Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-19
LIVESTOCK EXHIBIT
GREAT FAIR FEATURE
State Fair This Year To Be
Finest Ever Held In the
Northwest

With by far the largest and most
representative exhibit of livestock of
all breeds and classes taat mas ever
been shown in the northwest since the
big national eXpositions of 1905 and
1906; the biggest and most complete
exhibit of agricultural and horticul-
tural, dairy porducts, works of art,
textiles, industrial products. education
al displays; poultry and products; man
utactures; lectures, motion pictures and
working demonstrations in every de-j
partment; night horse show, daily
speed program of high class harness.
and running events; the finest collec
tion of musical a2gregations and tai
ented vocalists, and, with three big.
first class carnival attractions to pro-
vide clean, wholesome and instructive
entertainment to suit every taste, the
fifty fifth annual Oregon state fair,
Salem, Sept. % to 80, will stand out in
bold relief as the greatest object les
son educational medium for the ad-
vancement of the agri altulql industry
of the state and the eAFses> and best
state fair ever held l. t. 80 years
of its history
Ht SIOulluS nave Dteu pldttNl III lHt {
best of condition, with spacious green
and velvety lawns and large, artistic
ally arranged flower beds, resplendent
with q gorgeous array of seasonable |
blossoms in wide and rare variety; all.
buildings cleaned, repaired and reno
waited; hard surfaced walks and drive
ways leading to all buildings and parts
of the grounds, water system renewed
and enlarged, aftording abundant sup
ply of pure, cold water for all purpos
es; rest room and toilet facilities for
both sexes greatly enlarged and com,
fortably appointed, under constant SUI
pervisiOn of trained and courteous col
ored attendants, and every reasonable
and comfort and convenience provided
for both campers and daily visitors and
exhibitors throughout the reservation.
All restaurants, buildings, departments
and concessions under strict inspection
and regulation of specially detailed
officer of state board of health and
sanitary regulations will pre-
vail during the entire week.
There will be 10 counties participat-
ing in the competition between coun-
ties in display of resources and prod
ucts, six individual farmers will com
pete in the individual farm products
contest, besides scores of individual
and all state entries in other agricul-
tural and horticultural competitions;
the implement and machinery exhibit
will be mach larger and more complete
than any ever assembled upon the fair
grounds, especially in the automobile
department, which will occupy more
tnan treble the space ever occupied be-
fore and all makes of 1917 model ma
chimes will be shown direct from the
factory to the fair grounds, several
weeks before they are placed on sale or
in hands of dealers. There are more
entries, representing higher degree
of speed talent, listed for the different
harness and running races every day of
the fair insuring first class entertain
ment in this line of clean sportsman
ship and giving promise of some badly
shattered track and northwest records
in several classes. The night horse
show, the newest acquisition to the
state fair attractions, is drawing en-
tries from all over the country in all
of the many classes of competition and
will prove the biggest semi-sOciety ed
ucational feature of the big eXposi-
tion. u,
In the strictly educational sense, a
side from all of the exhibits mentioned
will be- illustrated lectures, motion
pictures and working demonstrations,
in cow testing, silo filling, milk test
ing, stock Judging contests, cooking :
and canning contests for girls, good
roads and irrigation demonstrations;
boys and girls camps of instructions;
daily auction sales of horses and eat
tie and ''sales classes - in poultry