The herald., 1895-02-14
For a Box OF Southern CalifOr-
mia Oranges
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Premium for the Best Exhibit at the
Citrus Fair
Chamber of Commerce Notes-Last neeting
of the Present Board of
Directors

AT the last meeting of the present board
of directors of the Chamber of Commerce
it was decided to offer $50 gold medal to
the orange grower of Southern California
who shall exhibit the best box of oranges
at the coming citrus fair, this medal to be
awarded every year hereafter by the
Chamber OF Commerce, whether a citrus
fair is held in this city or not.
All fruit entered for competition shall
be Independent of other exhibits and be-
long to the Chamber of Commerce after
the decision of the contest.
The board of directors also decided to
make an exhibit of California products at
the meeting of the Farmers Institute in
New York city in accordance with sug-
gestion made by D. NJ Hexamer, editor
OF the American Agriculturist, who is one
of the visiting members of the American
Pathological Society now in the city. DR..
Hexamer is president of the Farmers
Club of the American Institute, which
holds monthly meetings. Exhibits of
food products are made at each of the
meetings, which are viewed by thousands
of visitors to the institute, among them
the leading grocers and fruit dealers of the
East.
DR.. Hexamer has kindly offered to make
a special exhibit of California products at
the next meeting of the institute, free of
charge, provided the people here furnish
the material. Dried fruits, nuts, oranges,
lemons fruits preserved in glass, ETC.,
will form desirable exhibits. The Cham
Der of Commerce solicits donations for
this purpose 1t is a splendid opportu-
nifty to advertise California products at
small cost and where the advertising will
do the most good.
There were present at yesterdays meet
ing Directors Freeman, Cohn, Eisen, Sew
erance, Mullen, King, Forman Parsons,
McGarvin, Patterson, Klokke, Hazard and
Jones. Several members of the board were
also present. President Freeman occu-
pied the chair. -----
S. G. Marschutz the optician, and Pro-
lessor Edwin 7. Pierce, principal of the
Los Angeles State Normal School, were
elected to membership.
A communication was read from Abbot
Kinney, who represented the chamber at
the recent national road convention, stat
ing that General Roy Stone, United
Roads, will visit Los Angeles in the near
future and suggesting that a meeting be
held to hear an address from him. 1t was
moved and carried that General Stone be
invited to speak and a special meeting be
called for that purpose.
A communication from the Humboldt
Chamber of Commerce, asking that the
chamber assist in securing legislation ex-
empting coasting vessels from state taxa
ton, was referred to the committees on
commerce and laws.
A committee of members of the Cham
Der, consisting of J. M. C. Marble, I. W.
Haskins and John Rebman, was heard in
the matter of the San Joaquin Valley rail
way. They advised that steps be taken
to secure the extension of that road to
this city. The matter was referred to Il
special committee.
The following resolution, offered by
Director parsons .of the committee on
mines, was passed:
Whereas A bill has been introduced
into the State Legislature which proposes
to transfer the state mining bureau in
San Francisco to the State University at
Berkeley, thereby removing the extern
sive mineral collection, library, labori
tories, ETC., stopping all field work, in
Guiding present important petroleum in
vicinity, and practically abolishing the
mining bureau, which is the only institu
ton maintained by the miners of Cali
fornia; and,
Whereas, The closing of the state min
ing bureau as separate and distinct in
stitution would tend to convey. the i'm
preston that CALIFORNIA; prestige is on
the wane as the leading producer of the
precious metals in the United States,
while it has valued output of $40, 900, 600
annually, and its mineral properties show
of late a marked revival in gold mining
interests, and
Whereas, Stoppage of these sources of
information upon mineral and mining
matters, particularly hitherto relied upon,
would be detrimental to the interests of the
state, as during the past year 594 letters
of enquiry have been answered, 2070
specimens examined and passed upon,
600 determinations made to parties pre-
senting these specimens in person, and
1000 copies distribute of valued bulletin
on mine timbering, this work still being
in active demand and greatly appreciated
by miners; therefore be it
Resolved, That in view of all that has
been accomplished by the State Mining
Bureau in the past and the greater good
it is capable of in the future upon the
general lines hitherto followed, this
chamber in full accord with all of its
work and considers the change as pro-
posed will be prejudicial to the best in
terests of the mining industry in this
state.
Resolved, That copies of these resolu-
tons be sent at once to our State Repre-
sentatives at Sacramento with a request
for immediate action.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
President Freeman addressed few re-
marks to the board, thanking them for
the assistance which they have rendered
the cause during the year that is past 1t.
was moved end carried that vote of
thanks be rendered President Freeman
for the able and courteous manner in
which he has presided over the meetings
of the board for the past two years.
The annual meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce for the Inauguration of the
officers and directors for the ensuing year
will take place next Friday afternoon,
February 10Th, at 3 o'clock in the club
rooms of the chamber.
The officers and committees will tender
their annual reports, and the incoming
president, Mr.. W. G. Patterson, will speak.
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