Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-12
Great Preparations Made
for Observing Benson Day.


ter fat for butter
Plums, new and unnamed variety,
shipped by w. w. Quinn, of Oregon
City, are at the palace of agriculture.
They are as large as an average apple
and attract considerable attention.
A block of granite from Shanike &
Blair's quarry six miles south of Ash.
land, bearing "A magnificent carving of
roses by the famous Italian sculptor.
Camille Viggazo, is new attraction at
the Oregon pavilion IN the palace of
mines. 1t is beauty.
More competition cherries from Cove,
eastern Oregon, great lunches of flax
from Salem, wonderful cheeses from
Tillamook, peaches from Rogue River,
are recent arrivals.
Visitors and Events,
Mr.. George Putnam, Governor Witty.
combe IS private secretary, has been at
the Oregon building the past two weeks.
lie thinks the exposition is beauty,
and the art room at the Oregon building
very superior. Everything in this room,
even to the wall paper, window curtains
and lampshades, was made in Oregon
and of Oregon materials. Great artists
have said it is an ideally perfect room
the conception and execution of Al.
len Eaton, of Eugene.
Judge Henry McGinn, of Portland, is
here; 0fust Schnoerr, of Oregon City,
one time president of the German socie
ties, August Kehrberger, of Salem, and
AZ
state president of mail.carriers, came
TO attend the great German day activ.
tiles on the 5th.
Secretary of Labor Wilson came to
the o. A. C. domestic science lunch
con Thursday, was fortunate enough to
get ticket for the. second service at
O'Clock. He was told to be prompt,
but he was not back on time and when
he got there his place was filled. Mr..
Wilson now knows what real democracy
is. David Star Jordan got around in
time the other day and stopped his
peace talk long enough to wage real
war on what he admitted was the best
meal he ever sat down to.
Thursday night, Mrs Lulu Dahl Mil
Ter, of Portland, gave a song recital il
the spacious reception room of the Ore
gon building with many distinguished
| people as guests. She displayed very
pleasing voice and personality that
made each person in the room an ardent
admirer. She was accompanied by Mis-,
Constance Piper, who appeared in {
piano recital to the very greatest ad
vantage. Mrs. Thomas Carrick Burke
pianist of Portland will give a recita
at the building in the near future, ant
doubtless will be followed by other Ore
gon artists. These rccitals are being
given under the patronage of Mrs. JOIN
F. Logan, the present resident commits
sioner, who is especially interested il
presenting the culture of Oregon as wei
as the resources.
Special Events Soon.
All Oregon school people will be par
ticularly interested in the fact tina
Madame Montessori, famed educate
, was induced to give a number Of he
demonstrations in the Oregon buildin
during the coming four months a
honor conferred ON few other buildings
Saturday, August 7th, she was at tn
Oregon building at 4;30 and for an hou
gave class instruction that was watchc
by hundreds. She will continue her wor
at the building on September /, Is, 2!
, October l3 and q, and November
and "a.
, The exposition is 70 have anothC
! bird.man after August 10. The contra,
: with Art Smith, the Chicago boy who's
= daring stunts have thrilled counties
thousands the past three months, h,
. expired and he desires to 90 east, 0
y August 10 Silvio Pettirossi, the mon
9 plane expert from Uruguay, will con
pete with Charles Niles, of Marquctt
= Mich, to see which shall be the offici
:, aviator Of the exposition. Both me
;. are said to be phenoms with speci
features beyond anything before a
;. tempted here. II will be remembers
: that the greatly.bcloved Lincoln Beac
= ey was killed by the buckling of h
= machine in tremendous downwal
!, swoop and that he and his machine wei
!, buried in the mud forty feet bencat
: the surface Of the water. His spCci
stunt was to ascend to very grci
. heights-sometime out of sight an
: then drop straight downward. A
:. Smith never goes more than two
! three thousand feet high, and his sp
cialty is u little matter of turning ov,
= and over, loop after loop, upside dow
. and wrongsde.out, and writing wore
across the sky the smoke from HIS G
= gine leaving the word clearly outline
. in the sky. His night flights, at Nhit
: time he has set off great quantities
y fireworks, have attracted thousands
y the ground. His machines giratioi
{ are ever marked then by the trail
, fireworks, and at times he seems to |
!, a tremendous meteor crossing the hea
II ems. At other times he is an eruptr
Vesuvius-and he is always thrillin
The other fellows will have to go son
+" il they become as popular ps eth
II Beachy or Smith. Pettirossi sounds
!, little more artistocratic than Smith, Al
y as everything here runs TO the artist
y perhaps the new man will have lit
} the advantage.
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