Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-28
A SUCCESSFUL DAY.
A Very Large Attendance
at the Fair.
THE BABIES DRAW A CROWD.

Nost Of the Awards Recorded-Bad
weather for the Fruit-1he
Capitol Mills.
Action was taken at the Fair last night
by the Board Of Directors which will in
sure it's being kept open into next week.
A number of members of the Chamber OF
and others who were present
held an impromptu meeting and passed
resolutions ,sking the board to con-
tinue the Fair for longer period.
An additional supply Of fruit will
be sent from San Diego and various
other outside districts, and all who wish
to visit the Fair will have plenty OF time
IN which to do 30.
Yesterday was by far the most sue
cessful day whicA the Agricultural Fai,
has yet seen. The feature of the after
noon was the baby show, and the award
Of prizes to the best-looking and best
behaving infants. This drew large
crowd of mothers, children, babies, and
it must be added. . pretty good mum Der o
men. In the evening the Seventh Regi
uent band gave its customary excellent
performance, and crowd OF four or hvt
thousand people thronged the building
The number of contestants for the
prizes reserved for the babies was unex
pectedly large. There were in all sixty
six infants entered upon the books OF tht
association, of whom Ten were arranged
In pairs of twins. When the Directors
came to survey the latter their interes
was profoundly moved, and they decided
that all of these should receive prizes
simply fer the merit of possessing
double.
Four respectable looking gentlemen
were secured to act as judges. 1t ha
since been ascertained that they were al
hard hearted and unappreciative, and il
fact Just as mean as they could be
It was especially stipulated that then
names we're not to be made public, as the,
all of them are fathers of families, ant
heretofore had stood well in the com
munity. After walking about among
the bevy of mothers and infants col
lected on the stage, the judges whis
pered their decision to D. Edison Smith
and then made q hasty exit out the bacl
way. The latter gentleman collected thu
lucky infants and held them up one afte
another to the view of the .rowd in from
of the stage. Six prizes we're given, ant
the remaining sixty mothers desire tt
express their regret in polite but en-
phatic terms that the Directors we're no
able to select judges of better sense ant
appreciation.
The weather has thus far not beer
very favorable for the fruit exhibits @
the Fair, and these which havenot bee-
replaced each day are beginning to show
decay. The judges were busy, yester
day, in recording the awards, which were
for the most part made the day before
A partial list of these as far rs recorded
appears in this issue of the HERALD.
A large number of the members of the
Chamber of Commerce were preeen
last evening. At the last meeting OF the
Board of Directors it was decided to at
tend the Fair in body.
The Los Angeles Gas Company will
roast two turkeys and bake biscuits il
fifty minutes on their stoves. The Lowe
Gas Company will perform the sans feat
On their stoves with six chickens.
THE CAPITOL MILLS.
The exhibit of the Capitol Milling
Company's products is located little tC
the left Of the entrance in place where
it attracts the eve of the visitor as soor
az he comes into the building. 1t con
sists of handsome triangular pyramid
made of about sixty bags of -four, meal
and other mill products. This is sur
rounded by tastefully decorated rail
ing and in the extra space in the booth
there are several gas stoves on which
cooking is done.
The cooking forms very unique
feature of the display. Two ladies are
busy every evening turning out bread anc
biscuits, using the -four of the Capito
Mills and Offering the results of theil
labors to the visitors who surround the
exhibit. IN the course of the
evening a large quantity of good
bread stuff is turned out, and
it meets with the highest commenda'
ton from all who taste it. A better
practical evidence of the excellence oi
the Capitol Milling Com pany's products
could hardly be- required. The proof o.
the pudding is said to be in the tasting
that Of the -four is certainly in the bread
made thereirom. Il may be added
moreover, that in the same booth there il
q good display OF bread from the we'll
known bakery Of L. Ebinger, made from
the same excellent flour.
The Capitol Mills are located at the
junction OF Main and Alameda streets, g
large brick building in which may be
heard night and day the steady hum Of
busy machinery. The demand at the
present time for the products of this mill
is go great that it runs twenty-four hourf
of the day. Forty men are employed the
year round, unloading cars filed with
grain. guiding the cereals in their prog
ress through the machinery until they
are ground to -four or meal, and then
distributing it for the public use. The
capacity of the mill is 300 barrels day.
The machinery is run partly by steam
and partly by water.
The wheat which this company uses is
all raised within the limits of the State,
part OF it coming from the San Joaquin
valley and the rest from the fields of this
county. II is found that the best results
are often obtained by mixture of the
two varieties, The company stands high
in the estimation of surrounding farmers,
as its large consumption of wheat tends
to improve the local market and gives
them better chance to dispose of their
grain. The founding aud successful
operation of q concern Of this character