The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-14
MlDwINTER FAIR.

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Weekly Circular Letter-No. 2al
The hotels and boarding houses of San
Francisco are full to OVERLOOKING. The
influx of eastern visitors to the Mid
winter Exposition during the present
month has been very large. One train
load coming in over the Santa Fe route
took three locomotives to draw it, and
on the following day it was estimated
that 5000 strangers arrived in the city.
The result is that the exposition grounds
have presented ivelier scenes on days
when no special effort has been made to
draw crowd than on some of the
special days earlier in the history of the
exposition.
The attractions offered to visitors,
aside from the standing attraction of
the state and international exhibits, are
being continually augmented. The
fruit shows-at least those made in
direct connection with the citrus fairs of
the state of California-are now q thing
of the past, though there are permanent
exhibits of citrus fruits maintained in
the Southern California building, in the
Northern California building and in
others of the county buildings on the
exposition grounds. The flower shows
are now beginning to play prominent
part in the exposition program. The
first of these was almond Blossom
Day." when the Alameda county build
ing was turned into perfect bower of
almond blossoms; when one could not
walk without the blossoms brushing
against him, and when the air was
almost heavy with the delicious spring
fragrance. And now come the roses
and all the other beautiful flowers which
bloom in rose time. The town of Ber-
kelley has prided itself for years upon
the great variety and the general excel
lence of its roses, and on Wednesday,
April IL, there was Berkeley Rose
Day" in the Alameda county building,
and the floral sensation created by the
almond blossoms a month before was
more than duplicated in this particular.
April II was also State University
Day, and it is worthy of mention in
this connection that the entire day was
celebrated without any literary exer-
cises whatever. This was probably the
first time that university celebration
utterly dispensed with the literary feat
ures. The university of the state of
California is wonderfully rich and a
wonderfully comprehensive institution.
It has the most magnificent exhibit in
the Manufactures and Liberal Arts
building that was ever made by any
university in any exposition in the his
tory of the world. About the only feat
ure of the university not displayed in
the exhibit above referred to is the
military feature, and perhaps this is the
reason why the outdoor celebration of
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military character. About 500 of the
students of the university make up the
university battalion. This battalion
paraded around the grand court of the
exposition in the morning of their day,
and had a grand drill and sham battle
on the recreation grounds in the after
noon. Early in the evening there was
university banquet and later on grand
display of Pains fireworks, with uni
yersity features.
The same week also included Gran
gers Congress. This congress held the
attention of great many people in
Festival Hall during four sittings, two
each on Friday, April 13, and on Satur-
day, April IA. The exercises have con-
sisted of addresses, literary exercises
and music, with discussions of subjects
particularly interesting to patrons of
husbandry. This congress has elected
more attention from people outside of
San Francisco than any other gathering
thus far held in connection with the ex-
position. The people of California are
growing more and more to like to think
of themselves as a great agricultural
state. Their gold and their fruits are
better advertised than is their agricul-
ture, and they seem to have seized upon
this exposition as means of emphasiz-
ing to the world their prowess in this
regard.
The past week has been one of partic-
ular interest also to music lovers Ever
since the arrival of the Sousa Concert
Band there has been more less friendly
rivalry between that organization,
which plays on music pavilion out of
doors, and the Vienna Prater orchestra.
which plays afternoon and evening con-
certs in Franz Joseph hall. In the hall
the audience sit around tables and drink
and smoke as they see fit, yet the Sousa
Band has more than held its own in pop
larity by virtue of the great excellence
of its music. There has been a great
desire, however on the part of the music
lovers of San Francisco to hear these
two musical organizations play in uni
son, and on Tuesday evening, April 10,
this desire was realized. On that occas-
ion there was given in Franz Joseph
hall the grandest concert ever heard in
San Francisco. The Sousa Band played
three numbers of Mr.. Sousa's selection,
and the Prater Orchestra played three of
its best pieces. The fuegelhorn soloist
of the orchestra and the trombone SOLO
ist of Sousa's Band held up the solo ends
of their organizations. In addition to
these features two numbers were played
by both bands in unison, Mr.. Sousa