Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-05
THE WORLDS FAIR.
How the Work is Progressing in thii
Vicinity.

Vicinity.
The Southern California Worlds fai
association received yesterday the proc
OF their memorial membership certifi
cate from the hands of the Los Angeles
Lithographic company. 1t is an impos
ing affair, and deserves to be we'll circu
lated throughout the United States BY
the citizens of the six southern coun
ties. The scenes engraved thereon are
taken from views within the countie!
composing the Southern Californis
Worlds fair association. These certifi
Gates are to be sold by the local organi
cations, within the counties, for the
purpose of increasing the Worlds fail
appropriation. The fund thus created
can be used for preparing any special
feature that the district pleases to rep
resent. The manner of dieposing OF
disposing of these certificates is for q
resident of this county to select some
friend, or friends, back east whom he
would like to have visit the California
building at the Worlds fair and receive
such attentions as would be given were
the individual there personally to show
him around. He purchases certificate
and has inserted in the blank specially
arranged for it the name OF this particu
lar friend on the certificate, thus max
ing him an honorary member of the
Southern California Worlds fair asso-
citation.
The work in the various counties and
districts is beginning to get in system
attic shape and more interest taken in
the preparation of exhibits than here
tofore.
Santa Barbara county's manager re-
ports that he has Just taken a trip
throughout the county, and the interest
shown was such as to warrant him in
stating that this county will be to the
front with fine exhibit.
Ventura county is more advanced in
the work than any other of the six with
the exception of San Diego. Orange
county completed its organization yes
terday, and is now ready for an active
campaign.
San Bernardino county began yester-
day preparing her fruit display for the
glass jars on the Barker ranch at Ban
ming. This district will make the de-
ciduous fruit display of that county.
They talk of making a salt palace for
the county headquarters, using blocks
of crystall'zed salt that measure 12x24
inches and are perfectly transparent.
San Diego county has under prepara-
tion about everything the county pro-
duces in the way of fruits, grains, trees,
flowers, etc.
Many Of tho districts in LOS Angeles
county are making preparations for &C.
lecting the best specimens of the COM
ing fruit crop, with the intention of
making an exhibit in both the state and
department buildings. The premium
offered by the Los Angeles county
worlds fair committee Of $50 for the
best display of wheat and barley in the
sheaf and measure is bringing great
many inquiries, and the prospects are
that there will be lively contest for
the award. Also the premium offered
by the Phillips excursion company OF
round trip ticket to the worlds fair for
the tallest corn, biggest beets and
largest squashes, and the heaviest
sweet potatoes, etc., has caused many
rancher to give his crop an extra hoe
ing and caused him to pull off few sur
plus pumpkins from the vine in order
to increase the size of the remaining
ones.
Parties in the county having fine
clustered fruit should send the same to
the chamber of commerce and have it
preserved in the large display jars the
committee has on hand.
Some of the late arrivals of these jars
measure 40 inches high and inches in
diameter Who has the branch of fruit
that will fill them?