The San Francisco call., 1903-12-21
Local Exposition
Suggests Rare
Chances.

beautiful Jars Of plums, grapes, peach
es. oranges and lemons, pears, apricots,
figs. apples. potatoes. artichokes.
French prunes. asparagus, cereals and
nuts and a large case of honey in the
comb.
'Napa County has a large wall stand.
upon which is shown a very complete
line of its products, including grapes,
corn, apricots. onions, plums. oranges.
olives, beans, japanese persimmons,
cereals and a complete line of dried
fruits in their variety.
ALAMEDA COUNTY SHOW.
Alameda County has a large octagon
stand in the center aisle, on which is
shown a large assortment Of fruits.
CEREALS, vegetables and dried fruits.
The base of this stand is made of the
brick manufactured in this county
There are also several cases of this ar
ticle exhibited. One of the interesting
features of Alameda County is a com
plete exhibit Of beet sugar, showing the
beet in its natural form and the vari-
Gus stages of development up to and
including the finished article
san Joaquin County has a stand
similar to the one described for Sac
ramento. Its exhibit has received much
attention from the representatives of
that locality and shows a very compre-
hensive line of its products-pears
plums. grapes, nectarines. peaches,
lemons, oranges, sugar beets, onions,
corn and chickory. showing The pre-
served Ioot and the stages through
which 1t passes before it is used as an
adulterant for coffee. The exhibit of
dried fruits, nuts and cereals in their
variety. together with wine and olive
oil, makes this an exceedingly attract
i've exhibit
'Stanislaus County has a very at
tractive redwood wall stand, upon
which is placed handsome Jars of nuts.
plums, grapes, oranges, pears lemons.
rhubarb. peas, etc. There is also an
attractive display Of wines and olive
oil, soils and cereals.
SOME VALLEY COUNTIES.
Fresno County is represented by a
stand recently built for the express
purpose Of exhibiting their products to
the best advantage in the State Board
Of Trade rooms. Dried fruits and
raisins and figs form prominent feat
ure Of this display, but It also has an
attractive exhibit Of green deciduous
and citrus fruits. olive oil. wines
picked olives and preserved fruits as
well as an exhibit of petroleum in IT'S
crude and refined stages.
"Tulare Countys stand is buiIt NJ co
lected curly and burl redwood having
shelves and compartments upon which
are exhibited pomegranates, oranges
and lemons, citron, olives, deciduous
fruits in their variety, persimmons
grapes ounces, cereals and dried
fruits
Kern County has a large stand in
the center aisle which contains a fuJI
assortment of its products, Including
vegetables. green deciduous and citrus
fruits, nuts, cereals, dried fruits and
apples. The prominent feature is a
collection of oils from the principal re-
hneries Of that locality showing this
product in all stages from the crude to
the refined oil. Above the stand is sus-
pended photographs of a birdseye view
OF the city of Bakersfield on one side
and on the other a panoramic view of
the Kern River oil fields
Los ANGELES ON HAND.
Los Angeles County is represented bv
a large stand, the lower part OF which
is divided into sections in which are
placed, under glass, cereals, nuts, dried
vegetables, seeds and silk Above this
are a number Of shelves upon which
can be seen pineapples, citron, oranges
and lemons. onions. ounces, plums and |
other fruits in variety, together with a
full line Of dried fruits. The base OF
this stand is of black velvet upon which |
are placed gold letters, making the |
name Los Angeles County very promi |
nent."
The recent effort of the State Board |
Of Trade to get a renewal of county ex- /
hibits at the Ferry building and to Sc |
cure exhibits from counties not now |
afiliated is meeting with satisfactory /
results. During the week representa-
tives from three counties-Mr. Chitten-