The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-09-18
|RR|GON IS AWARDED
FIRST ON EXHIBITS
BOardman Takes First Prize on
School Exhibit and b. ii. Peck
Wins on individual Display
Fair Short on Guam
tity But Strong
For Quality.

The 7th Annual Fair passed into
history last Saturday night after
three days of entertainment and edu-
cation for the hundreds, and yes,
even thousands of visitors who came
from outside points, and 1t was pro,
nounced good.
While the year of drought cut short
the quantity production. the exhibit
pavilion was fairly well filled with
displays of vegetables. grams and
fruits which were of the highest
quality.
Irrigon was awarded first for
community exhibit, aud while COM
petition was weak, that does not
mean that the glory of Irrigon s
showing is any the less weakened. In
many respects the Irrigon exhibit was
the best ever shown at the county fair
and she has been going home with
blue ribbons eery year since the fair
started back in 1913. The exhibit
this year was in charge OF II. w.
Grim and M. l.. Doble Immediately
upon the closing of the local fair,
they began packing their stuff, which
was taken to Portland for the Land
Products Show and will later be on
display at the Oregon State Fair in
Salem as part Of the Morrow county
exhibit there.
b. H. Peck OF "Sagenhurst Farm
was awarded first honors for the best
individual exhibit. Mr.. Peck had a
splendid showing of vegetables,
grains, grasses and dairy products,
all from his little dry land farm over
on the Rhea creek hills. Mr.. Peck
is a consistent exhibitor at the fair
each year, always receiving some of
the blue ribbons for his endeayors.
II there were more Pecks, Morrow
county would undoubtedly have the
biggest and best Fair in the entire
Northwest.
For the best school exhibit, which
includes Industrial club work, the
Boardman school was given first
place. There were number Of the
Boardman school children present at
the fair and the showing they have
made entities them to a trip to the
state fair. They were accompanied
here by their teacher, Miss Barratt.
The appearance of the exhibit pa
vilion was made additionally attrac-
tive by a number of advertising
booths, among them which we might
mention were The Portland FIGURING
Mills Co.. in charge of Miss Ethel
Murdock, who won the blue ribbon
prize on bread making. Miss Muir
dock gave daily demonstrations in
bread making, using Olympic bour.
Another very attractive booth was
that Of Patterson & Sons with
pianos and player pianos. The booth
was very artistically decorated.
Tuna Lum Lumber Co., Peoples
Hardware Co., Columbia Basin Wool
Warehouse, Heppner Herald and the
Standard Oil Company of California,
were represented with attractive
booths.
For amusement features, the fair
management did not miss it when
they arranged for horse racing and
bucking contests. They proved a big
drawing card each day. Bennie Vim
son was awarded first prize for riding
in the bucking horse contest, Reed
OF Lexington, second, and Ad Moore,
third. l. Il. Kunsman was awarded
first prize for entering the hardest
bucking horse in the contest. Fred
Crump was injured slightly on the
second day when he was thrown
from a hard bucker. 1t is conceded
that Fred would have ridden the
horse had 1t not been for the fact
that he was using another mans
saddle and the stirrups we're several
inches too short.
The street races were thrilling,
due to the fact that all three horses
entered each day were so evenly
matched. Ad Moore won first In
both the pony and running races,
and W. H. Strickler won second In
both events.