Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-08
lumber would have heard it.

number would have heard it,
If the plan as first proposed could
have been worked out, and men of
national reputation had been secur-
ed, it is certain that much greater
crowds would have made it point
to attend But, as it was, everybody
was too busy with viewing the sights
to listen to a political address.
Baby Show Prize Winners.
One of the features of Saturday
was the baby show on the Court
House plaza and on the streets sur
rounding it, There We're a number
of entries and some very pleasing
decorated cabs, not to mention the
handsome occupants they contained
Judges in this contest had been Sc
lected as follows: DIR. Hellwarth,
of Falls City; DIR. o. ID. Butler, Inde-
pendence; Miss Parrot of the Oregon
Normal faculty, Monmouth. HoWeV-
er, owing to unavoidable circum-
stances, the latter two were unable
to be present and the task devolved
upon DIR. Hellwarth alone, who made
the following awards:
Best boy under one year, son of i.
j. Raney, first; son of c. L. Crider,
second. Best girl under one year,
daughter of j. r. Sbley, first; daugh-
ter of A. w. Bennett, second.
Best boy under two years. son or
s. b. Taylor, first; son of Peter Berg,
second. Best girl under two years,
daughter of w. A. School, first
There were no entries in the other
classes.
Best decorated carriage, Mrs. C. L.
Crlder, first; Mrs. A. W. Bennett, sec
ond.
Shows Do Good Business.
The attractions offered by the Ar
mold Amusement company did a good
business every day of the fair, but the
record was made on Friday while the
big crowd was here. Everything
passed off as advertised on Friday.
The balloon scared away into the
sky, just as it was expected, and the
daring rider cut loose and descended
to earth exactly as he has always
done. The "high dive" and the ring
work of Maj. Don, the wonderful
midget, held the attention of the
crowds. The merry go round and the
Ferris wheel were literally patrOniz-
ed, and the man with the rings and
the stems" did a thriving business.
A small exhibit of machinery was
placed on Main street fronting the
Court House plaza by Craven Bros,
and Guy Bros, which added to the
general fair" appearance of the city
Everybody complimented the dis
play at the armory and many prom
inent people from all sections of the
county declared that the matter
should not lapse with this year, but
that a permanent association should
be organized and arrangements made
to hold a fair every fall.
The meeting called for Friday
morning for the purpose of forming
such an association did not material
ize owing to the fact that everybody
instrumental in promoting the idea,
were up to their ears in work.
List of Awards.
Following is a complete list of the
awards made in the different depart
ments of the fair. 1t is possible that
mistakes exist in this list, owing to
the fact that limited time at the dis
posal of the committee made it i'm
possible to plan and provide for all
the demands that might arise, and
therefore some phases of the fair did
not move as smoothly as one could
wish. But all those in charge Of the
exhibits, and in arranging and plac-
ing them. unselfshly worked practi-
cally night and day without thought
of pay and mistakes were unavoid-
able.
Tn the following list, the exhibitor
comes from Dallas unless some other
residence is given: