Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-09
BANQUET THURSDAY NIGHT rs
GROWING FEATURE OF
MOST SUCCESSFUL GOAT
AND POULTRY SHOW
One Hundred and Sixty Gather
Around Dining Tables; Governor
West and Other Oregon Boosters
Pay Tribute to Angoras and to
Dallas Enterprise.

With total Of 100 plates and
with the big room in the Thompson
block, adjoining the Gail hotel, which
had been improvised as a dining
room, filed to its capacity with lead
ing citizens of Dallas and vicinity,
and with Governor West in the pos
ition of honor the long heralded IAN
CORA venison banquet" of Thursday
night, proved the most popular feat
ure Of the annual exhibit of the
Northwest Angora Goat association.
Although the committee in the first
place, started out to dispose OF 100
tickets only for the banquet, demands
became 50 insistent and came in such
numbers that it was found necessary
to increase the capacity Of the seat
ing arrangements to the limit OF the
room and even then the committee
found it necessary to turn down sew
eral applications for seats that came
at the eleventh hour.
The decorations Of the dining room
the arrangements of the tables and,
in fact, the complete program for the
spread was managed by Mrs. Ella J.
Metzger and to say that her efforts
were successful would simply be
stating the unanimous opinion OF
those so fortunate as to have places
at the festal board.
Oregon VenisOn" Popular.
: Of course the "pieee de resistan-
ce'' was "angora venison" still
: there was plenty of other selections
3 on the menu. But the venison was
appetizingly prepared and every
body voted it delicious.
Not the least important feature Of
the evening were the toasts respond
ed to by Governor Oswald West, e
e H. Lively, of the Union Stockyardi
e company, Portland; DR.. Withycombe
of the Oregon Agricultural college
d Corvallis; c. C. Chapman, secretar,
p of the Oregon Development League
e Portland; H. f. Lounsbury, genera
freight agent for the Southern Pac
i6e lines in Oregon; C. g. Quinn
l. president Of the Northwest Angor
:, Goat Association; Mayor J. r. Cra
j. ven. Of Dallas; and President A. i
Ie Muir. of the Dallas Commercial Clut
p Rev. Edgar W. Miles acted as toast
ie master and filed the duties Of TIN
n exacting position with credit to him
ie self and the enjoyment Of the diner
k, His witty remarks regarding th
N different speakers causing much mel
riment. especially when he introdu'
D. ed Secretary Chapman as one Q
5 Governor Vests "honor men,"
nt Governor Vests Address.
e Declaring that Oregon was IN nee
u of "more people and more goats
~ and making a general plea for Il
he "back TO the farm" movemen
re Governor West. the first speaker
nd the evening, was atteniively listens
ek 10 aud literally applauded. He SAT-
he More Goats and People.
Nv "What this good old state nee
the most. and they are about the on
thing that she does need, are q
more goats and q lot more peop
le- What we have are Of the right KIN
ed but We ueed a great many more
,ol the same kind We need the goa
is 10 brush our millions Of acres OF vi
Of bat fertile and at present unpfoi
ct able lands. and ne need people
ist the right kind to clear and euitis'
er- these lands after the goats have %
I'D their part. One Of these days
nd are eoine to see our aish in tins
ct rpset grafi6ed and ] Win ieA ,
10 Why.
Of sGermauy with an ARA ot an
lp- az noo suuare uilss II surportlnf