Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-09-19
MANY EXHIBITS
COUNTY FAIR
Management Of the Chehalis
County Fair Announces
Interesting Features
GOOD RACES SCHEDULED
Every Line Of Farm Endeavor
Will Be Well Represented,
Including Babies


primarily intended to develop the ag
ricultural interests of county. Be
that as it may, the farmers are not
going to occupy the entire arena at
the fair in Elma from October l to
5. For instance the wives of the
farmers are to have a few innings
They will have opportunity to show
what they can do in various lines
Substantial sprizes are hung up for
the best displays of sewing, cooking
basket making, canned goods, china
painting, art work of various kinds,
and flowers. The women of the coun.
ty are taking great interest in
their departments, and their exhib.
it's will be intensely interesting to
all visitors at the fair.
Public School Exhibit.
The school children of the various
public schools of the county will have
some of their work on display. There
will be samples of wood work, sew
ing and cooking, and the exhibit will
give any visitor an idea of the mod
ern intention to educate the body as
we'll as the mind of a pupil. Drill
teams of school children will also
give drills one day of the fair Stu
an opportunity to get training in stock
judging from the experts who will be
on hand.
Farm Products Exhibit Large
1t s safe to at. present that
the exhibits OF stock. vegetables and
grains at Elma will be the best col.
lection ever gathered together in
Southwest Washington. In each part
of the county division superintend.
ents have been busy for some time
getting exhibits together and the out.
look makes it possible to assure all
visitors that they will see the "best
ever" exhibits in the classes named.
The Baby Contest
The old fashioned pretty baby con-
test will have no place at the Fair.
There will be plenty of opportunity
for fond parents to show their chill
dren, however. But the prizes will
be awarded to the most perfect baby
instead of to the prettiest. Reputable
physicians will be the judges, and the
plan as recently outlined in the Wo-
mans Home Companion will be fol-
lowed in making the awards. Care
full measurements of the children
will be taken, and the child with the
best figure, age taken into consider
alton, will be the prize winner.
The baby show will take place on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A
competent nurse will be on hand to
take charge of the children. Any boy
or girl between the ages of six months
and three years can be entered for
prize. Six dollars will be awarded
to the most perfect girl and a like
amount to the most perfect boy. The
be So in cash.
Good Races Assured
The race track at the Chehalis
county fair grounds in Elma, is one
of the best in the Northwest. Horse
men of experience have had many
kind words to say of the track Some
of the best horses that were tracked
at the Southwest Washington fair
will run at Elma, and enough other
good horses are entered already to
assure competition in all the events.
The Indians from the Puyallup and
the Oakville reservations have some
fast running horses that will be in
the races
Horses will not occupy all the rae
ing time, however. Good prizes will
be hung up for motorcycle speeders
and these races are sure to furnish
the required thrills.