Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-04
PLACER COUNTY PRODUCTS.
NOW BEING SHOWN IN PROPULSION
AT THE AUBURN FAIR.

IA 4h6 hOoOoN A4xss
The Wonderful Fertility of the Foothill
Section-An Exhibition of
Great Merit.
The delightful town of Auburn, which
has the additional distinction OF being the
county seat of Placer is just now reveling
in the joys of county fair. The exhibit
ton opened on Tuesday, and will conclude
tomorrow nightA A RECORD UNION re-
porter paid visitsto Auburn yesterday to
see what the good people of Placer county
had done in the way of making an exhibit
OF the products of their industry, and
found more to admire than is usually seen
at county fair.
The exhibition is being held in the new
combination Pavilion and Opera House, on
Railroad street, about midway between the
depot and the lower end of the town, and
which is convenient to all portions. The
building is 149x115 feet, and when COM
pleted will be a notable architectural fea.
ture of the place. The pavilion occupies
about one-half the building, the remainder
not being completed. When finished ii
will be supplied with all the conveniences
and paraphernalia of frst-class theater.
The stage itself will be about forty feet
from front to rear, and equally as wide,
which will make it one of the largest on
the coast.
The building is arranged with galleries
above the stage, which are utilized by the
Agricultural Society for an art gallery and
for exhibits of ladies' hAndiwork. There
are incandescent electric lights throughout
the building, which gives a metropolitan
air to the exhibition.
The main floor of the Pavilion presents
beautiful sight to the visitor and he
who would not be impressed with the dis
play so tastefully arranged would be diff
cult to please. There is variety enough in
this exhibit OF the products and industries
of Placer county alone to do credit to an
entire State. The fruits and vegetables
shown cannot be excelled by any county
or State in the Union.
WHAT THE SOIL PRODUCES.
From mammoth squashes to clusters of
oranges, there is shown almost every vari-
ETY. of fruit and vegetable. And,swhat is
more, single individual exhibits will be
found to embrace almost the entire range
of products. Side by side with the most
luscious grapes, and grown upon the same
farms, are found red-Iipe strawberries,
peaches as large as summer squashes and
weighing twenty ounces EACH apples
almost as large az footballs, plums of many
varieties, pears, ounces, figs white and
black, pomegranates. nectarines, half
grown oranges as big as ordinary apples,
lemons, squashes, melons, beans (many
varieties), green corn on stalks, fifteen
feet high, hops, tomatoes, sweet potatoes
indeed, almost everything that can be
grown at this season of the year north of
Central America
A. F. Boerdman & Co. exhibit one of their
smaller banana trees. 1t is upward of ten
feet in hight, and was grown in the open
air. This tree forms the center of beauti-
tul pyramid of flowers and plants.
E. L Hawk shows sixteen varieties of
grapes from his famous Orange" vineyard
east of Rocklin, as well as many other va
rieties OF fruits and some vegetables.
The display of dried and preserved fruits,
berries, jellies, ETC., is also varied.
And the howers-they are everywhere in
profusion, and the fragrance of the tube
rose and other plants throughout the hall
give evidence that the ladies of Auburn
have had no little hand in arranging the
display.
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
Placer county is not only one of the fore
most fruit-producing sections of the State.
but it is rich also in minerals One gentle
man, Alexander Keller, of Auburn, shows
large and varied collection of ores and
meteorological specimens. 1t includes up
ward of 800 different varieties, and would
be valuable adjunct to any museums
cabinet
The granite industry is represented by
several large urDs, clock and other de-
signs. These are partly polished and in
clude samples of comparatively new
variety of that stone, found near the PEN
ryn quarries. This granite, in the rough, is
much darker than the ordinary quality,
and when highly polished becomes almost
jet black. II is beautiful stone for orna-
mental purposes.
The merchants of Auburn have shown
commendable enterprise, also, in making
exhibits of their wares. There are hand
somely arranged booths in which hard
ware, dry goods, boots and shoes, harness
and saddlery goods, furniture, cigar max
ing, etc, are shown.
Another booth is maintained by the
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
where temperance publications are dis
tributed to visitors.
One of the largest individual exhibits of
fruit is made by George d. Kellogg of New
castle, whose display forms a handsome
pyramid near the center of the hall.
The Clipper Gap Box Factory. which is
an important industry of the county, is
represented by variety of fruit boxes and
baskets.
SOME LEADING EXHIBITORS.
Among the more prominent exhibitors
of fruit are: ]. K. Correa of Newcastle,
Mrs. G. 7. Halsey of Auburn, Truman
AckeTman of Auburn, Mrs. W. B. Lardner
of Auburn preserved and jellied fruits), G.
I. Adams of Newcastle, VIM Benjamin of
Colfax, A. G. Whaley of Mount Pleasant,
J. p. Armas 81 Bro. of Newcastle, E. L.
Hawk of Rocklin. and Joseph Burtscher,
j May and II. B. Gaylord of Auburn, G.
w. Threckel and others.
The walls of the gallery are covered with
paintings and drawings, the latter by the
pupils of Miss Willett's art school, as well
as those of the public schools. Many of
the specimens shown give evidence of I'M
usual talent in that direction.
THE ART DEPARTMENT.
The oil paintings by Miss Susan Gordon
and Mrs. Jessie Flournoy are features of
that department. With the exception of
two crayon portraits from Sacramento, all
these exhibits are the work of local anna
teur artists, and speak volumes for the