Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-09-26
COUNTYS EXHIBIT
At STATE FAIR IS
ON ITS WAY THERE
First Display Of Local Products
Fills AZ Boxes, Barrels and
Sacks.
OYSTER BED rs A FEATURE.
Tono Coal, Tenino Stone, Tobacco,
Vegetables, Grains and Grasses
in Display.

For the first time in it's history, SO
far as can be learned, Thurston coun-
ty will have an exhibit of it's re-
sources, agricultural and industrial, at
the Yakima state fair, which starts
next Monday, the display having been
shipped to the fair grounds this week.
II. l.. Whiting, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, who will have direct
charge of the exhibit, went to North
Yakima Thursday evening.
After all materials for the Thurston
county booth had been carefully Grated
and checked at the depot it was found
that it required AZ boxes. barrels and
sacks to accommodate the display
which will beyond any question of
doubt make Olympia and Thurston
county better known in Eastern Wash
ingtOn than heretofore.
1t is the belief of the Olympia Cham
ber of Commerce that whatever helps
Thurston county helps Olympia and
when the state fair management re-
quested the Chamber of Commerce to
take booth at the annual exposition.
the trustees accepted willingly and
Secretary Whiting was instructed to
collect representative products of the
soil in this district.
With the assistance of the district
fruit inspector and others, this collec-
tion was assembled and it Is represen-
tative of practically every principal in
dustry and product manufactured or
grown in Thurston county. For the
last three weeks the secretary has de-
voted practically his entire time to
the collection and selection of this ex-
hibit.
Among other things there Is large
piece of coal from the Union Coal COM
pany of Tono, on the face of which is
chiseled Safety First" display Of
stone sent direct by the Tenino Stone
company to North Yakima for the
Chamber of Commerce booth; different
woods, both finished and raw, and veg
etables of practically every kind and
description. These products were col
lected principally from the Nina Prat-
rie where w. p. Fisher had charge Of
the collection, as we'll as exhibits from
the orchards of O. C. White, west of
Olympia. and the Eden ranch in the
Nisqual!y valley.
These apples are as perfect as can
be grown and though at first thought
it would seem it is waste of time,
space and money to exhibit Thurston
county apples in Yakima, still the
Chamber of Commerce feels that these
apples will pass muster in any locality
and ten boxes of the best will be on
display for criticism by those who live
in the land Of the big red apple. Sew
eral plate displays of potatoes will
also be made, the feature of this being
that there are 13 different varieties, all
of which do well in this section.
More than 40 bundles of grain were
prepared at the Chamber of Commerce
for exhibition, most Of it being select
ed from the fields bundle by bundle
and brought to the Chamber of Com
merce where it was carefully stripped
and tied together in artistic bundles.
This grain display will be used for the
background of the booth.
| A variety of products represents the
famous A. L. Brown ranch at Sher-
lock, where those collecting the ex-
hibits spent day and a half Olympia
creameries are also represented. String
beans will be given prominent place
as we'll as prunes.
Though it is impossible to enumer.
ate every article which will go to COM
prise this exhibit particular mention
should be made of the miniature oy-
stcr bed which will in all probability
be the biggest feature of the booth.
This bed will contain live oysters
from Puget Sound and arrangements
have been made by which the supply
will be replenished from time to time
while a large jar of the shell oysters
will also be on display.
Above the booth will hang nine.
foot sign: "Thurston County," which
will be made of oyster shells. Ample
Chamber of Commerce literature is be