The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-04


and vegetables. many variety of ce-
reals. and garden truck had been en-
ployed to the best possible advantage
in setting eff to the best advantage
the wonderful resources of the far
famed Walla Walla valley Nothing
had been left undone that might have
added to the beauty of tie big build
ings and the scene tonight. with my
riads Of incandescents casting their
pale glow upon the merry throng.
promises to be one of exceptional
beauty,
Manufacturers Hall.
As is always the custom at county
fairs. the manCfac turers of the val
ley. and the OriginatOrs of the Made
in Walla Walla" slogan were repre-
scented in force in Manufacturers han.
just west Of the pavilion. Chugging
and splitting gas engines, pumping
water, and operating combined har-j
Vost5rs added tteir noise to the gener-
al confusion, impressing visitors to
that department with the activity il
commercl and Industrial lines in this
section of the state.
Upstairs in the Woman's department
EoCghs Of evergreen golden grains
and grasses. and d cOratiOns in Orien-
tai red served 10 set off the big eX
hibit to the best advantage and hun
dreds of those who entered the pa
Vilion, wendell their way at once to
the rest rooms to be found in the see
ton that is under the personal di-
recton of Mrs. w. a. Ritz, who has
worked faithfully for several weeks
past III the endeaVCr to make the dis
Play in the balcony one of the best
ever given in Walla Walla. Here too,
are to be found the exhibits Of the
many educational institutions Of TIE
county. though, owing to the ex-
hibit at tho Seattle fair. much of the
display is net shown here
Thrifty housewives, of the valley
have quite generally embraced the OPP
portunity to exhibit their canned
fruit. honey, butter ard other articles,
and it is doubtful if any premium in
the list will go without claimant. In
the art department. which is in charge
Of Mrs. J. G. HOcllett. are to be found
the fancy articles so dear to the
heart of every woman. Liberal pre-
miums in this department mas nd the
effect OF causing every conceivable
kind OF art were to be placed on dis
play for the thousands who Will Wend
THEN way through the nails and corr
ridors of the balcony this week.
interest in Fair.
While the race card this year is far
and away above the average. and much
better than has been given at fairs in
larger cities on the circuit the great
est interest shown today was in con-
nection with the fair proper The
srandstand Vas Well-fiIl5d when the
auto parade passed the judges stand
for the decision and the award Of prizes
and up to the time the iX-day relay
race was started with a tWo-milc run,
there was not dull moment. Every
body was happy. The fair spirit seemed
to be in the. air. and those who jOstied
one another were good natured and
bent upon but one thins-a good time,
and Is much OF it as could b. crowd
ed into the afternoon.
Many Fine Animals.
Perhaps never before in the his
tory Of the country has there been a
finer display of high grade live stock
than is to be seen this year in the big
arena at the fair grounds Breeders of
the entire valley, as well as those from
other states. are vieing with one an
other in competition for the premi-
um<, and as a result the stables are
taxed to their capacity to accommo-
date the entries. owing to the fact
that several eastern breeders have in
Vaded the west this year having ben
l,..,x h. ~
ton. the smaller fairs have had more
than their proportion of foreign en-
tries. and the Walla Walla fair is no
exception.
Hundreds of visitors visited the
arena. over which sam Drumheller is
presiding this year, anG although
some of the stalls were not vet Occu-
pied, many comments were heard upon
the general improvement in the show
ing over that of previous years. What
promises to be one of the more inter
esting of new departments this season
is that of the show. quarters having
been arranged under the Srandstand
for the blooded CANNES. which must
he in place by this morning. Harry
CoWan. a local fancier who won sew
eral prizes in Seattle, is in charge of
this new department this year
Tonieht's Program.
The following program by the Four
teenth Cavalry band and local must
| clans, will be given in the pavilion
this evening:
March. Alaska Exposition. .....
............... Mrs. A. f. Guichard
CAS- played by Innis a; r-Xpostion)
Overture. Noon and Night in Vienna.
(by reqhest) .. Suppe
Euphonium solo, The Conquering
Herp Observation-Disclosures. Hartmann
Chief Trumpeter {. Med. Sims.