The morning call., 1895-02-08
OPEN AT CLOVERDALE
Annual Fair Of the Citrus
Association.
DISPLAY OF GOLDEN FRUITS.
Exhibits Show the Great Resources
of SOnOma County.
INTERESTING ADDRESS BY B. W. DAVIS.
With Competing Roads and the Nicaragua
Canal There Will Be a Larger
Market for Fruit.

CLovERDALE, Feb. 1.-THE third annual
| fair of the Cloverdale Citrus Association
was opened at o'clock this afternoon.
The weather being propitious, large
concourse of people was gathered from all
sections The improvement in the dis
play speaks volumes for the advancement
of citrus growing. The members of the
committee on decorations have distin-
guished themselves this year in manner
hitherto not reached, the tastefully ar
ranged greenery being beautiful and
brilliant contrast to the golden fruit. There
is also great display of art from Glover
dale talent.
San Francisco, Stockton, Oakland, Ala
media, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg
and almost every town of importance has
sent its quota of interested visitors, though
the exhibitors are entirely confined to the
immediate vicinity. All express them
selves as highly pleased and extremely
hopeful for the future of citrus-fruit grow
ing in the district. The San Francisco
and North Pacific Railroad Company is
running excursion trains, and the town
will be pretty well filed before the close of
the fair on Saturday.
of the Italian-Swiss colony, consisting of
citrus and dried fruits; oranges exhibited
by Mrs. II. L. Preston, M. Mcmillan, ]. n.
Atherton, G. Hagemeyer, John Field, III.
H. Hubbard, j. G. Holloway, f. Yordi,
J. B. Armstrong, w. T. Brush, Mrs. Clerk
hardt; dried fruits by Mrs. Gerkhardt;
dried fruits, by i. H. Montieth, who re-
ceived diploma fer the same at the Mid
winter Fair; olives, by the Parker Vine
yard Company and George B. Baer.
The Cloverdale brass band, mounted on
specially constructed and beautifully
decorated stand, has enlightened the pro-
ceedings from the commencement with
popular airs, rendered in a highly credit
able manner. Hon. E. w. Davis, County
Superintendent of Schools and ex- president
of the State Grange, who was received with
tumultuous applause, made the opening
speech of the evening, and it was patent to
all that the man thoroughly understood
his subject, and the audience equally well
understood and appreciated the man. Mr..
Davis commenced his speech in the follow
ing manner, after having given vent to a
few characteristic witticisms:
'It affords me vast amount of pleasure
to address you on this occasion. More
over, it is pleasure akin to triumph for
all of you. Have l not a right to feel
proud of the progress made in this young
but rapidly growing industry, substantial
and beautiful evidence of which is piled
around Us here tonight? Yes, am proud
of Cloverdale, proud of Sonoma County,
proud of her productions and proud of the
men whose unfagging industry and perse-
verance have brought them to the surface. 1
see many of these gentlemen around me
tonight and in their faces light of tri-
umph-that same triumph which is buoy
ing me up with enthusiasm this day.
''There is one element wanting, how
ever, to whom 1 suppose, like the fox
in the fable, our grapes are sour. refer
to those near-sighted skeptics who pre-
dicted that our citrus-fruit growing would
be failure. Is it failure? Look around
you and see. All California knows of our
success. Los Angeles is amazed, not to
say jealous. Yes, ladies and gentlemen,
there is time coming when our fame will
spread further, aye, and our fruits, too.
London has long hankered after Cali
fornia citrus fruits which her citizens in
fnitely prefer to those of Southern Eu-
rope, and what with competing roads
which are on the tapis and the Nicaragua
canal she will soon get them and buy them
at popular prices. What London wants
Berlin, Paris and Vienna want likewise,
and speedily the whole Continent. 1t is
not one, two or three sections of our State
that can supply this demand; no, nor can
the whole State supply it with its present
output. 1t viii therefore be seen that our
citrus-fruit growers have the ball at their
feet. Let them kick it when it rolls. 1t
will, 1 think, unlike the rolling stone
gather much moss"
Though Mr.. Davis spoke at length his
audience listened patiently, signifying
their approval by repeated and prolonged
cheering. Following are the officers of the
association:
President, ]. B. Armstrong; vice-presi-
dent, W. I. Brush; secretary, George B.
Baer; treasurer, Lewis Holloway; execu-
tive committee-John Field, L. Holloway,
l. E. Shaw and G. Hagemeyer.
SUICIDE At BAKERSFIELD.