Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1919-10-03
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State Fair this year. Here are the
names of some of the parties that |
motored to the fair from this ccm-
munity. Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Slocum,
Mr.. and Mrs. A c. Crawford. Mr.. and
Mrs Maurice Andersen, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. S. Hall, Joseph and Ernest Bryant
and their families, Chris Larson and
John Waino. These parties wero well
pleased with the fair and the fine
exhibition of stock and farm products.
This all impresses one that Oregon is
a great and progressive state.
WhaI. a change has been made sine:
the fair was iLaugurated forty years
ago. At that time the farmers drove
to the fair in OK ard horse teams and
.camped out. Now they go on trains
and autos and instead Of camping
out in tents, many go home, attend to
the chores and go back the next day,
and thus keep tho home work up.
Then only few hundred came. Now
it reaches into thousands. The attend
ance this year was beyond all pre-
cedent Wednesday, Salem Day, the
attendance was $4,000, and on Thurs
day, Portland Day, the attendance
reached the $4,000 mark, according to
the statement of A. H. Lea, Secretary
OF the Fair Board The total attend
ance during tho fair was 10000 and
The tcsal gate receipts were $4,000.
Tho people we1r better clothes now
than they did years ago and are better
educated, but don't believe they have
now such fine constitutions and good
~horse sense" as they had then and
! am sure the women wore warmer
end more clothes than they do now.
Then the people Tc.'e -cCre social and
equal, and am quite sure thcy enjoy
cd themselves as well then If not
better than now. Some kick was made
because OF the high price OF lodging
In Salem A bed and room cost all
the way from $500 to $3.50 per day.
Rooms and beds were often not very
good. Some called this graft and 9TH
ers called it business. 1t seems to
me the rates should not be raised be-
cause of the fair but the increased
volumn of business should make up
for the extra work and people would
go home feeling much better and
would have a good word for Salem
hospitality and good entertaining. 1t
is the purpose of the fair manage
ment to cut out the questionable
emusements, fake shows, trick games.
This will be an improvement. The
young people and children are easily
drawn in to spend their money foolish
ly by trained speelers, who are yelling
and howling on almost every corner
on the faif grounds. The moral Of
the fair can also be raised by exclud-
ing such things. Some OF the dances
are uOJ NcIy ulSC.
Oregon is a great state and we are
proud of her and as Roosevelt would
say, let us have square DEAL" I'm
like California we never have amy
failures in crops on account OF dry
weather We have a variety OF CHI
mates. E.stern Oregon has a large
area of table land a little colder and
dryer, but especially adapted to raising
grain and stock. Western Oregon,
where the annual rainfall is about 40
inches and the temperature averages
ebout SO degrees, with a large area OF
the richest soil in the world, this in
cludes the Umpqua Valley as well.
Lincoln County, same as the other
coast counties, is noted for its vast
area OF good timber, rich soil, small
fruit, all kinds of vegetables and dairy
ing. What we need in Lincoln County
Is population to help develop cur great
resources. We need men with money,
nOl INC dSDtttvOTS liiAS '-iC 1. w. W. oAA"
the BolshovilIist but honest, hard
working people. believe work Is the
panacea for most Of our ills.
Miss r. A. E. Bradbury, Of Newport
has been employed to teach the Long
Prairie School. This is one OF the
best districts in the county to teach
in. The people inI the district don't
wrangle and qaurrel, but all join to
gether in trying to|build up the school
community, u.
Edwin Chalcraft and Rev. Walter
Ross will go out Wednesday morning.
The former will attend the fair at
Grand Ronde, the latter will attend
the M. E. Conference which is now in
session in Salem. ar
The ladies', including the pupils OF
the high school gave a party at M. s.
Collins Friday evening. Dancing, mu-
sic and g. mos were INDUCED till a
late hour. Light refreshments were
served and all speak of spending a
very pleasant evening. Mrs. Collins
will leave in a few days to visit her
daughter in Portland.