The record-union., 1894-01-11
PREPARING FOR SACRAMENTO DAY.
Thursday, June 18th, Selected by the
Committee.
Fl. NJ. LaRue Makes Some Valuable
Suggestions Concerning a Dis
play of Citrus Fruits.

Unless some objection by the managers
of the Midwinter Fair should be inter-
posed as to the particular day selected,
the proposed Sacramento day demonstra-
ton will take place on Thursday, June
18th. Such at least was the conclusion
arrived at yesterday by the Executive
Committee at meeting held in the Hall
OF Records.
There were present j. o. Coleman, e.
W. Hale, r. ]. Van VOORHEES,, J. w.
Wilson, w. d. Lawton, T. J. Mcfarland,
M. J. Curtis, Eugene Cutter, f. I. Teb-
bets. II. NJ. LaRue and q. c. McMullen
were present by invitation and were
added to the committee.
J. o. Coleman was elected Chairman OF
the committee, and NJ. j. Curtis Secre-
tary. Obed Harvey of Gait was chosen
for Vice Chairman.
On motion of Mr.. Tebbets, it was or
five members.
II. NJ. LaRue, who was Chief With
cultural Officer at the Worlds Fair, at the
request Of the committee favored those
present with his views on the subject OF
the proposed Sacramento day demonstra-
ton. He said that, in his opinion, no
day should be selected inside of thirty
days to come, as the Midwinter Fair
would not be in proper condition to be
seen before that time.
The matter OF selecting day for Sacra-
mento was then taken up and generally
discussed.
Mr.. LaRue thought it would not be
good policy to select day at this time, as
that could better be done after the fair
should be we'll under way. California
Day at the Worlds Fair was in Septem-
ber, after the fair had been running for
seven months and ev verything was in
good working order. He suggested June
as a good month for Sacramento, as her
fruits would then be ripe and a great
showing could be esnade.
Mr.. McMullen said those States that
held their demonstrations late in the sum-
mer at the Worlds Fair had the best of
it. He agreed with Mr.. LaRue that June
would be early enough.
Mr.. LaRue said that if the people of this
county would only keep their citrus
fruits in cold storage they could be shown
in June at the same time with the decidu-
Gus fruits. This is what Los Angeles did
at the Worlds Fair, and she always had
fresh citrus fruits on exhibition.
Mr.. Hale suggested June 14th as a good
date for the Sacramento demonstration.
DIR. Tebbets favored June, but thought
that the particular day would be proper
matter for future consideration.
Messrs. Lawton, Mcfarland and others
all thought that June would be a good
month.
Finally it was decided to ask the Mid
winter Fair Managers for Thursday, June
18th, for Sacramento Day.
Mr.. LaRue again urged that an effort
be made to have citrus fruits preserved
bv cold storage for the June display,
Even New York had fresh grapes on ex-
hibition at the Worlds Fair every day
from March l, 1892, until the new crop
came, while California did not have
grape to show until July. Southern Cali
fOrnia did the same in regard to her citrus
fruits.
Mr.. LaRue's suggestion was adopted,
and it was decided to confer with the
County Midwinter Fair Committee, and
ask them to preserve quantity Of citrus
fruits for special exhibition in June
On motion of Mr.. Tebbets, the Chair
was authorized to appoint sub-comnit-
tees consisting of Two persons from each
precinct in the county, to assist in ar
ranging for the proposed celebration.
Mr.. McMullen moved that committee
of five be appointed to formulate a plan
for the celebration, to be submitted at the
next meeting. Carried.
The Chair named as such committee
Messrs. Hale, Tebbets, Wilson, McMul-
len and Cutter. The Chairman and Sec
retary were added to the committee.
L. j. Mcfarland said he was certain the
people of Folsom and vicinity would
take an interest in the matter, and do
their share toward making Sacramento
Day a success.
The committee then adjourned until
the call of the Chair.