The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-18
EXHIBIT
SHAPING UP
Exhibit of Prizes in Children's De.
partznent Has Caused Addi-
tional Interest
ALL DEPARTMENTS BUSY
TAKING CARE OF ENTRIES
Toppenish Secured Concession on
a Large Space for Display and
Other Districts Promise to Fill
Space Allotted Them

The children's department at the
State Fair this year will be the most
attractive feature of the whole fair,
according to Secretary H. B. Averill,
who says that entries in that depart
ment are being received rapidly now.
and that all of the space reserved for
the children's exhibits will be taken.
A display of some of the $4,000
worth of prizes offered to the young
exhibitors, in the windows of the
building formerly occupied by the
Ackenhausen jewelry store was in
spected by several thousand people
during Saturday evening. and was
easily the most popular window on
the avenue. The displaying of the
prizes also served to stimulate some
of the boys and girls to action and
many called for entry blanks and an
nounced their intention of competing
| for prizes
i've got some corn out there that's
18 feet TALL" was the remark made
by one lad as he pocketed the pre-
MUM list" and I'm going to bring
| it in"
| Also Live Stock Prizes
In addition to the window display
Of merchandise prizes and cash,
which will remain on Yakima avenue
during the week, the capital prizes.
consisting of registered livestock, will
be brought to the fair grounds dur
ing the week and may be seen there
by prospective exhibitors.
| Secretary Averill received word Sat-
Iurday from VIM. Bishop of Chimacum,
| Wash, that he will arrive about the
middle Of the week with his Hol-
stems, including the calf which, is Of
fered for the best display Of 1nangel-
wurtzels grown by boy under II
years of age. The calf, which was
born in January, Is a registered male
pure Holstein.. and is named Violet sir
Fayne II. The complete pedigree Of
the animal is on display among the
boys prizes in the show window on
the avenue.
| Two other registered Holsetein
calves, one registered Jersey and ane
registered AYRSHIRE are one list of
prizes which may be won by the boys.
Besides these there are registered
pigs, sheep, goats and several varieties
| of chickens.
All Departments Busy
| In other departments the entries
are coming In so fast now that it is
necessary to keep the clerical force
working overtime to take care of
them.
! In the livestock department five
Holstein herds are already entered,
and two more are in sight. With en-
tries Of other stock Secretary Averill
| is able to say now for the first time
ho hoy witt
spaces allotted to cattle, sheep, horses.
swine and goats will be entirely filled,
and that the livestock show will be
fully equal to that of last year.
/ In the horticultural department the
display is expected to eclipse anything
of the sort ever made at the State
Fair. Practically every district in the
valley has now either engaged space
or is preparing an exhibit, c. S. Me-
Kee, superintendent of the depart
ment, is making an especial effort to
to bring individual exhibitors in addi-
ton to the district displays, and re-
ports marked success. One woman
exhibitor has applied for space for a
4O-box display of apples, and others
are planning equally large displays.
Toppenish Gets Big Space
Secretary w. F. Lindekugel of the
lToppenish Commercial club and G. w.
Hall, member of the board of gov
errors of the same organization, spent
Saturday in North Yakima, and en-
gagged liberal space in the horticul-
tural building for display to be
made under the auspices Of the club.
Mr. Lindekugel says that Toppenish is
planning an exhibit this year that will
be absolutely unique among district
| exhibit, and is sure to be one of the
| features of the horticultural building
| Secretary Averill has received as
surance from Wapato that at least a
small exhibit will be made, and at
Sunnyside a special meeting of the
commercial club is called for Monday
night to consider the matter of plac-
| ing an exhibit from that district.
The districts which have now re-
served space for exhibits in the hor-
lticultural building are: Selah, Naches,
Mckee, Broadway, Zillah, Toppenish,
Wapato (tentative), Mabton, Prosser,
Kennewick and the Columbia River
| Valley, Jefferson county, through the
Port Townsend Commercial club.
| Open Woman's Building
In the women's department Miss
Sue M. Lombard, uperintendent, an
nounces that she will be on the fair
grounds at the women's building on
Wednesday and during the remainder
OF the the week prepared to take care
of exhibits for that building. Entries
for this department are coming in
rapidly.
| Manager John w. Pace has received
word that several stables of running
horses are now on their way to North
Yakima prepared to enter in the races
at the fair, and some have already ar
rived from Vancouver and are stabbed
at the fair grounds.
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