Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-09-30
FAIR CLOSED
SATURDAY
NIGHT ENTERTAINMENTS DREW
CROWDS.
MANAGEMENT ISSUES STATEMENT
MIR. Staples Gives Reasons Why lt
Was Not Practicable to Remain
Open Saturday Afternoon and
Evening-Many CuIiOs Shown.

The sixth annual fair of the First
| Southern Oregon District Agricultur-
al Society closed Saturday afternoon.
The exhibits, as stated in the last is
sue of the Tidings, far exceeded those
of any previous fair and were such as
are not often gathered together in
any state fair, in many respects.
The sessions were well attended
and excellent music was furnished
on Thursday afternon and evening
and Friday afternoon and evening by
Pedersen's Orchestra. On Thursday
evening the swimming contests took
place and a large crowd gathered in
the galleries to witness them.
The first was the boys under Is
years of age In this contest, which
heats, Clare King received first, Bert
Bachand second and Verne Carter
third.
In the free for all 100-foot race
Sherill Weeden was first, Samson
Riley second and Duff Harrington
third.
The barrel race caused lots of fun.
Clare King won, making the 80 feet
astride a barrel in 271a seconds.
Lawrence Backman was second with
2S seconds against him, while Lester
Phillips got off his course and off
his barrel, yet made the race in 81
seconds. Clare King afterwards
made an exhibition heat in 21 sec
onds.
The swimming races on Friday
evening were only two in number.
The race for boys under Is was won
by Verne Carter, with Bert Bachand
second and Clare King third. The
barrel race resulted as follows:
Lawrence Backman first, Clare King
second, Lester Phillips third.
There were some notable things
among the curios on exhibition at
the fair, One of these was a small
porcelain idol from Honolulu, in the
shape of an old man sitting down
and nodding his head and moving his
hands.
Another curio of unusual interest
was a colonial two-dollar bill 1t
was given to the great grandfather
of B. H. Hatch of this city for SER
vices in the Revolutionary war and
has been handed down form father
to son until it reached Mr.. Hatch.
Its Typography resembles very much
the books published about that time
in the style Of It's ornamentation,
Another curio which attracted
considerable attention was a home
made flag used in a celebration on
Wagner creek In 1868. The stars
are cut out and sewed on by hand
and number 80, the number of states
then in the Union.
While not so large an attendance
from Grants Pass was present this
year as three years ago on Grants
Pass day, yet there were. a goodly
number present. There was also a
large attendance of Ashland people
on that day and the officials pro-
nounce themselves as pleased with
the total attendance of the fair
1t is expected that the premium list
will be in readiness for publication
in the next issue of the Tidings.
Mrs. Stone wishes the Tidings to
express the thanks of the ladies in
charge of the art department of the
fair to Swenson & McRae for the use
of the handsome cabinets used to
contain the exhibits in that depart
ment.
Card From Mr.. Staples.
E. T. Staples has handed the It'd
ings the following statement regard
ing the fair and matters connected
therewith: