The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-09-09
SUCCESS OF
FAIR INDICATED
BOARD FINDS GROWERS INTERESTED
Second Annual Fair viii Be Held at The
High School Grounds Septem-
Der IL and Is

Officers of the fair board express the
/ opinion that the second annual county
! fair, to be held on the high school ath-
letlc grounds Friday and Saturday of
! next week, will be characterized by
more extensive and varied exhibits
than last season. Including the iuven-
lie department and exhibits of the chill
dren of all county schools, the fair this
year will have Ia departments. The
keenest interest IS being manifested in
EXHIBITS OF dairymen, whose herd, now
include some of the champions hip cows
of the Pacific coast. The cow exhibits.
it is expected, will call breeders here
from different parts of the state. The
officers of the board, A. w. Peters.
pres. ; T. l.. Manser, treas. Gordon G..
Brown, Sec, Ralph Davies and Prof.
l.. b. Gibson, have announced that en-
tries will close Monday. September l3.
Exhibitors have been requested to pre-
sent their articles or animals at the
fair grounds Thursday, September is.
Heads of departments have been
named as follows: Dairy stock, A. w.
Peters; swine. E. +. Batten sheep,
Hermann Pregge; poultry. J. r. Nick
elsen; fruit, "A. j. Graft; vegetable
and floral, j. Ii. Koberg; grains and
forage, Robert Leasure and ]. B. Dog
gett: machinery and farm equipment,
X. b, Bennett and X. w. Kelly; auto
mobiles. trucks and tractors, f. e.
Brett, H. X. Field and Edgar Franz;
merchants exhibits, e. o. Huelat; do
mestic science. Mrs. Trafford E.Smith,
Mrs. Hugh G. Ball 'and Mrs. J. w.
ingalls,; art p l.. Manser; community
exhibits, Geo. M. Galloway; juvenile,
Prof. Gibson.
Although in another county, residents
of the Mosier fruit district have been
asked to participat actively in the fair
and to make a community exhibit OF
their fruit and products. A large per-
centage of the local communities are
preparing to participate in community
contests. Prof. Gibson, who has vis-
tied all districts recently says that the
children are manifesting a keener inr
terest in the fair this season than in
former years. On an appeal from j.
ii. Fredricy and G. O. Huelat the coun-
ty court has appropriated $3.50 for
making county exhibit at the state
fair. p. l.. Manser will be in charge
of preparing the exhibit, which will be
hastened to Salem by automobile truck.
The board of the Fair is endeayoring
to secure merry go round, ferris
wheel and other amusements for the
county fair, to be held here the last
two days of next week. The board
members declare That the spirit of the
fair was not as keen as 1t should have
been last year because of lack Of
amusements for children, most of whom
viii be present from all parts Of the
as the annual school far will
be held simultaneously.
With Rev. w. 0. Benthn. of Park
dale in charge of Scout Troops l. of
and No. 2, of Hood River.
will stage numerous athletic events.
There will be barrel races, blanket
races, wheel-barrow relays, pole fights,
polo and suffragette con-
tests.
"If laughing hurts your face" says
Mr.. Benthin. keep away from the
street stunts"
large tent so by 100 feet. Kerr, Gif-
ford q CO.. of Portland. will fill two
booths one with livestock feeds and
the other for demonstration. Kelly
Bros. ard the Portland FIGURING Mills
will also have two booths for the same
purpose. Other extensive displays will
be made as follows: E. A. Franz Co.,
Hood River Canning Co., II. S. Braak-
man, Vincent Il Shank. C. N. Clarke,
J. G. Robinson. Consolidated Merean-
Lille Co., j. G. Penney Co., Highland
Milling Co.. Molden. Huelat. Sather
Co., Max l.. Moore, Hood River Cigar
Co.. f. C. Kollars and r. E. Scott.
and Farm exhibits will ell a
5ent. The Apple Growers Association
and Dan Wuille e. Co. will make disr
plays.
Leroy Childs will have charge of ap-
Die exhibits and packing contest. Tim.
,thy Newell, Cutler Bros, Aug. Guig-
lard and Davidson & Wheeler will show
newest types of graders, w. G. Da-
,idson will show enslage cutting ma
.hinery, tractors and Implements.
Kelly Bros, Bennett Bros. the Hood
River Fruit Co. and the Hood River
Spray Co. have been awarded extensive
ipace for farm machinery exhibits.
Automobile truck and tractor disr
lays will be made by the Mt. Hood
Motor Co., Cameron Motor Co.. High
way Auto Co., Hood River Garage,
Dixon Marsh Motor Co, Bennett Bros,
elliott Overland CO., Hood River Mot
II Car Co., f. U. Cate & Co., and the
Hood River Garage.
The Fair Board has arrang d for one
4 the best amusement concerns in the
Northwest to furnish y-go-round,
razy house. animal show, ferris wheel,
uman skeleton. snake show and high
lass concessions. Ii will be worth the
While Of the kiddies.