The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-12-24
Especial to Farm Magazine.)

now history, but before the
" closing hours on the final day
the management was busy making
plans for that of 1915 and proclaim
ing to the world that although 1914
had proven itself greater in the line
of exhibits than any of the So pre-
ceding fairs 1915 will be 20 per cent
greater and grander in every par
ticular. Every promise made by the
management for 1914 vas kept to
the letter and every dollar Of pre-
MUM money was in the treasury
with which to meet every obligation.
Notwithstanding the fact that a
large pavilion was erected during the
year all available space in 1t as well
as in the old buildings was utilized.
The children's industrial exhibits
were four times greater than was
anticipated, and the building which
had for so many years housed all of
the states exhibits was found to be
inadequate for the children's exhibits
alone, thus proving the great interest
taken In these matters by the young
agriculturists OF the Beaver State.
The automobile display, made for
the first time, proved Of great inter-
est and attested the popularity Of the
mode Of transportation that has taken
the place of the OK team of so years
ago and the carriage and wagon Of
20 years ago.
Many EAgenic Babies.
The department of eugenics in
creased its number of contestants 100
per cent over that of a year ago,
when it was for the first time made
q feature.
The dahlia show given for the first
time was a delight to the eye and a
rest to the one who had tramped
about the grounds viewing the most
splendid exhibits. To enter the
building set apart for the display Of
dahlias and behold the beauties
thereof was cheering in the extreme.
Oregon's state institutions gave
working exhibits, thus permitting the
person unacquainted with what those
In charge are doing for the unfortu-
mates an opportunity to learn Of the
work. There were exhibits from the
State ~Penitentiary, State Hospital,
School for the Deaf, School for the
Blind, State Training School and from
the Home for the Feeble Minded.
Farm Exhibits Revelation.
The individual farm exhibits
proved a revelation to all, n coming
from Umatilla County from an eleva-
ton of 1922 feet and containing 1870
varieties. A sturdy Scot, named
Ogilvy, grew this latter and demon
strated what dry farming at such an
elevation has in store in the North
west.
The members of the State Fair
Board are: j. H. Booth, Roseburg,
president; W. A. Jones, Joseph, vice
president; H. w. Hatch, Salem; N.
K. West, La Grande; Edyth Tozier
Weatherred, Portland; Frank Mere
dith, Salem, secretary; A. N. Bush,
Salem, treasurer.
At the close of the State Fair sew
eral county exhibits were sent to the
Land Products Show in Portland,
from there to the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position, to be held in San Francisco
next year.
Some of the judges this year of
livestock at the State Fair were: W.
l.. Carlyle, Idaho, judge of horses;
John T. Game, head of the depart
ment Of animal industry, Utah Agri-
cultural College, judge of beef cattle;
G. H. Hinman, Colorado, judge OF
dairy cattle; Howard H. Keim, Ore
gon, Judge of sheep; Thomas w.
Brunk, Oregon, judge of goats.
"Back to the Farm" Lure.
There were nearly 1900 birds on
display in the poultry department, the
largest number ever exhibited.
There were 1877 horses, 379 cat
tie, SIT hogs, 247 sheep, or a total OF
1870 head of purebred livestock on
exhibition.
The grounds were pollced by mem
bers of the Oregon National Guard
in uniform.
A boys camp was maintained for
the free use of those boys receiving
the highest credits at the county or
district fairs in Oregon. These boys
were guests of the Oregon State Fair.
The Government Training School
at Chemawa was represented among
the school exhibits. This is the school
for training the Indian youth.
Exhibits from the irrigated dis
tricts proved wonderful. Malheur
County, with eight articles entered
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