Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-10-15

DAY move is on foot to put up some
additional purses which will stomu-
late the interest in the races for the
closing day of the Fair. Whether
this works out or not, the assured
progra mconsists of one race by farm
ers' horses, one harness and two run
ming races.
The first of the exhibit buildings
reached by the visitor is the agricul-
tural department, of which Fl. P.
Briggs is in charge, and the features
Of this display are seen in the large
number of individual entries, no one
exhibitor or section of the county
standing out above the others. Here,
say the judges and those who have
attended other fairs in this part of
the state, are displayed the best
apples in Western Washington and
also one of the best exhibits of pota-
toes, while the field corn display is
rated as exceedingly good. All Of
the vegetable products Of the county
and most of its fruits are to be seen
here. and, speaking of it in a general
way, the display as whole has been
characterized as being excellent.
School Display Larger.
The educational exhibit, as the
Observation-Disclosures contest of the
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known, is referred to as practically
twice as large as last years show
which occasioned such favorable COM
ment. Especially is this true of the
vegetable display, one of the promi-
nent features of which are the exhib-
its of field corn. The pastry exhibits
are fewer in number but better in
quality, while the striking point of
the canning display is the exhibit of
the II Kan Kan Club" of the Wash
ington school. The entries in this
department number 274 and nearly
every school in the county is repre-
scented. many coming from Olympia,
Tumwater and Tenino. The manual
training exhibit Of the high school
and grades has attracted much favor
able comment while the textile and
needlework displays are also good.
A huge stone slab bearing the in
scription, Washington Granite from
Hercules Quarry No. s, Tenino.
Wash" has met with frequent favor
able comment.
Mrs. D. M. Kagy, superintendent,
Mrs. Chambers and the other women
connected with the displays of tex
tile and needlework. pastry. canning.
butter-making and other exhibits in
which the women of the county have
participated, completely filling an
other of the exhibit tents, are proud
of these displays and say that they
far exceed expectations. The fancy
work Is spoken of as being particu-
larly good and far ahead Of the ex-
hibits at the Puyallup and Centralia-
Chehalis shows, while the pickle,
fruit and pastry entries are classed
as excellent. One of the features of
these is the display by Mrs. w. H.
Yeager, ST., of "a bottles of pickles,
each different. The women of the
county have done very well indeed,
say all who visit this department.
Forty different exhibitors, among
them several school children, are to-
be noted in the poultry department,
of which J. r. Johnston is superin-
tendent, and where some 100 chick
ems, Sc pigeons, so rabbits, and tur-
keys, geese, ducks and guineas are on
display. The quality Of the display
is spoken of as being unusually good
and is quite large, more space being
occupied than expected. -FOUR coops
of White Rocks, entered by Miss E.
M. Sylvester, were classed as the best
birds in the department. She, with
Kegley Bros. of Little Rock, and Ira
N. Define of Olympia, were the three
largest exhibitors. An interesting
feature Of the exhibit is the pair
of white Angora rabbits, rare va
riety, entered by Mrs. c. ]. Johnson,
while the Belgian, New Zealand, sill
yer gray and steel gray Flemish hares
entered by Mrs. A. e. Stanford and
F. G. Anderson also attract much
attention. So also do the two large
exhibits of pigeons, one of So birds
by DR.. w. w. Miller and another OF
20, being the more varied, by Spears
& Muir of Tumwater.
Fine Dairy Cattle.
The livestock department, in charge
of N, C. Christensen, was the only one
to fall behind expectations, several
farmers of the county who had filled
out entry blanks later failing to bring
in their stock, but here the display of
dairy cattle is characterized by c. F.
Nfoproo oOricu1turjSt Of GraV'S Har-