The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-28

Southern California.
The personnel OF the executive staff in
the California building is not unknown
in the home State. but how they appear
in action in Portland may not be amiss
]. A. F1lcher. red-bearded, aggressive,
persistent. hustling about among the
workmen on the floor. keeping things GO
ing with knowledge obtained from pre-
vious exhibition experience; Frank Wig
gins, a type of the Southern gentleman
suave, polite. good organizer; Robert
Furlong enthusiast on educational work
full Of information his particular de-
partment; Secretary George A. Dennison,
crowded with correspondence, but all
ways ready to give any information when
asked of him.
ARRANGEMENT OF DISPLAY.
Right inside the main entrance of the
California building is an exhibit that will
make the stranger remember what first
made the State famous. Here is the min
ing exhibit-samples of ore. exhibitions
Of how the ere is treated from the time
it is first discovered and many rare speci-
mems of minerals. Other distinctive fea-
lures are also clustered about the prin-
cipal portal
In the big south wing is the horticul-
tural exhibit. This includes the forestry
annex which is now being arranged in
most attractive style. All the products
of the orchard-oranges prunes. peaches,
and so on, are set forth in a display that
makes the mouth water
The products of the vineyard are be-
ing gathered into the wide west wing.
The work of the agricuturist is also set
forth. The specimens of grapes alone will
make the Eastern sightseer sit up and
take notice.
A big lecture-room occupies large part
OF the north wing. Here are also the Of
f1cers' living quarters and the administra-
ton offices. Exhibits of fish and game
viii occupy the remaining space In the
hall near the temporary olhce is now
resting the body of a ferocious black sea
bass, apparently keeping guard on the
office door.
Under the dome in the center of the
building is a high, many-stepped hexa-
gon. This is 10 be the one spot where
any distinction as TO the geographical di-
visions OF the commonwealth will be al
lowed The side facing the entrance will
be reserved for the State at large. and
some choice mineral exhibits will be ar
ranged there. The San Joaquin and the
Sacramento valleys will each be repre-
scented by a flight Of steps holding fruit
of various kinds. The coast counties the
bay counties and Southern California
have each a face Of the hexagon.
All this is simply an outline of what
the lower floor will contain. Where to
put il all is the problem constantly be-
fore the commissioners.
On the upper door will be some of
the most interesting things to be seen
anywhere on the exposition grounds.
The great educational exhibit IN which
Director Furlong is taking so much
pride will occupy the south wing In
the east wing will be the fine arts col
lection. What is being done in irri-
cation and what irrigation means when
scientifically applied may be seen in
the east wing. Here will be placed a
huge typographical map of the State.
Liberal arts exhibits will also be found
here
Both floors are wainscoted twelve
feet from the floor. Thousands of in
teresting odds and ends will be artisti-
cally arranged on a wide Dutch shelf
at the top of the wainscoting. Above
this shelf will be pictures taken from
all sections of California Industrial
as well as scenic views will be shown.
The central hexagon on the main
floor will be thanked at four angles by
four pyramids, representing beet sugar.
seeds, beans, and grains and soils. Here
also will be arranged display of
honey transparencies.
Plenty of odd features are being pro-
vided. Over near the forestry exhibit
is the frame of a life-size elephant He
will be stuffed with walnuts. The wal
nut elephant was shown at St Louis,
but the Others of the menagerie are
new The State Capitol building at
Sacramento is being made of walnuts.
There will be a horse full of hops, and
a bear full of Drunes, all large as life.
The great seal of the State of Cali
fornia will be reproduced in beans
Beans of all colors and sizes have been
purchased to make the design, which is
twelve feet in diameter. 1t is a beau
tiful piece Of mosaic work