President Signs Treaty proclamation resident Truman
signs a proclamation declaring into effect the 12-Nation At
lantic pact binding North America and Western Europe in a
common defense alliance. Witnessing the signing are (left to'
right): Hoyar Miller of the United Kingdom; Ambassador
Henrik de Kauffmann of Denmark; Canadian Embassy Coun
selor W. D. Matthews; Secretary, of Defense Louis Johnson;
Ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne of Norway;
Ambassador Henri Bonnet of France; Baron Silercruys, am
bassador of Belgium; Ambassador Pedro Pereira of Portugal;
Secretary of State Dean Acheson; Netherlands Minister Jonk
heer O. Reuchlin, and Italian Embassy Counselor Mario Lu
ciolli. (AP ,Wirephoto) -,
PREVIEW OF THE CROWDS
Hey, It's Almost Fair Time!
What's Goin' to Be Where
By WILLIAM WARREN
(United Prea Staff Correspondent)
Less than two weeks now, and Humpty Dumpty will be sitting
on the wall 'over kiddieland.
Husky men will be bucking broncos, throwing the bulj
(Brahma), and milking wild cows (Angus).
Prize pies and potatoes will be vying for attention with prize
pigs and poul
try, Aerial and
trapeze art i s t s ?
will be flaunt- s
ing their stuff.
The latest in
deep freezes
and dish rags I
will be on dis-
play.
. Luncheon Al
Fresco will no
longer be hoity- wim.m warren
toity, but just a
humble hot dog or hamburger
on a bun, with perhaps a cone
of cotton candy for dessert.
State fair!
' The bands will blare a fan
fare Labor day, ' and Oregon's
84th annual State Fair will open
at full throttle, its 167 acres,
crammed with exhibits, exhibi
tors and visitors.
Even larger crowds than the
all-time record total of 264,177
last year are expected to cram
the 167-acre fairgrounds at the
north edge of Salem, on the Sil
verton road just off the Pacific
highway. '
New this year will be kiddie
land, with humpty dumpty sit
ting on the wall above the gate
through which the kiddies will
pass.
This ride filled haven will be
for the kiddies alone. No adults
will be admitted unless accom
panied by their children; And
only the youngsters can ride the
miniature railroad 'through the
tunnel and over the tiny lake, or
try out the other gadgets.
For the first time in the his
tory of the Oregon State Fair,
there will be no harness racing.
Parimutuel play on these races
was practically nil last year, so
the pastime was abandoned this
year. Quarter-horse racing will
be held instead, for the first
time.
Those planning to attend this
year's big show will be glad to
learn that John Graber, plumber
in charge at the fairgrounds and
the man who puts chic sales to
shame when it comes to produc
tion, has been installing new
toilet facilities like mad.
Rest room accommodations
this year will be double those
available just after the end of
World War II.
The Oregon State Fair has
been held continuously since the
first year of the Civil war 1861.
That first state fair was held at
the mouth o f the Clackamas
river, near Oregon City. It
moved to its present 167-acre
site at Salem the next year, 1862.
Prize awards for the first fair
totaled $758. Premiums this
year will total $75,000.
Let's take a look around the
grounds, a sort of preview of the
state fair.
Those coming in from the
north will branch off at Lan
caster drive, , and enter the
northern part of the parking
areas surrounding the fair
grounds. Those from the south
will come in on 18th street to the
south side paaking areas.
A total of 77 acres will ac
commodate 42,000 cars. A crew
of 250 special state fair police
will direct the parking.
Let's enter at the north side
and walk south along the west
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side of the fairgrounds quad
rangle. Here's the junior dormi
tory which will house sbme
3,500 4-H, Future Farmer and
Future Homemaker exhibitors
for the week, some 700 a night.
Along ' the west side are the
farm machinery equipment bents
sheds, in plain English, Here
the latest in agricultural equipv
ment will be on display. "
At the south corner as we
swing east, is the junior exhibit
building. It will house the
lunlor exhibits, including the
famed 4-H dollar dinner now
costing slightly above a buck
and the future home makers
style show. On the second floor
is the dance pavilion, where fair
visitors will dance nightly to the
music of George Bruns and his
orchestra..
Next door is the art building,
where amateur painting, sculp
ture, ceramics and photography
will be on display.
Then comes the agricultural
building. '
Here are booths where 14
counties will display their pro
duce. Here also will be the tex
tile and culinary exhibits, and
commercial appliance displays.
A few more steps east and
we're in the floral buildings.
Garden clubs from all parts of
Oregon will display wall flow
ers, and the biggest collection
ever is anticipated.
.
After all this walking we've
worked up an appetite. And the
fair officials thought we would.
For the next row of structures
houses the permanent restau
rants, most of them with count
ers opening onto the walk, , so
we can grab our hot pups and
hamburgers and eat them as we
stroll.
For the first time this year,
Chinese food will be oh tap at
the state fair, and there 11 be
other provisions for full course
dinners for them as get that
hungry.
Across the walk, in the center
of the quadrangle, is the mid
way, where many rides will be
waiting, including a ferris wheel
and a roller coaster. Trapeze
and aerial artists will do their
stuff daily.
At the southwest corner of the
quadrangle is the half-mile race
track and its. newly painted
grandstand with seats for 6,200.
Here, daily through Saturday,
nine thoroughbred running races
and one quarter-horse dash will
be held. Sunday midget autos
will take over the track for the
first time.
Horse races stakes will range
from $400 to $1,000, with two
stake handicaps of $2,000 each.
Under the grandstand are the 50
parimutuel windows where you
can place bets in units of $2 to
$10. Across the aisle will be
exhibits by state Institutions, in
cluding the State hospital, Hill
crest school for girls, forestry
department, and traffic safety
division of the secretary of
state's office.
At night the movable stage
will be brought across the race
track in front of the grandstand,
and Helene Hughes will display
her fourth annual revue, featur
ing top vaudeville acts.
, Next stop north is the horse
show pavilion, where combina
tion horse show and rodeo will
be held nightly. The pavilion
seats some 3,500. Vying with
Oregon show horses will be
equine aristocrats from Cali
fornia and Washington, includ
ing the $30,000 champion mare,
Kalarama Devine, shown by
Bert Corby of Seattle.
Then comes the livestock
barns, housing some 5,000 of
Oregon's best animals swine,
sheep and all types of dairy,
beef and dual purpose cattle, in
both open and junior competi
tion. The rabbit and poultry
pavilion is just west of the barns.
Still farther west is the admin
istration building, housing Man
ager Leo Spitzbart and his staff,
and the police headquarters, out
of which some 35 officers will
work.
The officers won't have to
work very hard, if last year's
fair is an indication. ' During the
whole week of the record crowds
at the 1948 show, only one arrest
was made. That was one man
who wandered into the fair
grounds, already four sheets to
the wind, on the very last day
of the fair.
Fishing Pads
Large in Scope
Washington, Aug. 25 W)
Within a year the United States
and its mightiest neighbors may
put into effect new fisheries
agreements which are unprece
dented In scope.
When they do, said Hilary J.
Deason, chief of foreign activi
ties for the U.S. fish and wild
life service, today the nations
involved "will be moving to
gether for the first time toward
cooperative solution of prob
lems many of them have recog
nized, discussed and worried
about for half a century."
Deason commented to a re
porter on agreements, ratified
by the United States last Wed
nesday, affecting multi-million
dollar fishing, canning and re
creational interests throughout
the North Atlantic and Eastern
Pacific oceans.
They involve:
1. Haddock, rosefish, cod and
halibut of the northwest Atlan
tic. Other signatories to this
convention are Canada, New
foundland, Denmark, France,
Iceland, Italy, Norway, Portu
gal, Spain, Great Britain and
northern Ireland. .
2. Tuna off the Pacific coast
of North and Central America.
Separate agreements have been
ratified with Mexico and Costa
Rica.
The northwest Atlantic agree
ment would set up an interna
tional commission to collect and
distribute information on means
of maintaining the four major
fisheries of those waters.
It was signed at a meeting
here last February. When four
of the countries have ratified
the agreement it will go into ef
fect. The separate tuna agreements
with Mexico and Costa Rica also
were signed this year. Deason
said the Mexican legislature
may ratify soon after convening
next month. , Similar action by
Costa Rica is expected later.
The Mexican agreement is bi
lateral, but the Costa Rican con
vention will admit other inter
ested nations when and if they
wish to join.
The U.S. tuna Indusutry is the
richest of the nation's offshore
fisheries. Domestic production
of canned tuna in 1948 was
valued at more than $125,000,
000. and was second in worth
only to that of canned salmon.
Young eels are so transparent
that printed matter could be
read through their bodies.
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On West Side Road
The state highway depart
ment announced today that one
way traffic only will be allowed
on the west side Pacific high
way for one-fourth mile north
of Lafayette.
The regulation will remain in
effect from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
until faept. 15.
Sheep dogs with special train
ing are employed on British
railways to keep the tracks fret
from stray sheep.
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Portland, Aug. 25 W The
first cable-supporting towers for
the Mount Hood aerial tramway
will be erected tomorrow.
Dr. Otto George, president of
the Mount Hood aerial trans-
portation company, said all of
the 38 steel towers on the route
from Government camp to Tim
berline lodge will be up and
holding the cables within 60
days.
The tramway, second of its
kind in the United States, will
haul passengers up the steep
slope in 10 minutes from the
highway at government camp to
the lodge, he said. Cars will be
35 feet long, 8 feet wide and
seat 40 persons.
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