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About Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1892)
O M PAN Y (INCORPORATED.) Address TILLAMOOk, ORE W. F. D. JONES, Manager, FAIR AND RACES flvso fa aS a as a as 2 OO ? OO I So a so 2 OO 2 OO 2 OO 3 00 6 50 a so 1 7S ¥500 1 fs OO 3 00 3 no a 75 a 75 2 so 4 as Additional Premiums for the Fair. with a 75 4 00 8 50 3 »S a 75 ; To Dairymen One-hundred printed labels for butter kegs, worth $2.00, and will be given by additional premium to the dairyman who xhibits the beat 5 lbs. of butter The Fair Association offers a To Farmers The farmer making the best general display of vegetables as offered bv the Association To Merchants of his goods or wares will receive job-printing of his own selection Those competing scribers to this paper, and the merchants among our advertisers If others wish to give additional premiums, we will publish their _____ Their RequlaltM, How Obtained How Maintain»«!—lload Law». ao4 Boar, One of a series of prize essays on' Sow, •‘Roadmaking and Maintenance,” print C omplete . Litter of pig- 18W> ed in a volume issued under the aus Heaviest hog. pices of the University of Pennsylvania, C lass IV—C hickens . makes the following comparative esti mates for macadam and tel ford roads For the best, Trio Black Spanish, respectively: 1. Running race, tree for all, 600 ” Brown leghorn, “Macadam—One mile, 80 feet wide yards and repeat; purse, $50. and 14 inches deep in center, from 87,000 ” White ” 2. Trotting race, for three-year-olds; ” Plymouth Rocks, to $9,000, according to material and dis- yi mile and repeat; purse, $25. ” Laugsbans, - tance. With a good old foundation it ’’ Wyandottes, would cost $3,500 to $4,000. 3. Trotting race, gentleman’s buggy “Telford—Ono mile, 20 inches deep, ” Buff Cochins, horse, % mile and repeat; entrance $5 to Display of blooded chickens, in layers, with good rolling, ean be make purse. Association will add buggy made for $5,000 to $7,000, according to Pair of turkeys, robe for first horse and whip for last material and distance. On old founda ” ” geese, horse. Horses to have been owned tion it will cost $3,000 to $3,500.” >> ’• ducks, Pekins, three months in Tillamook county, and This writer pronounces the macadam n *» 11 any breed. to be driven bv owners. road “the best and therefore the cheap C lass V. — G rains and G rass . est.” Others maintain the superior merit, 2 nd dav . For the best, as well as cheapness, of the telford sys 4. Pony race, 14 hands or under, 440 Bushel oats, tem. yards and repeat; purse, $20. A perfect road, either telford or mao- ” wheat, 5. Running race for all two-year-olds, adam, or oven of Illinois gravel, can ” barley, % mile and repeat; purse, $25. only be secured by keeping the roadbed Peck timothy, perfectly dry through all seasons, either 6. Running race, free for all, J-i mile ” red-top, by underdrainage or by making the and repeat; purse, $75. ” orchard grass, covering impervious to water and by 7. Best display of lady equestrianship; ” beans, prompt and thorough repaint. Hence Sheaf above grasses, or grains, purse, $7.50. side drainage, culverts, slope and curva ture are of prime importance. 20 lbs honey, 3 rd day . C iass VI—V egetables . J. F. Pope, civil engineer, of Austin, 8. Baseball game; $10 to winning J maintains that a road with a “metaled" For the best, club. surface, either of broken stone or gravel, Two pumpkins, 18 feet wide and 41j' inches at the side 9. Trotting race, free for all, 1 mile ’ ” squashes, to 6}^ inches deep in the middle, can be and ripest; purse, 50. Four heads cabbage, constructed for $1,600 to $2,600 per mils, 10. Running race, free for all, 600 Two ” cauliflower, can bo kept in repair for $100 to $800 a yards and repeat; purse, $50. One-half bushel potatoes, mile per annum and would need resur onions, facing once in four or five years. 11. Running race, free for all, 440 mangelwurtzel, Another writer claims that a good yards and repeat; purse, $25. road with a surface of gravel lnid on ten sugar beets, 12. Potato race, for boys under 15 inches of broken stone, with side drain», table ” years of age; purse, $2 50 can be built for $2,500 to $3,000 per mile. rutabagas, With one side drain and eight inches of RULES. » >> turnips, broken stone, he estimatea the cost at All races best two in three. >> » carrots $1,500 to $2,500 per mile. Entrance fee, 10 per cent oi purse in Peek tomatoes, Dirt roads must for a long time be the all cases, uu e s otherwise stipulated. main dependence of Illinois and other Exhibit vegetables, states, and the best method of securing C lass VII —F ruits . In nil races three to euter and two to thorough drainage and a solid track will For the best, start are required. continue to bo discussed in road conven Exhibit apples, No money will be given for a walk tions and the press. The attention the jiears, over. subject is attracting is a promising omon peaches, for the future. One of the reforms Running races will be conducted ac plums, needed, and that will eventually be cording to ths rules of the Pacific Blood grapes, reached, is the regulation of the width Horse Association; trotting races, accord of tires of vehicles according to weight blackberries, ing to the rules of the Natioual Trotting of the load, thus preventing the cutting an 1 best varieties of Greatest Assoriatiou. a up of roads as now. apples, In races for less than }* mile, the dis Next to construction a question ot C lass VIII.—F ixiwkrh . prime importance is that of care and tance flag shall be ninety feet. Best exhibit of houss plants, 2 50 maintenance. Unsystematic methods, All purses shall be divided, to win. C lass IX—F ancy W ork . work performed at improper season» and ner, and to second For the best, absolute neglect are the liano of anyroad In the 1 mile trotting race, if the race Bible cushion, 25 system. Some of the most important does not fill, any horse entering and trot Fancy basket, 25 rules may lie briefly summarized as fol ting in 2:40, or better shall he entitled to Needle book, • 25 lows: First—Make all needed repairs prompt» the purse. Lamp mat, 25 ly and at proper seasons. Watch case, 25 A omission F ee :—25cts per dayjchild- Second—Wet weather is the moat fa Pin cushion, 25 vorable for repairing or resurfacing a ren from 8 to 15 years, 15cts. Lady ’ s collar, 25 macadamized roadway. PREMIUM LIST. Tidy, woisted or cotton, 25 Third—Keep drains clear. C lass I.—H orsks . Pillow sham«, 25 Fourth—Remove mud and dirt and A.—Draft Horses. E<lging, 25 do not allow puddles or ruts on a hard For the best. Infant's Skirt, 25 rood. Fifth—In making repairs see that the Stallion, 3 years old or upward, $5 00 Apron, 25 macadam is of proper size and evenly 1 50 Crochet work, greatest variety, 1 00 distributed. »» I »» >> >» 1 50 Lady’s Skirt, 1 00 A most valuable treatise on the sub Medal to stallion which has Ironed Garment, 25 ject of “Road Legislation for the Amer been entered, showing five best l’atch-work, quilt, 2 00 ican State," by Professor J. W. Jenks, colts of auy age. Crazy quilt, 1 0 of Knox collego, at Galesburg, Ills., read For the best, Display of fancy needle work, 1 00 before tho American Economic associa Span of draft mares, tion in May, 1889, is printed iu the pub- C lass X.—W orks or A rt . lications of the association (volume 4) for ” " ” horses, For the best, that year. In that ]>aper the author Walking team, draft horses, Oil painting, on canvas in I points out very forcibly the wasteful Horse Colt, by side of dam, fr m-, 1 00 ness of the present system of unim Brood Mare, 3years or upward, Oil painting on wood, 75 proved roads of this state. Professor »» » 2 ” ” ” Water color in frame, 75 Jenks estimates the-cost of the present 99 99 j >» 99 99 Pencil sketch from nature, 75 defective system to the people of Illi Mare colt, by side of dam, Crayon ” 75 nois at nearly fifteen and a half mil B.—Thoroughbreds. lions annually, and the depreciation in reumansbip, boy under 16, 50 For the best, the value of the farms of the state at ” girl ” ” 53 Stallion, 2 years old or over, $180,(XX),000. In practice it has been Moss wreath, 50 found in New Jersey and other states »• 1 11 » a C lass XL—M iscellaneous . where an improved system of highways Mare of auy age, Dairy, household manufactures, made has lieen adopted that tho appreciation C.—Trotting Bred Horses. in tho value of real estate has been from by exhibitor. For the best. 25 to 50, and in some cases even 100 per For the best, Stallion of any age, Five lbs fresh butter; 3 50 cent. As a prerequisite for the sys Mare ” ” ” tematic improvement of the American ” ” new cheese, 50 Horse or mare, 8year-old, road system Professor Jenks proposes: Brown bread, 50 »» 99 »» 2 ” »» First—The abolition of toll roads with »» 99 99 j 99 99 Hop yeast bread, 50 due regard to the rights of owners. Yeast biscuit, 50 Second—The classification of all roads Colt by side of dam, Assortment cake, 5 kinds, 1 00 with reference to relative importance. NoTK.—Stallions or mares exhib (He would divide them into three claenes: Exhibit of preserved fruits, in ited as thoroughbreds must be ac quart and half-gallon jars, 2 00 ' 1. The important thoroughfares—to be companied by affadavit of ow ners, controlled by tlie county authorities. 2. Exhibit of canned fruit in showing that they are such . Connecting roads to the above and prin quart and half-gallon jars, 2 00 Stallions exhibited in the trotting cipal feeders—to be supported by the Exhibit of jellies iu jelly cups, 1 00 towns, but under control of the county class, must be accompanied by Rag carpet, 50 authorities. 8. Local roads—controlled pedigree »worn to by owner. Pair woolen socks, 50 and managed by town authorities.) C lam IL—C attle . Third—County boards to classify roads ” ” Stockings, 50 For the best, Display millinery, 1 00 and determine the amount to be ex Bull, Roan or Red Durham, Exhibit cabinet work, 2 00 pended on the first claw; also the amount Cow, ’• ” ” to l>e raised by the townships. Display of printing, Medal Fourth—The employment of .pr~ Polled bull, »» >» photographs, ” ” Cow, Prettiest baby, 1 year old or Jersey bull, nuder, Silver Medal ” cow, full blood or graded. G eorge C ohn , A. P. W iison , Bull of any kind or breed, President, Secretary. Cow for butter, Diploma. N ote .—Test, for butter to be de cided by actual production of butter Varieties of Applet. There are dereribed by various writ during fair week, made under di er» ns having been nt some time growing rection of the Superintendent. in America-all of which have had For the best. names given to tlieai—some 2 000 Beef Steer, any age, varieties of apples A. a matter ” ” 2 year obi, ot fact, no apple mniel fron) *» »» j »• exactly like it. parent Every " Calf -«d ing apple has, therefore, an in Beef animal, any age, either aex divKhmhty of it. own. to a greater or Yoke of work cattle, I«» degree The manner in which na Trained yoke of yearlings or ture affects this variation has never vet under, broken by boy 15 years old or under, P rogramme 1 Ÿ'OO »1 v> « so 1 so I 40 1 40 XX XX « 50 ■ SO 1 50 2 OO 5 »° ■ 75 J OO 1 and P remium L ist C lam III—S heep , G oats axd H ogs . A.—Sheep. For the beet,
