Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-12-22
WILD ANIMALS At FAIR.
Harvey County Proposes to Dis.
play savage ieas'a.

ed there is enough of saNaNery ahoa'
the Coast country to make the title
wild and woolly" appropriate, Hayney
county will bring to the Fair ccllec-
tion of stuffed wild animals, showing
the wild life Of Oregon, and tepresenta
tive inhabitants of the state in the
period that Lewis and Clark made their
psrilons trip 10 the mouth of the Colum-
bia River.
Preparations are now going forward
for the collection of snch exhibit, both
of wild beasts and birds. Not only
will snch coll yction be liberal edu-
cation to the avera"e Fastener who
does not see wild snimals except at
rare intervals, but the col ection will be
source OF profit to those collecting it,
1t Is said that witheYt exception such
collections are sold fCt much more than
the cost of collecting and mounting, and
at St. Louis it was found that the sup
ply OF such attractions was sold out two
mo this before the Fair closed.
Harvey county is already taking
active steps to make an exhibit at the
Exposition. The County Court has ap-
propYiated $1,000 for the purpose, and
members of that body have signified
their willingness to segregate another
amount of similar magnitude after
January l. Although that county has
au immense territory, of rich and fertile
acres, the people at the head of the in
terests there realize that the usual
farming exhibits are not apt to attract
the attention from visitors that some |
unique display will. Although Harvey
county boasts one-third of the cattle of
the state, and more than one-ninth the
area of Oregon, it's exhibit will be along
lines not attempted by the other
counties. and while it's resources, vast
and undeveloped, will be brought out,
the unique plan OF giving Fasteners
so1 ething decidedly different from any,
,hicg e any other section OF Oregon Will
bring forth Will be followed.
Harnev county ia said to have 4S
of wild animals and $50 varie-
les of birds other than domestic. In
: 'tting an adequate realization OF the
Wild conditions and the savage foes
4ewis and Clark had to contend with,
he wild animals displayed will show
rue to the life the dangers the intrepid
xployerers encountered. A better
1ea of their bravery in penetrating the
rackIess forests on their great mission
7il result from Harney county's ex-
ibit.
Congressman Bincer Hermann is on
ecord AS once having said that the on y
roducts Of Harney county known TO
ne outside world were ebay, hell and
ettions." The County Court of the
l'erior section proposes to make an ex-
hit OF another pronuct which will
)mpel the wide-eyed attention of every
,sitOr. Animals posed even as they
o'ing upon the luckless traveller in
fe, and birds pois Ell aa if on the wirg,
IL doubtless make decided impress
on upon The mind of the visitors, and
articnIa'ly those who, in cnmirg to
le ext eme West, Wi ii expect q find
ldians on ev-rv ST ct correr, and the
1int customs of the cowboys rule in
Ie eOrial rro 'tdu"e of the city. To
lch the 'varmints" from Harnev will
owe refreshing and do away to some
l'ent with the complete disillusion-
est which Easterners feel when they
me here AM find that they are as
uch at home in Portland as in
licago.
Earuey comfy realizes that in collect
g an exhibit for the Exposition, the
ne is rather late, and in making the
Election Of wild animals they do not
ID to await another harvest. 1t is
ELY that a large stock company will