East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-10-13

urged oregon. now that she is in the
public eye, to follow up her advantage.
Brief addresses We're also made by
Thomas Richardson. j. H. Albert
Richard Scott. f.. II. Flagg. J. II. Ack-
erman. and Charles n. Galloway
Responses on behalf of their re-
spective counties were made by Col
onel f. II. Brigham. of Coos; Henry
Blackman, Morrow; w. II. Savage,
Marion L. ]. Rouse, Wallowa; S. c..
Roberts, Linn; ID. II. Jackson, Of
Jackson; f. II. Flagg. Columbia;
Judge d. S. X. Buick Douglas; Geo.
Warren, Lane; II. w. Vincent and G..
w. Gett, Baker; Captain Hammond,
Douglas; NJ. n. Fegtly, Malheur; Cap
tain Ben Boswell, Douglas; ID. G. Bow
man, Umatilla; S. J. White, Union; p.
Mcintosh. Umatilla; G. l.. schmidt,
Wasco, and f, A. Morris, Yamhill.
Special Jury of Awards.
The special jury of awards on coun-
ty exhibits was composed of ]. 4. Fill
cher, California;; Wilson H. Fairbank,
Massachusetts; w. n. Steel. North
Dakota; Charles Camp, Wyoming; NJ.
]. Vessels, Idaho. The report read
at the gathering by Commissioner
Fairbank is as follows:
Portland, Or, oct 10.-To the
President and Members of the oregon
State Commission. Lewis and Clark
xposition-Gentlemen Your jury,
appointed to determine the merits Of
the respective county exhibits and
award the cash prizes generously pro-
vided for the same, begs leave to re-
port as follows:
without going into elaborate de-
tails, we will say that we adopted the
scale Of marking provided by you and
have very carefully and conscientious
! ly examined all the exhibits made by
/ your counties, and have taken into
| account not only the resources OF
the respective counties, but the con-
ditions under which they labored In
presenting them for public inspection
at this exposition. The state of de-
velopment of the different counties
| has been considered and the facilities
for getting their products to the fair
In short, we have tried to the best oi
our ability to do absolute justice in
the case of ali participants.
you indicated to use that the $4,000
offered by your state should be award
ed, $1,000 to the first county. $500 tC
the second, 5000 to the third and $20i
to the fourth.
Difference Is Slight.
"in making allowance for the sligh
difference that might occur as th'
result of the best human efforts, W.
find a number of counties score 81
nearly alike-stand, as it We're, 81
near first, that If we should give th'
entire first prize to one, an injustice
might be done to others. For in
stance. the difference in one instanc
is only one seven hundred and fiftietl
part oil one point. We find that si
counties stand close together in tn
first class: these six are Marion. Coos
) Linn. Umatilla, Wasco and Lane.
~ln view Of the fact that the scor
ing of these counties is practically tn
same, there being only few point
difference between the highest an,
the lowest, we recommend that TIL
$1,000 be divided among them-ii
other words, that TO each he awarde,
the sum OF $3.50
What is true in the case of tn
aforementioned counties is practically
true of second group. viz: Clacka
mas. Columbia, Jackson, Polk an
Morrow. The difference i'm the scor
ing of these five counties is so Sigh
that we feel that TO give to one to tn
exclusion of the others might work
possible injustice, as we realize con
scientiously that any human endeavo
is subject TO at least technical error
We therefore recommend that tn
second prize of $500 be awarded equal
ly among these five counties. givin
Sl00 to each.
Five I'm Third Group.
Carrying along the same idea, W
find a third group marked practically
the same, viz: Benton. Yamhill. Nal
heur Union and Baker. Prompted b.
the same course of reasoning, we rec
ommend that the third prize of $50
be divided equally among these fiv
counties or that each be awarded tn
sum of Sc.
Strange to say, we find fourtl
group. which again scores very nearl,
alike. While the difference here is
little greater. it is not sufficient in ou
judgment To warrant excluding evel
the lowest from participation from
any benefit which might be given t,
The highest. These counties are Wal
Iowa, Washington, sherman. Joseph
inc, Lincoln, Harney and Douglas. II
view Of the fact that they score $,
nearly alike, We recommend that tn,
fourth prize of $500 be divided anon,
them and that each be awarded tn
sum of $25.
Assuming that you will adopt ou
recommendations, which we arrivet
at after careful inspection and du,
elaboration, you will find that tn,
aggregate sums included in these sew
eral awards amount to 1895. Thi
will leave sos balance from the tota
of $4,000,
Diplomas Suggested.
1--WE recommend that this s65 b,
expended in suitable diploma o
honor to be prepared by you anC
awarded to the superintendents o
each of the county exhibits of thi