The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-09-26
SUNSHINE BREAKS THROUGH
KNOCKS OUT J. PLUYIUS
LAST DAY OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL LATA1
COUNTY FAIR A HUGE SUCCESS
SPOKANE VISITORS ENTHUSE[
Moscow BOYS Band Was Feature in the Days AC-
tivties-Threatened Rain Superseded by Sum
sf1ne-Fair Was Financial Success

The threatening weather this morn
ing was superseded by the sunshine
breaking through the clouds this af
ternOOn and as result the last day
of the Fourth Annual Latah County
Fair was regarded as a complete sue
cess in point Of attendance. The
grounds and grandstand were packed
with humanity again today and the
general activity and enthusiasm was
not less. The visit of the Spokane del
egation "A large delegation from Troy
and from many other outside points
helped to swell the attendance. A
feature of the day was the appearance
of the Moscow Boys band in their new
khaki uniforms in serenade OF the
business houses down town and con-
cert at the fair grounds under direc-
ton of Prof. E. J. Carey. The Moscow
band likewise rendered splendid pro-
gram this afternoon at the grounds.
Today marked the closing features Of
the fair and the fair officials announce
was complete success both from a
financial standpoint as well as from
point of excellence.
Better Babies Contest
A feature at the big fair today was
the announcing of the winners in the
Second Annual Better Babies contest,
the scoring committee having complet-
ed the work today. The contest has
been in charge of the women's auxll-
iary and under the superintendency OF
Mrs. Warren Truitt The highest
score among the contestants was 97*,
a baby boy and the highest score by
baby girl being 961s. Other scores
scaled down to 80. The physicians
doing the scoring furnished their serv-
ices gratutously. The sweepstakes
awards carrying bronze medals went
to Verlla Snowden. baby girl, and to
James G. Morder, a baby boy. The
contest was governed strictly by the
rules of the Woman's Home Companion
score card Fifty babies, the number
to which the contest was limited, |
we're entered Had it been possible to
score all the babies that parents wish
ed Il enter, the number would have |
gone into the hundreds.
seh Interest Shown
\ Fe n people realize the great inter-
est manifested in this splendid work.
The official score card sent out by
the Woman's Home Companion is very
strict in all of it's rules. A baby scor-
ing 80 in the 1914 contest is good
baby. The standard is all worked
out so mistakes are impossible. The
babies examined and scored are COM
pared with the set standard. Three
sets of score cards are made out
One set of the number score goes to
the Womans Home Companion, one
card of a set goes to each mother, and
one set is retained by the superinten-
dent.
Soon Mail Score Cards
The score cards will be mailed as
soon as possible to the mothers of the
respective youngsters who were en-
tered into the contest, in order that
thew may gain an idea as to the degree
If perfection reached by their babies. .
Each baby examined will receive a
certificate If the parents who live in
Moscow will call at the chamber of
commerce about October 1st they can
secure these certificates. !,
Great progress has been made n
lwarding the premiums in all depart
nents In the fine arts section of
which Mrs. E. J. Iddings is superin- .
endent the awards have been prac-
ically all made Those who have as
listed Mrs. Iddings in the department :,
we're Mrs. Charles W. Shields, Miss
Sarah Talbot, Mrs. W. S. Robbins !,
Mrs. J. F. Yost, Mrs A. H. Oversmith, !
ars. l. w. Cook. The following are
he awards as announced: 4
Paintings, China, and Relics p
Mrs. C. J. Orland-First on oil paint b
ng, first on monochrome. il