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POULTRY SHOW
DRAWS CROWD
Fourth Annual Exhibit Most
Successful of Any f
Poultry, Guinea rigs. Pigeons, Bil
gian HareH, Ktc, Make MoHt
IntereHting Variety.
Class! That iH the word. The
Fourth Annual Poultry show of the
Oregon Poultry and Pet Stock associa
tion, held in Portland, December 9-14,
wbh the best yet. It was the most in
teresting and most successful ever held
in the state.
The entries wero very large. About
1500 birds were shown, and nearly 250
individual exhibitors had birds for
scoring and prizes. Heisdes chickens,
which were shown in 33 classes, there
were some fancy stock, Guinea pigs,
pigeons, P.elgian hares, etc. The ap
pliances exhibits were also exceptional
ly good and a study of them was well
worth while to jioultrymen and those
interested in the business. Modern
coops, up to date feuding apparatus
and all sorts of foods -and remedies
were shown.
The Plymouth Rocks were most nu
merous of any single class. In the
Rock section there was a really remark
able collection of cockerels the larg
est and best ever gathered in the
west, and the birds were particularly
nne. Entries were maue lrom every
purt of Oregon and Washington was
well represented. Birds from Idaho
were also present, and California
too, .had representatives. Following
the Rocks, the Wyandottes were per-t
haps next in number. Then came'
the Leghorns, and then the Rhode
Island Reds and Orpingtons. The
showing of games was not as heavy as
in some past years, but the represen
tatives of both pit games and the big
Cornish birds was fair. There was not
a large representation of Minorcas
either, but excellent birds, both black
and white were on exhibition. Among
the Mediterranean group the Anconas
and Andaluians were noted. A good
showing of Hamburgs, too, was noted
For the first time in a Portland show
the Sicillian Buttercups have been
entered. This is a new breed. The
combs are cupped, and supposed to re
semble the flower for which the birds
are named. These birds are Mediter
raneans, and appear to be larger than
most of this group. They are of gold
en plumage with a peculiar dark mot
tling,. Their owners claim a heavier
bird, a better meat and quicker growth
than any other fowl in the group, and
a very large egg production. They
are attracting no little attention
'among the lovers of new breeds, and
they are handsome In bearing and
plumage.
H. H. Collier, of Tacoma, has the
scoring of the American breeds, in
cluding the Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode
Island Reds, etc.
Judge Miller Purvis, of Windle,
Idaho, scores the Mediterranean birds.
Many fine birds were entered in the
show a year ago, and it is a matter of
doubt if this year shows any finer
birds from an individulal standpoint;
but, on the other hand, the entries were
J.-nrxl itiw, Mnult'-Comb Buff U-ithurn Hen. 2. Cal-Or-Wa." Barred Plymouth Hock Hen
ownwl liy II. K Kwny. Kukdiic. Or.; an indicated by namo, winner lat yfar in California, Oregon
and WoBhinirtnn. 8. Kirt I'rini Shurlo-Cnmb Buff Leghorn dck. 4. 4jokin Penciled Hamburg
Ox-k, owned by J. V. r'orben. 6. iolden Penciled Hamburg Men, owned by J. K. Forbes. 6. "Koy-
m.j, iiu.ii niuiun i.uuiu voca. recently oruugru irom JventucKy ny rump Beck, oil'ortland.
larger this season, and the grade of
birds on the whole higher; there were
fewer birds of inferior appearance,
and competition was verv keen and
close.
Attendance was very good, and a
notable influx of school children is one
of the most encouraging' signs the
management has observed. The edu
cational value of poultry exhibitions
was considerable from an intensely
practical standpoint.
The accommodations were excellent.
and the room at East First and Morri
son streets was large and well venti
lated. .
Twenty-five silver cups, as well as
the Page trophy and many articles of
beauty and value, were given as
special premiums and sweepstkes.
Following is a partial list list of
prizes awarded :
' S. C. White Leghorns Cockerels,
first, Industrial Poultry Plant, Rich
field, Wash.; second, H. S. Carter,
Salem, Or.; third, R. J. Raney, Van
couver, Wash.; fourth, W. B. Brown,
Sellwood, Or.; fifth, J. P. Hall, New-
berg, Or.
Brown Leghorns Cocks, first, War
ren Gray, Jelferson, Or. ; second, W,
F. Lethim, Hillsboro, Or. Cockerels,
first and second, Warren Gray; third.
fourth and fifth, Joe Saunders, Hflls-
boro, Or. Pullets, first Joe Saunders;
second and third, Warren Gray;
fourth, Joe Saunders; fifth, Sorenson
Bros., Gresham, Or.
White Wayndottes Cocks, first, J.
A. Griffin, Eugene, Or. ; second, R.
J.' Hamilton, Metzger, Or. ; third, C.
II. Chrisman, Portland; fourth, D. N.
Lash, Portland; fifth, Harry V. Marx,
Portland. Cockerels, "first, A. J.
Longtine, Portland; second, R. J.
Hamilton; third, D. W. Kelley, Port
land; fourth and fifth, Harry V. Marx.
Black Minorcas Cocks, first, L. H.
Baker, Portland second, A. W.
Parks, Portland. Cockerels, third,
Sorenson Bros. Pullets, first and sec
ond, L. H. Baker. Hens, first, L. H.
Baker.
White Minorcas Hens, first, Co
lumbia Poultry Yards, Portland.
White-Faced Black Spanish All
awards to E. J. Hufford, St. Johns,
Or.
Silver Spangled Hamburgs Cocks,
first, Walter Roswurm, Forest Grove,
Or. ; second, Mrs. E. C. Fety, Port
land. Walter Roswurm took first,
second and third for cockerels, hens
and pullets.
Blue Andalusians Cockerels, sec
ond, Sorenson Bros., who also took
first for hens and pullets. E. M.
Hurd, of Portland, took second
pullets.
NEW ROAD MEASURE URGED
Lane
County Grange Will Work
for Road Patrol.
Springfield At the last meeting of
the Pomona grange of Lane county a
resolution to be presented to the
county commissioners, asking them to
take und.er advisement the suggestion
of a county road patrol, waa unani
mously adopted and a committee ap
pointed to present it to the court.
The resolution says "that experi
ence in several American states dem
onstrates that a systematic road pa
trol, by sections, for road repair work
wherever needed at the time when it is
needed and when it can be done most
economically, is the only satisfactory
method of keeping roads in usable con
dition, and the county court would
seem, under the law, to have full
power to adopt and put in - practice
patrol system, sectioning the road
therefor and placing in charge of each
section some person, whether super
visor or other employe, whose duty it
shall be to inspect his section of road
at frequent intervals and make repairs
which may be called for at any time.'
INDUSTRIAL BODY IS RICH
W ashmgton Commission Report
Shows $316,000 in Treasury.
Oympia Since the state industrial
law went into operation in October of
last year, there have been 228 acci
dental deaths in hazardous occupations
covered by the act. In 133 cases pen
ns were awarded to dependents.
One hundred and four men were killed
in lumbering and milling, and employ
ers have automatically paid $403,000
into the state fund. Claims have been
paid to injured lumber workers and
dependents of $289,000, and there has
been set aside in reserves $114,000 to
meet pensions. The next greatest
death loss was in the coal mining in
dustry, with 21 fatalities.
In all, the commission has collected
$1,200,000, has paid out in claims
$600,000, has set aside reserves on
claims already approved of $284,000
and has a cash balance of $316,000.
for
Bandon Women Plan Club.
Bandon, Or. At a well-attended
meeting of the women of Bandon it
was decided to form a woman's aux
iliary to the Bandon Commercial club.
Mrs. L. P. Sorenson read to the meet
ing an article from the Oregonian on
commercal clubs for women, which
reading did much to enthuse those
present. A box factory is being built
near here by George Geisendorfer. The
bulk of the boxes will be spruce. All
modern machinery is being installed
and the factory will be one of the most
up-to-date on the Coast.
Rain and Snow Aid Wheat.
Davenport, Wash. November, as
observed by the station at Davenport.
had a mean temperature of 36.9 de
grees, which is five and a half degrees
warmer than the mean for the same
month in 1911. Rain or light snow
fall on 13 days of the month netted
2.42 inches of water, every particle of
which went into the ground and aided
greatly in bolstering the winter wheat
already sprouted. In November of
1911 the rainfall was 1.8 inches,
brought on by the heavy snow3 of
that month.
School Children's Fair Organized.
Orenco B. W. Barnes, county superintendent-elect;
S. S. Duncan, su
perintendent of Yamhill county; W.
T. Macey, president of Yamhill county
school fair association, and M. Mc
Donald, president of the Oregon Nur
sery coumpany, were the speakers at
an enthusiastic meeting here recently
to organize the Orenco School Chil
dren's Fair association. Fifty adults
have already joined and 80 of the
school children. All are enthusiastic
and a splendid fair next year will no
doubt be the result.
Signal System Nears Completion.
Centralia The new block signal
system being installed between Taco
ma and Portland by the Northern Pa
cific will be ready for use between
Centralia and Little Falls by Saturday.
The system between Centralia and
Tenino will be ready within ten days.
Rails for Eugene-Coos Bay.
Eugene Material for the Willamette-Pacific
line from Eugene to Coos
Bay began to arrive this week, and al
ready there are nine carloads of steel
for the bridge across the Long Tom
river and for streams farther to the
west. Track-laying, however, will
not begin until the weather becomes
settled. "No rails will be laid at
present, " said W. R.Fountain, engi
neer in charge, "owing to the soft
condition of the grade, and we have
not enough rails on hand to begin the
work." 1
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