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Show THU MIDWINTER FAIR. T Items from our regular Corres- pomlcnt. Only one week moro and theCalifornia Midwinter International Imposition will bo in full running order, Thu onrly winter ralm have bccii trying to del) preparations for thtsgrcat Industrul oent but tho effort has been a vntu one. The rains have been tho means of pushing forward the shrubs nnd flowers, which are beglunln to bloom ns they do in spring timo in tho Kwjt, only more so, and oven the progress of uncompleted concessional adjuncts lo the Kxpotition seems to havo been accelerated. Surely iiothlngevcr sprangfromearth so rapidly as havo these building.". A number of the larger concessions havo beon In operation lor n week or more now, and notwitlmtaudltigthu fact that Exposition has not yot been officially opened, they are rcallydolngn good business. busi-ness. There's been an nverngo of 2.0C0 paid admiislon everyday since the gates wero opened nnd sluco 25 cents ndm'.ss-ion ndm'.ss-ion began to bo charged. This rate of ndnilsilim will be In force until tlio 27th when llio grand ceremonial of dedication will take place. Thereafter ndmission will be 50 cents. Arrnngmcnts for Dedication Day nro progressing satisfactorily. satis-factorily. The grand stand, which is to seat 7,000 Invited guesln, will surely bo finished in time. A largo band stand Is being erected in the Uraild Central Court and the famous Iowa Stato Hand, whic'i Is to bo one of tho attractions on opening open-ing day, Is already on the ground. Hut perhaps tho most Interesting of all inaugural exercises thus far has been the start made by the -10 Mining Camp in tho favor of the public. Tills feature of thu Exposition is as unique as it Is Interesting. Everything that has been claimed for it has already been fulfilled, and all its special features havo been put in early nctlvo operation with n viow to havo things running smoothly when tho great day of days arrives. On the occasion occas-ion of the opening danco in thu Gold G ulcli Danco Hall everybody present w n taken utterly by storm Fandango wns nevor danced as It was on this occasson, and the old miners who had assembled to witness the scene wanted to catch llio dancers up in their rtrnie, so full of enthusiasm wero the nnd so full of reminiscence of tliodnyn of gold. Thcro wero two men shot (7) during the progress pro-gress of the danco, carried , nut on n board, etc., but tho daucd w'euVbn. fc'cvtrtil claims have been j'linpcd already and other shooting scrapes may ba expected any day. Nonu of the guns used aio loaded, however, so that lliuro lb more fun than danger in tills part of the programme |
