The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 06, 1936, Page 14, Image 14

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Blew Features :
Will Be Noted
Landscaping, New Classes
of Displays, Devices
Of fered This Year :
Many ' entirely n e w. features
will delight visitor to the Dia
mond Jubilee state fair this week.
Because it celebrates the 75th
anniversary of the first state fait
the fair administration has taken
special pains to niak this year's
'festival an outstanding one. .
-Buildings and grounds hare
been completely overhauled and
pat in the best possible condition
in anticipation of the throngs
that will jam the fairgrounds.
1 New landscape features inclue
the miniature of Mt. Hood, com
plete in every detail, which Ern
est Iufer, Salem landscape artist,
has built of concrete and plaster
near the walk close to the main
office.. The replica was made ex
actly to scale -from maps and. sur
reys of ' the. geodetic surrey and
every mountain stream and glac
ier is reproduced in miniature.
A lily pool on the midway,
near the Future Farmers build
ing, is- also a new feature. It is
surrounded by a grass plot which
was grown with astonishing rap
idity. ...
Formal Gardens In
i One of the most delightful new
r landscape attractions will be the
..-formal gardens at the main en-
trance. These flank the entrance
gates which, colorfully canopied,
will themselves be attractire.
Of the entertainment features
probably the amateur contest is
the most noveL This for the first
time gires amateur entertainers
a chance to show. tfieir talent at
the state fair. To be conducted
much on the same system as Maj
or Bowes famed radio amateur
hour the contest willbe open to
entertainers oif all ages.
The appearance of the crack
Hth cavalry from Presidio Mon
- terey in California will also be a
orana new attraction that is ex
pected, tor create great interest.
The cavalry troop Is shown as one
of the outstanding show groups
in tho army. The soldiers and
their mounts will be quartered on
the grounds and heir encamp
ment wm be open to inspection
by the public.
Another display of topnotch
horseflesh will be the famed
Kellogs Arabians. These pure
blooded horses from the -Unirer
sity of California's Kellogg insti
tute are known as the tops iu
horseflesh from all standpoints.
They will offer several acts.
New in the exhibit field will
be the federal exhibit which
will take up the space in the ag
ricultural building formerly de
roted to the art and photography
exhibit. Six Tderal "bureaus, VPA,
FIIA, PWA, soil conservation,
resettlement administration and
the army engineers, will exhibit
their work and offer instruction
to the public as to their aims
and accomplishments.
Art Center Moved
" An entirely new axhibit space
ha been prepared for the art
and photography department.
These exhibits will be housed in
a building next to the poultry
building.
The state forest department
will have an extensive exhibit
for the first time in six years.
Little girls will be interested
In the -doll show, in connection
with the textile exhibits. This is
also a new feature.
At least two new amusement
devices will be in operation on
the grounds. One is the whirl
wind, a thrill device, which re
putedly cost 9 15,000 to build on,
the grounds. Lee Eyerly, Salem
inventor and manufacturer of
amusement devices, will intio
. duce for the first time his new
T thrill machine, the Octopus.
There will be free morning and
night programs in the grandstand
as well as a free dance every
nignt. jxonte Banks, famed, en
tertainer, will act as master of
ceremonies at the night programs
and his. band will play for the"
.-dances. - , .
Retail Outlook Good
PORTLAND. Ore., Sepi. 4.-(JP)
-Dunn & Bradstreet said today
retail trade the past .week, here
was 5 to 10 per cent ahead of
the same, week in 1935. - Whole
sale and retail harSwarb con
tinued "good."
FRlGIDAlRE j
Leaders in CROSLEY I
Their Field! Refrigerators
MAYTAG Washers
EASY fishers
Sec Them All . . ..
in Our EASY! Ironers ,- ! I
State Fair ., "' " ", .,' " " :.
Display IRONRITE Ironers I
: Upstairs in - - . ; , -. , ..
Agriculture Buildin, HOOVER Cleaners
Factory Demonstrators '" ' ' ' 1
in Attendance - z . :i ; -!-.-
ESTATE Ranges !
HOGG BROS. 7-
325 Court St. L H: Ranges
salem ; ; . - .
OREGON CITY WHITE j?
j TILLAMOOK ! Mach
3000 Fowls to be
The poultry partition at the state fair.- Entries will total 8000 birds,
; a new record, this year, according to officials. The second floor is
the dance pavillion where free dancing will be provided erery
.. n;ht but Sunday, j ,. , i 7
Many New) Sights
Crowds Coming
. ;
to Jubilee
Fair Visitors, Even Veteran Patrons
STATE fair visitors will find many new sights, chiefly in
the form of new buildings, when they come to Salem
next week. I : -l
For many, the capitol grounds will be a focal point of
interest although! there will be little to see. But all will want
to have pointed out "where the new capitol will be" and
"what all those holes In theo ,.
ground are for." Since Roy L
Houck, successful bidder for the
Job of excavating the basement
for the new structure, has prom'
ised to start work as soon as he
is given authority j to go ahead.
and PWA officials hare promised
prompt approval, this work may
get under way before fair week
is over. ' '
Few out-of-town Visitors will
get off the beaten tracks suffic
iently to find the new 10,000,000
gallon reservoir under construe-:
tion for the city at Rural avenue
and John streets: those who do.
howerer, will find an interesting
project, especially since the coir
tractors next week will be nearing
the stage of building! the concrete
slab cover for one j of j,the two
storage units.
Salem may boast next week to
its guests of its two fine public
swimming pools but 1 unless pres
ent plans' are changed (the risit-
ors will not be able to! find re
lief from the hot weather the
fair management is hoping for.
The pools are scheduled to be
closed Saturday at 5 p. m.
Ninety New Homes
Fair guests cruising about the
city will find nearly 90 new
homes, finished or under con
struction, and fire new public
buildings. The latter are located
as follows: i : I l
New Ward building, state hos
pital, east end of. Center street:
new senior high school, 14th and
D streets; 'new grade school. Uni
versity and Mission streets; new
gymnasium- and auditorium addi
tions to Leslie junior high school;
Church and Howard streets; and
new state blind school dormitory
Church and Mission streets.
West Salem citizens will
proudly exhibit their handsome
new two-story brick city hall at
Edgewater street j and ! Kingwood
avenue. Visitors to i the state
tuberculosis hospital will find i a
new cottage, a nurses home and
an added story to the main
building completed or under con
struction. 1 I !
Huge road projects will meet
both north and south bound fair
risitors, and nndercrossing at the
north city limits f and the high
way relocation work
two miles
south of the city.! '
Editor's Day j Saturday;
No-Host Luncheon to Be
Held and Grounds Toured
Editor's day at the Diamond
Jubilee Oregon state fair will be
the occasion for j ai special gath
ering of newspapermen from all
parts of; the state, i A no-host
luncheon will be held at the fair
grounds Saturday, September 12,
which day .editors ) will be espe
cially honored. I !
A tour of the j fairgrounds, at
tendance in a group at the after
noon races and the night horse
show and other features hare
been arranged. (Hugh McGllrra
of the Forest Grore News-Times,
The
Exhibited Here
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Available Here For
Exposition; To Interest
First Horseless
e in 1904
S. W. Reed Drove It; Only
33 Cars Appear in '12
Says Albert Tozier
With thousands of automobiles
corering the rast parking spaces
at the state fairgrounds, it Is hard
to believe that only 32 yeajrs ago
the first horseless carriage ' ap
peared at the fair. . . ;
But records of Albert Tozier.
patriarch of the fair, show that it
was in 1904 that the first car,
driTen by S. W. Reed, Salem, ap
peared at the fair. This was the
only car on the grounds that year
and was a small open machine.
By 1912, cars were still scarce,
with only 33 cars appearing on
the grounds that year, Tozier re
called as he appeared here the
past week to take over duties as
mayor of the Tented City for the
Diamond Jubilee fair, which
opens tomorrow morning.
Drirers of the cars which ap
peared "in 1912 included District
Judge G. G. Bingham, Salem; Syl
ranus Page, Salem farmer who
showed hogs that year; C. V. Jor
dan, Eugene; Bert Edwards, Sa
lem, who operated the Tented
City meat market; Ben Kaiser,
Macieay, superintendent of the
Judge J. B. Waldo farm; J. H.
Mapts, Tillamook farmer; J. H.
Rogers. Portland; J. A. Dimick.
Woodbura farmer: and C. L. Wil
liams, Pleasant Hill. f .
publishers association. ; will ore-
side at the luncheon meeting.
Carriae
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Full Display of New 1937 Models
at the State Fair
BONESTEELE BROS. Inc.
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CIUIGON STATESIIAN, Caterx,
Foremost Poultry
Judges to Appear
Qeve Stout, Ilicketts and
J. II. Nichols Slated to
i Look Over Fowls
. , Three ' of the country's fore
most judges of poultry will be on
hand mt the Diamond Jubilee Ore
gon State fair to judge " tha- en
tries in this department, an
nounce S. T. White, director of
the fair, antUEdward Shearer of
Estacada, who will again be head
of the poultry department of the i
fair. . .-.
Clere Stout of Taylorville. til..
whom Shearer declares to be the i
ranking No. 1 poultry judge in
the United States today, B. F.
Ricketts of Zanerille, Ohio, par
ticularly well-known for his Ban
tam judging, and James H. Nich
ols of Tacorua, Wash., are the
trio of judges coming to the fair
this fall. Nichols is not new to
poultry exhibitors,' having been
here the last four years.
' Stout Veteran
The state fair waa able to in
duce Stoat to come for the Judg
ing here after a circuit through
the southern states and Califor
nia-was arranged. Stout was sel
ected 12 consecutive years to
judge the national barred Ply- ;
mouth Rock meet, which is an all
time record for any judge of any
rariety. He is a life member of
the American Poultry association.
a. licensed A. P. A. judge and
president of the American Barred
Plymouth Rock club, the i oldest
speciality club In America de
voted t to standard bred poultry.
He has been connected - actirely
with the poultry industry for the j
past 25 years, as breeder,, exhib
itor and judge. 1
Robert V. Moore of San Le-
andro, Calif., will judge the state
fair pigeon entries, this fall. He
is known to the older exhibitors ,
having judged here fire years
ago. Moore is without exception
the most noted pigeon fancier in
the country, Shearer states, i
Inquiries tor entry blanks for
the poultry department point to
the greatest poultry show on rec
ord for the- Diamond Jubilee,
with probability that the 3100-
bird show of pre-depression days
will be bettered this fall. Shear
er finds. i
-o-riane at
Fair Is Largest
The largest Loop-o-plane in the
world, a thrill device that stands
60 feet high and. carries eight
passengers' at a time, will be in
troduced at the state fair for the
first time by Lee Eyerly, Salem
manufacturer of amusement de
vices.
: .The giant Loop-o-plane, said
to gire all the sensations ot div
ing and zooming in an airplane,
will be one of the most spectac
ular derices on the grounds. The
eight passenger ear will be out
lined with neon tubing. .
Several smaller Loop-o-planea
will also be in operation as well
as another new derlce, the Oc
topus.
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