The herald., 1893-12-08
BOOMING THE MIDWINTER SHOW
Superintendent Wiggins Get
ting a Move on Himself.
The Feature Display win Be Novel
and Varied.
A Showing Wanted of Everything Pro-
ducsd IN This Section Pomona
and Riverside Coming to the
Front-February 19th.

Mr.. Frank Virgins, the living per-
aoniicstion of perpetual motion, has
again betaken move unto himself and
for eight more months will be busily en-
Gagged in his favorite occupation--boom
ing the interests OF Southern California.
His appointment IS superintendent OF
the Southern Caliiornia exhibits at the
midwinter fair gives entire assurance
OF its euccess, and as a result the in
quiries TO. what is desired at the fair are
rolling in fast.
Mr.. Virgins states that he wants
every thing that is produced in the Sec
ton. The people, however, are to un-
derstand that nothing except citrus
fruits exhibited in the Southern CAL
ifornia building can be entered for COM
petition.
1t would be well for the various locali-
ties desiring to make feature displays to
communicate with the superintendent
upon the amount of space desired and
the nature OF the exhibit. The superin-
tendent will be unable to visit all OF the
various localities, and while it will also
be utterly impossible to assign any large
amount of space to the sections, still it
is especially desirable that every locality
is we'll represented.
Pasadena has already made applica-
tion for space to make a characteristic
exhibit.
Those having ornamental trees and
plants should make the fact known, so
that arrangements can be made for the
best places in the building for display
ing them. Ill individuals contributing
Will receive full credit.
Riverside county has given notice OF
its intention to have design in oranges
OF the Ferris wheel in its open space in
the Southern California building.
Other localities are figuring on
equally attractive designs. Mr. Homer
of Sierra Madre reports that work on
the model farm is progressing satisfac-
torily.
The Pomona board of trade has sent
in notice of the following contributions:
Dried prunes, peaches, apricots, raisins.
corn, guavas, apples and other fruits.
At recent meeting at Glendale the
following were received: Dried, decid-
uous and citrus fruits, grains and to-
bacco.
'Ai' w iS6AAo oiouShb OhCh WIN hlln
half a dozen varieties of corn from east
ern states and IA varities of potatoes
from Nova Scotia, which can be seen at
the chamber of commerce.
Henry d. Woolfe, of the New York
Herald's bureau at Valparaiso, Chill,
writes to tie chamber of commerce on
behalf of several Chilisn congressman
and requests that a copy of the pro-
ceedinge of the international irrigation
congress be sent him. There was much
regret among the leading sgriculturists
of that country over having no repre-
sentatives at the congress. The reasons
we're: First, that the notice of the
affair was not received in time; and
second, that the government had no
money for expenses of sending dele
gate, as the congress WAS not in session
at the time.
A telegram was received by the cham
her of commerce yesterday from Di-
rector-General M. II. de Young, of the
midwinter fair, stating that February
10Th has been assigned as Southern
California day at ths fair.