Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-05-19
DAVENPORT COMING BACK.
Cartoonist Returns to Oregon to
Show His Birds and Beasts
at the Exposition.

farm can succeed in almost any
thing he tackles out in the big|
world, Homer Davenport is COM
ing to. Portland again. Every
body who reads newspapers knows
Homer Davenport. His cartoons
have amused and interested and
possibly influenced US all. His
cartoons of men have made them
famous. or infamous in some
cases, and some of his drawings
on questions of national import
have had direct influence on
their settlement or adjustment.
But while he is the worlds great
est cartoonist today, only trifle
more than eighteen years ago he
was farmer boy at Si1verton,
Or, where he secured his first
art education by drawing pictures
on the stable door.
Strange as it may seem, Mr.
Davenport has had time during
these eighteen eventful years
since he has been struggling for
fame to make the greatest collec-
ton of birds and domesticated
animals in America. 1t was the
early influence of the farm, no
doubt, that gave him his passion
for birds and animals. He has
searched the four quarters of the
globe for his collection, and now
that he is coming back he is
bringing his birds and animals
with him.
Mr.. Davenport and his pets are
to be at the Exposition. When
he learned that Oregon was to
give great Worlds Fair he at
once volunteered his services, and
the, result is that ne has several
: acres at the Exposition grounds
where reproduction of typical
Oregon ranch is being made.
Here he will show to all who
come his truly remarkable collec-
ton, which has cost him, mis-
spare time during ten years and
spare change to the extent ol
$82. 900. Included in his fine
collection are thirty-six varieties
of pheasants, every country ot
the world being fttingly repre-.
sented. Then there are water
fowls, storks, crane, jungle-fowl.
and wild turkeys, pigeons, fancy
poultry, quails, tragopans, Angors
goats, Arabian horses and so OF
through a long list.
Mr.. Davenport will, win un
ending gratitude by afording al
opportunity of seeing genuin'
Arabian horses, which are rarit,
in America. The Sultan of Tur
: key, be it known, refuses to al
low any of these precious steed
to leave their native country, bu
at the time of the Worlds Fai
at Chicago he permitted a ban,
of his best beasts to be sent as a
exhibit in charge of Imperis
representation. These same rep
resentatives. got embroiled i
heavy debts at Chicago and tn
horses were auctioned off to pa
the debts. Mr.. Davenport bi
high and managed to get five {
the best horses which he is no,
bringing to Portland with hir
for the delectation of his old Orr
gon friends and neighbors and a
Exposition visitors.
Up to this time his collectio
has been kept at the famous HI
mer Davenport farm at Morr
Plains, N. J. At that place tt
- animals have been visited by tt
country's greatest men as Home
Davenport's guests. His depar
ure for Portland last week W:
the occasion for a big barbecu
at which many of the best know
writers, editors, actors and pol
tions were present.
Further interest in the brin,
ing o. the famous collection
the Lewis and Clark Fxpositie
is added by the fact that a nur
Der of important tests and seri
of investigations into the habi
and peculiarities of the birds a
to be made by Portland scier
lists and ornithologists. The
investigations will begin short
after the opening of the Expos
fion on Time and will contin'