Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-27
TRACTORS CONTEST
AT STATE FAIR
This Feature Is Of Special
Interest to Farmers Of
Oregon

A farm tractors contest. something
of great interest and importance to the
up-to-date farmer and those who are
striving to be up-to-date will be one of
the big educational features at the state
fair this week, beginning this morning
and continuing every morning and aft
ernoon throughout the week. In this
contest every standard make of tractor
will be put to the test, under Difficult
ties, and the prospective purchaser of
interested spectator will be able to
Judge for himself as to the merits of
the several machines-11 in all.
Through an agreement reached by the
several machinery firms making cx-
hibits of tractors at the fair, yesterday
afternoon, and the granting of permis-
sion by Secretary Manager Lea of the
fair board, to use the inside field of the
race track, about 40 acres, as a demon
stration field, all tractors on the
grounds will participate in a blowing
contest and demonstration at 1890 in
the morning and 4:30 in the afternoon
and these demonstrations will continue
for one and one-half hours. Each dem
onstration will be preceded by parade
between the machinery hall and the new
pavilion at 10 a. m. and p. M, re-
| spectively.
| The firms of exhibitors and the make
of tractor which each will put in the
demonstration follow: Holt Manufac-
turing company, the Holt Caterpillar;
Western Farquhar Machinery company
the C. S. Best Tracklayer, the Wallace
Cub and the Sampson Sieve Grip; Free
man & Sons the Creeping Grip; j. l.
Case company, the Case Tractor; /. B
Alexander, the Nilsson Farm Machine;
International Harvester company, the
Mogul and the Titan; r. NJ. Wade &
Co., the Heider, and Hnghson & Mar
ton, the Bull Tractor. All of the stand
ard makes and great variety of "bot
toms" in plows, from to 4, will bt
used in the demonstrations.
Notes of the Fair.
One of the big educational attrac
tions of the children g industrial de
partment, in the south end of the ole
pavilion, is the school girls canning
contests which will be conducted in q
large booth in the center of the main
aisle. There are teams from five coun
ties entered in this contest and demon
stratiOns will be made each day, with
the canning of tomatoes, and the pro
duets of the demonstrations will be OIL
exhibition at all times. The counties
entered in this contest are: Wasco
Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Dougla,
and Clatsop and each team will be com
posed of five girls winners in the can
ming contests in their respective csun
ties.
Clatsop county and Columbia county
are the two latest counties TO have ent
cred the county agricultural and indus
trial contest between counties at thu
fair. There are 90 counties and two
cities participating in this contest thi'
year, by far the greatest number ant
county exhibits and the most represen
tative ever made at the state fair, ant
the competition for the prizes will b'
close and spiritel. Some of the counties
making displays in this division are
Malheur, Polk, Claekamas, Douglas
Sherman, Morrow and Wasco, beside
those above mentioned.
The general arrangement in the eduea
tional and industrial departments in th
old pavilion, is very much improved
over last year and previous years b.
the removal of all distractions in thu
main aisle at the entrance to the pavil
ion which gives a clear view of the in
trrior of the pavilion and the exhibit
oil each side of the aisle. There ar
more individual children's exhibits il
this pavilion this year than ever before
enough to fill big county booth.
Superintendent Z. +. Carleton, of th
educational industrial department j
principally responsible for the high or
der of excellence and big representa-
tion in all these classes and it is th'
principal educational feature of th'
state fair. The boys camp, under thu
supervision of j. V. Fike, of Salem, anC
and the girls camp, under the chaper
onage of Mrs. C. Harrington, of Sa
lem, Mrs. Seymour, Of Dallas, and Mrs
N. c. Maris, of Portland, will be full,
established tomorrow morning, with A
members in each camp and they will pre-
sent and maintain a lively appearance
each day.
These camps are located within thu
children's playground enclosure an'
they will be supplied with comfortable
sleeping and eating arrangements an'
there will be boys and girls classes o.
instruction in all features of agricultur
al livestock, domestic science, textile
art and needlecraft under the direction