The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-07-08

there tells them all about it. and the,
stay to enjoy his own showing of fish
and game from this sportsmen's par.
adise Coos Bay also has a splendid
showing OF game, and birds in partic-
ular, IN booth adjoining, and Klam.
ath hfty deer heads and pictures OF
"a days hunting and fishing" brings
many to Philip Sinnott to ask cues
tions. A very large number are in
terested in fish and game and outing
places, and three or four that War
ren, OF Lane county, has sent into the
Mckenzie country have written about
that they had found that region even
finer than he had represented.
To the casual visitor, the greatest
attraction in the Oregon Building are
the specimens of myrtle wood furni-
ture from the Coos Bay region. The
myrtle Is classed as a hardwood, has
beautiful grain, takes a marvellous
polish and in table, desk, chair. lodge
room arch and small wares, as well
as in panels, it constitutes the most
beautiful wood attraction on the
grounds and gives Representative ].
A. Ward opportunity to do all the
talking he wants to. A myrtle wood
booth disposes of immense quantities
of souvenirs at rather Stiff prices,
for the visitor cannot resist their
beauty.
The twelye-foot Hood River apple,
inside of which is a panoram repro
duction of the Hood River valley,
with a constantly moving train in the
foreground, is the stellar attraction
of the Oregon exhibit at the Palace
OF Horticulture. This catches the
eye and holds the visitor fascinated.
1t is truly an attractive display and
is much talked about. But while
this is an attraction, the fruit from
Rogue River, the Willamette valley,
and Hood River is the marvel. Much
of 1t is superfine and it will be re-
membered that Director Ravlin has
displayed 1t well enough to win the
Grand Prize. Other sections of Ore
gon could contribute magnificent
fruit to the display but it has not vet
arrived. Some high-class easterners
saw the immense cherries on display
there the other day and were hard
to convince that these were not some
variety of prune.
Luther Burbank, who gave Oregon
its most popular potato and the To-
cranberry as we'll, a man of world
wide knowledge and authority, paid
Oregon the compliment of making
special half-hour visit to the Oregon
exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture
and of saying that he had never seen
better Of its kind. He was partic-
ularly enthusiastic over the exhibit
of forage crops and grains which won
the Grand Prize in competition with
similar exhibits from score of other
states. He had never seen a more
satisfactory exhibit and was amazed
that Oregon could produce so Won
derfully. Mr.. Burbank compliment
ed Chief Freytag warmly and said
that there was no doubt in his mind
that the Grand Prize had fallen in
CAdStly IhC plOpCi pidCc.
Of the recent winnings by Oregon
Exhibits, the Exposition News, the
daily official publication On the
ground says: "The State of Oregon
has set record the past few days
In the number of prizes the state and
Its individual exhibitors have carried
of, at the Exposition. The prizes
won by Oregon products and by Ore
gonians were chiefly in connection
with the States horticultural and ag-
ricultural exhibits. In both of these
fields the Oregon exhibits have car
ried off the grand prizes, giving that
state the HIGHEST rank among the
states that participated in the ex-
hibits. The horticultural exhibit is
in charge of C. N. Ravlin of Hood
River, and the agricultural displays
are made under the supervision of 0.
e. Freytag."
The latest-and 1t came Sunday
the awards which
proclaim that Portland and vicinity.
typical of all Oregon, has the best
milk in the United States. In COM
petition with exhibits from fifty
states. territories and provinces, the
exhibit entered by DR.. Marcellus of
Portland, won the 500 cash prize
'or the highest average score for ten
regular exhibits of milk or cream, re-
of class, the gold medal for
he largest total number of regular
exhibits of milk and cream and half
1ozen other medals for excellence in
Individual classes. on top of the
grand prize in horticulture and the
Grand prize in forage crops, this third
Grand Prize for perfection in milk
places Oregon far in the lead in the
matter of winnings and says to all
he world that Oregon is indeed the
eader. Oregonians know it to be.