The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-08-06

pictures of alltypes Of public and
private learning Institutions in the
state and examples of manual
training. All of the display ranks
high with other states and shows
that work done by Oregon students
is as good as work done by stud
ents in any part of the country:
The exhibit is tastily installed, and
particular pains have been taken
to make it attractive.
The forestry, fish and game dis
PLAYS are better at St. Louis than
they were at Chicago In fact, the
Oregon forestry exhibit at Chicago
had practically no large timbers.
while at St. Louis the state boasts
the largest on the grounds. A fir
log 20 feet long and nine feet six
inches through at the butt is one OF
the features. This log is one Of the
seven cut from the same tree, which
contained something more, than
40 900 feet B. M. of lumber. The
tree grew at Blind Slough, Clatsop
county, and stood 200 feet to the
first limb rather large in the eyes
|of the Fastener, but nothing un-
usual in Oregon. Another feature
lis squared timber, four feet by
four at the end, and az feet long
Then there are some big cedar
blocks from North Bend, Coos
county. cut by the Simpson Lum-
Der Company.
| All these big sticks are in the
outside forestry exhibit, while the
display of native woods is inside,
along with fish and game exhibits
The latter show every variety o1
game bird in Oregon, including bot
white, several kinds of quail
grouse, partridge, ptarmigan, pra-
irie chickens, sage hens. Oregon
pheasants, and the beautiful ring
necked pheasant, which a few year:
ago was imported from China ane
is now the most plentiful game
bird in Oregon. Salmon in glas:
jars and bottles showing the var
| ious stages in the development o
the fish from the egg are also showr
) Pro baby the finest collection o
grains and grasses in the Palace o
Agriculture is in the Oregon dis
play. In addition to this display
there is a magnificent of edible ane
non-edible fruit in bottles, hops IL
bales, and other farm products.
, The horticultural display, which
; is closely associated with the agri
cultural showing, has become ia
nous on account of the daily dem
onstrations of Oregon prunes
, which are cooked without suga
| and served cold. They are said t.
be the finest prunes grown in the
, United States, and thousands o
pounds of them are shipped t'
France every year, where they are
repacked and sent to America tt
! ! command fancy prices. A recen
l report of an American consula
agent in the interior of France call:
: attention to the extensive practic
I on the part of the willy Frenchman
Oregon is also justly famed a
; the Gland of the big red apple,
and her showing along this line /
also good, Last year the stat
: shipped so carloads of this fruit
! and it will produce even a large1
l crop this year.
Oregon cherries are now on dis
play. One of the cherry judge
. who recently passed by the exhibl
I sampled the Bing and Black Re
publicans and announced that the
d were the finest cherries he had ev
er seen. In Missouri the B1ac
Republican is known as the Orego
E because it was originated in th
western state. The Bing is, also
e native of Oregon. Taking all i
= all, Oregon has an exhibit at whic
: her people should be proud. He
displays do her credit at the gre;
u Exposition and attract universe
{ attention. The state will receiv
/ great benefit from the Fair, an
the money appropriated for the e.
II hibits will manifold returns to th
$ people of Oregon.