The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-05-22
Nrw onLrANs. La. NAV 10. 1885


splendid exhibits and pf lis genrnnS
liberality III supporting the fair, coming
to its relief. especially, when, but far
the second appropriation, there would
nave heon fatal collapse and failure
altegethe. the latter, or exhibitors.
will have so advertised their products
as 10 reasonably expect future returns,
aud the whole county will 6e benefited
by the impetus given to southern de-
velopment and industries.
Several causes have led to the tiuan-
cial failure alluded TO. la the frat place
the location is remote from the popu.
lous een.ors of the country, which to-
gether with the severity OF the past win
ter in the north, aud the general busi-
ness stagaation, kept many people at
home, either because anabie TO assume
the expense, or 10th to risk the discom.
forts necessarily attending q distant
journey. Then the Exposition was
opened before il was nearly complete,
and thousands coming, were compelled
u go home without having seen the
show. This exasperatsd them and their
uDfavorable reports deferred other thou
sands from making the visit, aud As =
matter of fact IL Was not until some
time IN February that the fair was con-
sidered finished, the Art Gallery being
then only thrown open TO the public.
But perhsps the one single thing that
operated most dissssrously against the
Exposition was the utter lack of rapid
aud confortabls transportation 10 and
from the grounds. People were jam
med and crowded into one-taale street
cars, thousands daily being compelled to
stand up during slow trip of i've or
SIX miles, the roadwsys being often
blockaded for hours by mired wagonE,
o. catts, while it often happened that
thousands were delayed for hours be-
fore they could get into. the cars at all
This one fact aud the others mentioned
doubtless kept as many as bali million
people from making = visit to the ex-
hibition, which in itself vas worthy of
all the good things said Of it. We we're
promised steam car transportation at an
early day the City Council promptly
granted the righs-of-way, the city pa
pers announced, with a great flourish,
hat steam line would be ready, but
for some inscrutahle reason IL has never
been built, probably owing TO street car
line corporation influence, with which
tie people Of this city are cursed.
There is some talk of reopening the fair
next autumn, but unless transportation
to and from the grounds, better than
abominabls one-mule cars, be provided,
a worse failure would follow, as people
will not suffer themselves to be imposed
upon second time.
There are none that surpass, and but
few that equal oregon's exhibit as rep
the developed interest of that
state, and careful study of the quality
of each branch of the exhibit with a
careful comparison leads a person to
think that there is some truth in the
theory that the ancient Garden of Eden
was located in what is now the Pacific
Ocean, and near the shores of the land
where trolls the Oregon" Surely
"natures choicest blessing tie soil has
endowed" or the magnificent display
now on exhibition could not have been
produced. The wheat is remarkable.
Some of 1t stands 7 feet high. Il. w.
Allen, the commissioner, informed me
that one sample of this grain averaged
72 bushels to the acre. Oats, rye and
barley, are equally as iuxuriant and are
produced without the assistance Of irri.
CATION. eve have climate unequall-
ed upon the giobe for the production of
cerea.s steady rains at intervals about
the period that the grain is swelling,
fills out the heads and produces large
plump berries similar to these you see
before you, and raises our average sta
tistics to figures that are astonishing
and cannot be equalled anywhere upon
the GLOBE" remarked Mr.. Allen. Even
at this late day the fruit exhibit is
good, which is proof that the Oregon
fruit is good keeper. The present dis
play comprises fine pears,apples, ,prunes,
plums, cherries, straw wberries, goose
berries, currants, etc., of very fine APP
pearance and which have taken medals
and premiums over all in which they
have come in contest with. It must be
limited beyond shadow Of doubt that
Oregon has the largest and bost pota-
toes. The different grades of wool, as
grown in the state,-the clip of which
last year was 100000 pounds, dis
played in an attractive manner, and
blankets manufactured from the same