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4A MAIL TRIBUNE, Ma-ford1, Oragon, Tu.idiy, Augiut 19, 1938 County Fair Part Of Tradition The county fair is as much apart of the American tradi tion as barn dancing or base ball. But the county fair is now changing to keep up with the modern American way of life and the Kiwanis sponsored county fair here reflects this trend. The number of farmers has decreased through the years, and many communities have turned to trades other than ag riculture. This event will pick up the traditional role as a "show-window" for the coun ty. The fair will tell the story of forestry, manufacturing, recreation, and many other en terprises as well as agricul ture. Some of the exhibits include such diverse things as a guid ed missile and baby calves as well as the usual new products for farm and home and pro duce of the land. A county fair is only as rep resentative as the people make it, and the Kiwanis event is an attempt to reflect most fac ets of community life in Jack son county. International Trade Fair Is Included In Oregon's Birthday Salem Oregon ir going to have a birthday party in 1959. The stripling state, admitted to the union in 1859, will be gin celebrating on Feb. 14, the admission date, and keep on going well into the fall. Pony express riders will carry the mail again, covered wagons will roll, historical pageants will abound. And the highlight of the whole celebration will be an exposition at Portland, open ing June 10 and lasting a sym bolic 100 days. Part of it will be a two-week international trade fair, with displays from 35 countries a fair which the United States Department of Commerce calls the second most important ever held in the United States. Underlying Feeling And the underlying feeling of the whole celebration is that this is only a halfway house between the fledgling state of yesterday, existing on a colonial, raw-material econ omy, and the industrial giant of tomorrow, now beginning to flex its muscles. The centennial first as sumed definite form in 1957, when the Oregon legislature appropriated $830,000 to get it under way. Plans for the celebration were divided into two sec tions: the historical observ ance, and theexposition and international trade fair, for which an attendance of 8,000,- 000 is forecast 0 CHAMPION SWINE SHOWMAN Willie Debrick, 14, of Central Point, shows a Duroch-Tamworth hog. The picture was taken at the Antelope 4-H pre-fair at the Elbert Big ham farm in the Eagle Point area recently. He will be one of those participating in the Jackson county FFA and 4-H fair. Special Stamp A special commemorative stamp will be issued; citations will be presented seagoing ships as they enter the Co lumbia river; tourist welcome and information booths will be built on the edges of the state. Huge pictures will be drawn in growing flowers on hillsides; ghost towns and mine shafts will re-opened and guided tours will be held through fossil beds in central Oregon. As the crocuses begin to give way to daffodils, a train of covered wagons, drawn by oxen, will begin re-tracing the toilsome trail of pioneers who braved dust, floods, winter stoms, drouth and starvation and attacks, by the Indians who really owned the land. The prairie schooners are scheduled to reach the exposi tion at Portland toward the end of July and form a circle in authentic pioneer style. Pony express riders will Pony Express Riders Pony express riders will thunder down historic trails June 7 through 10, bearing mail and braving mock Indian attacks. They will seek as far as possible to re-live the days when the only communication with remote mining camps in Oregon was provided by pony express riders who charged 50 cents of $1 a letter pay able by the recipient and 3 per cent of the value of treas ure, such as gold dust. Horse men parried the mail in parts of Oregon as late as 1863, Ranchers, Farmers and wn FUTUR FAR I S3 mm &1 "to do fiu SEE the D-4 CATERPILLAR Oil DISPLAY at our YARDS ! Ami bin 1Mfc when the Wells Fargo Express company bought out the last pony express rider of record Twenty-six countries have reserved space at the interna tional trade fair, where dis plays will be viewed and pur chases made by buyers and importers from the western half of the United States. The public actually will be kept out of the trade fair area until noon of each day of the two week fair so that business can be done without interrup tion. The exposition will be cen tered in a 65-acre site with an 11-acre pavilion as its heart the biggest display area under a single roof in the United States. Other buildings are being erected by business firms and associations, and the Northwest Natural Gas company is setting up a $35, 000 towering gas flame. Adventureland Eighteen acres of the site are reserved for Adventure land, the Disneyland of the north, which will combine historic displays and glimpses into the future. The village in which Lewis and Clark win tered on the Oregon coast will be re-created; an authentic log stockade will be built; frontier boom town will be in operation, with trading going forward and maybe gun battles and a mining center in the background; a logging train salvaged from days of yore will carry visitors around the area; a stage coach will roll again and a sawmill will operate while the silent giant of atomic energy works its peacetime wonders A tea house and rickshas will feature the garden of to- morrow, whicn also will be graced by newly-developed flowers from all over the world, as well as native plants and shrubs. The biggest flor al clock in the world, about 30 feet across, will tell the time of day, powered by elec tric clock works as big as desk, while a candle 25 feet tall burns night and day, send ing forth beams quietly sym bolizing hopes and prayers for international good 4will. The candle will be made of candle scraps collected from householders in the Portland area by Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls and melted into the gigantic beacon of good will. Flowers, Shrubs Moved After the exposition is over, the flowers and shrubs will be moved to a site in a Portland park. Near the garden will stand the home of tomorrow, displaying newly - developed gadgets and furnishings un known to tht average house holder in 1959 which will, however, be common in homes of the nation 15 or 20 years hence, Actually, the .underlying motive for the centennial in the minds of most Oregon res idents is a wish to show off their state at a milestone in its development, SHOW QUEEN CARD -Arthur Savard, Medford, left, general chairman of the Ki wanis club sponsored Jackson County Fair, points to a card held by Harry Barker, Savard"s assistant, proclaiming Miss Ameri ca's appearance at the fair this week. Be tween Savard and Barker is Dick Lamont, chairman of the Miss Jackson County pag eant for the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. At right are Art Van Leeuwen, president of the Jaycees, and Gil Gilbert, who is assisting in the project. (Knack stedt photo) 5 HERE'S HOW! 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Arjm -State- your CATERPILLAR dealer Pomona Grange fo Have Fair Exhibit Pomona Grange will be rep resented at the Kiwanis Coun ty Fair by an exhibit depict ing the various agricultural and horticulture segments of the economy of Jackson coun ty, x Delmar Smith, in charge of planning the display on be half of Pomona Grange, said the exhibit would be similar to the one which will repre sent this area at the Oregon State Fair in Salem. Other exhibits include food and textiles, floral arrange ments and land products, fair officials stated. Jackson county exhibitors will be awarded ribbons in the various departments available for open competition. Jersey Club Tells Of Halter Award At County Fair A show halter will be given to the grand champion 4-H Jersey cow at the Jackson County 4-H and FFA fair this year, it was announced today. The Rogue River Jersey club each year gives a show halter for the grand cham pion 4-H Jersey cow at both the Josephine. County fair and the Jackson County 4-H fair, a spokesman explained. As part .of its .salute to youth, program the Jersey club each year also holds a spring show for all youths with a dairy project. It selects a girl every year to act as "Jersey Princess of Southern Oregori" to represent the local club at the state fair Jersey events. - Calf Selection Day The club has held a calf se lection day in the past. This may be revived in the near future, a spokesman said. . Thirty-four registered Jer seys were judged and shown at the Josephine County fair this year by members of the Rogue River Jersey Cattle club. The show, considered the largest in recent years, was judged by Lloyd "Bud" Forster of Tangent, Ore. The senior and grand cham pion cow was exhibited by H. L. McColm of Grants Pass The junior champion female was shown by W. D. Mongold of Eagle Point. He exhibited also the senior and grand champion bull. The junior champion bull was shown by Ed Parsons of Gold Hill. Forster, Jersey judge at the Josephine County fair, also met with the Southern Ore gon Jersey breeders. The corn- ins state Jersey sale to be held in Albany on Oct. 11 was discussed as were prob lems that arise between state and county clubs, it was re ported. Americans Leave ! Amman, Jordan Amman (UPD Thirty - four American dependents will leave Jordan today, the U.S. Embassy has announced. r They . will depart as a re sult of the embassy's warn ing that all wives and chil dren should leave unless they had "compelling reasons to stay." The group was made up entirely of families of U. S. Point Four Aid program officials. BIGGER AND COSTLIER Detroit (LTD The 1959 Cadillac will be larger, lower, more luxurious and more expensive a Cadillac execu tive disclosed Monday. CONSTRUCTION WORK John Caster, secretary of the Crater High school Future Farmers of America chapter is shown working on an axle he is constructing in ,the shop at Crater. Repairing and building farm implements is ' in cluded in the work of FFA chapters, and many of the mem bers in this area plan such exhibits at the 4-H, FFA fair Isle of Ischia, Italy (UPD A dozen Italian tourists took an unexpected plunge into the blue Mediterranean Monday when the gangplank of the Naples-Ischia steamer Isola Di Procida collapsec under their weight. Don't Miss The Aug. 4-11 F.F.A. FAIR 19 Thru 23 EXHIBITS CONTESTS DEMONSTRATIONS Grange Cooperative Supply Central Point NO 4-1261 Ashland MU 5-4021 ft -ftiiF w . k & m m crki a Tip from LITTLE DAISY! DON'T MISS THE . . EMM wmm J-acksm August '19-2Q21-22-23 The fina 4-H Club and Future Farmers of America movements, Instill in boys and girls the finest typo of training in self-reliance, I resourcefulness and sound citizenship. That is why wo urge YOU to lend encouragement to these outstanding youth organizations by attending the fair this week. Another treat at the samo place. And Don't Miss the . , - of the August 21-22-23-24 ,eo,.ring MISS AMERICA IN PERSON! Corns out and see glamourous MISS AMERICA of 1958 ... See colorful and educational exhibits and displays . . . the Miss Jackson County Pageant ... Games and Rides! The Talent Search and Miss Jackson County Pageant will bo produced by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Kiwanians of Medford. Jackson County Service Clubs will operato the concessions. SNIDER DAIRY & PRODUCE COMPANY near the Medford armory.
