The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-09-08
Exhibits of Field, Garden, Or
chard Products TO be Dis
played Last of Week
PREMIUMS ANNOUNCED
Prize Winning Products will be Shown
i'm County Exhibit at State Fair
i'm Yakima

AS a preliminary to putting Benton
County back in the State Fair lists
as one of the blue ribbon agricultural
counties Of Washington, local agri-
cultural fair is to be held in this city
Friday and Saturday of next week,
September 16 and IL.
The local fair is being managed
jointly by committees representing
the local oranges, the farm bureau
and the Commercial club, with County
Agent Georgeson and the horticultural
inspectors cooperating. D..
While the final plans for staging
the exhibits We're not perfected until
this week preliminary work has been
under way for several weeks and an
excellent showing Of farm and orchard
products is assured. The committee
men are hopeful that the local fair
will be more than forerunner to this
years State Fair. They believe the
time has come for Kennewick to have
a permanent agricultural fair and they
know that with the cooperation Of the
farmers and business men such fair
can be made big success. Until
they We're discontinued several years
ago, Kennewick's annual grape, carni-
walls took rank with the states very
best county agricultural fairs and
We're largely responsible for Benton
County's winning some Of the most
valued prizes at the big Northwest
fairs.
At meeting Saturday the COM
mittees prepared premium list to-
gether with the rules and regulations
governing exhibits. At the solicita-
ton of S. H. Whitehorn the business
men Of Kennewick have underwritten
the premium list with liberal cash
and merchandise contributions, and
the award for the best community ex-
hibit will be cup donated by Benton
County Pomona Grange. The prem
ium list is published in another column
Of this issue.
The fair will be held in Liberty
Motor company building. No entry
fee will be charged but notifications
of entry for the community, and the
individual farm, orchard, and apple
exhibits must be in the hands of the
County Agriculturalist Georgeson not
later than 6 p. m. Tuesday. All ex-
hibits must be placed not later than
10 a. m. Friday. Exhibits are ac-
cepted with the understanding that
all prize winning products are to be-
come the property Of the committee
if required by them for exhibition
purposes at the state fair and the COM
mittee reserves the right to purchase
any and all on-prize-winning exhib-
its at the market price.
To defray expenses season tickets
are to be sold at one dollar each.
These tickets will be good for both
days and will entitle the holder to
view the exhibits as often as he may
choose but they are not transferable.
The sale of the tickets will be handled
by the senior class Of the high school
and all school children will be ad-
mitted free.
The State College has been re-
quested to furnish speakers for each
day and programs of special interest
to farmers and fruitgrowers will be
held in the Princess theatre.
Final plans for the fair were worked
out at meeting yesterday evening
attended by Carl C. Williams, Horse
Heaven Grange; L. A. Tweedt, Valley
Grange; H. o. Wing, Pomona; w. S.
Green, Farm Bureau; F. ID. Pyle, A.
F. Brown, and S. H. Whitehorn, Com
mercial club; County Agent Georgeson
and Horticultural Inspectors Brown
and Bryant.
Additional information may be OBJ
tanned upon application to any of
! these men.