The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-09-21

The Fourth Annual Morrow County
Fair came to a close at II o'clock
midnight on Saturday and from now
on it will be the 9Th Annual Morrow
County Fair. Secretary Smead left
Wednesday morning for Salem with
one of the most comprehensive exhib-
its ever taken out of the county and
he will arrange them for display at
the Oregon State Fair which opens
there on Monday.
at is wonderful display of your
resources" said O. E. Freytag of Ore
gon City, who was on hand to Judge
exhibits and later prepare the C. A.
Minor exhibit for shipment to Salem
where it will be entered at the State
Fair. Mr.. Freytag is one of the most
competent judges of grains and grass
es in the Northwest and his enthus-
iastic praise of our exhibits comes
from a man who is qualified to speak.
So many of us here little realize what
fine stuff we raise and as a conse-
quence are slow in appreciating it,
but not so with one who has been
called to judge the products of prac-
tically every county in the state Of
Oregon. By comparison, Morrow
county ranks at the head of the list.
One feature of the Fair this year
was the increased interest on the part
of those exhibiting, the manner in
which they prepared their exhibits
and the number of new exhibitors.
4 Probably next to the Fair Board it.
self, no one worked harder in pre-
pairing an exhibit and strived harder
| for the general success of the Fair
than did c. A. Minor. This was Mr..
Minors third year as an individual
exhibitor and each year he has had
something better to give the public.
At this time Mr.. Minors exhibits were
! displayed in three booths, the first
one being a general display of farm
products, all of the highest quality,
! the second booth, the most beautiful
of the three, display arranged ar
tistically and due largely to the eff
forts of Mrs. Minor, of over 5000
dahlias, all the flowers being grown
on the Minor ranch four miles south
of Heppner. The third booth was an
arrangement of sheaf grains, the
greater part of the exhibit consisting
of varieties which Mr.. Minor secured
| from the Canadian exhibit at the Pan
ama-Pacific international Exposition.
Like many other exhibitors, Mr. Mi
nor was handicapped this year on ac-
count of the late growing season. He
was unable to bring in some of his
finest corn and other vegetables for
the reason it had not yet matured.
Another feature in the third booth
was some excellent farm scenes en-
larged after being taken with a graf
lex camera. Mr.. Minor has taken his
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useless for us to say that it will be
the cause for wonderment and COM
ment on the part of all who view it
there. The exhibit includes most ev-
erything that was ever grown on a
farm that has any practical use in the
life of mankind.
A new exhibit this year came from
Cecil. Here again we find a great di-
versity of products which has made
name for the county throughout the
Northwest. Vegetables and fruits
featured strongly in the Cecil display
while the grains and grasses made a
strong background. Dairy products
were also given prominence. The
Cecil exhibit was the cause of much
favorable comment.
Irrigon was on hand as usual with
a great display of apples, pears,