Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-09-22

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OF East Waterford was elected to succeed
himself, without division.
To succeed Guy L. Thurston Of Bethel
10 trustee, Herbert c. Carter OF tho same
town was elected.
For the election of q trustee to succeed
Leon A. Brooks of South Paris, q ballot
was taken, and Charles w. Bowker OF
South Paris received % votes out OF 80
cast.
The officers chosen arc for the term of
two years, the other officers, who Wei
chosen last year for the Same term, hold.
ing over.
| WHAT THE SOCIETY NEEDS.
In general, both space and time, II
this years gait Is kept up. But to got
down to instances.
For one thing, cattle barn. Well,
yes, more than one, but one for start
or. That 10 the thing that those veteran
superintendents in the cattle depart
ment, McIntlre and Penley, are look
ing for, and they claim . promise OF 1t
following f1na ocial success this year.
There is unquestionably an opportu.
nifty to improve things materially, for the
comfort of both the cattle and the
people, In that department. As at pres
emit arranged, there is good deal OF q
tumble.
Then larger hall is needed; and more
ground room for twenty thousand people
and six or seven hundred automobiles.
And in the drawing department they
need both more space and more time.
| When there are fourteen and sixteen en-.
tries in class, as there were in some OF
them this year, the days are not long
enough, though they begin early in the
morning. This year the drawing OF the
steers bad to be made sideshow while
the other pulling was going on, and the
ring was the scene of ipcessant activity
from morning till night.
Finally, down at the foot OF the bank,
just outside the grounds and on land be.
longing to the society, is . spring OF
pure, almost ice.cold water bubbling out
of the sand. Everybody who drinks OF
1t on hot September afternoon is con
scious of refreshment. We need either
the water brought to the grounds, or the
grounds brought to the water-some
way to make It available for the crowd.
NOTES.
Ice cream had the call over shot dog"
The com plete list OF awards is given
on the first page of this paper.
E. Stanford OF Portland, manager
of the. stock farm of Henry G. Boyer,
Jr., was the expert who judged the
thoroughbred cattle.
Automobiles! Few of the visitors to
The fair ever saw 80 many together.
Wednesday afternoon they were parked
In the field inside the track, until there
was only lane through from one gate
to the other. When they began start.
ing for home. it took an hour aid a bali
to get them "unstacked." Outside the
grounds were others by the score.
A game OF ball was played on each OF
the three days, and they helped to keep
the crowd interested, though none of
them proved highly exciting as contests.
On Tuesday Norway defeated Paris by q
score reported as 6 to 8. Paris was not
inclined 10 look with favor on the work
OF the um pire. On Wednesday the Pill
grims of Lewiston defeated Norway by
score something like 13 to 0, more or
less, and on Thursday Norway again de-
feated Paris by II to 8.
Among the interested spectators was
n. j. Pearson of Lewiston, state agent
of the Society for the Protection OF Ami.
mails. There are two especially pleasant
features of Mr.. Pearson's visit. One Is
the fact that he found no occasion for
the exercise OF bis official duties. The
other is bis remark regarding the fair.
II have been around to quite number
of the fairs, large and small" said be.
"and you may take it from me that OF
the fairs OF New England this is the fair.
The managers Of some of the big fairs
might take lessons from the manage
ment here" No doubt the fact that
this is essentially an agricultural fair,
without adventurous attractions or d.
versions, in considerable measure &C.
counts for the real success OF the fair.
SUMMARIES OF THE RACES.