The record-union., 1894-01-22
THE NORTH AND CENTER.
First in the Field With an Exposition
at the Fair.
The Northern and Central California
Building Duly Opened-A
Splendid Showing.

last gleaming?
AT 2:15 P. NJ. Saturday the strains of the
'tfStar-Spangled Banner swept through
the aisles of the Northern and Central
California building at the Midwinter
Fair from the instruments OF the grand
orchestra as Director Stewart raised his
baton and President T. b. Hall lifted his
hat and the audience uncovered, and the
Fifth Annual Citrus Fair of Northern
and Central California was opened.
WE ARE FIRST.
First of all the counties; first of all the
States; first of all the forty exhibitions
on the grounds; first Of all the open-door
free expositions of the State.
A week, fortnight, perhaps, ahead of
any and all the other attractions of the
fair. Complete, ready. open, receiving
visitors and proving by a splendid ex-
hibit the claims for the resources of the
empire of productive territory that the
north represents.
But THEY CAME.
Though the rain came down like the
waters at Lodore; though the wind blew
as il Boreas were cracking his cheeks in
roaring salutations for the occasion;
though a binding mist that the down
cOQlQ IlOb QiSpCA AuLs5 OhOl olA lAlO
peninsula; though the mud was knee
deep, and the way to the building was
more disheartening to pedestrians than
the quagmire OF a Kankakee swamp, a
fine, large audience assembled.
And there were not wanting fair
women in the crowd. They came wad-
ing through mud and slush and battling
with the storm and their flying skirts and
bedrabbled pettic0ats. and some were
fairly dragged into the building out of
the quagmires, where not few OF them
stalled on their way--a cheerful, brave
and gallant lot of Northern and Central
California women determined TO be in al
the opening or die in the Midwinter Fair
bitches.
HONEST PRIDE.
If the RECORD UNION representative
(the only Northern and Central Caliior-
MIA paper represented had lacked
pride in his section before he came he
had it III plenty when he entered the
building and was greeted by the men and
women from Siskiyou to Sacramento.
and Napa to Placer. and was shown what
inside of two short months they had
done for the honor of northern and CEN
tral counties.
IT Is DECLARED OPEN.
President Thomas B. Hall Of Sacra-
mento, when the last patriotic strains
about Old Glory and the land of the free
had died away, addressed the multitude
from the west gallery. 1t was a neat and
happy speech. He said:
IF you will give me your close atten-
ton for little time you will be allowed
10 go on your way. Locomotion is very
difhcult in this building by reason Of the
limited space, but we trust you Will he
compensated for your discomfort in
what you may see and hear. The pa
viliOn, which contains exhibits from sew
eral counties n the northern and central
portions of the State, is now open for
your inspection. In making the an
nouncement no apology should be re-
quired, nor should it be necessary to dis
claim any spirit of distinction or rivalry
in the iact of our being prepared at this
time, one week in advance of the opening
day OF the California Midwinter Inter-
national Exposition. We simply throw
open our doors and invite you to an ex-
amination-and criticism. If you please
OF the display of our favorite section.
LAS you are aware, it has all along been
the intention Of the management of the
MidWinter Fair 10 have had the opening
day earlier in the month. Hence, in the
spirit OF the section we represent, our
energies were bent upon being prepared,
and, having everything in readiness on
the date of the opening, 1t is with pride,
therefore, that we open our doors 10 the
public to-day. Our people and active
workers are 10 be congratulated upon the
energy that has thus enabled them to
place in position an exhibit that will, we
sincerely hope merit the approval OF the
general management Of the Midwinter
Fair, and contribute to its success by
pleasing and instructlng its many visitors.
''In conjunction with the permanent
exhibits III this building we have the
State Citrus Fair of the northern district,
which. as YOU see, contributes largely
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cent as is this display of golden fruit,
can assure you had it been possible to
allot to the Northern Citrus Fair Asso-
citation all the space it asked for, there
would have been placed in this building
an exhibit of the golden beauties of our
soil far grander and more magnificent
than was ever before made.
"a word Of Well-merited appreciation
is due to the counties of the northern and
central portion Of the State which CO.
operated in the erection of this pavilion
and the promoters Of the enterprise are to
be cordially commended for their efforts
and patriotism. That the section here
represented will profit by the efforts
made, and thus having the attention of
so many strangers called to its possible
and general developments, goes without
saying.
''In doing this much we have but done
our duty in connection with the Mid
NlukSI DOSlb1Ou as q MuO1o, All enter
prise at once heroic and far-reaching in
its results. But it is neither my province
nor desire to make speech at this time,
for there are those especially detailed for
this pleasant duty. and who possess every
qualification to please and instruct you.
and it will be my pleasure to present
them in due time' He then with
personal complimentary remarks intro
duced Director-General De Young.
THE OFFICIAL DECLARATION.
Mr.. De Young made a brief, pointed
and emphatic speech, full of congratula-
ton and compliment, and in the course
of his remarks said that usually climate,
when spoken of as indicative of capacity
to produce semi-tropic growth, related to
the other extreme OF central latitudes,
but the north proved that here the capa-
bllity resides also to produce troplc vege-
tation and give denial to the word that
suggests northern rigor. He then in be-
half of the Midwinter Fair Association,
declared the first exposition of the
scheme duly opened with all the honors
thereof to be credited unreservedly to the
people of Northern and Central Cali
fornia.
COLONEL IRISH's GRAFTON.
Hon. John p. Irish was then intro
duced. He spoke with fervor and in
substance said:
II am sure that the duty that has
brought US here to-day has in it pleas
ure which is capable to great degree of
suppressing the feeling OF discomfort
that comes TO us all on account of the in
cleinency of the weather. Here we are
safe from the elements, and we are in the
midst of the fruits of the most glorious
country on the face Of the earth.
within the last week or so have been
eastward. l have crossed the Rocky
Mountains and have spent some days on
tbe shores OF the Missouri River. / was
all the time IN bleak and dreary winter:
the frowning skies were scowling on the