Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-09-20

q most pleasing sight to behold. He
and Capt. Atohison were untiriDg
in their efforts to make the visitors
as comfortable and as much" at home"
as it was possible for them to be
made.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE EXHIBITS.
In the Domestic Science department
the displays were in charge of Mrs.
S. f. Cheshire. the superintendent,
who very gladly impaired TO the
Courier man any information regard
ing the articles that might be desired.
The tea, both in the green and
dried state, grown right here in jose
phine county by Mr.. Gentner, was an
Interesting feature He also had
some wonderful seedless raisins
which were interesting objects.
A can Of bartlett pears which were
canned over % years ago by Mrs.
Winitred Savage and which are said
to st II be in a state OF good preserya-
tion was an interesting sight to the
many sightseers
1t made the ne newsgatherer mouth
fairly water to gaze upon the many
displays of choice cakes and cookies,
there being six varieties in all and
they were truly good to look upon.
When it came to children baking
cakes, there were some truly remark
able showinss. Elvin Robinson, OF
Wilderville, aged IA years, carried ofl
the first honoTs in the culinary art,
while Ruth Hathaway, of Grants
Pass, aged IL, won close second
place. Jimmie Tubbs shocked the
girls by presenting for their consider
alton some cans Of fruit which he had
put up Ill by his lonesome. and
the older cooks pronounced IL q fine
job. He will make some New
Woman" an ideal husband in the
years to come
But it remained for one Of the oldest
ladies in the county to walk in ar
carry of the first prize for the best
lishtbread and that was won by Mrs.
Hall. mother Of l.. b. Hall, who al
the age Of 7S, performed thit remark
able feat.
FINE FANCY WORK
Mrs A. b. Cornell, superintendent,
Of the Needlework department ksndly
enli Rhtened the reporter on the In.
tricacies OF that line.
One Of the novel things TO be seen
was some fine point lace made by
Mrs. K. g. Morris, aged 80 years and
the most remarkable thing about IL
was that sle did not even have to use
eye glasses in making II.
Mrs Cornell desired to person ally
thank each of the ladies' who so
kindly assisted in making this display
such a success. Many assisted by
bringing in the articles and others
helped by arranging them for the in.
speCtlon of the visitors
The committee having this line in
hand was very much limited in not
having but very few prizes to offer
and then, too, the room for display
ing them was very much less than
they would have liked to have.
Many fine articles were not even
placed on the shelves or tables, az
there was no chance to show them of.
In fact the committee was agreeably
shocked at the large amount Of dis.
plays made IN this line. They were
only a small number,
whereas they were fairly swamped
with thom.
The floral Department, in charge of
Mrs W. G Hale, as superinteudent.
was placed alongside OF the Fancy
Work aud was decidedly pretty, well
and added greatly to the
pleasing aspect of the elegant showing
made
MANY PIONEER RELICS.
One OF the most interesting places to
he found was that where the relics
.u. ....ct. O.s ,ays we're in charge
o' 30 committee consisting OF Mes
amc 5. .o. n. 2. Dodge and Il.
D., Lumbar AIRS. Dodge took the
Courier man in charge and showed
him many of the most interesting
objects. Indeed 10 was hard to know
where to begin or where to quit.
There were SO very many interesting
things to b. seen and mentioned. A
few OF these are given notice, as fol.
lows:
Mts s Il. Murine made Il fine In.
dian collection display, consisting OF
arrow. vaIs, blauSets, baskets, bows.
guns aud the like, for which she was
award a htst prize.
y. III. tuuuells array Of old guns
PROVED go Doe yt more than passing in.
t.r.sf 10 rD' exceptionally good.
Ih. hrst urs. Tor he hest co,lec-
iun ot relics was rightfuly awarded
Go Nra, " p Dodge All of these
things wore brought from the state
Of Vermont away back in the early
history off thU nation There were
the flax wheel on which linen was
span; ola portraits taken IS years
oLu; ,ilhOuettes; valuable old dishes
ladies ull-lshloued satchel; very
fine lace; uandlestioks; snuff box
wine -dgcauter; purse; sampler and
uumyrju, relies ot great interest and
the whole tastefully arranged.
The second award was given 10
Willard Chase and the collection also