The record-union., 1896-08-22
THE BEST one EVER HELD.
That's What the Next State Fair Prom
iSeS to Be.
The Saying is an Old One, But
the Outlook Fully War
rants It.

L don't care how often the remark
has been made in past years." said Sec
fetary Smith of the State Board of
Agriculture to a Record Union re-
porter yesterday, Il tell you the coming
state Fair is going to be the biggest
and best We've ever heidi
Then Mr.. Smith ambled across the
room to answer call at the telephone,
and this is what he said to the man
at the other end of the wire:
m sorry for you old man, but that
stalls the best we can give you now,
and you won't be able to get that one
tomorrow. Everything is chock-a-
block at the Park, and if we had hun
dred more stalls we could use very one
of them.
You see how it is" he added, turning
to the reporter, there isn't a desirable
stall at the Park that's not engaged,
and the horses are coming in every day.
We're going to have the grandest race
meeting we've ever had. I've just been
lahoring over the programme, and it's a
big one
Then man came in who wanted to
secure certain space on the main floor
of the Pavilion for an exhibit.
You've come very late, SIR said the
Secretary. There has been such de-
rnand for exhibition space that I'm
afraid the best we can give you now
VIII be little corner somewhere. Prac-
tically everything has been taken al
ready"
Inquiry developed the fact that in
almost every department there has been
an unusual demand for space for eX-
hibits, and judging from the work now
in progress at the great Exposition
building it Will present a picture of
splendor that was never eclipsed even
before the hard times era came on a
few years ago. Carpenters, designers
and other experts are busily engaged
in putting together exhibits on a large
scale, but the real rush will begin next
week.
The interior of the Pavilion is being
gorgeously but tastefully decorated by
Foyne, who has few equals anywhere
in that line. He is always getting up
new designs, and the Pavilion this year
will have many novel and pretty feat
ures in the way of decorations.
Ghe large annex on the corner of
Fifteenth and N streets, formerly de-
voted to agricultural implements, is
completely filled with tables on which
are being placed wire and cloth cages
or coops for the poultry exhibit. Alto
gether, there appears to be at least a
thousand of these cages.
\ portion of the exhibit to be made
under the auspices of the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce is already in po
sition, and the work is being pushed
along vigorously.
The firm of Schaw, Ingram, hatcher
& Co., which last year had such beau
tiful exhibit in the way of a miniature
river steamboat, is now constructing
mammoth water wheel, designed to
show the firms resources in the way of
water-pipe manufacture. There will
be miniature canal with a pretty foot
bridge, the whole representing a scene
in the mountains.
Other local firms are also preparing
to place large exhibits.
The Art Gallery is again under the
management of John Stanton, who had
charge of it last year. Secretary Smith
says Mr.. Stanton writes that he is hav-
ing good success in procuring pictures,
and that the exhibit in that depart
ment will be very attractive one.