Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-24
GIVES GOOD PROMISE
MUCH INTEREST is MANIFEST
IN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT.
List of Premiums offered by Manage
ment Are of Substantial Charac-
ter and Induce Competition.

The Industrial School Fair to b.
held during the county fair tins fal
promises to excel all previous eft
forts in this direction, County Super
intendent Seymour exerting himself
to make the exhibit the success 1t de
serves to be. The children of the
various districts are showing more
interest in the annual event than
heretofore and the exhibits will be
greater in number and more varied
The prizes offered by the management
are of a substantial character, and
while this is not the real motive that
prompts the youngsters to strive to
win against considerable competition
it has a tendency to induce them to
enter for the prizes. Following Is
the official list as arranged by the
management:
Rules and List of Articles.
Entries to close at noon first day
of fair. Each child must do all the
work of preparing the article exhibit
ed. In gardening, the ground may be
prepared by some one else, if desired.
In other work, the parent OF some
one else may instruct the child how to
do the work. but the child must be the
one that does the work. Every boy
or girl in the county under 10 years of
age is eligible to enter the contest.
The contest will be divided into 3
classes. as follows: Glass A will in
clude those between the ages of Il and
10. Glass B will include those under
IA years of age. Glass C will include
those under 10 who have more than 3
months training in Domestic Science,
Domestic Arts or Manual Training in
any school in the following projects:
canning, sewing, cooking and manu-
al arts.
No article that has been exhibited
at a previous fair will be allowed to
be entered. Entry blanks will be sent
with the articles in order to have
the same entered. Awards will be
made upon the following articles in
the classes mentioned, as follows:
First prize, $3.50; second prize, $1.00;
third prize, soc; fourth and fifth
prizes, printed ribbons.
Glass A and B.-Field corn (10I
ears), pop corn 90 ears). watermelon
(one), table squash (onel, pie pump
kin (one), potatoes (10l, cabbage
(one), onions (10), celery, g bunch
esq, bird house, So, 50, 81.
Glass A. B and C.-Piece of office |
or house furniture, bread tone Loaf |
canned fruit and vegetables g pint
jars of each), jelly (3 glasses), ma
chine-made dress (Class A & C with
button holes. handmade apron (class
B only, darning Is kinds, musk !
melons, stock squash, stock pumpkin.
loaf cake A, B & C), layer cake \,
B & c., mending CA, B & C) (3I
kinds fancy work CA, B & C). asters
"a, B & c combined), sweet peas,
"a, B 4 c combined), dahlias "a,
B Il c combined). Poultry shall con
sist of pen, pullets and l cockerel
Glass A and B.-Indian runner
ducks (trio), Pekin ducks (trio), Bar
red Plymouth Rocks. White Plymouth
Rocks, Buff Plymouth Rocks. White
Wyandottes, White Orphingtons, Buff
Orphingtons, Rhode Island Red,
White Leghorns, White Brahmas,
mlscellaneous-any other standard
breed. bantams
Specials.-Child making largest ex-
hibit, first $40. second s..
School district making best display
of a booth on the following condi-
tions;-School work displayed 80 1-3
per cent; general decorations and dis
play 80 l-3 per cent.
Booths to be classed as follows :
Glass A, schools of one room: Glass
B, schools of from two to five rooms:
class c, schools of more than five
rooms.
Booths to be in charge of someone
from the district or selected by the
district. First prize $500; second
prize $1,000 for each class.
Any articles in a booth may be en-
tered in any individual exhibit.
The school room having the larg-
est display of bird houses First
prize. $500; second prize. $500.
Club Proiects.-The same rules gov
erning the State projects as tper No.
rs Extension Series, No 81 will gov
rrn the projects in the county.
Club Project WiIhGrs.-The two
boys making the highest score on any
two projects viii be sent To the state
fair for the entire week as members ]
Of the State Fair School Camp. The
boy or girl making the highest score
IN each project in each class will re-
'elve trip to the state fair for one
lay with expenses paid. The boy or
glrl making 2nd, 3rd. 4th and 9th
highest scores in each project and
m each class, prize of $500. $50.
and soc.