrality-suspicious. 18th to 22d.
San Jose-September 24th to 29th.
District No. II, Quincy-September oath
to 18th.
Salinas-October 1st to 9th.
The dates for lone and Vallejo were not
fixed.
Messrs. LaRue Shafter, Chase, Hancock.
Green and Rose spoke very forcibly in ia
vor of county exhibits, and urged the del
egates present to make arrangements to
have their counties represented at the COM
ing State e1R sS;on.
Great stress was laid ON the mean and
contemplate policy manifested by the Me-
chanics Fair Association In setting a date
and refusing any and all kind of overtures
and going back on their word and all their
promises.
The Secretary was directed TO correspond
with the President of each District Associ-
dlo1, suggesting lne making up OF pre-
MUM list, with view to making ii uni
form in all districts as to defining what
constitutes families, herds, ETC., in the live
stock departments, and to regulate awards
generally.
1t was the sense of the meeting to be
desirable TO have presiding Judge to Off
state Mt the principal fairs, although it
was not deemed as binding, and left en-
tirely discretionary with eacd Board