The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-10-04

,L s.' uweil upon, as they are
.he future wealth producers of the
valley. The exhibits from the bust.
ness houses were representative anf
comprehensive, and our merchants de.
serve full measure of praise for the
important part which they contributes
toward making the fair all it proved
10 De. The arrangement of the dis.
pays in the hall, commencing at the
right hand as one entered the front
door, were as follows:
Frank l.. Stansbury-A large varie-
ty OF fruits, vegetables, melons and
grasses.
Frank |. Thompson Glengarry
Home-A very neat collection of corn
and vegetablec of various varieties
Mr.. Thompson's place is immediately
ADJOINING the town site, in the south
part OF town, and the specimens show
what the soil of that part of the fiat
can produce.
ID. I. knight-Sunnyslope Ranch, a
display. The chief attraction was q
full set of heavy double harness, show.
ing the skill OF workmanship in man.
u1acture or horse geer, in which Mr.
Hendrix cannot be excelled
}. L. knikht-Sunnyslope Ranch, a
short distance south of Oroville on the
east side of the Okanogan- river. Fine
showing of vegetables and melons,
This display was unusually creditable
as the ground has been in cultivation
only for some two years.
John M. Norris, jr.,-Island ranch,
had an exhibit of corn, tobacco and
fruit in conjunction with Mr.. Knight.
E. A. McMahan-Display of clocks
and jewelry goods, presided over by
Miss Elizabeth Grathwohl, who dis
trlDuted some very pretty souvenirs.
J. A. McGinty-A large and credit
able display of vegetables and melons,
w. H. PhilpOt had space in this booth
for vegetables from his East Orovillc
Orchard tracts, and Mrs. E. G. Rice
had on exhibit a fine lot of peanuts.
Mr.. McGinty's ranch is also newly cul-
tivated, and is located on the east side
of the OkanOgan river short dis
tance south of town.
Mrs. l.. E. Hendrix and Miss L. Hat
ton-Millinery and fancy article booth,
with general display of goods.
large booth was devoted to the
floral display, and was bower of
beauty. There were so many varieties
of flowers, so tastily grouped and in
such profusion as to be beyond de-
scriptiOn The work of making the
collection was assumed by Mrs. E. e.
Rice, and the duty was we'll performed,
49, The fancy work table was the greal
attraction for the ladies, and no group
of judges in the hall had more trying
or delicate duty than the ladies select
ed to pass judgment upon the merits
of this handsome collection of neddle
work, There were all kinds of arti-
cles that the deft fingers of workers
with thread had beautified with stitch
es. Among those who had several ar
ticles in the display were Mrs. F..
Grathwohl, Mrs. Robert Evans, Mrs.
e. N. Grubb, Mrs. A. H. Balderson,
Mrs. F. V. Covert and Mrs. r. Butler.
There were a number of single en-
tries. The judges were Mrs. l.. l..
Work, Mrs. w. B. Sexson and Mrs. F..
A. DeVos. After long and careful eX-
animation the prize, handsome shop
ping bag, donated by F. " Covert, was
awarded to Mrs. Balderson.
Oroville Commercial Company-A
range exhibit, one of which was USED
by the ladies to demonstrate the mer-
it's of the Tonasket flour at the restau-
rant booth.
Tonasket Flour Mill--A display OF
wheat and graham -four. This flour
was used in providing the warm bread
for the restaurant counter, and the
scores of people who partook OF re-
freshments at the counter Will testl-
fy that the flour is of very superior
quality. for the bread and biscuits
served could not have been improved
upon. The merits of product OF TINS
kind rests with the manufactured edl-
HE article. and the TOnasket nour
truly stood the test. Mr.. SchwelKert
was very fortunate in the skill OF the
cooks who metamOrphosed the raw
material. turning it out in toothsome
shane for consumption, but the nour
had to be all right or even the skill oi
the cooks would not have succeedeo
On we'll The TOnasket flour is nome
orticIe and as a home article 1t shoulu
be encouraged. ,.,,u
II / Desmond-A general display
NJ hardware. covering multitude OF
useful articles. .,. .,,os do
r v Covert-This booth was de-
voted to a display of choice footwear
and shoes Vi dii oA~Ne
dence. ,.,,;,orv Goods
and a large array of the latest MODES
in ladies hats. A, ovhibit of
choice dress coats for ladies, i''o
thot the firm makes specially.
Then came the booth devoteu "
canned goods and preserves ana at;en .ue,e
vu,' was a large and handsome collection, ors
a%bracing M"I all kinds of fruits. There
eau a,nra numerous entries, Mrs. w. n
pbi,not. Mrs. Phillip Schlief' mrs. ,.s -
clendenon, Mrs. Geo. /. Cole anu aumast ma p.
displays. % Mrs. Clendenon was awaru-
ed the prize. .or of
A. the lower end of the center .o Oh
the aI room was the mineral display pre and
sh1 side dove dover by Mrs. J. W: Gilmore eot;nu anu
Mrs .John E. Reese. ms ost;ng cor,.
Mas WA @ not large, but quite interesting. nonre
,Thsre T%e was an outline design pr,v Ieprr
lantine mv the salts lake, very ,s cle'eisG e1so
ssenstrncted. sene, Then the ladies had saIts aIso
o oonstructed a lake veiw WIN nartS '
with representation saat;pf of in 5ni its Ho CON-
al