Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-30
THOUSANDS THR0NG
To FAIR GROUNDS
ON PORTLAND DAY
Polk County Wins First Place
On Its Agricultural Ex-
hibit AT Fair

The Portland Day, transportation
Day and Elks Day at the state fair was
drawing thousands of spectators
through the gates but it is doubtful if
the attendance will reach the record
made yesterday which will stand as the
record breaker for some time to come,
according to old fair goers, who are
confident that more people were in
side the enclosure yesterday than ever
before
The general program this morning in
the new auditorium was largely of the
nature of welcome to the fair visitors
and George Hardy, manager of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce, made
the principal address. Mr.. Hardy is a
genuine booster and the things he said
about Oregon made every citizen of
the state proud that they had selected
Oregon as home. Mr.. Hardy's re-
marks were substantiated by the exaib-
its shown and all who attend the fair
this year will see the actual works as
the evidence behind the volumes of
booster talks that nave been given in
the past.
The livestock parade was pulled off
this afternoon and the blooded stock
filed past the grandstand bearing taer
ribbons won in the competition. The
race program began at l;30 with the
grandstand jammed to the roof and the
two special races scheduled for today
aroused keen interest among the lovers
of the. sport of kings.
The judges awarded the prize for the
agricultural exhibit to Polk county for
the counties of the second district
which comprises the counties west of
the Cascades exclusive of the coast
counties. Benton was second, Lane
third, Clackamas fourth, Linn fifth,
jackson sixth, Multnomah seventh and
Washington eighth. OF the counties
OF the third district, which is tae east
ern Oregon district, Union county took
first place, Morrow second Wallowa
third, Malheur fourth and Umatilla
fifth
The premiums were awarded pro.
rata for each district, basing the
amount of money to be divided from
each district upon the number of coun.
ties entered, The money to- be divided
according to the score which mas not
yet been compiled. Each county exhib.
it draws 800 if its exhibit qualities
and in addition there is special
award of $50 for first $25 for second
and $l5 for third to 20 to the three
counties scoring the greatest number
of points in each district. Marion coun.
ty competer for the beauty of the ex-
hibit alone and will doubtless be award
ed first prize in this department.
The Portland public schools won out
over Salem in the manual training de.
partment By an extremely narrow mar.
gin among districts of the first class.
The quality of the workmanship count
ed for 80 points and the beauty of the
exhibit for 10 points and the judges
wrangled upon their decision until IL
o clock this morning.
Three special trains in addition to
the regular trains arrived this morning
over the Southern Pacific and tae
Transportation special alone carried
600 passengers Two Elks specials ar.
rived over the Oregon Electric at 1880
and the roads were lined with autos
Yesterday there were about 1000 autos
parked inside the grounds and this
morning at $3.50 every inch of available
parking space was occupied
When Aviator Munter flew this af.
ternoon he carried aloft with him q
package of cards which he turned loose
in the air to float down to the speeta.
tors. The cards were from the fair
board and bore the welcome Of this
body to the fair visitors. The cards
were printed by the students of the in.
dustrial department of the Deaf school