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TITE OREGOtf TJATE7 JEuknAL; HTI-rmNP. Mffir-TLYAr EVE NINO, SEPTEMBER li, 1903. - STATE FAIR AT SALEM BEST EXHIBITION HELD IN YEARS 5 r i! - . . , , 'K- ' - . . f ) V ' - .- i i iv , I i'v hj, ; v. . . ' -. - - . .. ill. ', 'cli i l . t : ' J ' .MM. .... r" , . ' ..-.. V V...t.;. " " ' Ai ! i EI f 'A . i 1 ..wf la franchli aueh rv!o mar ! rn. rinrcd by th , anoclaliun wlM not t AVMnvunuuf. At th mMtlp-r thera wr prnt Miri. Klw Erlanirer, rrpriitinii Ihetr own and th Ch-rle Krohman In tarxata; R K. Kalth, K. r. Troctor. M. 7. i-oll, Varrr l. Wflllama. C, K Kohl. Martin Back, Ia Shubort. Oeorga H. Co Hamual F, Nlion, AI Haynian. John H. llavlln. K. P. Albraa. bainual 8crll nor. J. J. Wurdock. M. C. Andrawa, T I. wranc Wabar. It Fahr aod H. M. Zlalar. -, Rhodala. aaatrn Africa, turna -tut nma champion bl aama alorlea. Kor Inatanra: O. Thomaalna. boat bulldar of I.lvln-ratona, ,wua out aftar wilt) duc k on th Zambatl within a mile of tha Victoria full, whan thra llona aaw hlm and cava Chan. 11a tonic rafusa In tr and waa romr-'lU.I t.i ti-, , thtra all M-rlit, tl. linn i.M.ii-- i on watoh. It nut ml 'I lain i. nail dy that hn waa li-ov-ri 1-v t ararrh party, whkn quhkly rinu i i llona and r-laal th prluirr, t- . J '. " i' " 11 i CASTOR I A Tor Iaifcnta and CMldrea. Ilia Kind Yea Hara Alwajt IzzzU Bart th glgsAtor of Faogasorels Here Keep Gobi (Spoclil Dlapatca ta Td JournaL) . Salem, Or., Sept.' 14. The Ora;on tat fair, acknowledged to be the great aat livestock and agricultural ahow west of the Mississippi .river, waa ' thrown open at t o'clock this morning and the forty-seventh annual exposition of Ore gon products is now on. The weather is ida&i. and lmntnso crowd are throng Ing the grounds. . " r There was no program in' the morn ing. Those who had not quite completed exhibits were busily engaged putting on finishing touches, while tha crowda Inspected the finished exhibits and the stock. The first of the week's program of races j started this afternoon at i o'clock. Mayor Oeorge Kodgers of Balem will deliver the address of -welcome this evening and Governor George E. Chamberlain wiU-respoiwl. Tom Rlch .ardson will make the address of the Evening. Hia subject will be ."Team Work in Oregon." There will be a reading selection bv Lillth Moore of Eu-a-ene. and the literary program will be rnArnuslv IntersDersed with musical numbers. Mrs. Hailie Parr Jsh ? Hinges will sing and there will be a cornet solo by B. F. Driscoll. 1 . M McElroy's military band and orches- tra, consisting of picked musicians rrom all ovep tha stale, will furnish music at the fair during tha t-ix days. . Hundreds visited the fair yesterday and the grounds assumed a gala appear ance that no one would have antici pated so early in the week. Almost all the exhibit .are in place and all the amusements, restaurants and refresh- ment stands were ready for business yesterdav. To the board who have so successfully managed the progress of the 1908 fair much Is due for the pre paredness In which the opening day visitors found the big show. The tent city that has sprung up in Knti-Mrlav moinlnr is a marvel. Already more tents are nltched on the pleasant campine- grounds in front of the fair than has ever been there be fore. It was the campers and Salem people who swarmed to the fair .yes terday and gave the grounds the ap pearance of a mid-week race-feature day. The pleasant warm afternoon Aid ed in making Sunday the. real opening day. A normal admission of 25 cents I 7" . ... A. . T - s , W' o IT-''-' - . v. . i mrfT'1lliy'1? 3 -tt--- mi " ' ' 1111 W fj ' t v It i- to? hi ' !f . '1. - ,--. r- - v a' :-. 4 -4 i ' . . THOTOJS JSY' JR. zasw&Arjysz& Upper left corner. Old Dairy Building entrance; to right, group of Stock Barns; lower picture, broadside view of Stock Barns. waa charged. The attendance was large. Star Una of Entries. It has been Impossible to Accommo date this year all the stock entries. As long as the weather remains favorable large numbers will be stalled under the oaks where there are now about 20 head of cattle, about 60 head of swine .and (w horses. Accommodations, for stock will have to be increased npxt year so great has the growth of the fair been during the past year. Laxt year several stockbarns were added and one this year, still there is not room to house the 1908 fair. The larger pieces of machinery are being exhibited In the open, no pre tense of a coverlna- was practicable, so crowded are all the buildings. The rest tents have been filled with gaso line enarlnes which are busllv enga-red doing, all manner of farming stunts wnere people in otner years wared. - Not all the county exhibits are quite ready thouerh most of them are only to receive their last toucnes to be com pleted. The poultry exhibit Is away and beyond anything or former years, IlKewlse the flaira exnimt which occu tes two buildings when in former years it occupies dui one. Taken altogether the state fair " wonderful collection of the state's pro ducts, mucn Deiter arrangea ana im proved upon other years. It is an ad mirable place to learn what Oregon can produce, it is educational along all lines and Includes e-rerv phase of in dustry fn the state, with emphasis on farming and agriculture. Besides It is a place of' -amusement and recreation where the people of the commonwealth may gather, to see the best of which the state boasts, in competition with the best or otner states. Notaries Commissioned. (Salem Bureau of Th Journal.) Salem. Or.. Sept. 14.- Commissions aa notaries have been issued to I. W. Hope, vale; O. r. j-iuise, xuoro: Artnur J-iang-guth. K. O. Staples, A. E. Otto. Henry St. Kayner, Jfortiana. First Annual Pacific National Live stock Show and races. Sept. 21. 22. 23. 24, 2-5, 26, at the Portland Country Club grounds. menu LAID TO REST Worthy ' Young Woman Lived Useful and Exem plary Life. (Special Diipatcb to Tb Journal.) , Castlerock, Wash., 8ept. 14. The funeral of Miss Lucy Rowan, which took place yesterday afternoon, was one of the largest attended that ever occurred - here. She waa so -well known -and es teemed that a large percentage of the population of the city turned out to pay their last respects to the memory of one whd was so well known and ea tMml. Ther First Presbyterian church. of which she had been an active mem ber since joining it. 12 years ago, when she was but 15 years old, was oeauti fniiv lenraed with flowers and ferns, the portion about the pulpit and choir Tnelne literally banked with them. The services, which were very beautiful and impressive, were conducted by Rev. Mr. Elwell of Kelso, who was pastor of this rhurch at tne time mo usemwu w "admitted to membership, and he spoke very feelingly and advisedly of her beautiful lire and lovaDie naiure. Al ter the services and a last look had been taken at tha familiar and greatly Tneloved features, tne owij wh iuii to the beautiful Odd Fellows cemetery, near the city, whera It waa laid to rest in the presence of a large number who had Journeyed thither to be at the last sad rites. Miss Rowan waa a great favorite and will be saaiy missed in social and musical circles in the days to come, wnne ner m-a.117 innnnni qualities will always ba remembered pleasantly. WIFE MEETS MAN GHOST IN BOOM Death Roll of the Northwest (Special Dtopetrb to The Jom-iMl.) Philadelphia, Sept. 14. The first Pivrhtn Association of Phlladelbhia held its first meeting of the season last niM in the hall at 1104 North Twen tieth street; Mrs. Augusta. Constance Volk, president of tha association, gave demonstrations or --psycnic reaainge." Mrs. Volk related to her audience how recently she had tne piaure or meet ing a real shost. -It was in my room on night." said Mrs. Volk, "and there waa a dim light burning, when I aaw near the bureau the figure of a man. At first I thought H waa ray husband, and started mis chievously to catoo nim py tna snoui der. But there waa nothing to catch. I bumped into the figure; I bumped through him: in fact. I bumped clean throuan a, spirit. Levi Sparks. Forest Grove, Or., 'Sept. 14. Levi Sparks, 7 years, for 25 years a resi dent of Oregon, died at his residence in this city Friday afternoon. we was oorn at Winchester, unio, When 16 years of age he removed with hia parents to Dubuque county, Iowa, ana uvea there until 1874 when, with hia family, he came to the coast and settled at Vancouver, Wash. In 1883 he moved to Oregon. For the past 18 years he had lived at Forest Grove. Mr. Sparks waa united in marriage to Miss Savilla Jane Spurgeon at Peosta, Iowa, who withthe following children survive: Mrs. Emily Brown. Mra. Anna Bennllngher, Lee M., William R., Hugh w.. Maud and Edwin S. Snarka. all of Forest Grove, and one slater, Mrs. Kate Loughey, of this city. The funeral will be held Bundar at the Christian church. Rev. C. A. Sin.- officiating, with burial in Forest View cemetery. Mrs. C. C. Aldrich. (Special Pttparrb to Th' JnoraaL I Lebanon. Or.. Sept. 14. Mrs. C. C Aldrich, died at her home north of this city Thursday from tha effects' of a cancer. She had been a realdent of tnis vicinity ror many years. Sha leaves a nusbana and two children. Gabo Sohler. (Special Dlapatcn te Th JouraaL) Forest Grove. Or.. Sent- 1 i n.v. .-onier, years, was stricken by heart failure, brought on indirectly bv . cessive neat, in tne nary eat rield on nis larm i-Tiany artemoon. He la sur vived by a wife and family. CONSTABLE DENIES ASSAULT ON GU?L (United Ptms Leaaed Wire.) Elmhnrst, Cal., Sept 14. Constable Robert GuptlL who was tied to a tele- WHICH will you have POOR HEALTH or Grape-Nuts? Yotf can't have both. "There' a Reason' graph pole and whipped publicly Satnr day night for his alleged -mistreatment frc ha LICOIYPE rai POSTED HEARST L. G. Paugli Says Jle Saw Alliance List with Hask ell's Signature. (United Preea Leased Wire.) Enid, Okla.. Sept. 14. L. O. Paugh, a linotype operator of this city, has written a letter! to State Secretary Langaton.of the Oklahoma Federation of Labor in which he claims that he gave William R. Hearst the Information that Governor Haskell was connected with the Citizens' Alliance. Langston is on trial for the information, but Faugh ter Bays that he gave Hearst the ma terial for his bitter attacks on Gov ernor Haskell. Paugh says he was giving out in his let- working for a newspaper fa -Muskogee in whose office the Citizens' Alliance used to meet, and that he had seen list of the members of the local' or ganization of the Citizens' Alliance with Haskell a signature attached. HEPPNER ORGANIZES REPUBLICAN CLUB (Special Mspatch to The Journal.) Heppner, or., sept. 14. .Pursuant to a call by County Chairman Smead and after some 85 minutes ringing of bells, street-cryin-c by small boys and mucn earnest entreating on the streets in the astlmes and at the skating rink about cnTfte faithful were rinaiiy induced to rather at the club building for the purpose of organizing a Tart and "Sher man club. The constitution and by-laws of the National Republican league were -adopted and the following permanent, of- r leers- elected : rresiaem vv. vy. smeaa; vioe-presldent, T. J, Mahoney ; secretary, C. M. White; treasurer, F. Gilliam, A feature of the meeting was to have been an address by Chairman Smead. but he evidently had something too good to turn loose on such a small audience and is saving It for some future meet In g when It is hoped the attendance will Justify It ine ciuo is to meet every two weercs and is to be known as the Taft and Sherman Club of Morrow county. 1 pas 20 THEATRICAL MERGER FINALLY ORGANIZED! Kinds and Styles 3 FANS for Stores and Residences Hot weather comfort can be se cured with an Eject ric Fan at a cost for current of Less Than One Cent An Hour. V Your wife needs an Electric Fan in the household quite as much as do you at the office. ( r Do Not Delay A nice, cool, well ventilated room insured by the use of an Electric World's Biggest Combination to Bel Called "Manager's Association" To Grant Franchises. Call at our Supply Dept., 145-7 Seventh Street and see our display. Telephone Main 6688 A5517- (Special Dispatch to The Joarnal. New York, Sept. 14. The biggest amalgamation of theatrical Interests in the history of the world was accom plished when the managers representing every branch of the business met in the New Amsterdam theatre building and organized permanently as the Theatrical Managers' association. A. L. Erianger. by unanimous vote. was elected president. John H. Havlin drew the position of secretary. Martin ttecx ana tvia w uiu nnvun were ap pointed a committee to drart tne ny-iaws and report at a meeting to be held in October, when the other officers and a board of directors will be chosen. Each business interested will name Its own members of the board of directors. The scheme of organisation follows closely that of the Associated Press. Franchises will be granted to the local manager, or his principal, and without Portland Railway, Light & PowerCo. First and Alder Streets of Lena Campbell, a U-year-old rirl and remi-wo an inrunatea moo or rltlsens nai n wouki leave town. (MurrhianH his mind and announced that he would stay nere to prove ma innocence of the charge insinuated against him. Guptil says that be and Lena were merely reaoing a book whea they were trace-d and be was arrested by James Fisher, a deputy conrtable. He declare that th stories told about him by th p-r-i-f vk nm town -are unirrae. "I lore children for their own sake. wia uupm looir. -i am a married man and have children of my own. I lev to tell fairy stories te children aid amuse them. I shall stay here, aa I Lara Doming wrong. Sheriff Barnett la Investigating the case and trouble Is looked for tod.v from the retttrlcaits of tha town, whoara inianateo witn uuptu. NEW ROAD IN SIGHT FOR BENTON COUNTT - rs-veUI rUt-aWl TW Jowval Tl Phr.omath. Cr- Sent. 14. A nart mt surveyors Is now orklng to locate a p s scre-aa the mcvntalna for aa elec tric road Into th Also valley. It fa purpoaed te start the line from Cor- rallia. The corrpaay neniml tii pr poed (TOS4 la Mia to poaoea BOilBBiltd capital i After other rphet--rrpre) Itad failed f-r it reara an eaaiera avarv. T. ii P-t -, haa rrf-el aa errarstaa h-! has tki awn remark t.t tryH- Binl SPECIAL RATES And Train Service .to Salem VIA The Finest Cleaner Made t cleans the house from kitchen to parlor, vpots to Btatuary, paint to mirrors, without a scratch. OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY FOR , OREGON STATE FAIR SEPL 14-19, Inc. AND "Portland Day", Thursday, September 17th Effective Monday, September 14th," the following train schedule will be in effect for Fair Week: ; LEAVING PORTLAND A. M. -6:25, 7:35, 8:35. 8:55, 10:00, 11:10, 11:20. P. M 2:05, 4;30, 6:05. LEAVING SALEM A.M.:05. 9:05. 10:15. 11:05. 3:28, 5:30, 6:00, P.M. 1:45, 7. -00, 8:30. "PORTLAND DAY" (THURSDAY, SEPT. 17) FOUR SPECIAL TRAINS FROMTORTLAND AND SALEM IN ADDITION TO OTHER TRAINS ABOVE, AS FOLLOWS: LEAVING PORTLAND-8:35. J LEAVING SALEM-30. 6:0a 8:55, 10:00, 11:10 A. M. 7:00, 8:30 P. M. I Train arrivin-f at and departing from Salem stop at avenue. Hood street. State street, and Mill street depot. of Salem Citr Kailwar will meet all Oretffon Electric Highland The cars Kail way trains at Hood street and handle passengers directly to and from the fair urouna. iiigmand arenue in t.a!em u located within a few blocks of ,tha Fair Ground entrance and pasengers not de siring to go intd the city will find this a convenient place at which to leave and board trains. RATES FROM PORTLAND AH Days Except "Portland Day" 32.00 Round Trip Tickets on ' sale daily, commencirt; ?;inday, Sept'ir.ber for return until Sunday, September good Portland Day" -31.25 Round Trip Tickets on sale Thursday. September 1 "th. ti K'-"-i l f turning on any trains of th; dr cr.'i-. For Further Iniorrrarlcm Ct' Up N. L ATKINS. Ticket Aftrt CEO. F. NEVIS?. T;' ; ?' Pbone, Main 1?C 1. .1' : mart" rw-tii'K . r' p- -
