The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15

Ciihh INV. AuNCl OlOlnS III JuO lcll uuIu-
Der is now being received at the regu.
lar rates for space, and the publishers
invite all who wish to have their an
nouncement in the fair number to
send in their orders early Forms will
| necessarily close earlier than is usual
with the regular edition.
At the Lewis and Clark exposition
the western states are very much in
evidence, and each has a state build
ing to be proud of. Particular men
ton has been made by nearly every
one of the Washington building, it be-
ing admitted that our state has not
been outdone in this respect. The
following words are quoted from the
Gem State Rural of Idaho, whose
editor has been spending some time
at the exposition: 1--WE have more
than once spoken of Idaho's building
and display at the Lewis and Clark
fair, and now we want especially to
commend Oregon and Washington and
California. In fruits, horticultural and
farm products particularly their ex-
hibits are grand, and will not fail to
add to the fame of those states. Utah
and Colorado have likewise neat build
ings, well stored with great variety
of choice products from the farms and
orchards of those states"
In this number of The Ranch the
Washington state fair management
has placed it's advertisement and so
licits the attendance of every one who
is interested in agriculture in any way.
The state fair this year is going to
ho hot FOL III
and The Ranch would urge upon the
people of the state to turn out in large
numbers and show the fair manage
ment their efforts are appreciated.
There will be, at the time of holding
the fair, large numbers of eastern
people in the state, coming here after
seeing the exposition at Portland or
being on their way there, and natur-
ally many of them will visit the fair
to learn more about the resources of
our state. To give them an idea that
our people do not appreciate the state
fair themselves the proper way would
be to keep away from the fair, but do
we want to let the fasteners obtain
such an impression and go back east
and tell the people there that we have
no interest in our own resources ano
are Indifferent to the Importance of
showing the visitor from other states
what we produce?
Up to the first of this month con-
siderable more than 100000 admis-
sions had been recorded by the turn
stiles at the Portland exposition. If
this percentage keeps up the end OF
the fair in the middle of October will
see over 100000 admissions Toward
the close of every large fair the num-
Der of people who passed through the
gates has been on the increase, and
the Lewis and Clark fair will have the
same experience. 1t is a great credit
to the enterprise of the people of the
west that the first large exposition
held in this section should turn out to
be such probable and well attended
affair At the inception of the move
ment to hold the Lewis and Clark fair
the press of the country east of the
Rocky mountains ridiculed the pre-
sumption of the western people that
big national fair could be a success so
far west but the eastern newspaper
men today are among the most en-
thusiastic in praise of the exposition,
and the visitors from the east have
nothing but words of surprise regard
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