The record-union., 1897-08-22
VERY LITTLE SPACE LEFT.
MANY EXHIBITORS HAVE MADE
APPLICATIONS FOR 1T.
Prospects Good for the Best State
Fair Held for a Num-
ber of Years.

Work is begun toward putting the
new pavilion in order for the coming
State Fair, and two or three local firms
are already at work preparing for
their exhibits. There will be a radical
change this year in the scene that Will
strike the eyes of the visitor on his
first entrance to the building. Instead
of the rows of carriages and wooden
horses that have heretofore been placed
near the door with tender regard for
his welfare and probably with the idea
that the first sight of the splendor OF
the exhibit might cause blindness unless
toned down, so to speak, by the inter
position of mass of vehicles his eye
will first rest on a massive arch in
white and gold in the rococo style, hay
ing in one alcove a statue of Flora and
in the other a statue of Pomona, with
large potted plants as a background.
Above the arch is the inscription,
agriculture is the Basis of All Pros
perity'' This will be surmounted by
a trophy of United States flags. while
at each side the arch is surmounted by
golden urns. This is the work OF
George and Al Boyne, and is very
handsome.
Seen through the arch as the visitor
steps inside win be an avenue bordefed
by grass and flower plats, bordered by
trees. In the center are two clrcuaI
beds flied with flowers, While IN the
center are rustic baskets filled ana
trimmed with plants and vines. Partner
on is a rock fountain which viii be
very handsome when perfected The
rocks are picked from that provided
for the mining mill and contain hand
some specimens of sulphurets and 9TH
er minerals. At the end of the avenue,
between the arch and the fountain, are
two more statues, of Ceres and some
other goddess. The whole thing. when
perfected, will make an attractive pict~
ure.
Among the local merchants, Breuner
Brothers are most advanced, the pago-
da intended for their exhibit having
been erected, although unfinished.
Weirstock & Lubin have several large,
mysterious looking boxes covered with
enameled cloth The Nonparei Will
have tunnels upstairs, in which their
exhibit will be made. Lindley & Co.
will also have pagoda. The Johnson
Locke Company of San Francisco Will
have a fine exhibit. Almost all the
floor room is already taken, only four
small spaces on the main floor being
| left vacant and there is a disposition
shown all the way through by the eX-
hibitors to put up nicer display than
| ever before.
Secretary Edwin F. Smith said to q
| Record Union" reporter, THE interest
this year in the fair so far shown is
most gratifying. There is larger
amount of space taken in the Pavilion
at this time than in any other year since
the big exhibit of 1894, when the ad-
ditions were built to the PAVILION The
front part, covering half the main hail,
is being arranged for a proper showing
Of the horticultural and kindred
products of the State, and every inch
of this large space will be filed with
some of the finest specimens of horu-
culture ever shown.
This has been a prolific year in this
branch of agriculture, and we have had
applications for space from eight or ten
San Francisco business houses, seeking
to display their goods through the me-
dunn Of the State Fair, where expe-
rience has taught them that the trades
men of the northern and central part OF
the State generally congregate. The
live business man is not generally SLOW
to take advantage of this fact
TT is safe to say that, with the fine
exhibits, the arrangements of incan-