Year: 1866




We trust that our farmers and producing
classes are taking measures to have the agri>
cultural and other resources of the Valley
suitably represented at the Annual Fair,
which commences rn Thursday. October 4th,
and continues three days. The first attempt
of the kind, it is desirable that it should
prove a success and thus pave the way for
many succeeding fairs. We have here one
of the finest agricultural districts on the
Pa ,iGc coast, and i. should be our pride to
see that our magnificent resources are fully
and fairly represented. OF the utility Of
fairs, and the influence they exert on the
general growth and development, it is useless
to argue. In Europe or America, take the
communities in which fairs are held in the
highest esteem aud most literally patrOnized,
and there we find the greatest amount OF
wealth combined with the highest degree OF
;,,slIi,anoa and viz In 81 -AjniniDg
State of Oregon, We Md that our neighbors
date the period of their greatest prosperity
from the time when they commenced giving
their earnest and undivided attention to the
business of holding State and county fairs
Under the influence Of these annual exhbi>
tions the industrial resources Of Oregon have
been developed to an extent never uefore at
taincd, and the projectors of these fairs have
been amply repaid for their outlay of time
and means in the enhanced value of property
aud the general prosperity that followed. In
Washington Territory we have been slow to
avail ourselves Of the advantages that follow
in the train of these annual exhibitions of
the products OF industry, but now that our
people are awake to their importance, we
anticipate the most favorable results On all
sides We hear the notes Of preparation for
the coming fair, and judging lrum the indi-
cations the exhibition promises to be grand
success. The products Of our teeming soil
would alone suffice to reuder the exhibition
both cnteItrining and instructive; but in
addition to the display Of the products of
the farm aud the garden, we shall have
grand asscmblage of the finest stock in a
district Of country where unusual attention
has been paid to the rearing Of fne cattle
This feature Of the Fair alone will amply
repay the visitor for any expenditure Of time
aud money. In addition to the settlers in
our own immediate Valley, We hear that our
neighbours on the Touchet, as also those on
the Umltilll, aud indeed the whole vast ex.
tent Of country Of which Walla Walla is the
central poihr, are preparing to unite with US
in making the Fair creditable reflex Of the
industrial aud agricultural resources of the
C1.umbia River Valley. Our neighbors will
ho here not only with the products of their
farms aud their finest stock, but they will
alsn bring with them their famiies-their
wives aud little unes-aud for all these they
will find wclc me. The committee Of ar
rangcmrnts have made every provision for
the comfort Of those who may attend the
Fair from abb oad The Fair grounds will
afford every con"en.ence for those who prefer
to camp out, whilst our hotels and private
residences will afford ample accommodations
for all others Thus far every thing connect
ed with the Fair promises well, and in the
name ut the managers we ask our fellow cit>
liens to nu tie in NJ rklng it glorious success.