East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-24
Doors Will Be Thrown Open
Monday at 2 on Greatest in
History.
EXHIBITS ARE RAPIDLY
BEING PUT IN SHAPE
Homecoming Day Promises to See
Large Crowd Present-COngress-
man Ellis and Judge Lowell VIII
Speak I'm Afternoon-,Journal Car
riers' Band VIII Give Concert
Warehouses; and WooIen Mills Ex-
hibit Unusually Fine.

At Q o'clock Monday afternoon the
doors OF the district fair pavilion will
be thrown open to the public and they
will open upon the best fair that has
yet been held. Upon the official pro-
gram for the fair Monday is down
as Homecoming Day. During the af-
ternoon a program will be rendered
and the two speakers of the occasion
will be Congressman w. r. Ellis and
Judge S. A. Lowell A concert will be
given by the Journal Carriers band.
Regarding the popular musical or
ganization which is to furnish the
concerts during fair week this year the
Oregon Daily Journal had the follow
ing Friday evening:
The Journal Carriers band will play
its first engagement in eastern Ore
gon next week. Sunday morning ar s
the organization will leave in a spe-
cial car for Pendleton, going over the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation COM
pany's line. The eastern Oregon fair
and Roundup will be the attraction at
Pendleton, opening Monday and con-
tnuing throughout the week.
In competition with seven or eight
other bands the Journal Carrie RS
band won the Pendleton engagement
because OF its excellence as a musical
organization and because It is an all
Oregon band. News OF the splendid
success achieved at the Alaska-Yu-
kon Pacific exposition, at the Will
lamette Valley Chautauqua and at
a tat fat lA L..
huence in bringing the directors OF
the Pendleton fair to the conclusion
that the star attraction Of the big ex-
position would be the Journal band.
A concert every afternoon will be
the feature OF the fair for the coun-
try people, who come from distances
of rs and 80 miles in many instances
to get evidence of the splendid pro-
gress Of Umatilla and Morrow coun-
ties. The city folk will be favored
with a concert every evening during
the fair.
Pavilion Is Busy.
Within the big pavilion today all 1.
hustle and hustle because of the prep
arations for the opening day. The
various booths are being given the
filled with the exhibits. This work
will be continued this evening. all day
tomorrow and Monday forenoon. BY
o'clock Monday it is anticipated tina,
every exhibit will be in place and all
ready for the opening.
Two interesting booths now being
fitted up are those of Major Lee
Moorhouse and the Pendleton Woolen
Mills. Major Moorhouse has the
same space he used last year and to-
day Glenn Bushee has been busy ar
ranging the majors large COLLECTION
OF photographs and Indian curios.
The wooden mill has large booth
ion and it is being filled with robes
and other products OF the mill. In
fitting up their. display Bishop broth.
ers are being given valuable assist
ance by their mother, Mrs. c. p
Bishop.
At the Umatilla county exhibit to.
day large display of fruit from the
Oliver ranch west of the city was
placed on exhibition. The display
consists of 80 boxes Of apples and
pears and made very creditable ap.
pearance.
Entries for the fair are now being
received rapidly and in order to ac.
commodate exhibitors the office will
be kept open all day tomorrow. AL
entries must be made by Monday
noon.