Imperial Valley press., 1913-05-24
TO Be NO STATE Bu|LO|Me
FROM EXPOSITION BOARO

| Los ANGELES, May 2i.--Los An
eees county will make no official eX-
Ihibt at the San Francisco fair unless
G.. G.. Moore. president, and r. B. Hale.
vice president of the Panama-Pacific
Exhibition Association rescind from
| their stand taken at Santa Cruz this
week and build suitable state build
ing from the s5.000.O00 appropriated
by the state Of California for the fair
Sidney A. Butler, president Of the
Southern county expOsitions commlS-
sion. which consists Of supervisors
from the counties Of san Diego, Impe
rial. San BernardinO, Orange, Riverside.
Ventura and Los Angeles. returned here
| from Santa Cruz. He Immediately sent
out call to the members OF the
southern counties commission sum
moning them to meeting to be held
| in this city Thursday of next week.
| at which time he will urge that The
| other counties go on record as against
exhibiting at The fair unless conditions
are changed.
"The meeting at Santa Cruz was
unsatisfactory in every degree" said
Supervisor Butler. ''President Moore
and Vice President Halt ran the meet
ing ndthey seemed to have the con-
vention packed. We had insisted right
along that the state Of California build
Of the s3.000.000 voted by the people
"f the state for the fair. We eX-
Ipected at least building costing ST.
500. 900. When we got to SANTA Cruz
we found that rumOrs We're correct
and that the officials in charge of HE
san Francisco exposition had not DO
mated one red cent to the construction
Of a California building at the fair.
On The other hand. they met us with
\ q
state building by levying a certain per
ccnta@e on the assessed valuation OF
each county. This was Immediately
shown to be fOolhardy, as it would
lay the burden on few counties, such
as Los Angeles. Under that plan one
county would escape with less than
5100 appropriation, while Los Angeles
county would be forced to pay about
$500 We have felt right along that
when we raised $ 500, 900 in this sec
ton in state tax for fair that is held
800 miles away we are about doing our
share.
When the plan of percentage IN
the assessed valuation failed, Hale Of
fered To construct S250.0O0 building
and rent ont floor space. We realized
that a $3.50. 900 building would not be
representative of the state and that we
would be forced to pay practically as
much for exposition space as we would
have to pay under the plan Of pro-
portion assessment on valuation basis.
The southern counties voted against
the proposition. We do not intend to
stand for il and will make no ofi4sal
exhibit unless the exposition is changed
and a stale building erected of which
we can be proud.
Il understand that Governor Johnson
is behind MS in this matter and that
it was well understood that when the
IS 900, 900 was voted by the people Of
this state part Of that money was to
be used in the construction Of a state
building at the fair.
in case we do not join officially in
the state exhibit we will rent building
in the city of San Francisco and place
an exhibit in The city. where every one
visiting the town will have an oppor
Iunity to see what this county pro-
duces. Other counties in this end Of
the state probably Will join with us.
senators Norton, Hinshaw and Pridham
We're with me at Santa Cruz and feel
as | Il" about this natter