The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-15
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10 tie Farmers and Mechanics Of Oregon;
7he undersigned Board Of Managers
of the Oregon State Agricultural So
oiety, desire to state few facts in re-
gard TO the Annual State Fair Of 1882,
to the cad that It's management may
bs better understood.
The speed department of the Fair
has for years bean source Of vexation
and trouble, not only to the Board, at
its usual meetings. but to the Society
in general, and the argument for years
has been, on the one side, that too
much attention was paid TO it, and too
much money offered, and on the other
hand, that the Beard have giyet no
encouragement sufficient to inducs =
fine display, Of the best horses. At
the annual meeting, Dec. 1881, IL was
finally concluded to assign this depart
msnt TO committee. who should agree
to pay the mouey they might offer.
and they should receive certain re-
ceipts especially derived from that de-
partment. Bat as additional induce
ment TO make this change, We cite the
fact that the premiums for speed have
been given Cor years al loss TO the So
ciety. while those interested have urged
that this department was not properly
managed, and that it ought to pay,
its expenses. In order 10 satisfy our
selves in regard to all these matters. no
money il offered this year for speed
triAlA. 1.-THE exbsriment shall prove
suecesafal, 1t will have cost the Society
nothing, and viii b basis for their
further action, and we deem il Just to
say that our course was not governed
by any committee Of horesmen, or any
agent Of q committee, and that there
was no dictAtiOn on the part Of any ono
Il vas the carrying out Of q desire
often expressed by very many frionds
and members Of the Society. In rs-
gard TO the receipts, se feel assared
that they viii 10 proPortionately as
good without the speed department as
with il, and that the plan adopted will
insure - much SUCCESS and as mush
money 10 pay the premiums in the
other departments. ana the expenses
Of thu Fair, as il no change had been
made.
The premiums Of the Society then,
for this year. are offered to the farmers
and mechanics IF Oregon, Washington
and idaho. Ia the departments sI
cattle. sheep and swine, a. we'll IS in
agricultural Implements, we are quite
certain the display will be credilAbls
sne we urge upon tho farmers AID
mechanics, then, 10 ase every Effort "a
make their departments attractive. II
you dislike the course which has been
pursued by the officers Of tho RocisiJ
the remedy at The annual election is an
easy one, but if the State Agriculture
Society is To grow In favor and patron
age, the friends of every department
must seek to make It's annual fairs at
tractiye. While We are FREQ 10 aami
that in some instances, the premiuml
are not 80 large as they should '.". Ger
tainly IN The department Of grains, att
some others, there san be no gronn,
for complaint. At ali events we hav
acted as We. thought best for the ia
terests OF the seeisty, and offered al
! We believed It could afford to pay
] More than this. You weuld not expect u
! to do, less than this, we feel oerta ha
not been dons.
Let there be strong effort mad.
then, 70 increase the interest and al
tractiTenses of all the departments 9
our coming Fair, and let your aim b
to strengthen public oonadence in th
Society. and to assist ia placing 1t upo
. permanent foundation. 1.-THE wcatl
D er shall prove favorable, with an earl
!. and shuudans harvest, and fair oas
= prices for the prodnoe of the oountr,
there IL no reason to doubt the su.col
. of the Fair OF 1882.
g We deem it bat. just 70 say thi
= through the Efforts OF the Speed Cod
!. mittee, the largest hulnber Of horses 4
3 ruaning aud trottiag ever seen at o,
). Fairs will be present at the State Ia
of 1882.
10 1t wilkins, President. Lane count
:. John @. Wright, VICE President, Ma
ion county, G. P Burkbart, Vice Prei
dent, Linn connty; E. M. Waite, Sc
retary, Marion county doa, Hamilto
Linn OountyI John r. Miller, Lal
county; Gee. Belshaw. Lane county;
W. Scoggins, Washington county; J.
5 Apperson, Clackamas county; Jol
Downing. Marion county; Henry NJ
Ter, Multnomah county; Z. d. BeLas
r mutt, Polk county; Wn. Gallowa
o yamhiIl county; of Board of Manages
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