The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-06-17
!, CORVAL LIS AT THE FAIA.
On Corvallis Day-Fifteen Hundred
h. There-What PortlandPapers Say.

Nearly all Corvallis iourneyed to
the Fair Thursday. 1t took two
special trains to carry the reople.
In the first section there were ID
coaches and baggage car. All were
filled. In the second section, three
coaches were filed with Corvallis
ties. The other coaches were for
the people of Independence who al
so celebrated on the same day. The
number of Independence people
that went was 1879. With what
went down on the special, and those
already there, the estimate is that
1900 Corvallisites were on the
grounds during the day.
Those who made the trip are elo-
quent Of what transpired. The fol-
loving from the Portland journal
gives the detail of what happened
IN P0rtland:
The longest banner eve" Feen 10
the world, probably, was that car,
ried this morning by cadets from
the Agricultural College at Corval-
lis, 10 the procession in which more
than two thousand people from b D.
ton and Polk counties marched
from Fourth and Yamhill streets to
the exposition grounds.
This is Corvallis and Independ-
ence day at the grounds, and anoth-
er record breaking attendance is
expected when the story of the turn
stiles is told to night The special
trains came in on the west side line
of the Southern Pacific, arriving
between 10 and II o'clock. Most
of the regiment of cadets from the
college came, too, under Command
er QuinIan, lieutenant of the Unit
ed States Fifth regiment Of cavalry.
In line were 800 men in uniform.
There would have been more had
not some of the students left last
week for home, when school closed.
The banner was not copy of
anything ever made before. 1t was
the longest "ever.'' There were
devices printed on it that told Of
the productiveness of Benton coun'
ty, its wonderful opportunities and
the pro sperity of its people. Some
of the notices were:
"Gold nuggets grow On hop vines
in Benton county"
"No booze in Benton county,"
'Corvallis is the place where Ad'
am ate the apple"
"Fifty new homes built In Cor.
Wallis this year and 80 more under
: construction.
"No race suicide in Benton coun'
ty."
Lowest tax rate in the state lev
led in Benton county,"
Benton leads in everything ex
cepting area"
Homer Davenport isn't the only
man who raises pheasant half {
dozen do in Corvallis
Every other home in Corvali,
has IA telephone"
"Grealest rural telepl one sys
tenn in the west III B5nlon co luty.'
CORVALLIS, the educational cea
ter of the state"
Some sheep sheer % pounds t
the fl ece in Bento.- ccunty-that'
going some"
TIE cadets are sturdy lot o
young fellows, soldierly in tbei
bearing, and scholarly in appear
ance. They are we'll disci ipline
and obeyed the commands of .hei
officers quite as we'll as do veteran
of war. The full complement o
the regiment is 4SO men and, whe,
the college is in session, the quot,
is kept filed.
1t was estimated that not les
than $500, perhaps 1900, person
from Benton and Polk counties ar
in Portland today. Many cam
yesterday, and when added to thos
who arrived this morning made
close duplicate in point of number
of the crowd that was here yester
day for Salem day.
The cadets from Corvallis arrive
at the fair grounds shortly before
o'clock and were met at the Twen
ty'eightn street entrance by an ex
position band and escorted to th
auditorium, where special exercise
were held. J. Fred Yates, chair
man of the Lewis ond Clark CON
mittee of Corvallis, presided an
the Oregon Agricultural band play
ed the opening selection. H. L
Dosch made the address of Welcom
on behalf of the fair management
and responses were made by Mayo
A. J. Johnson of Corvallis AID Re,
Mr.. Flair of Independence. D
Withvcnm ha of the State IInirars