Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-10-04
LINN COUNTY FAIR
First Linn County Fair.
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First Linn County Fair.
The rains early in the week were
followed by sunshine and perfect
skies to inaugurate the Linn County
Fair, Stock Show and Farmers In.
stitute, and record breaking crowds
of happy, prosperous people from
all parts of Linn and southwestern
Marion counties were in evidence
Through the tireless labors of Presi-
dent Prill and Secretary Dugger the
fair has been made a great success
from the start, a full-hedged county
fair that will grow each year has
been added to the industrial enter
prices of Oregon Several miles
from the railroad, in the foothills
surrounded by the most beautiful
mountain scenery, rich farming.
fruit growing and stock and lum-
bering Industries on all sides, with
mountain streams watering the
whole country like a garden of para
disc, this part OF the state has a
greater future than people in the
larger cities of oregon have an con-
ception. Sclo enterprise put up
| $4,000 to put the fair on its feet,
and all the gate receipts this year
will go to make next years fair a
success.
And such falr--a regular county
| fair, a county fair that comes pret-
| ty near being the heart OF the uni
verse. So far as the productive
wealth of the country is concerned,
10 Is greater than a battleship or
the army and navy combined.
The remnants Of the old Silverton
Marine band played for the fair un-
der the direction of Prof McElroy.
They were 20 men strong and wore
the uniforms, footed the tunes, and
used the horns made famous by
Homer Davenport.
Fine Fruit Display.
There was a fine quality to the
display OF fruit and vegetables at
the Scio fair. c. e. Roberts OF AL
bany, the Linn county fruit inspect
or, was in charge of the pavilion.
Newt Morrison had an exhibit OF
apples, pears, plums, crab apples
and peaches, that was grown on
steep land in the foothills ten miles
from Sclo, that cannot be plowed,
has never been sprayed, and is
clean, perfect, large, bright-colored
fruit, ready Tor market.
There was a show OF Crimes
golden pippin, an apple that will
keep until May, has superb quality,
is OF the right size, bears young and
regularly, fruit not in clusters,
hence n great market apple.
There was corn twelve feet high
and threeto Ave ears TO the stalk,
sunfiowers eighteen inches across:
squash of unbelievable dimensions:
watermelons TO make your mouth
water merely TO think OF them AMI
that any boy would risk his life TO
purloin: dent corn as fine as any
raised in Illinois-eighty bushels TO
the acre; tomatoes large as babies
heads and colorel like sunsets; po-
tatoes so large the hills will not
hold them; Missouri haZelnuts hang
ing so thick on the bushes that there
was no room for the leaves.
The Tides We're There.
In the ladies needlework depart |
ment Mrs. DR.. Prill and Mrs. Fred |
Bilyeu had charge OF the display. |
There were specimens OF English |
eyelet embroidery. point lace, bed |
spreads woven in a hand loom from |
yarn done I'm the 'fifties;
knitted lace; old fashioned patch
work quilts, Wallachian, shadow
duchess. ecru and Battenberg em-
broiderics: Tenueriffe laces; MeXi-
can drawn work; sofa pillows that
are dreams OF beauty and would put
an angel 10 sleep.
Good Stock Show.
The management has erected COM
nf al
tions, and there were hundreds OF |
head OF fine blooded horses. cattle,
goats, sheep. swine, and poultry. |
The half mile race track was the
scene OF some great speed contests.
county being noted all over the
state. This is a great fine wool
sheep region, some OF the largest |
flocks in western oregon being kept
about Scio.
NJ. V. Bilyeu of Scio showed HIS
English coach colt, a yearling, May |
10, weighing 1850. a colt that might
have been prize winner at the |
state fair. II is a beautiful golden
bay with black points. and shows
what Oregon can do in this class.
The monks of the Trappist mon
hstery put up an once building for ,
the fair, Their sawmill Is in Bilyen
Den-settlei by the pioneer OF all
Bilyeus, the venerable George Bill |
yeu, long since dead.
Nj. {, Gaines OF Crabtree showed !
some OF his fine herd of Herefords.
He has grown and sold great |
many OF these fine beef cattle.
Henry Struckmeyer of Crahtree
displayed alfalfa. He has made a
success of alfalfa for two years
eight tons 20 the acre-four |
crops, He has confidence in tho
permanence OF alfalfa and will put
out two and a half acres more.
Hawley for Frre Locks.
Congressman Hawley IN the
course of an able speech largely de-
voted TO the importance of improv-
ing the waterways. made a telling
argument In favor OF free locks and