Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-11-03
JOSEPHINE COUNTY
WINS FEW MEDALS
Two Gold. Two Silver. One
Bronze Medal and Five Di-
plomas for This County.

The list of awards made at the
Lewis and CLARK fair to the counties
and individuals having exhibits there
have been published and Josephine
county comes out with but little
credit and little to show for the S25OO
appropriated by the county TO meet
the expenses Of the exhibit. The
county got one silver medal on its
mineral display and few individuals
and companies got awards. OF the
latter the Greenback Mining Com
pany, silver medal for gold quartz /;
Deep Gravel Mining Company, bronze
medal for exhibit of platinum. Di-
plomas of hor orable mention were
awarded to the Galice Consolidated
Mining Company for photographs,
Gold Bug Mining Company for quartz
specimens, Waldo Smelling 4 Mining
Company copper ores, and to Mrs.
Florence McDaniels for display of
crystals from Josephine county caves.
John O. Lewis, oolored photos of
Leland placer mines. Pacific Pine
Needle Company, of Grants Pass, two
gold medals, one for pine needle pro.
ducts and one for fibers.
The total of Josephine oounty's
prizes was two gold medals, two
silver medals, one bronze medal
and five diplomas of honorable
mention. jackson county, gener.
ally credited here in Southern Oregon
of not being rich in minerals as Jose
phine county and Of being no better
fruit, grain, grass and timber section
than this county, for Rogue River
Valley in the two counties is iden.
tically the same in climate, soil and
produotiveness, secures more prizes
than any other county in the state.
The county got gold medal tor its
exhibit the only other county
winning a gold medal being Baker
county. Jackson county came within
10 points of winning share of the
prize of $1,000 for the best county OK
hibit. the lost points being by not
having an educational exhibit. The
list of private exhibitors who won
prizes was so long that it required
and a quarter of space in
solid type in he Ashland Tidings of
to give all their names and
their exhibits.
In comparison with other counties
Jackson county has the greatest mum.
ber of awards. 1t secured total of
ll2. of which Is are gold medals,
10 silver, Al bronze, and "a diplomas
Of honorable mention. Wasco has 30
Awards, 20 of them gold, 90 silver,
81 bronze and II diplomas of honor
able mention. Wasco has the greatest
number of gold and silver medals.
Umatilla County, in third place, has
n awards, 10 being gold medals, II
silver, 90 bronze aud "a diplomas of
honorable mention. The standing of
the counties is as follows:
Baker county. gold, silver,
bronze, 12 honorable mention.
Benton County, gold, II silver,
bronze, IA diplomas of honorable
Clackamas, gold, Z silver, 23
bronze, 36 honorable mention.
Columbia, gold. silver, 22
bronze, Is honorable mention.
Crook, silver
Douglass. 4 gold, silver, 10 bronze,
II honorable mention.
Jackson, Is gold, 8 silver, bronze.
"a honorable mention.
klamath, gold.
Lane, silver, 10 bronze, IA honor.
able mention
Lincoln, 2 silver, II bronze, lOI
mention
l. lhht Hblht ~ hllNbit Nv uIunAtt
"a honorable mention.
Marion, gold, l2 silver, 20 bronze,
30 honorable mention.
Malheur, ! gold, silver bronze,
"a honobale mention.
Morrow. gold, silver, bronze,
honorable mention
Multnomab, 2 gold, silver,
bronze, honorable mention
Polk, gold, 3 silver, Il bronze
81 honorable mention.
Sherman, 1 gold, bronze, o honor
able mention.
Tillamook, l gold, 2 silver, 81
bronze.
Union, gold, silver, bronze, 4
mention.
Umatills, l6 gold, II silver. 20
bronze. "a honorable mention.
Wallowa, silver, 10 bronze, 3
mention.
Wasco. 20 gold, 22 silver, 81 bronze,
II honorable mention
Washington, 4 gold, silver, II
bronze, p honorable mrntion
Yamhill, 8 gold, II silver, lSI
bronze, l6 honorable mention.
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