The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1908-10-02

and the entertainments he gives in the
musical line. Mr.. st. Lawrence is a
musician of the old school, and his se-
lections on the piano, varied by phono-
graph and other forms Of music. are
listened to with rapture.
Poultry Department.
The poultry department is in charge
OF Governor James. Here everything in
the poultry line il seen in perfection.
Mrs. John Anderson displays Pekin
ducks, Emden geese and pair OF Hol-
land turkeys, gobbIer and hen, pure
white. The turkeys seem to be some.
thing new for their kind and are beauti-
ful specimens
Seabright bantams are shown by q,
b. Whitney and brown leghOrns by Z. H
ROsenkranz.
pair of peafowls, male and female,
owned by Clarence Iarkin, attract at
tention, albeit the male bird il shOrn Of
bis tail feathers.
~ ~ may Ou nus sbIHt uub Iehlu
ducks. Silver Spangled Hamburgs. by
K. Il. Clendenin, are beautiful specimens
Mrs, GuilfOrd Miller shows five buff leg
horns, three leghorn grades, two buff Or
pingtons and two dryland geese.
cage Of canaries, raised by Frank
Ellis, lent to the pavilion, sang most
sweetly.
Two Toulon geese, by r. D. Shearer;
trio Of barred Plymouth Rocks, by Carl
Buringame; three golden Seabright ban
tams, by Walter Crawford; five buff
cOchins, by Miss Bernadine BrowdeI; !;
three black MinOrcas, by j. 0. McClung;
two black MinOrcas, by Joe Schnder;
buff leghOrns, by Rev. j. Herbert Balm
ton; three Rhode Island reds, by Mrs
W. q. Cronk; speckled games, by j. O.
| McClung: two COOps silver laced Wyan
dOttes and leghOrn bantams, by Mrs s.
j. Abbott, and perhaps others are seen
| to advantage.
Stock Department.
1t is not the purpose of The Gazette at
| this time to go into details in regard to
the stock exhibit at the fair. When the
premiums are awarded readers will know
all about it. In a general way it may
be stated that 81 entries have been made
this year as against 40 last year. This
includes stations, draft horses, brood
Tna WI n colts p1irlaa md iOaEC oInnpr
| with several herd Of cattle. Besides hogs,
sheep and Angora goats are in evidence.
W. j. Morrow of Union Flat exhibits
a beautiful two-year-old Percheron stal-
lion weighing 1000 pounds. He is chest
nut in color, with dapple markings, and
to the lover OF horse flesh is something
worth looking at.
II. H. Ackerman of Union Flat has
seven head OF registered shorthOrn cat
tie. including a bull cows and calves,
that are greatly admired.
Some fine Jerseys and DuThams are
seen in adjoining stalls.
j. NJ. Richardson, whose place is -
miles northwest of COlfax, brought to
the fair seven head of Oxford sheep that
need only to he seen to be admired. For
fine wool the Oxfords seem to be par ex
cellence. A six-mOnths-old lamb is
pointed out that goes to Denver, Idaho,
after the close of the fair, having been
sold for $50.
Two pens of Angora goats stand in
contrast to the sheep, with long flowing
locks and looking wise. A ram, in par
ticuar, the patriarch of his tribe, al
though not the last of his kind, with
white flowing beard and majestic horns.
stands up like king almost in defiance.
Hogs? Well, rooters are seen by the
ton, not by the hundred weight. They
are there in all sizes and colors, without
regard to previous condition or servi-
tude, neither do they care what they get
to eat.
The Races.