The record-union., 1893-12-21
THE MIDWINTER FAIR
Northern and Central California Build
ing Nearly Done.
Manager Greer Talks About the
Sacramento County Exhibit
and It's Prospects.

Z. Greer. manager of the Sacramento
County exhibit at the NIidwinter Fair.
has returned from San Francisco, where
he had gone on a tour of inspection to see
how near the Northern and Central Cali
fornia building was completed.
He states that the building is expected
to be completed by Saturday night, all
except the painting.
'How nearly ready is the Sacramento
exhibit, Mr.. Greer ?" asked RECORD
UNION reporter of him yesterday. "Will
it be ready in timer"
sit will be amongst the first, if not the
first county exhibit to be placed in posi-
tion," answered he. ''The exhibit is
nearly ready now, and packing boxes
are all on hand, ready to be packed at the
proper time and shipped down to the
building, and l want TO say right here
that | think it is going to be the finest
exhibit 1 have ever seem"
How much help are you going to take
down with you to put it into shape?"
'It will need three or four people to set
it up in place, but as soon as that is done
propose to keep only one man to assist
me. l do not intend to pay out one cent
Sary IL order to maintain the exhibit. !
propose to remain III charge OF it myself,
and when / am forced TO be absent shall
puta man in charge for whose actions l
Will be responsible"
who are going to be contributors to
the exhibit, and will they be few or
many"
Il wish everyone in the county would
contribute. The committee cordially in
vite everyone to cooperate in making
the exhibit, in order that they may be
able to display the fairest and fullest
representation possible of the products of
the county and make such a splendid
showing that it may rebound to the credit
Of both the county and the State. The
committee would especially ask those
having citrus fruits to take care of and
preserve their fruits in the best possible
condition, in order both to exhibit and to
replace exhibits when necessary. They
also ask them to notify the committee
when and where they can be got. There
will be no expense to the growers, all be-
ing sent to San Francisco and taken care
Of there by the committee and the eX-
pense be borne by the county.
All credit that may attach to citrus
fruit and other products will go directly
to the grower, as each ones exhibit will
be plainlya marked with the growers
name and the locality in which it is
raised, thus giving visitors an idea of the
capabilities of the different parts of the
county from the products raised there
and enabling them to ascertain, by corre-
spondence or otherwise, all particulars
they may wish TO find out from parties
who will, Of course, be able and willing
to furnish them with information.
The members of the committee are
working like beavers for the credit of the
county and to get together the finest eX-
hibit possible"
"Who are the other members Of the
committeeY'
"Well, they have been so active in their
work that | am surprised at that Quos-
ton. l thought everyone knew. David
Reese of tlorin is the Chairman. L. b.
Hall of Sacramento is Secretary and
Treasurer and j. p. Odbert, the other
member, is assisting in every way he
can. Oh, yes of course you have met
Hall at work in the city, for be has been
untiring in his efforts in getting the build
ing erected and raising funds to pay for it.
He has been very successful, too, and has
raised sufficient to pay our share of the
amount required to build the Northern
and Central California building by con-
tributions. Through his persistent eff
forts no expense will attach to the county
for the building except to the individual
contributors who haveso public-spiritedly
responded"
what is the outlook for the citrus ex-
hibit?'
I'VE expect, and in fact feel confident,
that we will make an exhibit of citrus
fruits for Sacramento County that will be
fully equal to the best that any county
can produce, and expect to show South
ern California that the sun shines in
Northern and Central California as we'll
as in the southern part of the State, and
that we can ripen oranges here just as
fine as any they can produce"