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brand won't be the least bit like the oldtime
event that was awaited with anticipation
than was bestowed even upon the Fourth of July
or the annual visit of the monster and mas
todonic united shows" Perhaps this cherished
idol of youth may not have been really and
truly county fair for not all county fairs
enjoy the prestige Of location at the county seat
but after all, that is a minor matter in the eyes
of the outsider and can ever be convinced
that the world ever held important "agr
cultural exposition" than the at which as
q youngster he exhibited his chickens peddled
peanuts sold scorecards
That, has been said, the old-fashioned county
fair hasn't been changed beyond recognition, even
Go this day, is all the more matter of surprise
when take into account the revolutionary
changes that have taken place in other phases
of rural life. The introduction of rural free de-
livery, for instance has done away with the
necessity and the opportunity for those friendly
gatherings at the crossroads store when the farm
who drove over for the mall stole little
leisure in which to swap stories Similarly
phonograph in every farm house has somewhat
dulled the appetite for those periodic concerts
at the little red school house the presence
on the roads of those tipping screeching automo-
biles has knocked all the romance out of those
buggy rides in the moonlight when old Dobbin
allowed to find his way and set his own
pace.
Not only has the county fair withstood the
ravages of time and the onslaught of modern
invention but in some respects it has benefited
by lapse of time That is. many fair of the
present day is vastly bigger and better than
the corresponding event the same grounds a.
more of years ago. 1t is not due solely
to the natural increase of population, either
yet to that "backto-the-soiI crusade which has
swept over the land. The latter has helped how
ever, because it has added to the population of
many rural district men and women who are
engaging in farming for pleasure we'll as for
profit and who enter their products at the near
by fairs matter of pride just breeder of
fine dogs will travel all over the country to dis
play his blooded CANNES at the big dog shows,
even though the prizes would not pay the express
charges the animals.
The automobile, despised though 1t be in many
quarters, has had big influence in bringing
greater prosperity to our latter-day county fairs.
The advent of the horseless vehicles and the fad
for touring, taken in conjunction with that i'm
provement of country roads which has been go
ing on this past decade so. has made it possible
Tor farmers to travel greater distances to the
fairs. The tiller of the soil who in the old days
was content to take his family to one fair-the
nearest home, may now, If he has one of
those automobiles that constructed especially
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for the of farmers. take in" anywhere from
three to half dozen fairs held within radius
OF Say twenty or thirty miles. OF course, this
swells the gate receipts and 1t also results in
the exhibit classes being better filled.
On the other hand, the motor has brought
to the county fairs certain patronage from city
folk who almost never attended these rural exhibit
tions in the old days Some of the city folks are
those who have friends relatives in the country.
with whom they hold reunion at the fair.
Others one-time rural residents who, having
gone to town and made their pile" find that
they can come back via the automobile when
they would not take the trouble if 1t meant getting
up early in the morning to catch excursion
train. And finally there are the city folk who
have neither kith kin the ties of old
associations to draw them TO the fair, but who
motor to the autumn mecca sort of lark"
and who find it quite novel experience in
Its way as the rural resident does to journey to
the city to inspect exposition great amuse-
ment park This latter portion of the influx from
the city may not add to the gaiety of the
sion. particularly for the country people at the
county fair, but their contributions at the ticket
wondow well worth having and generally ap-
preciated, for. be it known the average county
fair is conducted by farmers and other members
of the community who can't wholly overlook the
financial side
Yet another influence that has helped the
county fair in time is the suppression of
betting and the abandonment of racing at most
of the race courses near the large cities Racing
country fairs and whereas 1t is not supposed to
be accompanied by betting there opportunities
for quiet wagers, whereas the racing in itself
is sufficient attract horse and others
who love the sport for itself Just here 1t may
be added that most fairs throughout the United
States are now conducted a clean moral basis
Liquor selling the grounds nearby has long
been prohibited in most localities and out-and-out
gambling devices have been barred from many
fair grounds these many years, but lattery, in
response to the moral awakening that has swept
over the country. fair managers showing
disposition to keep out most of those raffes and
games of chance which, perhaps innocent
in themselves might have bad influence on the
youthful mind
This banishment of of the old-time catch
penny schemes has not, however so altered
things that the who has been out In the
world cannot recognize the county fair of his
youth when he comes back to 1t. He will at
the old stand all the weight-testng and lung
testing machines the old-fashioned merry go round
and the stands selling peanuts and sandwiches
and red lemonade He test his skill, as of
yore In tossing rings over trying to hit
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The Old Order Changeth

critic declared that twentieth century people
tell their private affairs much more readily than
used to be the custom If marriages turn out un-
fortunately the world learns it from the parties
chiefly concerned and what the old-fashioned
woman would have called the secrets of her in
ner life, not to be confessed to herself the
woman tells boldly in order to surround her
personality with halo of interest. for 1t seems
certain. If you do not say you have troubles,
body will notice them. The instinct of family
loyalty Is diminishing, that clannish sentiment
which caused relatives to hide their internal dis
sensions from others carefully as they would
bodily infirmities children crticise their parents
and vice versa; brothers and sisters quarrel in
the street. the black sheep is openly discussed
by his relations. No liberation is granted on the
of blood, and all of us require as much
liberation as we can get 1t seems pity so fruit
full means OF supply is cut of. Yet, if man
has brother blackguard, why should he not
say So just as much as If he stranger?
There seems no real reason, except that 1t
does not sound nice, and public opinion long age
decided that a family disgrace must be shared by
all the members
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bly,. the kidney secretions were in
awful condition and my bladder badly
inflamed. grew 80 bad I was bed
fast and was so thin looked like .
skeleton. Doctors failed to help me
and began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. They cured me permanently
and ] am now as well and strong az
anyone"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price 5Oc-
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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Their Natjve Heath.

DR.. Eugene Fuller, president of the
American THEOLOGICAL association, said
at dinner in New York, apropos of
Independence day:
I'VE must all try to be as truthful as
George Washington was. 7 am afraid
We have not. of late years, upheld the
reputation for truthfulness that George
Washington gave US. am afraid
that We have published to the world,
through our yellow press and by other
means. good many tall stories.
Thus an English teacher once said
to a pupil:
"'What Is a miracle?
Please. SIR the little pupil an
swered. it's something that happens
In America
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Harold Know. the sIan..

F1ve-year-old Harold's older sister
was in the habit OF making a good
many demands on him. Generally
her requests for favors, usually the
running of errands around the house,
were prefaced by what she considered
subtle fiattery.
Now, Harold" she began one day.
you're dear, sweet little boy. and
you know I love you" but Harold
cut her short.
Well, Ethel" he said. earnestly. eft
it's upstairs, won't go."-Lippincott's
Magazine.
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Sincere But Awkward.

1t was at the private theatricals,
and the young man wished to compli-
ment his hostess, says the Boston
Transcript:
Madam. you played your part
splendidly. 1t fits you to perfection
I'm afraid not. A young and pret-
ty woman is needed for that part, =
said the smiling hostess.
But. madam, you have positively
proved the contrary"
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the venturesome colored boy who pokes his head
through hole in sheet. The time honored side
show" carnival is there with it's snake charm
and giants and dwarfs and the fortune tellers
and popcorn venders have the old elusive way of
inducing you to part with your coin Even the
fans and badges and tiny flags and gold" medals
of yesteryear look and cost the same as they did
as far back as memory carry you. About
the only new things at the county fair in fact are
the moving picture shows in their somber black
tents and the ice cream cones that have sup
planted the onetime "fve-cent dish with two
spoons"
The men who have been conducting county fairs
long enough to make comparisons will tell you
that. all in all, it costs just about as much to
hold fair nowadays it did decade or two
ago. presuming. that is. that you hang up" about
as much in prizes for the show and speed classes
Some items have been cut over the expenses in
the old days, whereas other outlays have in
creased. owing to the increased cost of living or
some other new influence. For one thing the
fair managers save some money in heralding the
fair. For the sentiment of the thing, they still
have to make use of some of those gaudy posters
in blue and red and yellow that from time out Of
mind have filled childish dreams every autumn
but they don't spend money to plaster these
posters on every barn and fence and covered
bridge in the county. they were wont to do in
the old days. AS the number of country news
papers has increased they have provided better
and cheaper way of telling the people of the de-
lights Of the coming fair. On the other hand
the star attraction if the fair management
wants to be right up to date and have an airship
flight each day. will cost more than in the old
days parachute jumper or an acrobat who
did the thrilling slide for life" did not demand
half as much money usually. the expert aero
pianist who wants fee of $500 and upward.
A feature of the county fair that hasn't changed
with the lapse of time Is the for holding
the event. The conclusion of the harvest which
leaves the farmer comparatively care-free and
let us hope with money in his pocket dictates the
date OF this annual festival. In some parts of
the country September is the favorite month for
fairs but elsewhere October has the call and
quite few of these agricultural shows and trot-
ting meets held in early November Active
preparations at the fair grounds begin month
or six weeks earlier for the upto-date fair asso-
citation repaints its buildings each summer and has
everything spck and span for the three or four
day attraction
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Miuht Help.

Mrs. Willis (at the Ladies' Aid 30
ctety)-Now, what can you do for the
poor boys at the front?
Mrs. Gtllts-I was reading today
where the soldiers are always max
ing sorties. Now, why can't we get
the recipes for those things and make
them ourselves and send them to the
boys s?-Puck.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT sLuINo.
Talk No. g.

Talk No. g.
Avoid liquid bluing because it's at
best only weak solution Of blue in
an expensive package. The customer
pays the cost of glass bottle and
heavy freight charge by getting half
cents worth Of bluing-
Buy RED CROSS BAG BLUING.
Best blue. nothing but blue. Makes q
basket of clothes look like . snow
drift. ASK YOUR GROCER
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cause. II you have
backache. headache.
urin ary disorders,
look to your kidneys
give the help the
kidneys need. Mrs.
r. e. Scott, 302 Front
ST.. Baker City, Orc,
gays: For twelve
years ! was a sufferer
from kidney trouble.
My back ached terri
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Mamma. Angel Gets Busy.

Fond Mother-And has mamma's an.
gel been a peacemaker today?
Mammals Angel-Yes, ma. Tommy
Tuff was a-lickin' William Whimpers.
an when told i'm to stop he
wouldn't. an l jumped in an licked
the stufiin' out O. both of 'em.
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The Supreme Test.

Brownly-Is Jones contented?
heard him complain Of the way his
child is taught in school-Harper's
Bazaar.
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Personal.

Garrulous Barber-As the sayin'
goes, There's always room at the
top"
Sensitive Customer-How dare you
refer to my badness!
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A good name being better than
riches, it behooves US to take better
care of our regulations.
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dcipate almost from the time the snow Is on the
ground.
Indeed II person is ambitious for success in
the competitions at the county fair. 1t is abso
lutely necessary to be forehanded in preparation
This applies with equal force whether 1t is case
Of John seeking blue ribbons for his sheep and
cattle Mary seeking the grand prizes for her
cakes and pies and preserves And of course 1t
is true in yet greater measure of Cousin Sue
who has plot to capture the diploma for the
handsomest silk quilt the most beautiful pillow
top-for, be 1t known prize-wtnning piece of
fancy work. more than Rome. built in
day
1t is a matter of congratulation that the old
fashioned county fair has remained unchanged, in
its main features, since the days of our grand
fathers. 1t is of the most cherished memories
of every whose boyhood spent within
lure of its magic-one of the memories that after
residence in the city he half fears to rekndle
by renewed association, lest the twentieth century
The new era., 1911-07-27

Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums reduces inAamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie 25c a bottle.
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PoIly-So Mrs. Highmere's husband
has developed bad habits. How did
you hear about It?
Dolly-Oh. Mrs. Highmere invited
us all to an afternoon tea so she could
tell US how she suffered In silence!
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ARE YOUR KIDNEYS wEAk7
IJSwry pkivre
n RilS q AnEx.

Thousands suffer from sick or weak
ened kidneys without knowing tho
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r is . tribe early perhaps
you are saying to begin
talking about the county
fair. Maybe SO. II you are
looking forward to the
autumn event merely from
the standpoint Of a cold.
calm. casually interested
spectator. But just remem-
ber. please. that there are
thousands upon thousands
OF people all over the coun-
try for whom the annual
neighborhood fair means
much more. They are the
prospective exhibitors, and
no wonder they begin to
plan and speculate and an
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
AN INGENIOUS MYSTERY.

The Gold Bag. By Caroline Wells. With
Frontispiece In Color by George W.
Barratt. Published by J. B. Lppin- =
colt Company. Philadelphia.
Carolyn Wells, after establishing her
position firm and sure among the writ
ers of America. turned all at once to
writing mystery and detective stories,
with emphatic success. Her former
work in this line was GA Clue and a
very ingenious and skillfully told story
it was, This one is not only a first
rate detective story; 1t is also good
love story. and it brings forth in at,
tractive manner the aid that psychology
may render 70 keen minded detective
Here was a situation in which there ap-
peared to be absolutely no clue, and
the criminal entirely safe, but by the
inductions of an ingenious mind fol
lowing thread by thread clues that
were thinly presented, the light gradual
ly bursts upon the mystery and all is
clear. The author has shown that she
has a good vein Of imaginative vigor,
and that her skill in writing serves her
in excellent stead in the working out
with ingenious perfection the mysteries
which she creates and brings to head
and to the solution that is inevitable.
The story is one of marked ability and
ingenious triumph, and the fame of the
writer is sure to be enhanced by it..
The illustrator is a Salt Lake boy, whom
many Will remember
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
BOOKLETS OF POEMS.

From the Cochrane Publishing Com
pany, Tribune Building, New York
we have ''Hawaiian Memories b.
Blanche Howard Wenner, a book o,
short poems which range from the de
parture "Out Of the Golden Gate'' tt
the final view of Diamond Head, - anG
intervening poetic glimpses Of scenes
ceremonies, and customs strange and in
teresting to the visitor among the ma
tives. It is a good poetic work, il
which the author evidently took much
enjoyment.
From Col. b. V. A Ferguson of Poca
tello, Idaho, we have HOwain's Ad
venture; Romantic Poem With &
Smile in It." The foundation Of the
poem is the old legend where knigh,
keeps the fountain, and lays out sucf
knights as happening along, chance tc
spill the water. Owain was the hero anG
the widow was the heroine, and how
she managed to balk the command OF
her deceased lord that she should neve,
marry. is the theme of the poem. II i!
a pleasant lyric.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
A LIVELY WIDOW.

How Leslie Loved. BY Anne Warner.
With Illustrations by A. B. Wenzell.
Published by Little, Brown and Com
pany. Boston.
The author Of this story has lived
much In Europe recently, and naturally
her scenes are in this well-told story
laid there. The chief character is a
young and charming American widow,
who goes from place to place visiting
country houses in England and in Ger
many, staying In Paris at times, and
generally y enjoying herself, besides
helping to brighten the lives of other
people. She gets into scrapes from
time to time and naively confesses, 81
never do anything that I should not,
and am always looking as if ] did. "
Naturally, she is the subject of much
matrimonial planning and is keenly
sought by many titled personages. But
finally man comes along just in the
nick of time, when tho widow is in a
teary mood and when her heart is open
to the assault of her old friend, who,
after all. she has loved the best. This
author has enlivened the world with
her stories, "The Regeneration of Aunt
Mary, "Susan Clegg, Her Friends and
Her Neighbors,n - "Just Between
Themselves, and other lively stories.
This one is not in the least lacking in
her usual charm; it abounds in humor,
In delightful descriptions and dialogue,
and is q thoroughly enjoyable novel,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
OLD COWBoY TIMES.

'Me-Smith" By Caroline Lockhart.
With Illustrations by Gayle Hoskins.
Published by ]. B. Lipplncott Company,
Phila adelphia-
This is a novel of the old cow couu-
trv that the cowboys and rustlers and
touohs were wont to have sway in, and
where right and justice did not always
prevail. Smith, the criminal hero OF
this story, pursues his miserable career
for a long time without coming to the
fate that is his due. He manages very
adroitlv to have others suspected and
accused of the crimes and outrages
which he himself has committed But
the infrequent officers of the law are
no match for him, and men and women
alike are his victims. 1t was left to
the Indians to give him his dues, and
it must he confessed that they made
the punishment so horrible that the
accounts were squared, IT IS a story
filled with action, and is very well
told from the standpoint of an author
who wants to make most yillainonsly
bad man the main feature ID a story.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
FINE SCHOOL BOOKS.

From the American Book Company,
Chicago, we have Blackwelder and Bar
rows's Elements of Geology, being an
elementary course explanatory, seldom
merely descriptive, and imparting to
the student knowled,e not only of
the salient facts in the history of the
earth, but also Of the methods by which
those facts have been determined. The
style is clear, few technical terms are
used, and the whole process of the
building of the earth is described in
admirable sequence and detail. The
work is divided into two parts, phys
icaI geology and historical geology
Modern conceptions are presented here
for the first time in an elementary
end of each of the twenty-five chap
tcrs. which the student is expected to
answer for himself from the text and
from reading or knowledge that he may
have gained in general reading. The
book is profusely and aptly illustrated
and is probably the best elementary
school work to be found on the sub
ject.
From the same we have "Esse ntials
of Biology.' presented In problems by
George William Hunter, a. NJ, being
the FIRST wear course, treating the sub
iect as a whole, without regard to the
formal divisions usually laid down 1t
treats of life in a comprehensive man
ner, very suggestively,, whether man
ticularly in its relations to the prog
ress OF humanity. Each main topic is
introduced by problem which the
pupil is expected to solve by actual
laboratory work. The book throughout
aims TO have human interest and
also practical value, and TO provide
the simplest and most easily comprc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
A NOBLE QUEST.

Tho Unknown Lady; Novel BY Justus
Miles Forman. Published by Harper G.
Il Brothers. New York
Mr.. Forman is favorably known to
Ithe reading public by his former works,
as g Blanca s Daughter,' Jason, -
- Buchanan S Wife, and other high
class novels. In this work he brings
lus to the romance of glorious love
Iquest. wherein one fortunate man wins
the race. and two Of his very dear
friends are his firm. ardent supporters
and sharers in his heartfelt Joy.
There is quest involved that is full
'of mystery and great in the fcrvency
|displayed and in the eagerncss in
'yolvcd. 4 famous artist, who is an
American. and who conquered the artist
world in Paris. is the hero; and, though
The quest ranges wide, the final scenes
arc laid In the French capital The
reader who remembers the story of Tril-
by, which was once on n time all the
rage, will be inevitably reminded by
this work Of the general scenes and
i atmosphere of that great story. The
ffricndshlps between men and women are
Khere brought forward in their best
phases aud demonstrated through the
author s skill and sympathy TO be
<something quite in the natural order of
Things and realistic from the human
nature standpoint. It is story Of very
great power and imaginative fecundity.
Mt. Forman is famous for reaching into
Ithe depths Of the heart and searching
fout the inner feelings OF his character 4
and that quality of his is displayed here
IN most skillfuI and powerful fash
Lon
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
A NOTEWORTHY NOVEL.

|rbe Broad Highway. BY Jeffery Farnol.
Published by Little. Brown, and Com
pany. Boston.
This is noteworthy romance, in
which the characteristics typical of the
period of the distinguished roue, Prince
George, debauchee and English court
Ieader. were the fashion, and rakeries,
camblinp. and fighting, the conspicuous
cccupation of the bloods, - are pre-
tented as sidelights in a new setting,
heretofore novels of this kind have
lad their locale chiefly in London, with
occasional digressions to Franco or
fhrough the provinces post-chase. In
his novel. however, the Broad Highway
axes the hero of it direct into Kent
md Devonshire. He has been left un-
Ter a peculiar will with only sixty
ruineas, but with possibility of great
Fealth. This possibility, however, seems
% remote to him that the hero, Peter
Wharf, gave it up at once and set
but on bis walking tour. He got no
|uYther than Devonshire, on the way
being robbed of his sixty guineas and