The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-20
Formal Dedication of the Great
Building at the Fair.
GOV. MARKHAM'S ADDRESS.
The Native Sons OF the Golden West
Turn Out in Force.
Novel Souvenirs Made of Seeds, Fruits and
Vegetables Distributed by the Southern
California ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Towers on the Structure.

of the golden west were at the Worlds
fair today in large numbers. They wore
gold badges, shaped like grizzly bear,
talked of Goods country'' and ''Para
dise," had a Jolly good time and made
their guests have a jolly good time, too.
The occasion of their gathering was the
formal dedication of the California state
building and they celebrated the event
with that free and easy grace for which
Californians are famous. The big build
ing was lavishly decorated outside and in,
with flags, flowers, plants rare and
beautiful from the soil of the Golden
state, and from end to end, from top to
bottom, the huge structure presented q
picture pleasing to the eye.
No less than 1O, 900 people had assem-
bled when the hour for the formal cere-
monies to begin had arrived. They were
not all Californians, to be sure, but they
all admired the building and the gorgeous
display OF fruits, flowers, gold and other
products.
The ceremonies opened with concert
by the Second regiment band of the Hi
nois National Guards. Then Hon. James
D. Phelan, vice-president of the Cali
fofnla Worlds fair commission spoke oil
the work done by California towards
| making the great exposition a success
praised the iberality of the state in ap-
propriating an amount sufficient to en-
| able the state famous for its wealth, Its
| gold and fruit to be creditably repre-
Sc nted.
AS he concluded he turned to Governor
| N. II. Markham, and formally delivered
% him the keys of the building and the
Governor then in the name of the people
+ California declared the building oper
o the public.
Governor Markham spoke in part al
follows: 'sForty three years ago Cali.
fornia was admitted into the Union, anC
today she has less than million and 6
half OF Inhabitants, yet | am sure yor
will concede that she has justly earned {
high position among the newer states o.
the Union and will command the respect
and confidence of the whole country
Those who have know her best love hei
most and appreciate most highly the
thrift, energy, enterprise and intelligence
of her people, while we are all proud o.
her financial standing in this nation
California must be credited with furnish.
ing the gold that saved the country il
direst need, and three-fourths of tina
gold was taken away without leaving tt
1
far as her internal welfare was concerned
yet it saved the financial credit of tn,
nation and placed her in the prosperous
lcondition she occupies today.
To say nothing of the scientific inven
tions with which she has enriched man
kind, she taught the world an advanced
lesson in mining and laws; she furnished
the men and brains that conceived
planned and carried to a successful Ter
| mir of !,
try together with ties and rails, maxim,
it possible for me in less than four day
to sweep across the great expanse O
country separating San Francisco from
Chicago. She has taken lead III horticultur
and viticulture and stands pre-eminentl,
today as the great fruit garden of til
nation. The cultivation of fruit is allur
: Ing cultivated people from all over tn
country to California and thus is Great
! | ing class of country gentlemen who's
culture, refinement and generous livin
have no equal in any other state and il
no other pursuit.
, Mr.. President, as governor of Caiifor
!, mia l accept your tender of this magnifi
: cent building, and thank you again j
! behalf of our people for the discharge c
lyour duties. | desire also to thank tn
three national commissioners from GU
state, and especially M. H. DeY Dung, fo
|
4 put forth al all times in behalf of Cali
a fornia's interests. Much, indeed, is du
to those well directed efforts.
Director General Davis spoke on beha
of the exposition officials and said niue
y of the success of the fair was due to til
Z energy and enterprise of California.
Hon. M. II. De Youag, editor OF til
San Francisco Chronicle and nation;
commissioner for California, responde
IS
= Speeches were also made by J. M. San
s uels, chief of the horticultural depar
n ment; State Commissioner s. w. Fergr
son, and others. After the ceremoni,
!, were over the invited guests were e,
: corted to the dining room, and serve
: with an elaborate luncheon.
One of the interesting feature
of the opening was the distribl
ton of souvenirs by the southeI
II California association. These conslste
IA of seeds of the various kinds of fruits, We:
q etables and grasses peculiar to that SCI
II ton of the state. This novel idea orig
mated with members of the associate
from the TACT they were frequently not
fed OF the evident desire on the part
O. the visitors to take away some lit
y memento from the building. The coul
IS ties composing the Southern Californ
It association are: Santa Barbara, L.
= AuSSlSS, san DleSO, NeubuIds OTdUl
and San Bernardino. All these COUNT
have interests so. nearly identical tn
they combined them in special exh1bi
|. Next to the Illinois building that
California is the largest state building {
the exposition grounds. 1t is a uniql
y structure, and is combination of I'll
: characteristic features of the old missile
}. buildings, erected when Spain dominate
the Pacific slope. Several old bells tn
were used to sound yespers years befo
the '49-ers f1ocked into the gold fiel,
, are hung in the quaint towers which di
tinguish the building. Date-palms al
other semi-tropical trees surround it, al
it is filled with the varied products of tt
state said to have the finest climate in tt
# world. The building has a total flo
+. space of 100, 900 square feet. and &C
: nearly 500, 600, while 81 900, 600 will n
reach the value of its exhibits.
DESTlTUTE REFTTGEES.