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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 13 WASHINGTON STATE FAIR BIG SUCCESS By J. E. Griffin. (Special to Farm Magazine.) of Its Immediate effects was to pre- competition according to the officials EXHIBITORS, racing men and the vent a carrying out of the racing of the fair. The races cost $7300, patronizing public all conceded cards In Canada. Dr. Graves and Dr. and both the racehorse men and the the Washington Stato Fair, held Robert Prior, of North Yakima, to public were Eatlsfied, to such an ex at North Yakima September 21-26, to whom bad been assigned the speed tent that North Yakima has probably be one of the most successful of any department, immediately took advan- won a reputation as the best racing of the Northwest fairs held last sea- tage of the situation and made one city in the Northwest. The $6405 dis son. Not only this, but the Depart- big bet on their Judgment. pensed In livestock premiums is scat- ment of Agriculture, under the dlrec- Had they failed the 1914 deficit tered all over the Northwest and as tion of which the Fair is held. Is would have been as big as the 1913; far east as Iowa. Premiums paid In highly elated at Its success finan- did they win, they might break even, other departments of $469 In poultry, dally, as the fair ended without a The racehorse men all wanted to try $396 In horticulture, $577 in agri deficit, the North Yakima track and ends culture, $213 in dairying, $170 for Knowing ones Interested In fairs were greatly stretched all around to bees, and approximately $960 for have analyzed it and pronounced first give them a chance. They took it arts and crafts, have demonstrated one thing and then another as the and all were satisfied, if the expres- that it is possible to arrange the pre probable cause of the marked sue- sions of the racing men after the mlum list in such a manner as to cess, but in all probability a combin- meeting Is any criterion, for each and get most excellent exhibits for the atlon of circumstances, into which every one left the fair grounds satis- part of the gate receipts which they the element of luck entered, was the fled with bis portion of the $7300 probably earned, or in other words, chief contributing feature. It was cash that was dispensed during the to make each department pay its not luck alone, but good manage- week In prizes. own freight. ment In grasping the opportunities It Is generally conceded that a fair No better weather could have been that presented themselves. of this kind is primarily an educa- asked for, and It actually seemed as To begin with, the 1914 Washing- tlonal institution, but according to if the weather man was holding old ton State Fair had two experienced Secretary J. E. Shannon, two ele- Jupiter. Pluvius back by the bit as fair men at the helm J. E. Shannon, mentss are necessary to make it such. Jong as possible, and then did let of North Yakima, as secretary, who Assuming that the best possible dis- him go with a vengeance, for al had served in the same capacity be- plays are obtained, he argued that it though clouds did appear in the sky fore, and Dr. H. T. Graves, who has was necessary to have something to occasionally during the week, it did been a close observer at all the fairs bring the people to the gates to spend not rain until the Sunday after the of the state for the past five years, in either an official or professional capacity. - A Real Problem. Tlie fair of the previous year, while an admitted success from the stand- point of an exhibition, could hardly ho rlRBprt . a financial .,ccPR. r. . inn ZtJ ?t L LTtTr Si i ?i i ft r fn mJ ul nhutainna & ffc inn?b if ,h f ilJLZl ffiiJS SSP tZKlXn SXZfl l ln.nl I L 1 ft!? , Wenak; en ng It as a state exhibition and aVl lr?klTSh ' up an its accounts, xes, u tne . hitherto" piled up could be cut out altogether At first this did not seem possible, but when a report was submitted to Governor Lister, showing that the major portion of administrative ex penses could be taken care of by the Department if started early, he Is said to have laconically remarked: "We can do better than that," went the Department one better by pledg ing the support of all departments under the chief executive and took it up in person with the Commercial where the roads were badly rutted him, which, indeed, you are. Club and other citizens' organizations an,i a wheel got In, It was hard pull- Better to Borrow, of North Yakima. They liked his (ng j0 get 0ut again and often re- But why follow a plan that you plan; said so with actions, and prom- quired the Ingenuity ot the driver know is working to your own hurt? Ised to take care of all the admlnls- an,i tne strength of the team exerted Wny not borrow the monev need tration work that the Department t0 tneir utmost to get out again. be, and pay that store bill and then could not manage. There is a rut Into which many of re8oive resolutely by the help of God Public Spirit Helps. us farmers fall that is equally as bad an(j tnat jlttie Wife of yours that you Services on the part of public- and often more difficult to pull out Wlll pay as you go? Better to pay 8 spirited men of the Yakima Valley of. I refer to the habit of running a or 10 per cent at tne tank for a tlme were donated, and an advertising store bill. Habit; I say, for when all tnan pay the added profit. Most campaign commenced that thoroughly Is taken Into consideration, most of farmers have sufficient Income at al covered the valley and reached to the us could dispense with the luxury and mogt any ume of the year to meet larger cities. The newspapers of be none the worse off. the most urgent living expense, if North Yakima led the way and the True, a system like ours requires a tney oniy tninh so. Department of Agriculture went to certain amount of credit, and that is There are the cows and chickens work on arrangements so that in a a large amount, but the worst kind of ana perhaps you have some apples very short time preparations far in credit a man can get Is credit at the or potatoes. Make it a rule to bring advance of previous years were un- local stores. In the first place credit it0 town each week as much or a der way. here Is not restricted as it is at the nttle more than you bring out. Then Early in the year an opinion based bank, or other places of business, wnen you geii a buncn 0f st0ck or a upon the large amount of the appro- and the Inevitable result is that some it of hay or grain you have the cash priatlon used by the 1913 fair went "bad" accounts are carried; accounts t0 g0 and get tjje things you have abroad that no fair could be held in that are never paid and for the loss iong wanted, and these wlll seem the 1914, and this was the one big ob- of which the merchant must add to Detter because you had to work hard stacle that the combination working the price of his goods it he is to con- an(j wait patiently to get them, on the fair had to overcome, but tlnue in business. wife and I have agreed that we are preparations went forth so rapidly Then, too, the tendency is to pur- g0ng to puli out 0f the rut, and that that it took but a short time to re- chase things which, while we may 1914 jg going to establish a new rec galn the confidence of the public. and doubtless do need them, we could 0T& for us jn this respect. Of course, Dr. Graves, who formerly was get along without till such time as tnere may De times when It Is hard, Slate Veterinarian, had a hobby for we had the cash to pay for them. In when the demand for the necessities livestock, and thought this was the looking forward to the net result of or ufe jg urgent, but we are going to largest industry represented at any our labors and operations we are apt nead o( that store bill or break a fair, and when he got the chance to to overestimate the returns or to un- trace trying. feature his hobby, took It In good derestimate the expenses, and so the The man who uses $500 worth of measure. Those who know him intl- end of the year finds us where its be- store goods during the year and pays mately claim that he nlso has a ginning found us. In fact, we are 400 on account has reallv been get hobby for trotting races, in place of mortgaging the day after tomorrow tIng credlt on tne $100. Dut he has automobile or running races, so he to pay for the day before yesterday. heen paying the added profit on the bore down hard on these two fea- Valne of Paying Cash. whole account. In other words, for tures, arguing that they were the at- jt B safe to say that the farmer the privilege of this $100 of actual tractions that would uring tne re turns at the gates. The events that have transpired proved he was cor- rect, for wnne tno numuer oi peopie who actually passed through the turnstiles during the past season does not quite reach that of the 1913 fair, everyone connected with the lnstltu- nilmUr, thnf nrlfhmit tllPSA flft- i , V,a 1QU attanri. paruuni ichiulcu ma xux-m mw.iu ance would hardly have been half that of 1913. and reports of other state fairs throughout the country bear out the statement. KffectoMVar. Just about tne time it was aeter- mined that trotting races should be the ieature oeiore me grauuaiuiiu, the powder-keg upon which Europe bad been sitting exploded, and one tueir money. This the races and other entertain- ment attractions were supposed to do, men tne remaining tnmg was to make them take an interest In the displays after their appetites for pieutsure huu ueeu Bausnuu. xuib m- jm , ..ii,j u v ,, . ..... ."" inni ir in inna in tna rnrm nr nnvn nis- Pla'8 never Bhown at falr ,n thia state before' and B( wel1 dld these einlbIta attract that Prtlon ot tne uninterested public to the fruit, veg- etable and other departments, that t s estimated that not a single in- dividual who entered the fair grounds Sncceg9. Approximately $16,500 was spent on premiums and races, every dollar of which brouhtjautjjmaxum Farmers Should Get Out of Rut BY. J. A HART. I HAVE driven teams considerable w and noticed that who allows himself to carry a store un through the year pays an aver- nge 0( q per cent more for the goods he uses than the one who nas tne cagij an(i payg promptly. This Is not ti,0 merchant's fault It is clearly his own or hy patronizing the credit system ha nlaces the merchant under - J .1 1 , I 1 .1 tlm tinnrJJnnn , i. , u TT !- I.. qj wuiung iur ills tasu. xac ttiu in- directly encourages the carrying of men wil0 are not responsible and the consequent loss to the merchant of at least a part of the business done. I Bpeak from experience. For years wo nave ueeu ruumug bmv vmsauu at tne end 01 tne year it nas irequem- iy uucu uiv wuid, uubv had to face to square these. In most other things we have got on a fairly fair closed, and then It rained plenty, Thus in summinK ud the 1914 Washington State Fair, one could be pardoned for suggesting that Dr. Graves wears a rabbit's foot, for with such men as Mayor A. J. Splawn of isortn latuma, UOCtors tiarton ana .. ' nu rnor- OU PWJreuiry j ouaui uu. vsiirin i i a n nraii-stiiart mooh no with the public spirit of the Yakima Valley behind the fair, with the weather man doing his best and with everyone from the Governor to the ticket-takers boosting, what could have happened but a success? It fc true that other fairs have T ? P 0...,, Fa,r ,, -n nn nrrt at. least for being patronized by more people than there are in the customary 7a- mue radius of thefalr grounds. gooa Dusmess oasis ana Dcen auie to meet our obligations with some de gree of promptness, but here we have failed. Your credit is good, the mer chant has the goods for sale and is willing and anxious to sell them to you, ana you need them, too. it s 60 easy to begin and, having begun, you feel you are under obligation to credit he has paid approximately $50 during the year. The bank would only charge him $10 a saving of $40 on tne year s purcnases. But the worst feature of this U that what he loses is nut always the merchant's gain. In fact, tho mer- chant, too. loses by this plan, for he nnnnnt nnu ilia ImMiO. Qa ttemvinHv J ,. uuu tuuaciiucnuj iuucl jjuj muic iui the goods. Moreover, as previously stated, in extending credit to a large number there will always be some who fall to pay. This is the reason that the prices asked by the home waicuaui. v hw vUVl3V, 01 caiaiogue uuuw. iw i vuv j your part to put things on a better basis. You can if you will. PORTLAND'S POPULAR HOTEL Ideally located at Tenth and Alder streets, opposite Olds, Wortman & King's big depart ment store. New, modern and homelike. Courteous treatment. Rates $1.00 and up. Bus meets all trains. M. SEWARD, Proprietor. Manning's Improved Table Lamp . 300 PRICE $6.50 r. Jl. VOUUK, . . 50 Hours' Light to One Gallon of Gasoline. Supplies for All Kinds of Gasoline Lamps and Hollow Wire Systems. H. W. Mannillff L. & S. 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