Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-09
GRAPE DAY DRAWS
10000 TO The FAIR
owa-MinnesOta Day and Spokane Visitors Swell the
Crowd That is the Largest in
History.

| road combinations which are alleged
to affect inland sections. The coun-
try will practically enjoy tidewater
! benefits, and the opening of the rivers
will be a material factor in making
these great states among the most i'm
portant in the Union.
THE cost of the Cello canal is es-
| timated by the engineers to approx
mate $1,000,O00, and of this sum
100000 has been appropriated and the
work well inaugurated. All that the
engineers have asked for has been Sc
cured, and with the work now we'll ad-
vanced the people may feel assured
there will be no pause in the opera
tions until every detail has been COM
pleted."
Preceding the address of Congress-
man Jones the people of Iowa and
Minnesota held a business meeting at
which time the organization was made
perfect by the passage of the consti-
tuition and bylaws.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year We're c. Murdock of Charleston,
president; G. e. Dibble Lewiston,
vice president; E. L. Elliott, secretary;
F. NJ, Hinkley, treasurer; executive
committee, Frank Booth, Herrck and
o. E. Guernsey.
Z The bylaws provide that annual
reunions be held and that any former
resident of the two states may become
| member of the organization.
The musical and literary program
was we'll rendered and the singing of
the songs iowa" Minnesota" ana
America" was joined in with much
spirit
i Distribution Of Grapes.
The morning event in the main ex-
position building was the free distri-
button of grapes. Large clusters of
the luscious fruit were piled in boxes
and upon the counters, where visitors
were invited to partake without re-
straint.
The feature was an Innovation in
the history of the fruit industry of the
West, and many of the visitors from
the outside points would hardly be-
lieve the fine fruit believed only to be
successfully grown in the favored sec
tions of California was a product OF
the lewiston Charleston valley.
The fruit was collected and dis
tributed without regard TO the choicest
specimens of the several varieties, and
i'm many Instances the stranger would
be surprised to find hidden in box
of ordinary looking grapes clusters OF
the most tender varieties that would
rival the best specimens exhibited in
the department set asfd for the ex-
, ploitation of the grape industry.
During the day more than three tons
of the fruit were distributed on the
, grounds, and the appreciation OF the
visitors is best suggested by the hear
tv CONGRATULATIONS which have been
extended to the fair management Tor
i. the splendid feature which will cause
the lewiston Charleston fair to be re-
: lmembered as one OF the biggest, best
and most complete in the West, and
Z the country generally recognized as
the future center for a great grape
industry.
{ Awards in the Domestic Science De-
, partment
| The judges in the cooked foods de-
5 rartment met yesterday afternoon and
pased upon the entries awarding the
) prizes The judges were Mrs. R. r.
t Steen. Miss Elizabeth Urch and Miss
1 MAYNARD of the domestic science de-
partment of the university. the
{ awards were as follows:
: coolxies-Mrs. ]. P. Marquand,
5 Charleston, first: Mrs. A. NJ. Patterson
] Lewiston, second.
Coap-Mrs. E. D. Potvin' Lewiston
r first Mrs. c. Harvey, Charleston, Sec
ond.
a White Bread-Mrs ]. A. Tedforo'
r Lewiston, first; Mrs. ]. H. Shuttle
s barger, Lewiston, second.
Pumpkin Pie--Mrs. A. M. Patterson
: reviston, first; Mrs. w. McCarroll,
t Charleston, second.
German Coffee Cake-Mrs. A. M.
n patterson, Lewiston, second.
: Doughnuts-Mrs. ]. A. Tedford'
|. lewiston. first; Mrs. A, NJ. Patterson
v Lewiston, second.
d chocolate Cake-Mrs. ]. n. Shuttle
e barger. first; Mrs ]. P. Getehius'
: Clarkston, second.