Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1889-09-19
THE STATE FAIR.
Long List of Premiums Award
ed---The Big Day.
THE FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS
The Racing Hard to Witness Owing
to the Heavy Pogg-Fine Stock
Parade The Exhibits.

This is The fourth day of the grcat
State Fair. II has undoubtedly
been the most interesting day 80 far
Thousands Of people are i'm attend
ance aud the morning hours nav.
been pleasantly spent in viewing the
attractions In the pavilion and ia
machinery hall. One Of the great
attractions this morning was the
grand parade Of the premium cattle
The parade has excelled all previ
Gus exhibitions. Hundreds ex
pressed themselves by 81, ing il was
one Of the finest lrt of live stocl
they had ever seen. The fog wa,
somewhat disagreeable during tn,
morning hours, yet 1t was reall,
much pleasanter than the hot sultry
days of the fore part Of the week
The Mount Angel band discourset
some splendid music during th,
morning hours which helped t'
liven up the occasion.
FRUIT DISPLAYS.
The display of fruits is one Of tn,
best ever on exhibition In the state
J. G. Wright, who had charge %
the fruit department was SO occu
pied that he was unable to attend
this department., and about month
ago placed II In the hands of ID. d.
Prettyman, who has succeeded In
arranging one of the most pleasing
and beautiful displays of fruit ever
beheld. A bunch Of grapes from
Butteville, of the "Chasless Rose
variety, Is Oh exhibition, and the
one bunch weighs exactly three
pounds. Mrs. VIM. England, Mrs.
Il. Breyman, Mrs. Louis Kuhn,
Mrs. Frank Gilbert and Miss Sallie
Bush, were the ladies who succeeded
In arranging the fruit In such nice
order. Mrs. J. II. Moores sent a
han dsome boquet OF flowers to set
off the display, and all In all the
fruit display is second to no exhibi-
tion on the grounds. In the collec-
ton il twenty-five varieties OF
grapes; twenty varieties of pears
eight of plums and prunes, and
eight varieties OF nuts, all grown in
Oregon.
Geo. Belshaw, OF Eugene City, Is
here with three hundred varieties
of wheat, thirty varieties of oats aud
barley and one hundred jars of
grains on exhibition. He was
awarded the first premium for the
best display of sheave wheat raised
by himself.
The State Board of exhibit, under
the management Of nj. Wilkens OF
Lane county, Is something fine.
Something near three hundred va
rieties OF grains aud grasses are ON
exhibition by the board.
The display of hardware, tinware
aud stoves by j. &. Brown and J.
w. Crawford, Is very complete, The
exhibits are In the main wing of the
pavilion and are viewed by many II
visitor. j. w. Crawford succeeded
this year In carrying of three pre-
miums ON his display. The DIS
plays include u number of hand
some stoves, tinware, hardware,
copper ware, gasoline stoves and In
fact almost everything of note kept
In "a first-class store. The displays
are such AZ the citizens OF Salem es-
pecially should feel proud Of.
Dan Stultz, manager Of the Pa
ciic Cider, Vinegar and Fruit Pre-
serving company has large display
of goods manufactured by this
company. including cider, pickles,
vinegar, jelly OF n dozen different
fiavors. The display Is neat and
well arranged. Beside tins display
the company have II booth on the
grounds at which on "Wednesday
they sold at retail just about my
one gallons OF cider besides other
goods.
POULTRY EXHIBITS,
To-day the JOURNAL will speak
with special pride upon the poultry
'how that Is at the present state
Fair. II is y large aud fine oollec-
ion OF oockerels and hens nom the
Yards of the most prominent p>ultry /
iealers in the state.
The exhibit OF poultry made by .
J. Kocher, OF Aurora, embraces
white aud brown Ieghorns, Ply
mouth Rocks, light Brahamas, black
pspl-h aud wy"odo,,es. There Is