Farmer Aided
By State Fair
Period of Advertising and
Enjoyment; Popularity
i Never lias Dimmed
Fair Time is Back With Us Once More
Oregon Near Top,
Rural Pover Use
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By C. DAVID VORMELKER
i international: IllnstnUed Xew Write
Fall is fair "time -and fair time
is a period of rural advertising
and merrymaking. Though,- many
urban folk like to attend county
and state fairs, it belongs prin
cipally to the farmer and his fam
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, Its success is a matter of great
personal pride to him, for no
world fair or international expo
sition" could possibly mean as
much to . the farmer as his ' own
local state' state or county 'fair.
For the' fair is an affair for the
whole family and while father is
taking great pride in showing off
his contributions, the rest of the
family is" busy doing likewise.
Thus, his wife, may be lingering
near the shelves bearing her dis
play of 'eanned I goods, preserves
and Jellies. His son may be stay
ing near the cattle pens, proudly
exhibiting his prixe porcines.
Daughter may also have preserves
or handwork,' such as needlework
'or : knitted objects, - entered -1 in
competition. : f
' Midway Essential
, Besides providing a show place
for the rural products and pro
duce, fairs serve as a circus for a
considerable portion of the large
agricultural population of the
United States.
Rustic merrymaking at fairs is
perhaps; the best example of un
alloyed tand genuine fun of -the
type in, vogue before 1900 that
exists in America today. Fairgo
ers do not sit back to be enter
tained, they help in the enter
taining! Carnival shows are increasingly
popular at state and county fairs,
indicating that the farmer likes
to ride on ferris wheels, throw
rings at canes, buy balloons, spun
candy, ride perkily on the port
able carrousel, and beat Farmer
Jones at the shooting gallery.
In the limelight will be the
home bov challenging: the carn
ival boxer or wrestler to a bout.-
Nickels will bang down on the
bingo counter, and many will go
jangling, into the admission box.
at i the shaky roller coaster.
Young huskies who may scorn
these pleasures will try to ring
the large bell at the top of the
tall column with mighty blows of
the . sledge hammer. -
s Y Raring Popular
Among the ; most specatcular
events at the fairs are the load
pulling contests and the mule
races. The former are exciting be
cause of the competition and ac
tion; the- latter because "of the
uncertainty as to which direction
the mule or mules might take:
: Harness horse racing-' is another
popular event,: especially for the
Inpal nnfi'iia vhA 'Krhaot a fust
trotter or pacer.
And what would this grand
rural spree be if the farmer-did
not sluice down hot dogs with
artificially colored- soda jpop, or
munch away on taffy, watermelon
and frozen puddings as well as
suckers, peanuts and popcorn.
. During fair week. Farmer
Jones "will gayly spend as much
as he ordinarily would exspend
for groceries for several weeks.
But fair week is one of the big
events of the year for him and
many a long winter evening will
be spent reminiscing about "the
big show."
Mt. Hood Replica
To Be Presented
Ernest Iufec Makes Exact
' Duplicate Showing All
Sides of Mountain
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Most people may think lordly
Mt. Hood is just south of the Co
lumbia river near Portland, but
when they get to the Diamond
Jubilee Oregon state fair they
-will find Mt. Hood right on the
fairgrounds.
Of course the state fair Mt.
Hood will be in miniature and It
will be the dominating feature in
the landscaping creations for the
Diamond Jubilee celebration.
' Ernest Iufer. landscape artist
who received hi training In
Switzerland, created . the replica
of Mt. Hood and before he start
ed building it he studied enough
geological survey contour' maps
and photographs of the mountain
to stock a small store. r -
His design will reproduce all
sides of a five-mile area across
Mt. Hood, starting about 250 feet
above Tlmberline cabin. All gla
ciers; streams and rivers, that
come off the glaciers will be re
produced and the mountain will
be located faithful to Its natural
tand. The miniature Mt. Hood
has a circular base with a 24-foot
diameter and the peak will stand
70 Inches above the sidewalk.
The replica, on which construc
tion work took more than two
weeks, is built of concrete; with
lime and white cement, rock and
crystals used to give the natural
istic effect. Timber will be-represented
In moss. The scale used is
-about one Inch to 8000 feet. -Overflow
from the mountain
; creeks will run into a concealed
trough and will water the two
long beds of 'red zinnias in " thai
section of the fairgrounds.
GIFTS
Hand Turned and
Hand Polished
From the oldest and most
beautiful wood in the world.
OREGON JUMPER
See our exhibit at the State
Fair - Booth No. .7 - Balcony,
of Agriculture Building. - -
JUNIPER NOVELTY :
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1 1 Kansas Ave. - Bend, Oregon
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Fall time is fair time and rural America is pre
paring for the annual visit to the county or state
fair. This institution is one of the few popular in
the last century which has survived the changing
times. It is an event of primary Importance on
Working Sawmill
Model
Ranger Station Miniature
Also in State U. S.
Forest Exhibit
Two extremely Interesting
models, one of a sawmill and the
other of a forest ranger station,
are expected to attract a great
deal of " interest to the forestry
exhibit .staged jointly by federal
and state forest services at the
Diamond Jubilee state fair.
The models, -designed and ex
ecuted by D. f Francis Shook,
Portland modeling artist, are ex
actly to scale) and represent in
miniature, every feature of a large
sawmill and a .central forest sta
tion. ; ' "- '
Because it -is animated the
sawmill model will probably at
tract more attention than the
ranger, station miniature. Mr.
Shook modeled ibis sawmill after
the - forest service's; recommenda
tions for an .ideally efficient
plant. ' A painted background.
painted by Karl Feurer and show
ing wooded hills partially logged
off, . shows the forest service's
recommended method of logging
in which large blocks of timber
are left standing in order that
the logged oft portions may be
naturally reseeded.
Smoke, .Steam Emerge
The sawmill itself is complete
even down to miniature workers.
Smoke and steam, in reality a
tangled mass of thread mounted
on piano wire, even t issue from
the smokestack of the plant..
Over 15,000 feet of wire and
4,000 feet of string was used by
Mr. Shook in building the model.
Features of several large
Displayed
Salem Folks, Use These Gates!
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Due to roBgentlon on the main highway, state police and fair offi
cials ask Salem folks who attend the fair to use the 18th-street
entrance to the grounds. Above are the gates to the grounds at
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And it is an event which delights every member
of the family. Livestock exhibits, the coo kins'
competition, horse racing and midway all of thess
provide thrills for the entire household. - 1
Homer Davenport Fancier of Arabian
Horses, Recalled , as Kellogg Stable
Comes to State Fair For Night Show
INTERESTING because they are one of the finest groups
of trained horses in the United States will be the Kellogg
Arabian horses which will
the horse show at the Oregon
Doubly interesting to : Marion county people, however,
will be these horses because of the fact that one of Marion
county's famed " characters, the O i . ' ' '
late great - cartoonist. Homer , Lady Anne .Blunt! from the Ara-
Davenport, l)orn and raised : in
Silverton, had a great deal to do
with the development of the
development of the breed in
America.
Homer Davenport made the
first importation of pure-blooded
Arabian stock in 1906 and for
many years maintained a farm
for the propagation of pure Ara
bian horses. Some of the horses
at the Kellogg Institute -in Cali
fornia trace in all line directly to
the Homer
A
Davenport f importa-
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Davenport was able to make
his importation of Arabian horses
in 1906 through the influence of
President Theodore Roosevelt
who secured the necessary per
mission from the sultan of Tur
key for desert bred, Arabians to
be brought to this country."
Another channel from which
came the horses of Arabian blood
in America was the importations
made by Sir Wilfred Blunt and
northwest sawmills were incorp
orated in the model V but the
whole is an ideal plant not mod
eled after any particular sawmill.
The ranger station, complete
with tiny houses for the rangers
was modeled from plans for the
station now being constructed at
North Bend, j 1 i
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SEE THE WINNER AT
THE WORLD FAIR
! ; on display at the 1
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Oregon State Fair
i. South Side Second Floor
' AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
GEO. E. ALLEN
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went ... to the fair
thousands of American farmers.
be shown nightly as part of
state fair.
bian desert to England ibffit
1870.
Lady Blunt, a; granddaughter
of Lord Byron, lived for two years
with her husband: in the Arabian
desert as they collected choice
specimens of thet Arabian horse.
Lady Blunt carried on the prop
agation of the pure Arabian: stock
In England for many yeare.
After her death Lady Went
worth took over the- Arabian rrol-
ect and operated the Crabbett
Arabian stud -.- from w;hich ;w. K.
Kellogg, the cereal manufacturer,
obtained . many of hlg foundation
animals In 1926. j . ? h
The Kellogg institute at Po
mona, now operated by the Uni
versity . of California college of
agriculture, is endeavoring to
keep the true Arabian character
istics: endurance.! easy gait, good
disposition,- beautiful conforma
tion of the head and extremely
high, natural tail' carriage, j
The Institute has been selling
stock for the last several ; years
and has sold about 400 pure
blooded Arabians. They have been
distributed in 15 Mates In the
union and to ma&V foreign coun
tries. ' m i -
Hound Race to Be
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New Fair Feature
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; Another new. feature for the
Diamond Jubilee - Oregon: state
fair, which opens': here September !
7 for one week, has been announc
ed by S. T. White, director of the
fair and of the state department
of agriculture. This Is a I hound
race. - : jf - .Mi
Only straight? bred trailing
hounds will be eligible for the
race, which will be run Thursday
morning, septem per iv, as a iea-
ture of tho free morning programs
slated during, the week. Hounds
from Oregon," Washington and
Idaho are expected to participate.
Entries will close at 6 p. m., Sep
tember 9. Prizes of 125, 915, 10
and 1 5-have been put for the win
ners by the state fair. '.'
' W. E. "Billy'' Martin of Mc-
Minnville.' well-knowa sportsman
and hunter, will manage the race,
which will be held on Lone Oak
track.-' - f- . .
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' Although Oregon is 31st among
the states of the nation in num
ber of farms, it ranks 11th in the
number served by central station
electricity, according C; to - F. E.
Price, acting head of the depart
ment of agricultural engineering
at Oregon State college. Figures
gathered by the Rural Electrifica
tion administratloin show- that
Oregon also ranks 14th among the
states in the percentage of farms
served by.'power line connections.
' Of the 64,826 farms in the state
19,284, or - 29.7 per cent,', were
served by central station electric
ity at ihe end of lSS.-irthe perr
centage were figured on the, more
densely populated western Oregon
area, the figures would show from
SO.1 to 65 per cent of .the farms
already .using eleetricity for -some
purpose. The national percentage
for the. country as a-.-whole is
under 10-per cent, according to
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While some localities in Oregon
are Interested in the opportunity
to ' obtain help . under i the rural
electrification' act, the problem of
farmers in more communities is
how to make more profitable use
of - the electrical power already
available, says - Price, In some in
stances, it is possible to obtain
federal aid on a community basis
for wiring farm houses and other
"buildings for the use of electricity
where the power is already close
at nana. .
Big Sum Provided .
The rural electrification act
provides that 50 -million dollars
shall be available during the cur
rent fiscal year for the construc
tion of rural lines and house wir
ing. One-half of this amount must
be allotted to the various states
in - proportion to the percentage
of nn-electrified farms, which
means that Oregon farmers have
available a sizeable fund to draw
upon If they have feasible pro
jects to present. Professor Price
is already working With the peo
ple of the Triangle Lake area In
Lane county on a project for use
of such funds. ;
The sparsely settled Columbia
basis wheat area reduces Oregon's
percentage of electrical use, as
there the farm density is around
one home per mile, according to
a report of the rural electrical
committee f the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league. No area of such
low density! has even been electri
fied uder the rural electrification
act. Price believes. Communities
and Isolated valleys such at the
Triangle Lake area, or similar
situations, .might make good 'use
of the federal loans, he believes,
even though Oregon as a whole
is already far above the average
in having reasonably priced rural
power available to its farms.
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Lights Diamond-Shaped
Carrying out the Diamond Ju
bilee, idea at the state fair this
year clusters of diamond shaped
lights will be used to. illuminate
the Midway. ' : ,.
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Duke of Kent Model in deep
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