White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-10
State Fair This Year
To Be Interesting

Who is to be the milkmaid from
this neighborhood who will try for
the cash prize in the milking contest,
Valley Day, September 16, at the State
Tair? And has she made her checkered
.sunbonnet and apron? There's going
to be something doing along the
milky way" out on the big track in
front of the grandstand Wednesday
afternoon when the chorus of "So-h-h,
Bossy, So-h-h," gets going, and there's
going to be something doing among
the valley boosters in the grandstand
when the winner is declared.
Needle work entries in the Woman's
department at the State Fair will
transform that division of the Woman's
building into charming spot this
year. Curtains entered for premium
money will be used at the windows,
and the building quite conveniently
has windows of varied size to suit the
several kinds listed for competition
kitchen, bedroom, and dining room
curtains. The declared ambition OF
Mrs. Jessie Bolton Hedges, superin-
tendent of the department, not to have
one bit of bare wall space, promises
TO be fulfilled. Quilts and tapestries
and rugs, products Of clever fingers
now busy in many parts of the city
county, and state, will be generously
utilized in this connection.
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Every bit of concession space at the
State Fair grounds has been sold for
nearly two weeks. 1t will be no task
to find place to eat, drink and be
merry at the fair this year. Exhibit
space has been eagerly taken, too, and
all buildings will be filled to capacity
when all material is in place.
Women attending the State Fair this
year may enjoy cozy cup of tea free
of charge any afternoon between the
hours of and in the Woman's
building. This innovation is counted
upon by Mrs. Jessie Hedges, superin-
tendent, to emphasize the atmosphere
of honey cordiality for all comers
The governors tea will be held on
Thursday afternoon, with the chief ex-
ecutive as honor guest. A delectable
feature of this function will be the Of
ficial cake, a festive creation topped
by miniature replica of the state
capitol building, all made of snowy
icing.
It's to be an airy, fairy parade on
Saturday afternoon, closing day of the
State Fair, when children between the
ages of three and six model the fussy
costumes in the crepe paper pageant.
Cash prizes of $500 will be paid the
boy and girl in each class, three to
four, four to five, five to six, whose
costumes are. judged cleverest in the
contest. The parade will be held on
the stage of the Womans building
between the hours of and 3.
It's going to be some lively scramble
and all the grunts won't be voiced by
the porkers, either, in the pig, pie,
and automobile race to be put on by
valley town contestants, Monday af-
ternoon, September ID. A man who
can catch a pig in whole penful, hold
the squealer while driving around the
mile track, put him back in the pen,
climb ladder and thread needle,
descend, drive some distance to pie
perched on barrel top and eat same
without using his hands, then re-enter
his machine and beat all other con-
testants around the mile again to the
starting point is not only entitled to
the cash prize but proper title
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