The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
Vast Improvements Have
Been Made in Buildings and
Other Property.
Ten Counties Will Place Ex-
hlbitS, and Many Eastern
Stock Men Will Show.


| draws nearer. large force OF men 81
now at work cleaning off the ground
! and several new buildings are beir
; erected. The office for the members
the Board has been removed from I
, old stand to q corner in the lars
pavilion, where they will be better alb
, to euperintend the fair. Their old ofliC
will be rented for restaurant. Th
interior arrangements Of the paviio
will be on an entirely new order. Wit
the additional wings its capacity is in
creased by several thousand The wei
wing has been fitted with seats and
stage with dressing rooms, and will ses
about 2500 people. The new east win
will be devoted to the art exhibits.
Ten counties have engaged exhibi
room in the main pavilion, and it is be
lieved that several others will also b
represented. Those already arrange,
for are Jackson, Douglas, Lane, Linn
Marion, Benton, Polk, Yamhill, Wash
ington and Wallowa. Displays from
each county will be congregated, and
there will not be 60 many personal shows
One thousand dollars has been divided
into prizes for the county exhibits, aud
the competition will be active. The ex.
hibit stalls in the pavilion are to be fit-
ted up next to the walls, leaving a wide
aisle in the center, making IL possible to
see the entire length Of the room at a
glance. Seventeen electric arc. lights
will be fitted in this building.
About the neatest building on the
grounds is the dairy exhibit room, which
Manager Bailey thinks will be largely
used. The industry has made a rapid
growth in this state in the last few years,
and about every creamery in the state
will be represented. In the centre of
the room is the stand for the butter dis
play ,6tted out with a refrigerator. Be.
yond this will be devoted TO the exhibits
Of dairy machinery, especially the hand
separators, which, being largely used, +,
will be of particular interest to farmers.
Heretofore the machinery exhibits in
this line have been OF diary utensils,
which are not in demand by the aver
age farmer, because his entire time is
not devoted to this industry.
The greatest drawing card OF the fair
will no doubt be the live stock. This
department will be larger than ever be-
fore, New stalls have been erected to
meet the demand for stall room, and a
greater variety than usual will be shown,
j. II Patrick, noted live stock breeder
Of Ilderton, Ontario, is now en- route for
Salem with car load of Lincoln sheep.
These are imported, and are valued at
from $500 to 5000 per head. John
Sparks, OF Reno, New, will show 90
head OF Heriord cattle, which he is now
exhibiting at Sacramento, Cal.
NJ. G. Gray Of Columbus, Ohio will be
here during the fair, with a carload Of
Percheron horses, which will be
great addition to the animal fair.
A new feature this year will be the
bench show for colIies. which is under
the MANAGEMENT Of C. d. Nairn. A
working exhibit by these dogs will be TO
herd Fheep entirely without guidance, a
prize IN be awarded TO the best trained
animal.
There will be horse races every after.
noon, and there will be at least two hun.
dred racers engaged. Almost a hun
dred horses are now at the grounds, and
t management have been notified that !
70 horses now racing at Spokane, and |
about so from Everett, Washington, will |
be entered here.
More general interest is being taken
In the fair than for several years past,
and a great success IL anticipated by the
state Fair Board. They have secured
good music for the entire week, among
.he engagements being the Monmouth
band, under the leadership Of Prof.
lucas: The Salem double quartette;
Mrs. c.. II. Hinges the noled sGloist and
'everal Portland Socalists. Others will
be engaged later
The lodges aud fratrenal organizations
ire taking considerable interest in rep
esentihg their orders The Wodmen
II the World have erected a log cabin
or their head quarters, which is crude
'nough in appearance TO be colonial.
The state grange will have headquarters
,recte6 in few days. The initiation
Md los-rolling Of the w. Of w. is to bs
made prominent event. and they are
Hofking energetieally for the 555.
Three families, who arrived from Mis-.
,ouri last week, are camping on the
grounds until after fair time, in order to
1T some idea OF the resources OF the
state, aud OF it's different parts. They
say that there are about 20 families
waiting 10 hear from them regarding
the state, and il the reports are iayOra'
BILE, large number will come here 10
make their homes.
Already tue fair grounds have large
numter oi visitors daily, and an ex-
cellent street car service is given. The
narrow gauge cars run out there every
hali.hOur. and twenty minute service
has been instituted on the large car line,
being ma ie al the asylum
avenue store.