Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-04
flinders Auto Parade.

The rain of the morning and the
heavy winds of the afternoon pre-
vented a good showing in the auto
mobile parade and, for a time it was
be abandoned altogether. Finally,
however, the skies cleared somewhat,
and the parade took place
Headed by the six-passenger Auburn
- machine driven by DIR. a.. b. STAR
buck, the parade left the public
school building and moved northward
on Main street, and thence to the
Armory. What was lacking in num-
bers was made up in beauty of dec
oration; some were festooned with
roses and other flowers, bunting and
flags while others bore special deco
.rations. A feature of the parade was
a decorated automobile by the Taft
First Voters club" which was COW
cred with Taft Autographs, campaign
buttons and other decorations Owing
to the showers the cars were sent
over the route faster than is usual,
and this prevented the crowds that
lined the sidewalks from viewing the
flower bede cked machines as long as
they would have liked
Senator Speaks i'm Court House.
Owing to the high wind and the
general unfavorable weather condi-
tions, outdoor meetings were called
off and Senator Chamberlain, who
reached the city at noon, spoke to
large audience in the court house, on
the political issues of the day, from
Democratic standpoint. He paid his
respects to the Republicans and to the
Bull Moosers, and his remarks were
literally applauded.
1t was necessary, on account of the
wind to omit the scheduled balloon
ascension and parachute leap, and
the high dive acts by the Arnold
Amusement company but the other
events on the free list were pulled off
as nearly to schedule as possible.
School Exhibit Excellent.
The great display at the Armory
by the school children of Polk county
reflects credit upon them. Other dis
plays may have been larger, but it is
certain that none of them have been
more complete. The showing of veg
etables, especially, is remarkable,
ana is evidence Ol WHdl may De
with the soil of the county when in
telligent and careful cultivation meth
DDS are applied. The school display
occupies fully twO-thirds of the space
in the armory, and every foot of it is
crowded with exhibits. There is ev-
erything there, too, which may be
grown in this latitude. There are
cunning little tomatoes, round as a
dollar and red as a beet; there are
other tomatoes, shaped like a pear.
and yellow as gold; there are big
pumpkins big squashes. big every
thing. until one grows tired of ex-
claiming. "oh, my" There are also
several fine examples of cabinet
work executed by the children. Some
of it was shown at the state fair. and
in each case It carried away a prize Of
some kind There is a good display
in the domestic science branch. and
some fine samples of bread are
shown: also cakes and canned goods. I
After SIS Prize.
Guthrie. Bethel and Elkins districts
have entered exhibits in the general
class. and are close competitors for
the big prize Of S25 offered for the
hest exhibit by a district. The dis
PLAYS are located in booths in the
middle section and. in every case. the T.
displays are a credit to the districts; ]
how the judges are going to arrive at
a decision. is hard to determine. The i
exhibits include al departments and I
consist Of vegetables, field products.
cabinet work and domestic science d
displays.
individual Exhibits.
In the first booth Of the middle sec
ton as you enter the north door Of
the armory. is found an individual eN-
hibit by Clifford Martin. Of the Balls
ton district This exhibit won the
first prize at the recent Tamhm .
county fair. where il was admitted .
because BsIlston is q joint district IN .
Polk and Yamhnl counties but
young Martin is a resident Of Polk.