The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-09-10
Valley Day at State Fair to Have
Many Specially Fine Attractions

Among all the days of the Wash
ington State Fair, Sept. IA to 10,
none is planned for fuller measure
of return to the visitor in educa-
tional benefit and varied pleasure
than Valley Day. Wednesday, Sept.
16. It is also Grange Day.
It's been some years since VAL
ley Day was instituted. Each sue
ceeding year has seen it grow in in
terest, in attendance, in resulting
satisfaction to patrons from the up
per to the lower extremity of the
Yakima valley. Communities have
sent a considerable portion of their
townspeople to celebrate with the
delegations from other com
munities. Schools have more or less
uniformity closed throughout the
valley, in order to allow students to
attend the fair with parents and
friends and a free gate admission
for children IL years of age and un-
der has placed the cost of family
attendance at q minimum.
The fair management has sent
special invitations this year to COM
mercial bodies and to school heads
of the valley towns, with cordial
reminder that pleasant history is
prepared to repeat itself. Insofar as
possible, no contributing detail
which made former years Of the
fair so enjoyable to valley residents
has been omitted from the set-up
for Valley Day, Sept. 16, and worth
while features have been added.
Exhibits in all buildings and every
department promises to be filled to
the last foot of space be at the
peak of perfection, having passed
the last touch of preparation and
not yet touched the fringe Of the
waning period which in last days
of fair week depreciate the effect
i've beauty of perishable material in
some displays. The Horticultural
building seems bound to achieve q
record for handsome array Of val
ley and state products. Nineteen
county booths are listed, with seven
fine ones under sponsorage Of the
Grange, both valley and state. dis
trict displays, and club and indi-
vidual exhibits representing choic-
est assembly of prize fruits, grains.
vegetables and dairy products ever
seen at the state fair which has
presented many an eye-filling spec
tacle in previous years.
Commercial exhibit space will be
similarly crowded. the latest man
ufactured products and equipment
for the increased comfort, conven-
fence, sanitation and general better
ment of today's plan for working
and living in town or country, to
be shown, stationary or in opera
ton, as BELTS its most understand
able demonstration TO- interest on
lockers. Farm implements, trucks
and automobiles in latest models
will be numerous.
The livestock show, big one,
will have much to offer the observ-
ing and progressive rancher. En-
tries of cattle, horses, sheep and
swine not only from this, but far
states and Canada, will fill the
stalls and pens with blooded stuff.
come to add ribbons to the rich
strings of awards taken In compe-
tition elsewhere Fourth club en-
tries comprise an interesting share
in this division.
The poultry building, rated among
the finest in the Northwest for pur-
pose of sanitary, lighting and venti-
lating arrangements. as well as ex-
ceptional advantages Of display,
will house notable collection OF
birds Of leading breeds. The egg
show is an auxiliary project, and
the egg-laying contest q week-lone
feature. New this year to the poul-
try show will be extensive showings
prominently displayed, Of CONNER
cial equipment and products repre-
senting best aids to the successful
poultryman.
In the Woman's department, so
many attractive features vie for
attention that any woman might
well spend an entire day there. What
with exhibit space groaning with
fine quilts, rugs, embroidered lin