Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-09-22
STATE FAIR NEXT week
10 COUNTIES TO PARTICIPATE
IN BIG EVENT.
Polk Will Take Large Variety of Her
Prize Winners to Compete
With Other Counties.

been shown IN the northwest, sine
the big national expositions of 100
and 1906; the biggest and most CON
plete exhibit of agricultural and hor
ticultural, dairy products, works o
art, textiles, industrial products, edu
cational displays; poultry and pro
duets; manufactures; lectures, motion
pictures and working demonstration
in every department; night hors'
show, daily speed program of higl
class harness and running events; thu
finest collection of musical aggrega
tions and talented vocalists, and, with
three, big, frst-class carnival attrac-
tions to provide clean, wholesome and
instructive entertainment to suit ev-
cry taste, the fifty-ffth annual Ore
gon State fair, Salem, September 25
to 30, will stand out in bold relief
as the greatest object lesson educa-
tional medium for the advancement
of the agricultural industry of the
state and the biggest and best State
fair ever held in the 55 years of its
history.
The grounds have been placed in
the best of condition, with spacious
green and velvety lawns and large,
artistically arranged flower beds re-
splendent with gorgeous array of
seasonable blossoms in wide and rare
variety; all buildings cleaned, re-
paired and renovated; hard-surfaced
walks and driveways leading to all
buildings and parts of the grounds,
water system renewed and enlarged.
affording abundant supply of pure,
cold water for all purposes; rest
room and toilet facilities for both
sexes greatly enlarged and comfort
ably appointed, under constant su-
pervision of trained and courteous
colored attendants, and every reason
able and comfort and convenience
provided for both campers and daily
visitors and exhibitors throughout the
reservation. All restaurants, build
1ngs, departments and concessions un-
der strict inspection and regulation
OF specially detailed officer of state
board of health and strictest sanitary
regulations will prevail during the
entire week.
There will be 10 counties partici-
pating in the competition between
counties in display of resources and
products, six individual farmers will
compete in the individual farm pro-
duets contest, besides scores of in
dividual and all-state entries in other ,
agricultural and horticultural compe-
ttions; the implement and machin- =
cry exhibit will be much larger and
more complete than any ever assem- i,
hed upon the fair grounds, especi :,
ally in the automobile department, !,
which will occupy more than treble
the space ever occupied before and +
all makes of 1917-model machines \
will be shown direct from the factory -
10 the fair grounds, several weeks be-
fore they are placed on sale or in :,
hand Of dealers. There are more en-
mes, representing a higher degree -
,f speed talent, listed for the differ =,
mt harness and running races every :,
lay of the fair, insuring first class :
in this line of clean -,
craftsmanship and giving promise of ~
ome badly shattered track and
northwest records in several classes. .,
The night horse show, the newest
cquisition to the state fair attrac- T.,
ions, is drawing entries from all ov- n, =,
r the country in all of the many =,
lasses of competition and will prove
he biggest semi-society educational h,
eature of the big exposition. az
In the strictly educational sense.
side from all of the exhibits men so
Ioned, will be illustrated lectures, mr.
lotion pictures and working demon
tratlons in cow-testing, silo-filling, fo
1lk-testing, stock judging contests,
'oking and canning contests for
roads and irrigation DEM
lstrations; boys and girls camps uo,
instruction; daily auction sales 80
horses and cattle and "sales class H. H.
J" in poultry. Stock judging will ~ ~
} done in the big livestock stadium. NJ,
eompanied by demonstrative lee tLo
res by the judges, and there will be Mr.. ,Ta
usic for every event and occasion, a.,
v and night, by four big concert ,,,'r m
nds and seven talented vocal So u
sts. q,
Polk county will be well represent Sn,
at the State fair. A large num- fca
r of prize-winning exhibits at the Mo
mty fair just closed are now being as
de ready for the Salem fair, where was
" will be shown in competition
III prize winners from all over the
te of Oregon. The exhibit will be n,
ier personal supervision of Mrs. sala
nnie Braden, secretary of the Polk Pr
lnty Fair association, and officials Ho,
the county fair are confident the "A
wing viii compare favorably with a