The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1899-09-15
THE STATE FAIR.
The Opening Today Will See Most
Exhibits in Place.
Display Will Be Fine and the Faces the
Best Seen for Many
Years.

day before the opening of the fair.
Exhibitors are working hard to &c
their displays in place and in order
Wagon loads and dray loads of goods
wares and merchandise, flowers, grains
vegetables, works of utility and work,
of art are being unloaded at the pavilion
and its annexes.
Restaurants, lunch counters, cigar
stands, ice cream stands, ETC., are being
put in readiness by the owners of con-
cessions, the merry -go.round is ready
for business and there will be no lack
of the usual amusements, free and
otherwise, of state fair.
The pavilion will be filled with a dis
play fully equal, il not superior to any
that has been seen there before. The
art department will contain many new
paintings, and other fresh features, in-
cluding Guy Powers noted collection Of
Indian relics, fossils, etc.
The Salem Camera club will have an
extensive exhibit of amateur photo
hraphic work. Mr.. and Mrs. +. c.
Cross, Mr.. and Mrs. T.. A. Strang, Mrs.
A, 7. Hofer and other members Of the
club contributing their best work.
Among the exhibitors in the pavilion
will be Buren, d Hamilton, +. 4. Wig
gins. T. Holverson, Salem Wooden Mills,
w. T. Stolz, Gray Bros, State Insane
Asylum, and the Chemawa Indian
School, the Salem FIGURING Mills, Knox
Il Murphy, The Wiley b. Allen Co., and
the First and Second districts.
The First district makes great dis
play Of its resources, very arsistically al
ranged by G. +. Schurman.
Agricultural hall will be filed with
wheeled vehicles and agricultural inn
plements.
About half the space viii be occupied
by +, +. Parkhurst " Co., with dis
play OF Studcbakcr wagons, buggies,
carts, etc, which will lay over any
thing ever attempted on these grounds.
r. VI. Wade Il Co., will make an eN-
tensive display from their great variety
Of stock, and Parlen 4 Orcndori OF
Canton, H., will be represented with
agricultural implements.
A dairy exhibit will be shown in the
building set apart for that purpose, by
g. G. Wic<son Il Co. ,!of Portland.
Col. Tom Wait will show line of
White Bronze Monuments.
Among those putting in display Of
flowers and plants were noticed Mrs.
Thos. Burrows and II. G.. Sonnemann.
The poultry and stock exhibits will
be something fine, judging from the
entries made and the fact that the stalls
are practically all engaged,
Among those having stands Of various
kinds are Mrs. +. II. Flagg, and Mrs.
f. b. Southwick, with restaurants; Hon.
+. II. Flagg with cigar stand; Ellis a
Zinn and Walter stolz with candies,
cigars, ice cream, etc.
There is no doubt that the races this
year will be the best seen in many years.
There are more and better horses from
a more widely extended territory, and
the entries in nearly every race are more
numerous.
The fair will open this evening with a
concert by Parsons orchestra, beginning
at o'clock, the gates being opened Tor
visitors at6 p. m.
THE URsT DAY.
Saturday will be one Of the best days
Of the fair, The program Includes:
base ball at 10 a.. M. balloon ascension
and parachute jump at 1850; races IN
the afternoon beginning at ! o'clock
trick bicycle riding between heats; con-
cert and illustrated songs in the even
ing.
The funniest raceofth the fair il expected
10 b. the novelty race which will come
Of about O'Clock and will b. ridden by
r. r. passenger agents in costumes all
yertising their respective roads. There
will als5 De a char.o. race between tao
railroad men.
There are II entries in the 2.33 trot /
and IS entries in the 2.ls pace, and
horsemen say that 10 one can pick the
winners.
The Portland train viii lay over
until %. m., throughout the fair.
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