The San Francisco call., 1904-08-24
Commissioners at the Fair
Display Activity as the
Awarding Days Draw Near
FEEL SURE OF MEDALS
Golden States Exhibit to
Be Entered in Competition
With the World. for Prize
BY PAUL EDWARDS.
sta1 Correspondent Of The Gail.

CALL BUREAU, PRESS BUILD
ING WORLDS FAIR. ST. LOUIS.
Aug. 23.-The days of awards, the most
trying of the fair, are near at hand and
California is putting forth all her
strength in the race for medals and
premiums. The State and the County
Commissioners hope for many honors
and feel that many must come their
way. The judging OF some products
which California makes a special boast
of will be finished by the first of Sep
tember and some announcements will
probably be made by September 10.
There is not an exhibitor from Cali
fornia, individual, county or State, that
does not feel certain of prize. Com
parison with the exhibits of other
States and nations is giving confidence.
The State Commission is going 10 put
the exhibit made by the counties of
California in the Palace of Agriculture
in competition with the world for
grand or sweepstake prize. This ex-
hibit, which has cost the counties Of
the State 5000, 900, the money being pro-
is claimed by the County Commission
ers to be the most comprehensive and
beautiful display of the products of the
soil, oil, wines and honey made by any
State or nation represented at the ex-
position.
All the counties hope for medals OF
some sort and olive oils and wines are
expected to bring many premiums.
Santa Clara County will enter its Pal
ace of Prunes," which is really COW
cred with all sorts of fruits, as a dried
/ fruit exhibit.
The fresh fruits that have been ar
irving from California have been under
the eyes of the judges during the time
they lasted. Each new lot is carefully
inspected.
Blanks have been sent out to exhi-
bitors by the international jury that
have caused much CONSERVATION
among some of the Californians. These
contain list of the questions concern
ing articles to be entered that il is
impossible to answer here as far as
they apply to some manufactured ar
ticles, such as oils and wines The
blanks must be filed out and returned
/ by September l. They were given to
the exhibitors on August Is. Many of
the queries relate to matters that only
the growers and manufacturers are
cognizant Of. MANY statistics are de-
manded that have no weight as in
formation to intending settlers and are
/ consequently not on file here. A num-
! Der of these blanks have been sent to
/ California by the State Commission
and the county representatives and
must there be filed out and then re-
/ turned 10 St Louis.
/ Only as regards apples does Califor-
/ mia seem TO have much of a horticul-
/ tural fight on her hands. The field of
! tables bearing apples from the various
! States in the Horticultural building
make Californias exhibit in that
: States white and gold facade look linn
: tied, but there are some fine apples
/ IN the California display and such
/ States as Arkansas, Idaho, New York
! and others that have claimed suprem-
acy in the production of this fruit
may find some of their laurels wrested
from them when the judges have pass
+ ed on the merits of the Watsonville.
/ Los Angeles, Placerville. Redlands,
! Santa Cruz and San Bernardino ap-
pies