The herald., 1897-08-05
SAN DIEGO COUNTY OUT
WITHDRAWS FROM CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE EXHIBIT
Much Business Transacted Yesterday
at the Board Meeting-Hamburg
Exhibit Attracts Trade

of commerce met yesterday afternoon
at S:15. There were present the follow
irg: Mes,srs Forman, Klokke, Jacoby,
Newberry Story, Waters. President
Forman occupied the chair. The fol-
lowing were elected. to membership:
Pacific Coast Beer, Malt, Wine and
Liquor Co.; Union Hive and Box Co..
manufacturers of boxes and beehives;
California Fish Co., fish packers.
A communication was read from the
secretary of the San Diego chamber OF
commerce, notifying the board that their
board of directors had found it neces-
sary to withdraw their support from the
San Diego county exhibit in the Los An
geles chamber of commerce exhibit hall
and that the rental would cease August
1st.
A communication was read from the
secretary of the national irrigation con-
gress, asking that one delegate be ap'
pointed from the chamber to attend the
congress to be held in Lincoln, Neb.,
September 2Sth and 30th. The president
was instructed to make selection OF
member who would attend.
The president and secretary were iii
structed to draw up appropriate resolu-
tions thanking the citizens of Riverside
| for the entertainment given the board
at the tariff jubilee banquet. Appropri-
ate resolutions were passed, thanking
the Southern Pacific and Southern Call
ifornia railways for courtesies extend
ed to the board on their trip to- and from
| Riverside.
Brust, United States fish h and d9anh game etb3 b3a
troll commissioner and had ascertainsd
| that if the proper request was made
upon the United States fish department
casts of the fish of the Pacific coast
could, no doubt, be secured for exhibl-
ton in the hall of the chamber. The
secretary was instructed to enter into
negotiations for such an exhibit.
The board then, on motion, adjourned.
Mr.. A. G. McAusland, the authorized
commercial agent for the department
of exhibits and concessions for the
| TransmiSsissippi international exposi-
| ton, to be held in Omaha next Se a son,
called at the chamber yesterday in ref
| erence to making arrangements for
| space for the Southern California ex-
hibit at this exposition. He is making a
tour of the coast and expects to visit
| the principal localities of California in
the month Of August. He was assured
that steps had already been taken to-
| ward preliminary work for this exhibit,
but the lack of proper encouragement
from outside localities had checked its
progress.
| Antelope valley comes to the front
| NIT 1,
from the ranch of A. r. Sprague of West
| Palmdale. These almonds are the first
sent in this season to be exhibited in the
shell. They were taken from 4-year-ol
| trees out of tract of ITO acres. the
yield of which will be three tons These
almonds are as bright and crisp as
| though they had been treated to a sui
| phur bath, although just from the husk
| No artificial means was used to give
| them the bright appearance. Mr.
| Sprague claims that there are 5000 acres
of almond trees bearing in this valley
for the first time, which will yield some
thing like twenty to thirty tons A. p.
Griffith of Azusa makes a display of
evaporated potatoes which would be
great acquisition to a Klondyke outfit
w. S. Barton of Whittier makes an ex-
hibit of handsome Globe peaches The
Santa Ana chamber of commerce has
increased its exhibit with a display of
French prunes and red Siberian crab
apples.
The Hamburg exhibit continues to
bear fruit A letter has been received
from firm in Hamburg, stating that
they had seen the dried fruits, beans
and seeds exhibited by the chamber of
commerce in the Hamburg gardening
exposition, and requesting that samples
and prices be forwarded them from
growers and dealers who desire to open
up a trade with that section of Ger
many, claiming that Hamburg was the
best distributing point in Germany
Another firm writes from Berlin on the
same subject, and claiming that Berlin
was the best distributing point.