Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-15

would fill everv squareIinch of the main
floor space with localities three deep,
and even with the space under the gal
leries, there will scarcely be enough to
supply the demands already fled.
One OF the first to put in its applica-
tion was Orange county, which was not
in the display last year. 1t proposes to
build huge orange out OF oranges, set
on pedestal trimmed with fruit and
foliage up six or eight feet from the
floor, the orange itself being six or eight
feet in diameter. Round the base of
the pedestal will be the individual dis
plays, covering total area of something
like 500 square feet.
Ontario filed her demand last week
through William Friend, the secretary
of the board of trade, for about 500
square feet. This locality has under
consideration a plan to erect huge
lemon TO match the orange at the other
end of the building.
Riverside held several meetings this
week, and has it's committees we'll at
work.
San Diego has modestly asked for
spach oniwhich to erect handsome fort
of fruits.
Pasadena has presented its PROPOSE
hall, where it prop oses to place q huge
crown, wherein the fruit is to be used
as Jewels, raised high on eight pedes-
tails, forming little booth or room be-
meath.
Ventura has submitted design for
the construction of an oil derrick, to be
tastefully decorated with vines and
fruit displayed on the shelving of the
beams.
Duarte and Pomona have signified
their intention of taking part in the
fair, Pomona applying for about five
hundred square feet for the display of
a quantity of fruit OF very superior ex-
cellence.
Santa Barbara proposes to repeat, on
a somewhat grander scale, her display
OF one year ago, and large number of
palms and other tropical trees, boxed
according to the plan designed by Mr..
@. F. Eaton for sending them to the
worlds fair, will be placed in the build
ing.
Cotton proposes to send about ninety
boxes of fruit to be displayed in a man
ner not yet decided upon.
Redlands has just commenced work,
but has filed preliminary demand for
good space.
Work in the upper San Gabriel valley
is we'll under way, and a demand for
space has been filed.
Vernon was one of the first localities
in the field, committee OF ladies hav-
ing taken the matter in charge.
La Canada, Alhambra and San
Gabriel have filed applications for space,
and Rivera, Downey and several other
localities have sent notice that they will
soon be ready to file demand.
The fair is being thoroughly adver-
tised throughout Southern California,
and the railroads have assisted the ef-
forts of the committee by granting a
round trip rate of one and one-third
fares.
On the opening night an address to
the orange growers of Southern Cali
fornia will be delivered by the Hon.
Stephen M. White of this city. Gov
ernor Markham has been invited to be
present on this occasion, and letter
recently received from him states that
he will make point of being on hand.
Jesse D. Carr, the managing director for
the state board of agriculture, in whose
hands the expenditure of the money
for premiums is placed by the law, will
be present to assist in the formal open
ing of the fair. He has been invited to
speak on this occasion, and few words
are also expected from Governor Mark
ham. An invitation has been sent to
w. II. Mills to be present, and a re-
sponse has been received that he will do
his best to be on hand.
A special executive committee has
been appointed by the ladies to assist in
the decorating of the building and in
the other preliminary work of the fair
This committee consists of Mrs. r. NJ.
Widney, chairman; Mrs. F. r. Warner,
Mrs. j. E. Murray and Mrs. w. J. Brown
of Orange.
The fair this year is arranged on a
different principle from any previous
undertaking OF a similar character, in
asmuch as the proceeds are to be di-
vided into two parts, one of which is to
60 to the chamber of commerce of this
city and the other to be distributed
among the individual exhibitors in pro-
portion to the sizes of their exhibits,
with the view of repaying any expenses
to which they may have been subjected.
A committee on guarantee fund has
merce, consisting of the following gentle
men: G. M. Wells, E. F. G. Klokke,
Robert McGarvin, L. E. Mosier, John
p. p. Peck and A. H. Neidig. A guar
antee fund of $4,000 is needed from the
merchants in this city to place the fair
management on secure basis. Three
guarantee funds of this kind have been
raised, and the necessity has never pre-
sented itself for the guarantors' paying
a dollar of the sum.