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A Christmas Surprise
you haven't liked or changes you
Bhould like made get your stock and
have a voice in the policies of the
association.
Morrow County has the products,
hich if rightly shown will make an
exhibit worth going miles to see.
With this as a foundation and the
booster spirit of live people to
build with there Is no reason why we
cannot make the Morrow County fair
the magnet with a drawing power
that reaches the Inland Empire and
an argument to strong that many
will become convinced of the oppor
tunities still open here and remain
to become in turn strong boosters
for Morrow County and "OUR
FAIR."
Sale of Timber oa the
Santiam National Forest
THE GAZETTE-TIMES, KEPPXEB, OREL, THUISDAT, DEC. 18, 1919
lit MORROW COUNTY FAIR WILL
LARGE UNDER PROPOSED STOCK COMPANY
Bjr F. R. Brown, Secretary of the
Morrow County Fair Board.
The Morrow County Fair as it has
been for the last five years would
hate been more correctly named had
It been called the Annual Harvest
Carnival or some similar name. It
has been, In fact, little more than an
annual carnival or three day picnic.
It has furnished the people of the
County an opportunity fur getting
together, visiting and enjoying them
selves. There have been times dur
ing the past five years when the ex
hibits entered have, perhaps. Justi
fied the title of County fair but for
the greater part It has been little
mora than an exhibit of garden and
orchard products.
Although livestock raising Is one of
the principle Industries of our Coun
ty, the showing made at most of the
fairs has been decldely weak. One
of the main reasons for this is inad
equate buildings.
Stockmen cannot be expected to
bring valuable animals to expose
them to the weather, the risk of in
Jury and poor care which must go
with temporary sheds such as have
been provided in the past. Under
these conditions it has not been pos
sible for the County fair to take a
leading part in the development of
the livestock industry.
The wool and grain exhibits have
been made up largely by one person
going out, collecting, preparing them
for show, and placing them in the ex
hibit hall. Thus while they repre
sent the best stuff In the County they
could not be looked upon as a fair
representative of what is produced In
the County. In a section where two
of the principle Industries are woo.
and wheat there should be keen com
petition for the first prize. This, as
a rule has not been the case In the
past. Many of the best growers are
more or less Indifferent towards the
competition and have made little or
no efforts to enter their products in
competition with that of their neigh
bors. The producers of wool can find
many lessons In an exhibit. In very
few products in Its history as
well written as appears In a fleece
of wool. Close observers can Bee
where the sheep had been poorly
fed, another place in the wool shows
where the sheep has been improper
ly housed, while breeding is plainly
shown In every fleece. The wool
grower ought to find at the County
fair the extra quality fleeces and
learn how they were grown.
The wheat grower has not found
the samples of wheat especially help
ful and has gone on year after year
thinking his sample of mixed wheat
is Just as pretty and Just as valuable
as that of the other follow who has
' kept his seed pure. The entries of
threshed grain have been such that
the visitor would be Justified. In think
Ing this was not such a wheat scc
lon as reports indicated.
The one section' of the fair which
has always brought more competition
than any other one department is
that of the fruit and vegetables.
In this department there has always
been a keen rivalry for individual
honors. The result has been that
visitors at the fair are always pleas
antly surprised at the variety and
quality of the garden and orchard
products which can be produced in
this County.
Although not a fruit county the ex
hibits have always compared favor
ably with that of other fairs. Op
portunity has also been offered for
the community making a specialty
of those products to advertise its
products.
The ladles' division has genorally
been one of the prominent foutures
of the exhibit hall. The showing
made In this division would be a
rrertit. to anv fair and has always
affordod an opportunity for the ladles
of the county to spend many pieasani
hours in comparing the various ar
ticles placed on exhibition.
There has been little variation in
the amusements and entortuinment
features during the five years of the
County fair. With grounds entirely
too small to care for even the ordin
ary sports and entirely unsulted for
holding horse races and similar
sports, the entertainment features
have consisted almost entirely of
band concerts, dancing, and the us
ual street carnival features. Each
year the fair board has presented
some free entertainment features
such as airplane flights, and acroba
tic stunts. Naturally with little to
offer for the entertainment of the
visitors our fair has drawn very few
outside of the County and many with
in the county spend only one day on
the grounds and feel that there Is
nothing to Induce them to return a
second or third day.
In spite of the many handicaps It
is generally agreed that the Mor
row County fair has been very suc
cessful. In addition to furnishing
the people of the County a real play
time it has been an important factor
in stimulating interest in the Count
ty's products. Credit must be given
the County fair for showing to the
outside Counties and to the entire
Northwest some of the possibilities
of our own county. At the time the
first fair was held the people of Ore
gon generally, and to those living
west of the mountains particularly,
Morrow County was little more than
a name. Few people outside of the
County itself and perhaps a few ad
Joining counties realized the wonder
ful possibilities for development that
were open in this County. Dating
almost from the time of the first
Morrow County fair we find an In
creasing interest in Morrow County
and Morrow County industries. Each
year the products from Morrow Coun
ty are taken to the State fair and
have been able to hold their own In
open competition with the other
counties, In fact, the record of the
Morrow County products at the State
fair and Land Products shows has
been a very": enviable one.
The time has come, however, when
our County fair has outgrown its
present grounds and has reached the
limits of ltB developments under the
present plan. If it is to continue
to play a leading part in the develop
ment .of our Industries it must bo
carried out on a larger and more
comprehensive scale. If the Morrow
County fair is to take the lead in en
couraging better livestock it must
provide suitable grounds and build
ings for the showing of much live
stock. It must Bet its standard tar
ahead so that as the county develops
the County fair will still be the lead
ing factor in blazing new paths and
encouraging progress along the var
ious lines prominent in the county.
New kinds of entertainments and
sports must be provided in the future
so as to get away from the old rut in
which we have been traveling for the
past five years. Good clean whole
some sports are necessary if we are
going to keep the interest of our own
people and draw from thoBe outside
our County.
The entertainment features must
be such as will furnish amusement
for everyone. Such as will allow the
crowd to leave the grounds looking
forward to the next day and Its pro
gram. Such that we will want to In
vite friends from outside the County
to share our good times. And such
that the finish of the last event will
find us tlrod and happy but enthus
iastic over the Morrow County fair.
One of the first changes necessary
to Improve our fair is to get a larger
number actually interested In it see
ing that It Is made a success. Anoth
er Is to place it on a definite basis
so it can be run in a business like
manner. Ana a intra important me
tor is adequate grounds. The peo
ple of Morrow County can etfffect
these changes by forming a Joint
Stock association, buying new
grounds where a good race track
can be maintained and then put up
permanent buildings. Plans tor this
are already underway and shortly af
ter the beginning of the new year
the residents of Morrow County will
be given an opportunity to boost for
our fair by subscribing to stock in
the association.
If you have enjoyed the County
fair In the past, and believe In It as
an Institution Just remember that
with your help it can be made better
Btill. It there have been features
Seventy million feet of timber on
the Breitenbush River within the
Santiam National! Forest has Just
been put up for sale by the District
Forester. This is the largest tract
of National Forest timber to be put
on the market for several months
in this dlstict of the Forest Service.
The timber lies oa both sides of
the Breitenbush River a short dis
tance above Detroit, Oregon, large
ly within the drainage of two small
creeks known as Canyon and Hansen
Creeks. The tract contains sixty
million feet of Douglas fir of med
ium size and fair quality, and about
nine million feet of sugar and west
ern white pines, noble fir, western
red cedar, hemlock and silver fir.
The minimum prices named In
the invitation for bids are $1.60 per
M board feet for Douglas fir, noble
(Ir and cedar, $3.00 for the pines and
J0 for the other species. The tim
ber is full nature and, like a erop,
is ripe for harvesting.
Since the Breitenbush River is a
tuvorite for fishermen and vacation
ists, the contract for the sale of the
timber will contain special stipula
tions to prevent the logging opera
tions from marring the natural beau
ty of the banks of the stream or des
troying all the splendid virgin forest
which the scenic road sometime to
be built up the north bank of the (lv-
tr will traverse.
It is the established policy of the
Forest Service In granting permits
to log nature within the National
Forest to do so with the least pos
sible injury to the natural beauty of
these localities which may be visited
by tourists and recreatlonists, that
the National forests may attract tour-
is'.s snd function as National play
grounds.
A
There has nevef been a better
chance for an eastern Oregon boy to
win an appointment to West Point
or Annapolis than there will be this
month, at the competitive examina
tion being held for Congressman N.
J. Sinnott by the U. S. Civil Service
on December fifteenth in the fol
lowing eight cities:
Baker Lakeview
Bend Ontario
Klamath Falls Pendleton
La Grande The Dalles
Congressman Sinnot writes us that
he will have an opportunity to des
ignate from the successful candidates
at this examination two cadetships
and four alternateshlps tor 1920 va
cancies In the Military Academy and
tor the Naval Academy he will have
the designation of three principals
and nine alternates. These designa
tions will be made on the basis of the
grades made in the competitive ex
aminations held at the post office in
the eight cities named beginning at
9 o'clock A. M. December 15th.
Those who compete for the Mili
tary Academy will be examined in
the following subjects:
Algebra: Covering ground of first
year high school Algebra.
Geometry: Covered by first five
books of Wentworth or Hills Plane
and Solid Geometry.
Grammar and Compositions Cover
ed by eighth grade grammar school
work, also composition of one hun
dred words on one of two given subjects.
United States History: Covered by
eighth grade school histories, such as
Barnes, Montgomery or simitar
works.
General History: Covered by any
high school history, such as Myers,
Swlnton, Barnes, or similar works:
including Ancient, Mideval and Mod
ern History and English History
from 106$ to 1800.
Candidates for the Naval Acad
emy will be questioned on Algebra
Geometry, Grammar and Composi
tion and United Slates History, as
above, and In addition on the two fol
lowing subjects:
Geography: Covered by any eighth
grade school geography.
Arithmetic: Covered by any eigh
th grade school arithmetic. Prob
lems, in fractions, decimals mensura
tion, percentage, interest and propor
tion. Time allowed for Military academy
examination five and a halt hours,
tor naval Academy, six and a quarter
hours, or for combined examinations
seven and a half hours.
tA Senator's Lunch.
Being addressed by a smirking head
waiter as "Senator," means nothing
to the gsy life of Senator McCumber
of North Dakota.
Instead of dining at the senate res
taurant, where senatorial dignity and
flitting white-apron garbed waiters
predominate, when night sessions pre
vent him from going home, the sena
tor repairs to a nearby cafeteria, col
lects tray, napkin, knife, fork, spoon
and other Implements of table war
fare, nestles his liver and bacon and
other seasonal delicacies on the tray,
walks over to a table and lays out
kls spread.
BUY YOURSELF A
XMAS PRESENT
and something that will be a gift to the entire
family as well.
A Creek and Grain Ranch, 827 Acres, two
miles from town. Price $35.00 per acre.
I have a number of good buys for a short time
in alfalfa, wheat and grazing land.
Now is the opportune time to buy Morrow
county land. It will never again
be as cheap.
With Greetings of the
Christmas Season
Roy V. Whiteis
GREETINGS
rTO MY MANY PATRONS
of the past year and all the
years I take this time to thank
one and all for their kindness.
My. best wishes go out to you
for a Very Merry Christmas
and a Most Happy and Pros
perous New Year.
Oscar ROtto
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