The herald., 1898-11-10
COUNTY PRIZE WINNERS
ALL KINDS Oh MEDALS FROM
OMAHA EXPOSITION
Secretary Virgins Tells Of the Closing
Days Of the Great Fair-List of
the Fortunate Ones

sppi exposition at Omaha. ut was tn,
grandest closing" said the secretary, enthu
siastically, "of any exposition have eve
attended. By grand mean from fnan
cial standpoint. Taking into consideration
the time and money spent it far surpassed
the Worlds fair. Four days after it closed
the administration paid the stockholder
70 per cent of the original subscription anC
there is enough money left to pay the othel
25 per cent and have the buildings"
"Was that good luck or good manage
ment?
"Mainly good management, for they
worked against odds. The Spanish wal
was against them and the railroads made
no reduction of rates until the summer was
half over.
"The three last weeks the weather was
miserable, yet notwithstanding that the
attendance was 100000. Had it been fa
vorable the number would have reached
100000. The medals were all ready to de-
liver when the exposition closed and Los
Angeles county carried off l07 medals and
diplomas.
"At the closing exercises at the audito-
rum when it was announced from the
stage that the Los Angeles county exhibit
had been one of the main factors in the
success of the exposition and it had been
awarded one of the grand prizes, the audi
ence rose and gave three cheers.
eve were never treated nicer anywhere"
continued Mr.. Wiggins. Everything we
asked for in the way Of concessions the ad-
ministration granted and showed us every
possible courtesy. We had our goods all
packed and out in two and half days.
~. H. McGibbin, director of exhibits for
the Paris exposition, made sketches of three
Of the installations, and he said it was the
best method of displaying fruits and wines
he had ever seen."
The list of prize winners is as follows:
Los Angeles County, grand prize, special
diploma of honor, for general display of
horticultural products and installation of
the same.
The following medals were awarded:
California Fish Company, sardines, gold
Secondo Guasti, sherry wine, gold.
Secondo Guasti, Zinfandel and Burgundy
wines, silver.
secondo Guasti, Port wine, bronze.
II. Jevne, Sauterne and Riesling wines,
II, Jevne, Cabernet wine, silver.
Southern California Wine Company, Bur-
gundy, Orange and Johannisberger wines,
gold.
Southern California Wine Company, Zin.
fandel and other wines, bronze.
q. Sormano, grape brandy, gold.
G. Sormano, Sherry wine, bronze.
Southern California Packing Company,
canned goods, gold
G. II. Waters & Co., canned goods,
silver.
H. J. Woollacott, Chateau Royal, Cha
teau Yquem, gold
H. j. Woollacott, Zinfandel and Riesling
Catalina Conserving Company, canned
lobster, silver.
Bishop & Company, crystallized fruits
and candied ctron, silver.
Bishop 4 Company, preserved fruits, pic,
led fruits, buffers and fruit pulps, ETC., gold
I. Vache,& & Co., Port and Angelica wines,
b. M. Blythe, tobacco, bronze.
G. L. A. Last, Port wine, gold.
Geo. Steckel, photographs, gold.
Las Angeles. Farming and Milling Com.
pany, grain, bronze.
Mrs. Sarah Swaine, accouchment chair,
diploma.
Perfection Orange Blend Company, sill
j. G.. Getchell, Bartlett pears, bronze.
ii. G. Harper, Ben Davis appless, Fall Pip
pin, Bellhowcr, silver.
f. c. Merritt, Kentucky Red Streak ap-
Piles, Kelsey Japan plums, and Bartlett
pears, bronze.
Darwin Nichols, Bartlett pears, diploma.
Mrs. Winner, pound pears, bronze.
ID. w. Cunningham, Kelsey Japan plums, |
diploma
Ben Collins, lemon cling peaches, yellow
Botan plums and Burbank plums, bronze
General Chas Forman, Burbank plums, |
Golden plums, Satsuma plums, and Foster
peaches, silver.
I. Gibbs, Burbank plums, and Orange cling
peaches, u.scioma.
Pomona Experiment College, Ogon plums,
diploma.
4. w. Parker, Silver primes, Burbank
plums, Satsuma plums, diploma
Il. g. Parker, Bellfower apples, diploma.
D. II. McEwen, olive oil, silver
G. II. Richardson, strawberry guavas.
bronze.
G. s. Spear, grapes in ffquid, for table use,
bronze.
G. A. Mcknight, prize-taker onions,
bronze.
w. RI Steele, Flaming Tokay grapes, sill
Captain Adolphus de G. Sutton, Kelsey
Japan plums, bronze
r. j. Pullman, Hungarian prunes, d.
ploma.
s. Il. Tossing, Muscat grapes for raisins,
silver.
b. M. Blythe, Mangelwurzell beets, di.
ploma.
!, Mrs. Anna Treat, orange cling peaches,
bronze.
George Patton, loquats, silver.
q. E. Roberts, bananas, bronze.
lgnace. Scherb, lemons, oranges and olives
in liquid, diploma.
Southern California Decduous Fruit Ex-
change, dried apricots and dried peaches,
silver.
Loud & Borling, dried fruits, raisins,
peaches and prunes, gold.
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, or
dried fruit work, silver.
8. Il. Thorpe, dried apricots, diploma.
=. Y. Thompson, dried peaches, diploma.
J. A.: Foshay, Kelsey plums, diploma.
1. Gibbs, Hungarian prunes and Foster
beaches in liquid, diploma.
Il: +. Byram, Morepark apricots in
liquid. diploma.
D. w. Cunningham, Royal apricots in
uiquid, diploma.
A. G. Thompson, Malta Blood, Valencia
Late and improved Navel oranges, silver.
>. a. Maddox, Improved Navel oranges,
washington Navel, Mediterranean Sweet,
'nd st. Michael oranges, gold
James oiausen, two varieties of Pomelo
md oranges, gold
yold. '' oianees'
!. A. Maddox, Maddox oranges. gold
Cahuenga Lemon Growers Assoc;atf;nn
eureka lemons, bronze. D'
A. +. Griffith, Valencia Late oranges.
'ronze. es''
Captain G. Il. Thom, Pomelo and Tan.
'erine oranges, bronze.
Briggs, Spence Co., Eureka lemons oo,d
A. q O. TamAp Grou,or, ',, ecA"'