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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, August 13 1909
No. 51
INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET
From Our Regular Corres
pondent DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY.
Scan This Column For News of
Importance From the
Riverside.
Jess Whiteaker was in Cor
vallis Saturday.
C. E. Gaudey, of Salem, was
in our city Monday.
Mrs. B. F. Whiteaker spent
Sunday in Portland.
L. Damon left Monday for a
trip to Harney county.
Mrs. Lottie Dorris made a trip
to Corvallis Wednesday.
A. Gross and wife came from
Portland Monday evening.
Mrs. Harbin Cooper was a pas
senger to Newport Saturday.
Curtis Lee returned to Inde
pendence the last of the week.
Geo. Ruef and family spent
Sunday at the sulphur springs.
Ted Cooper left Tuesday to at
tend to some business in Dallas.
' W. L. Spencer, of Salem made
a business trip to this city Mon
day. Word Butler returned Monday
from a two weeks outing at the
coast. " ...
J. L. Bohannon returned Mon
day from a few days visit in
Portland.
Mrs. Geo. Conkey left for New
port Monday to be away for sev
eral weeks.
James Harris and daughter
Nell, left Wednesday for a trip
to the coast.
Kate Walker and Ena Parker
returned the first of the week
from Newport
Charles Harting, of Falls City,
was attending to some business
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clodfelter
have been visiting relatives here
the last week.
W. W. Percival shipped 400
head of sheep to Portland the
first of the week.
L. L. Lyon, of Portland, made
a business trip to this city the
first of the week.
Morris Riprut, of Salem, made
a business trip to this city the
first of the week.
T. P. Baker, of Ottumwa, Iowa,
has been the guest of A. Nelson
for several weeks.
Jack' McKinney, of South Da
kota, has purchased the Sperling
farm near this city.
J. W. Hill and wife, of Cherry
ville, Kansas, are visiting rela
tives here this week.
Wm. Riddell, of Monmouth,
passed through here Saturday on
his way to Portland.
Miss Ella Robinson came up
from McMinnville and spent Sun
day with her parents.
W. H. Hembree, a business
man of McMinnville, was in our
city the first of the week.
C. E. Ireland, of Portland, was
here the first of the week in in
terest of his walnut grove.
Frank Lucas, of Portland, came i
the last of the week to visit
friends here and Monmouth.
Miss Pearl Percival left the
last of the week to attend the
milinery opening at Portland.
J. W. Hobbs, of Eugene, U. S.
liquor license inspector, was in
th's city the last of the week.
Miss Hazel Bohannon left Wed
nesday for Dallas where she will
attend the teachers examination.
Mr. VanWert and R. Sperling
and wife, of South t Dakota, are
visiting relatives here this week.
Mrs. Martha Hill accompanied
by Verde and Garland Hill left
Saturday for a few days at New
port.
Mrs. L. Graves and children,
of Fargo, N. D. are guests at
the home of J. S. Cooper this
week.
Crosby Dalton returned Wed
nesday from a several weeks
visit at McMinnville and other
towns.
Miss Bertha Bohannon and
Miss Nola Owen returned Tues
day from a few days outing at
Newport,
Mrs. Joe Hubbard and Mrs. L.
Damon entertained the "500"
club last Friday at the home of
Mrs. Damon.
Miss Mary Whitney returned
Wednesday from Seattle. She is
one of our public school teachers
this winter. 1
Miss Elva Taylor who has been
spending several weeks with her
parents left Wednesday for her
home in Baker City.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Staiger
came Saturday from Salem to
visit at the home of E. E. Pad
dock for a few days.
Mrs. Peter Burnett returned
to her home in McMinnville last
Saturday, after a few days visit
with her daughters here.
J. W. Wiltse, of Ray, North
Dakota, and T. B. Wiltse, of
Canada, were the guests of Mrs.
M. E. Wallace over Sunday.
Mrs. F. W. Parker came the
first of the week. She has been
spending several weeks with her
husband in parts of Washington.
Mrs. J. C. Butler and daughter
Alice, of Chicago Heights are
visiting at the home of Charlie
Iliff. Mrs. Butler is Mrs. Iliff s
mother.
Miss Babe Damon returned
Tuesday from Salem where she
has been spending her vacation.
She was accompanied by her sis
ter Grace Damon.
Percy Brown, of Silverton,
manager of the Independent Tel
ephone Co., of that city, was the
guest of his brother-in-law Wm.
Barnett, the first of the week.
Mesdames Walter Williams, C.
Powell, Fred Toner, P. A. Fin
seth and Oscar Hayter and fam
ily, of Dallas, passed through
here Wednesday on their way to
Newport ;
Miss Iva Cooper, a nurse at
the Good Samaritan hospital,
came Tuesday evening by the
way of Salem and spent one
night with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cooper.
Jim Hillard, G. W. Conkey and
Dr. H. Chas. Dunsmore,, left
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FOR GREAT POULTRY EXHIBIT
To Be Held at Oregon State
Fair.
POULTRYNIEN URGED TO BE PRESENT
General Purpose Breeds Wanted
as Well as Those More
Showy.
The Oregon State Fair date is
September 13 to 18, and I wish
to call the attention of poultry
keepers generally to the poultry
exhibit at this Fair. This exhib
it at previous Fairs has been well
supported and superior to many
of our western states. We wish,
however, to make the coming ex
hibit the best that has yet been
held, equal if not superior to that
of the best state fair in the west.
And it can be done.
The poultry show is an attrac
tive feature of every state fair,
and poultry-keepers should take
a pride in seeing the poultry in
dustry well represented at this
fair. We know tve poultry in
dustry is one of the most impor
tant in the state, but a great
many people do not look at it
that way, and it is often the fault
of those interested in the indus
try that they do. Let us show
that the poultry interests can
make as good a showing at the
State Fair as any of the other in
dustries represented. It can . be
made one of the most attractive
as well as instructive features of
the show. The poultry depart
ment of a state fair is not for
the special benefit of poultry
breeders and exhibitors; it is a
part of the general scheme of the
Fair management to have every
industry represented at the Fair
in order that the Fair as a whole
may be attractive and instructive
to visitors generally, and it rests
largely with the poultrymen
themselves to see that their own
industry is properly represented.
Let us send to the Fair such an
array of exhibits as will impress
the public with the fact that the
poultry industry is worthy of
consideration. The dairymen and
horsemen and the fruit men will
not boost our business; we must
do that ourselves.
Another point I want to men
tion. There is great interest
being developed in poultry-keeping
in this state. People in this
state are studying better methods
of poultry-keeping, and people in
eastern states are writing letters,
asking if poultry can be raised
successfully in this country. The
Agricultural College can hardly
fill the demand for such informa
tion. Therefore, let us make an
exhibit that will show that good
poultry can be raised here, and
the visiting public at the fair will
be pleased and the poultry breed
ers will be pleased in increased
orders for stock.
Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars are sent out of this state
every year for poultry and eggs.
How to keep that money at home
is a vital problem. A good poul
try exhibit at the Fair, by stimu
lating a greater interest in poultry-keeping,
will go a long way
towards solving this problem.
First we want an exhibit that
will appeal to the fancier or breed
er of pure-bred stock; second, we
want an exhibit that will appeal
to the man who is less interested
in breeding exhibition fowls as
he is in practical methods of
poultry culture. A successful
state fair poultry exhibit must
have both. If we can do our
part the poultry buildings will
be crowded with visitors, and
the poultry exhibit will be the
most talked of feature of the fair
after it is over.
An extention to the main poul
try building, 40x75 feet has been
constncted. With this addition
to the display space a larger and
more attractive exhibit can be
made. The main building is be
ing thoroughly renovated and
better lighted and will be devot
ed entirely to chickens, the water
fowl, turkeys, etc. being provided
for in the new building.
mere will De several new
features added to the exhibit
Among them will be a model
poultry house and yard with a
flock of fowls in it. A modern
colony house will house the fowls
and a portable poultry fence will
confine them on green sod in front
of the main building. A nice
flock of some 23 pure-bred fowls
will demonstrate the use of this
house. We would like also to
show as an object lesson a poor
type of a house and yard, with
a mixed lot of chickens of all sizes,
shape and color, such as is fre
quently found in the backyard or
on the farm. If, therefore, some
board of health or sanitary in
spector will condemn a house of
this type and donate it to the
Fair, we will set it up where it
will show by contrast the differ
ence between what it should be
and what it frequetly is not.
It is also planned to have a
dressed fowl exhibit to demons
trate good and poor types of mar
ket fowls and approved method
of dressing, also to show the
market qualities of differet breeds
as table fowl. The plan is to
show side by side well fattened
as well as poorly fattened ones,
and well dressed and poorly
dressed specimens. Specimens
of several of the popular breeds
will be shown dressed. No pro
vision has been made for prizes
for dressed fowl; if this can be
arranged for, announcement will
be made of the fact later.
I hope to send out later more
complete details of the exhibit;
meantime we wish our poultry
friends to do two things: 1 boost
the poultry industry and the
show; 2 look over their flocks
of chickens and their neighbors'
chickens, and let us see what
section of the state can make the
best showing at the State Fair,
Any one wishing a premium
list should write to F. A. Welch,
Secretary State Fair, Salem, Ore
gon. This is a very nice booklet
and contains all necessary infor
mation for intending exhibitors.
Also ask for entry blanks and fill
them out and send to the Secre
tary. If I can furnish you any ad
ditional information, please write
me, addressing me as follows:
James Dryden,
Sup't Poultry Dept State Fair,
Care of O. A. C, Corvallis, Or.
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Nebraska's Governor Is To
Come.
THE MUTUAL INSURANCE CONVENTION
Dr. McLaughlin's Old Home to
be Dedicated at Oregon
City, Sep. 5.
Portland, Oregon, August 9
Governor Shallenberger, of Neb
raska, with his staff, will visit
the Pacific Northwest this month
and will be the guest of Portland
on August 21 and 22. While in
the city he and his party will be
entertained by the Portland Com
merdial Club and every possible
courtesy will be shown the visit
ors. The party will make stops
at other Coast points, including
a stay of five days at the Seattle
Exposition. The trip is made for
the purpose of getting better ac
quainted with the coast and com
ing into closer touch with its
people.
The 14 annual convention of
the American Association of Mu
tual Insurance Companies will be
held in Portland August 17-20.
About 300 delegates from all
parts of the United States will
be in attendance. Delegates from
some of the states will come in
special cars. Oregon mutual in
surance companies have arranged
for, the entertainment of visitors.
Portland and nearby parts of the
state will be shown them and a
trip up the Columbia River will
give them an idea of Oregon
scenery.
Extensive plans are now being
made for the reception and enter
tainment of the Japanese excur
sionists who will visit the north
west during the early part of
September. The party is expect
ed to spend two days in Portland
and they will be extensively en
tertained while here. A reception
committee has been named by
the Portland commercial bodies
that will take charge of the land
of Nippon and see that nothing
is overlooked in making them
welcome. The visitors are very
prominent in the commercial life
of Japan and hope to bring a
bout closer industrial relations
between the two countries.
A famous Oregon pioneer, Dr.
John McLaughlin, will be re
membered on September 5, at
Oregon City, when his old house,
now restored and moved to a pub
lic park will be dedicated. The
grand old man of Oregon, who
did so much for the early settlers
of this state and made personal
sacrifices to assist others, is at
least to have public honor paid
him for his work. September
3rd is the date of his death and
on the following Saturday a me
morial service in his honor will
be held, and the old dwelling,
where he lived for many years,
dedicated as a memorial of his
kindly life. The services prom
ise to be largely attended.
Mrnp prominent Oregonians
are in attendance at the National
Irrigation Congress at Spokane
this week. Governor Benson and
the commercial bodies of the
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