The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-17
RAVO, Buttel

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q "a Is Butte County was dis
= ~ tinctly ION top" last
Ns,N 81 = night at the Mechanics
kILsS 81 - Pavilion, where the
III, Ml -lzz--zz% Twenty-seventh Indus.
trial Exhibition and Cit
Hl W - rus Fair are being held.
lN% - There were lots of
N.Y. - other exhibits, of course,
~ II but Butte. as 1t were,
A had the floor, aud the
~ peOple knew il.
Butte was feeling
pretty good about it herself, too.
She was in high feather. knowing tnat
she has one Of the biggest ana most credit
able displays in the Big building, ana also
knowing that every thing was ana looked Ill
tiptop order.
1t was her reception night ana she was
bound to have things nice Tor the IolKs'
So there was not brulse visible on the
walls ana mountains oil frult, dol a "l1nereu
lesf nor duSt-dimmed showcase. Every
thing was as spiek- and-span as If just ar
ranged.
Nor was there the suspicion Of care Wis
IDLE on the faces OF the managers. Senator
Jones was assisted in receiving by MessFs,
Fogg. McAfee and Allen, and all appeared
as cheerful as satisfaction could make theu'
And it was surprising, too, how many
Butte County friends came to attend butte's
first Eat home"
People from Oroville, Chico. or some other
Butte town, seemed TO shoot up out OF the
ground, as natural as orange trees u? III
their section, and all al once there they
were, shaking hands with the managing
hosts and appearing quite at home, as
doubtless they felt among their own
products.
1t seemed that most of them had just
dropped il" but it transpired that all had
known Butteiwas 10 receive friends AID had
dropped accordingly.
As to outsiders, Butte never made so many
friends in one night before in her life.
The people not only grasped the little
novelty of county reception. but seemed
grateful for the new departure. 1hey just
crowded the Butte section all the eVenlng
and good hum0redly pushed their way Tor
ward to where they could obtain good
view Of the ascension scene and ENJOY
everything that was going on.
Verify, Butte set a good pace for her sister
counties 20 follow last night
No one who attended the Pavilion last
evening, and there were thousands there,
failed to take away some enlarged idea OF
the importance OF the northern citrus
belt, aud especially of the extraordinary
promise manifested by Butte County.
men THESE kuOHoduQS uedI VI DulIo III
the future they will at once think OF this
exhibition, and some conception Of the rich
ness of its resources will arise simuta-
neOusly IN their minds.
Butte is beautP' summarized one small
visitor, using the slang contraction for
beauty" and this was the general senti-
ment if it was not expressed so succinctly.
1t was nearly 9 o'clock when the effective
exercises of the evening commenced.
Senator Albert T. Jones assembled the
bandstand, and having been introduced by
Mr.. Madden Of Placer County in few ap-
propriate words, commenced q brief but
telling address.
Instantly the crowd drew around, and
every ear within the sound of his voice was
strained TO hear.
The Senator said substantially:
II fully appreciate as a citizen of Butte
County the honor awarded that county of
opening this Citrus Fair Of Northern Cali.
f0rnia.
Il fully appreciate the compliment ex-
tended To US. because We have not been