Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-12

everybody on the road pass hsn. No
road is long enough. The long~-'
way round is the shortest way home.
No woods is too dark or too lonely.
He can drive with one hand or no
hand and hold the lines between his
knees. l never saw one holding the
lines in his teeth. After they're mar
ried they sit up straight and he has
to have both hands to hold the lines.
We reached Lebanon at 10 O'Clock
and found the streets crowded with
well-dressed farmers, who had driven
in from all directions. A great many
of the women and children wore
white dresses. There were many
girls with red dresses and low-cut
tan shoes with pretty bows on them.
walking around two by two with
their arms around each others waist
Country girls always look so pretty
doing that The horse parade, with
many brood mares and fine colts, was
excellent.
A well-dressed crowd of Oregon
women, all with their big picture hats
and artificial flower beds as big as
dish-pans, is n fine-iooking sight and
the poor horses are put In the shadc
A red automobile piled full of " .
men in white and pink flouncea Win
washtubfulls of millinery and plumes
a yard long sticking out of the sides
is enough to make a hack team OF
Clydesdales want to climb the first
barb-wire fence.
met w G. Peterson, the veteran
fireman who used TO do tournament
work with Salem firemeD in the old
days. He spoke In the highest terms
OF the work OF the Salem firemen
who came up to the paper mills fire.
He especially praised the fine condi-
ton their engine was in. II never
missed n stroke from the time Il
started. when other engines gave out
for want Of packing and other causes.
The strawberry and flower show
was In one of the empty store rooms
and filled Il to overflowing The
roses, sweet peas and other spring
flowers would have been a credit TO
New York city. The strawberry show
was great credit TO Lebanon. A
Wilson plant with a thousand berries
on IL. some two inches In diameter,
was shown I'm window. Fine dis
plays OF Marshall, Magoon, Excelsior
(for canning), Brnndywine, Wilson
anu OANkOh AnHNAAuA MNA0 nnONNs
j. Rickels was big exhibitor OF
fine berries grown on upland. on
the upland soil the berries get a
higher color. Mrs. Hattie Ummenho-
fer showed a crate OF Marshalls that
faced nine TO the box that we're deep
red and red all the way through. She
Geo. L. Allen showed eleven va
rieties OF paeonies. He grows over
tweney kinds. Some of them very
rare. He has grounds covering
acres, and is the largest paeony and
dab 10 grower In tho state.
l.. p. Hubbs OF the Hubbs-Steven
Co., (W. d. Stevens OF Albany is
one OF the men whose hand Is on
the ship OF Progress, was a Medford
booster until three years ago. The
day he landed was red letter day
for Lebanon--ho Ia a strawberry
enthusiast. He wants to grow ber-
ries and dig in the dirt when he
quits drygoods. Col. Montague In
troduced me to his ueice. Miss Lou
Boulton, II all the people Of Leb-
anon are as charming as the samples
II must be a nicc place 10 live.
A. M. Reeves, who Is ono OF the
rabid boosters OF the town, came
here IN 1905 anL has built up o
large business. He is n native Ore
gonian. graduate of Willamette,
born in Yamhin county. and full Of
the real spirit OF pluck and enter
prise that builds empires.
Joel G Mayer, tho Mayor of the
city, who runs the two meat mark
b.. is one of tho live men who are
% .A a. Nhg
front. He 10 a solid German-Amer-
lean business man whose heart is
with progress.
strawberry show and he was also
chairman OF a committee with Col.
Montague 10 receive and welcome
visitors and they did IL In great
shape.
The Marshall berry that took .he
first prize at Lebanon was brought
To this vicinity from Yaquina Bay,
where they were grown by a man
named Marshall. They are not the
Marshall berry of the catalogues.
The fair closed with a great street
meeting which was addressed by Col.
j. NJ. Shelley OF Eugene, N. M. New
port and others. who are strawberry
enthusiasts.
A green rose was exhibited by Miss
Eva Blodgett, petals, buds and all.
dark green.
This prize crate of strawberries
was auctloned on and brough $33,
which was presented TO Mrs. Unum-
enhofer. who Is Woodworking
young widow with two boys TO look
after | added a Bryan dollar TO
the widows prize sum for the honor
OF introducing tAe fair berry grower
10 the large audience. and I'm my re-
marks pleased the crowd by telling
them that II were single man /
would persuade her to drop the first
part o. her name or die trying.
II was a lovely drive across the
prairie 10 Albany, about 20 miles.
and we made II In a little more than
two hours. Mountains for back
ground In all directions. with a thin
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