Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-20
DAIRY CONVENTION WAS
VERY DECIDED SUCCESS
There Was LARGE After dance and
the Program Proved TO Be
Full of Interest.
Special Correspondence. }

Special Correspondence.)
Portland, Ore, Dec. 10th, 1907.
|: There.is..universal interest all over
the State in .the meeting of the Ore
gon Press Association, which convenes
in this city on January 18th and 18th.
Upon several different occasions
there were between 600 and 700 peope
in attendance upon the Dairy Conven-
tion and exhibit at one time, and from
the moment that President Judd called
the meeting to order at 10 O'Clock,
Thursday morning until it closed at
8 O'Clock Friday afternoon, the inter
est never tagged. Hon. B. D. White,
the dairy expert with the Department
of Agriculture at Washington. d. c.,
who has participated in dairy. conven-
tIons in all Of the older states, said
that he had never attended a better
convention. The program was full of
interest-it was a school Of informa.
tion and instruction, and facts were
presented and views exchanged and
actual results shown, which will be
of tremendous value to all those en-.
gagged in the industry or contemplat.
ing participation in it. The sub
stantisl character of the gathering
WAS shown when the clair requested
those actually milking cows com
mercially to stand-75 per cent Of the
audience rose. and when vote was
asked to show what proportion of
these were testings milk with the
idea of keeping their herds up to the
highest standard, at least three.
fourths of the mixers rose a second
time, a striking evidence of modern
methods.
The proceedings In full will be
printed in book form just as soon as
the s:enographers, photographers and
printers can get their material in
shape. Prof. F. l. Kent Of the Ore
gon Agricultural College at Corvallis
was made President, and W. L. Crissy
OF the Portland Commercial Club Sc.
cretary. The campaign in behalf of
the next convention will begin im-
mediately for IL is determined that
that convention, like ths one Just
held. will be the most important and
beneficial gathering Of any held during
the year 1908.
The exhibits were magnificent
equaling those at the international
show. The whole state was repre-.
sented. The convention was q tire.
mendous success, and the men inter.
estsd in daIrying have determined
that the products Of thi. great indus.
try will add at least e20, 900, 900 TO
the wealth Of Oregon in 1908. 2o4
people personally paid their dues
while in attendance. the greatest pre-
vious record being S4 and before the
next session Of the Association is
convened the rolls will contain to
exceed 800 members
The Thanksgiving Proclamation is.
sued by the Portland COMMERCIAL Club
giving the shipments of grain and
flour from this State and Washington,
was printed in full by many of the
erestest papers in the United States,
The New York Journal of Commerce,
the leading financial paper in the
country. giving it special prominence.
Thirty vessels are loading wheat
and flour in Portlands harbor a
greater tonnage than was ever before
known.
Holiday shoppers crowd the Port.
land stores, and this applies to points
throughout the entire state. Mer-
chants report business better than ex.
pectsd.