The record-union., 1899-07-09
STATE FAIR COUNTY EXHIBIT.
CoMPRoMIsE REACHED AS TO
MANAGEMENT.
sars. Shields, a. Chairman, and Two
Members Of Pomona Grange
Make the Committee.

~ N0a1Tm0u, anu AWV
members Of Pomona Grange
Make the Committee.
Al the meeting of the Board Of Su-
PerVlsors yesterday morning ]. A.
seau appeared to represent Pomona
orange No. 2, and asked the Board
~ give 1t charge of the county exhibit
" ne SHOWN at the coming State Fair.
ne stated thatJ. O. Coleman, Secretary
VI the Chamber of Commerce, had
asked If there was not enough public
spirit among the Changers to make
eounty exhibit and after investigat-
ing ne had concluded that there was.
Inomas Wait of Enterprise Grange
asked the Supervisors to give the man
dgement of the exhibit to the Grange
and felt sure that if they did so they
would not regret it.
=. II. Hayden joined in the request,
saying that Mr.. Coleman was anxious
TO have a Grangers' Day at the State
Fair. Peter Shields, who is Secretary
OF the State Agricultural Society, had
also urged him to appear before the
board. He had heard that Mrs. Eliza
ton, but thought the Grange could
10 much better than any individual
j. s. Daily of Oak Park thought Po-
mona Grange the proper body to ham
die the exhibit, as the Pomona Grange
Is composed of members of all the
Oranges in the county, and every
Grange favored the movement and
would aid it. Capital Grange of Oak
Do RI
the board to put the work in the hands
Of Pomona Grange.
Supervisor Curtis thought it
might be well to put the matter in
the hands of Mrs. Shields and two
members Of Pomona Grange.
j. A. Read thought that would be
perfectly satisfactory, but Supervi-
sor Morrison opposed it, saying that
the exhibit should be left either in
the hands of Mrs. Shields or the
Grange, so there would be no divided
responsibility, either of failure or sue
cess. Mrs. Shields had never failed to
make crediable exhibit, and he knew
she would not now, for she was a
worker and had won for Sacramento
many prizes. He was anxious to see
justice done to Mrs Shields, as the
Grand Jury had, under misapprehen-
sion, criticised her. The proper way to
do her justice was to place this ex-.
hibit in her hands, he thought.
John Reese, Master of the Pomona
Grange, said that if the management
of the exhibit was given to it, he
would have the appointing of the COM
mittee and would name Mrs. Shields as
one of the members, if she would act,
but his experience had been that she
always wanted to act alone.
"A long discussion followed, some
thinking the committee would get
along better without Mrs. Shields and
others thinking she would render it
valuable aid -
Supervisor Curtis suggested that the
money be divided, and $3.50 given to
the Grange and $3.50 to Mrs. Shields.
but Supervisor Morrison was opposed
to it, thinking it should all go to one
party or the other.
Supervisor Jenkins declared Mrs.
Shields an energetic worker, but he
nevertheless thought the Grange.
should have the handling of the mat
ter. He moved that. the money be ap-
propriated for the Grange, on condi-
tion that Mrs. Shields be placed on the
committee appointed. by the Grange
Daniel Flint. for the Grange, said
that if the money was appropriated for
an exhibit. he would guarantee that the
board would be well satisfied with the
result.
Supervisor Morrison moved that Mrs
Shields be appointed to take charge
of the exhibit
Supervisor Gillis said that he had
promised Mrs. Shields last March when
she spoke to him about the matter At
that time no one else was moving in
the matter. He did not feel justified
in going back on Mrs. Shields now and
hoped the matter would be harmonized.
John Reese said that he had been told
that Mrs. Shields did not want the pos
ition. If the Grange is given the man
agement of the exhibit, the farmers viii
all help to make it a success. If not,
they might as we'll drop Granger's Day.
He would put no members on the conf
mittee who We're antagonistic to Mrs.
Shields.
Supervisor Jenkins renewed his mo-
ton.
Supervisor Morrison thought it was
a direct slap at Mrs. Shields, who had
been working from the first in collect
ing stuff for an exhibit.
John Hayden said that if Pomona
Grange had known that Mrs. Shields
had made application it would have
made no move. bat it did not know
that there was any candidate when it
started.
Supervisor Mclaughlin moved as an
amendment, that the board appoint a
committee of three, Mrs. Shields to be
Chairman, and that the money be APP
propriated to the committee He
wanted to see harmony.
Mr.. Daily thought that would be
shifting the responsibility The man
agement should either be in the Po-
mona Grange or in Mrs. Shields, then
If there is a failure, the responsibility
is fixed Such committee would not
be representative of the Grange.
Supervisor Mclaughlin said he meant
the other two members to be MEM
bers of Pomona Grange and if names
were proposed to the board by the
Grange it could appoint them. If
the Grange had come to the board