The San Francisco call., 1910-01-12
FAMOUS ARTISTS
Enter OFFICIAL
DESIGN CONTEST
Panama-Pacific Exposition COM
mittee Will Have Large
Selection by Saturday
Civic Bodies Throughout Entire
State Write Enthusiastic Lett
ters IndOrsing Worlds Fair

Indications are that the committee
chosen TO select an official design for
the Panama Pacific international ex-
position will find itself with an EN-
barrassment of riches Saturday, when
the contest for the prize offered for
design is closed Several excellent
drawings, sketches and paintings have
already been submitted and a number
Of artists who have not yet entered a
design in the competition have an
noUnced their intention OF doing so.
One OF the artists who is now COM
pleting IA allegOrical oil painting de-
signed for use in any manner desired,
from & seal or letterhead TO decora-
lion Of heroic size, is c. A Holland, the
most famous of exposition picture spe-
cialists Holland was the painter of
The official Alaska Yukon Pacific ale
gorical painting, which was valued at
S25, ,0OO and has done other work of
great note. When but is years old he
held the contract for all the decorat-
ing at the Centennial exposition and
pointed auegorical pictures for the Pan
American and Louisiana Purchase eX-
% positions.
LETTERS INDORSE PROJECT
Holland, who first came to san Fran
CISCO ID years dBOs Il uOW III lltAc N4NS
and is busily engaged in the compile
lion Of the design which he expects TO
submit Several well known jewelry
houses have prepared designs and
sketches have been prepared by large
number of local artists The contest
closes Saturday of this week. but the
committee on award may not meet to
consider the designs until some time
next week
Letters of Endorsement Of the most
enthusiastic character continue to reach
the exposition headquarters with every
mail. Among those which were re-
Ceived yesterday were letters from the
Alameda Improvement club. the mer-
chants exchange OF Oakland and the
North of Bay Counties association.
comprising the promotion organizations
of Napa, SOnoma, Lake, Mendocino and
Marin counties. A similar letter was
received from Wells Drury, secretary
of the Berkeley chamber of commerce,
declaring that this organization was
aligned with San Francisco in every
way toward making the worlds fair
project q huge success.
sUGGESTS APPLE SHOW AT FAIR
A letter was also received from Da-
vid Robinson, II. D.. secretary of the
Commercial club and the Oregon de-
Veiopment league with headquarters
a Nosier Ore. in which the belief was
expressed that the coming exposition
could and would be made the greatest
in the worlds historya It was pro-
posed in this letter that the national
apple show, annually held in the Hood
river district, should be brought to
San Francisco in the year of the fair.
Similar enthusiastic letters were re-
ceived from the Humboldt and Reddin2
chambers of commerce
Plans for the excursion Of the cham
Der of commerce and the merchants
exchange TO Los Angeles Friday aft
ernoon to attend the aviation meet are
practically complete. Several members
OF the directing committee of the Pan
anna Pacific international exposition
viii join the excursion in the hope Of
meeting in conference with commit
tee from San Diego Saturday morning
WILL BOOST IN Los ANGELES
Those who have signihed their in
tention Of going on this excursion to
Los Angeles are: