Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-09-15
SECOND ANNUAL. FAIR Is
DRAWING BIG CROWDS.

exhibit. assisted ~ Ms. Nomrrsseu.
and both state that the nuu-t,~ OF
exhibits and the quality of thu work
are :-r superior 10 last Years display.
htre, too. concerts are being given by
4. T HahecE. me local music dealer.
Next in line IS the display OF poul-
Try, ducks, geese. and rabbits. nearly
twice as large a. that shown last
year. Superintendent p. 3. Morton
classes il as tue finest display OF poul-
try Al any fair in this county. one
hundred and two birds are entered,
besides the geese. ducks and rabbits,
Ira y. Define and Mr.. Morton having
the largest displays of birds. while
fred G. Anderson has large exhibit
nj rabbits and DR.. Steven Johnson is
lowing four pens OF White Russian
and Iimalayan Angoras. Among the
poultry shown are pens Of White
Brahmas, Rhode Island Reds and
Whites, White Rocks. some OF the
best White Leghorns in the state,
Light Brahmas, Anconas, Buff Or
pingtons, Games and Dark Cornish.
Auto Display New Feature.
Across the way from this tent is
the one in which the Rose-Nepple
Auto company, St. John & Titus and
E. c. Tew are displaying the Dodge
Brothers, Ford. and Maxwell and
Hudson automobiles. respectively,
which they represent in this territory,
a new feature of this years fair.
Adjoining this are the community
exhibits of the Sturgeon Creek,
Chambers Prairie and Pleasant
Glade Oranges, another new feature
this year, as the Pleasant Glade
Grange was the only exhibitor last
year, the booth of the Capital City
Creamery, exhibits of canned fruits
and vegetables and jellies by local
women and small dairy and apiary
exhibit. The Sturgeon Creek Grange,
whose display was housed in a booth
of striking novelty, was awarded the
first prize Of $40, Chambers Prairie
the second of $3.50 and Pleasant
Glade the third of So.
On the way from these displays to
the livestock division is an exhibit Of
the Playford Cement Stave silo, made
by the Washington Cement Stave
Silo company of this city.
Large Livestock Display.
The livestock display, as stated, is
far larger than last year, every stall
in the horse and cattle barn being
occupied. Here Fred w. Carlyon. N.
C. Christensen, superintendent of this
division, A. F. Baker, John Begg, Jay
Bolster and L. L. Snow, secretary of
the Fair. are displaying some un-
usually good cattle. while there is an
excellent array Of horses entered by
Dain & Co.. Harry Fitch and B. R.
Connie of Yelm, Curtis Miller and L.
L. Prince of Tenino, Fred w. Carlyon,
William Weber. W. F. Kelsey and
Duncan Bigelow.
Further along, in the hog exhibit,
which H. L. Blanchard of the Puy-
allup experiment station asserted
was above the average in quality, are
entries Of Duroc-Jersey hogs by Dain
& Fitch OF Yelm, and Of Poland
China. Duroc-Jersey and Berkshire
hogs by c. w. Shumate Of Tumwater.
A feature of the Fair again this
year is the display of birds from the
Myers game farm, housed this time
under a tent in which there are "a
pens containing Virginia and Mexi-
can wild turkeys, silver, golden,
Reese and China pheasants, guineas
and other game birds.
Officers Of the Fair.
d. M. Kagy is president of the
Thurston County Fair association,
which is staging this years show; N.
c. Christensen vice president; C. C.
Aspinwall manager, L. L. Snow Sec
rotary and H. P. Briggs treasurer.
Fred w. Lewis and Mrs. Polly Of the
Southwest Washington Fair are as
sisting in the detail work Of award
ing premiums.