White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-09-17
STATE FAIR OPENS AT
YAKIMA next week

Waatinton State Fair regulars"
will find much new scenery when
they enter the gates this year.
The space formerly occupied by the
. Woman's building and the dance paw
lion, destroyed a year ago by fire, is
now given over to shrubbery and flow
ers, attractively handicapped by e. A.
Davidson, specialist connected with the
Washington Nursery Company OF Top
penish.
In convenient proximity to the en-
trance are the new dance hall and
Machinery Building. The latter rep!ac,;
es the structure which the tire last
year damaged to such an extent that
the remainder was considered not fit
for salvage. Both these buildings are
slightly and sizeable and automobile
men and implement dealers are rejoic-
ing at the roomy accommodations now
available for display in the machinery
structure which is also called the auto
mobile building.
All heavy hardware and still mach
.inery will find housing here. All me-
chanical devices belonging to the puff
puff, chug- chug and sput-sput frater-
nifty will be exiled costly and prom
inently, however, to the brand new
implement display shed, liz by "a feet,
north of the horticultural : building.
These noisy necessities have formerly
! been displayed in tents, and the new
arrangement is heartily welcomed by
exhibitors, who will gladly point out
the superior suds suddsing in their var
ious washing machines, proudly push
purring electric cleaners across rugs
before-and-after complexion, and con-
vince ranchers that they can get rich
to the explosive music of new-fangled
gas engines.
Decidng that superior placement
could be given to the women's exhib-
its by according them regular space
in the annex and rear upper porrlon of
the horticultural building instead of re-
placing the woman's building, burned,
the State Fair management hit upon
an arrangement which is sure to appeal
to all whose interest is drawn to this
department..
Entering the annex from the main
floor of the horticultural building, Fair
visitors will be treated to striking
floral display in the immediate central
foreground, the Yakima Garden Club
having planned an elaborate garden
scene, complete with lily pool and
every ultra floral achievement aspired
to by the most ambitious culturist of
blossoms and shrub. Adjacent to the
garden will be found the cooking and
food exhibits. Around the walls will
be displayed agricultural and horticul-
tura1 products in the usual varied and
profuse abundance.
Upstairs, the annex has been pro-
vided with many new cases for hous-
ing the needlecraft specimens and
other feminine handiwork. In addi-
ton to the fixed or permanent cabin
cts which surround the walls, four
large portable cabinets with glass
front have lately been built to take
care Of the fast increasing volume OF
entry in this well-patronized depart
ment. The wall space above the sta
tionary cases will be given to exhibi-
tons of art.
The horticultural building proper
looks utterly spick and span and ready
to the point of downright empty visit
fulness. According to plan, the CEN
trail main floor will be- marked with a
gorgeous grape display, providing a
lucious and whey underneath effect
for the band stand. Grape exhibits,
emphasizing the rapid and gratifying
growth of the vineyard industry in
the valley and state, will closely sur
round the grand central display. The
bulk of the floor space will be close
set with the usual horticultural exhi-
bits which never grow less in point
of attraction to the lover of the beauti-
full and bountiful Upstairs on the
balcony, manufacturers and mer-
cl1ants's displays will occupy the
booths.
The boys and girls clubs this year
are rejoicing at the prospect of hold
ing real housewarning in their own
building, if you please. The former
education building has been moved to
| location between the restaurant
building and the livestock barns and
given interior alteration and refurnisf-
ing, to comfortably accommodate the
feeds of the young club contenders,
one end of the structure being fitted
up as a dormitory for the boys, the
opposite wing for the girls and the
.niddlo for community or recreation
room.
A crew of men is now hard at
work tapering off the cleanup, paint
no program which ends the day the
big gates open September goth. The
restaurant building, the interior of tine
agricultural building and the poultry
demonstration house are among the
structures which have taken on new
coat of comeliness. Fences and barns
are being similarly treated, and the
race track is being given a thorough
haircut" and "manicure"'. and every
other final detail of preparation is re-
ceiving an attention that insures alb
solute last minute fitness for the re-
ception and entertainment of greater
crowds than have ever before throng-
the thoroughfares of the Big EXPOSE
ton.
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