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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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 . , -
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,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.