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CHERRY FAIR SPECIAL EDITION
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CHERRY CITY OP Till? WOULD, AUGUST 0, 1908.
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SALEM'S MIDSUMMER
FAIR AND CARNIVAL
ry. Black Tartarian, Yellow Spaa
Ish, Royal Anno( Napoleon Blggar?
can) English Morcllo, French'
Beauty, a dwarf bush cherry from
Canada, and others from Turkey,
Asia, Africa and Japan But It 1?
a notablo act that Western Oregon
hns originated five of tho best va
rieties In tho world which were ex
.. nrtif it IT 11 r l r n i U,CB i" mo worm wuicn wore ex-
f lure tiis Willamette Valley Fruit Growers Compete m&- t the cherry Fair-the
nt v n' l."'E J-iuiuuuii, iiuaKiiis, waiur
ior auver moving wips ana rnzes
Valued at Thousands
for 40 or 50 years were astonished
at tho showing mado UiIb year. Frijit
growers themselves were surprised
at tho display. Tho cherry has made
its homo with us and developed to
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PAVILION CONTAINING CHERRY AN FLOWER KXinHlTH AT THIRD ANNUAL SALKM CHERRY FAIH AND CARNIVAL.
A Story of O"tgon Life.
From tho cherry orchards- to the
Cherry Fajr from tho harvest field
to the annual show of horticultural
pride the display of achievement
by eo!1, cllmnto and brains- Is n
ry pretty etory of Oregon lite.
The Capital Journal will try to tell
Ulna special edition devoted to this
itagle fruit.
The Clierry Fair In all Its glory
Becdi to bo seen to bo appreciated
It comes In the middle of July, In
the radiance of rummer when tho
hUli'dos arc golden with rlponlnfr
(!a fields, when the oaks nnd Art!
vetr their richest llverloi of olive,
udtbo fl-st palo blue mists hnng on
the mountains.
It Is the most gloriouB time of
the year. People generally havo not
ret cono to tho soashoro or tho
nonnUlns. Cherries ripen with tho porfection. Varietica havo corao ,to
Filn and hay harvest. Aftor theluB from all pr.rtn of the word and
berry corpo aro mostly harvested havo been improved. Now varieties
ome tho cherries. After haying, havo boon originated hero, and othor
entt'ng the grain and gathering tho now kinds are coming on that will
ekerrlM, thoro is a vacation period surpass anything wo now have. Tho
mtll prunes and apples and poarn cherry product is a suprlso in its
a Batteredr---- -u -" , . .magnitude andr perfection. Tho por
Dut tho Chorry Fair grows In 1m- fectlori of our soil and climato and
portanco as on' annual festival be-1 weather conditions makes tho per
eeuse of Its mld-iummor opnortuno- j feet cherry crop. Tho trees nro ono
m'. Tho people nro ready for a ' waving mass of whito plumea in
frolic, a show, a carnival The; blossom tlmo. Tho blooms ' open
rant to show tholr choicest chorrlos. . early and gently and stay open wldo
City and country unlto in tho ex- tor wooks. Thus the porfect fortlll
tlbt. Everybody can havo a tree' nation that produces tho porfect
el cherries nnd ench ono thinks ho cherry is accomplished by air nnd
hu the finest ovor grown. Tho insect. Thoro nro seldom cold,
malt It a fruit display at which dashing rains to. wrbIi off all the had 28 crates. Polk 20, aud Wasco
wrei of cllver cups aro offered, pollon. Thoro r.ro seldom untlmoly 25, Marlon county turnod out hun-
the trophies at Salem this year ng- frosts to intorforo with tho crop. It dreda of crates, nnd tho Individual
perfection of this most delicious of
all s-u-ncld fruit marks this, the
center of tho Wlllametto valley, a
tho center of tho cherry industry'
Tweiity-flvo miles in ovory direction
you travel through chorry orchards.
Tho .traffic in cherries Is in Its in
fancy. It ha not reached tho per
fection of tho fruit. When It does
this region will bo covered Bovoral
'houa and Black Republican. What"lccp w,lh g0,d4 P'""' N,ftturo ha
wo may do need not surprise anyone J hown ua t s ho can do. It s
j up to man to find ways to get this
I delicious fruit .to the watering mouth
of tho world hungry for dollclous
Marion Did Not Compete.
It would be impractical to de
scribe all ihe Individual exhibits.
Tho county oxhlblt3 nro not so num
erous but equally largd In oxtont.
Tho fruit Is put up In 20-pound
fruit. Dried, fresh, canned, pickled,
marosclnocd, candled, nnd Bhrcdded
cherries with tho fames of tho Chor
ry City on their ruby lips Bhall carry
our reputation . to the ends .of the
SMUTS AND SOUNDS OF
ORIENTAL MAGNIFICENCE
Parades Display floral Wealth and Matchless Enter
prise of Citizens-Nature's lost Lavish .
Display of Colors
Carnival Slghta nnd Sounds.
Bights and sounds .of tho Chorry
Fnlr romlnd one of tho musical life
of Egypt as described in Qoorga
Hltchen'fj book "Tho Garden of Al-
boxes, each having four compart-'world, and bring back the harvest of
tnonts, this being tho commercial golden shekels,
packago, and nlao in two-pound Tho cherry produces moro fruit to
paper cartons. Tho display of thcHo tho -tree at any ago and begins to
bpxes, In long tiers of rows, with bear tho next year aftqr .it la sot
alternating oquaros of brilliant col
oring, constitutes a fruit display
that Js.Blmply dnizllng to.the eye. "
Let ue glance at tho county 'ex
hibits. Marlon county does not on
lab." From tho blare of mega
phones, the national airs .played by
the smartly-dressed military band,
tho weird conxlng strains and tom
torn beaten In Chlna homes, the
orcheftrnu in the to n't b1ioVb, the
shrill screechlngs of venders of mu
Blcal.anduimnuB'eal animal. toyir, the
hoarso bellowing of fakirs, all
renders tho nlr livid of sound and
pungent of aroma. Early In the
day tho rtroots aro crowded with a
gay well-drojsod throng, In a land
rcwtlng nearly $1500. City ant'
country meet In common rivalry.
Adjoining counties put tin exhibits
d offer prizes. It is tho summor
i hrtest homo whero tho ontlro Wil-
I lunette valley participates nnd gives I
P to merry-making for tho threo
Jt and nights.
Sights In tho Orchard.
G out Into a cherry orchard at
iU teason. and you ston Into n
der:and of beauty. Tho highly
Pirated boII under foot Is rich and
ll0W, with nlnntv nt mnUhiro
lt below the Burfaco. Tho tree
t Covered w til irllqtonlni- mnin
'se. Bhlnnlng out of their ver-
" re the rich red and yellow, tho
'k blood red and black cherrlei -'
J1 Anne, Ding, Lambert, Lato I
t. Dlack Republicanall as
Jwi, yea, thousands of pounds to
J, rr Through ho trees In all !
"WI0C are the ernln nnlfln fho
rfnn? and uninilt nri,i .,nin
I - -....b M..14 Ul'l'iv III"
. . Uat, yellow stubble flek
out. It Is bo heavy a producor that
it will not boar much prunnlug or
Cultivation .that, is arxoneoua. The.
perfect, balance of tho snp clrcula
tlon br cuttlnR off roots or branches.
tor Into this competition, as It Is not by atlrring tho soil too much, oven
considered fair for tho homo county breaking off a limb, or wounding the
of tho chorry show to compete with bark on tho trunk ofton starts a treo
neighboring counties that suffor tho! to blooding and dying. Cool covorj whero want Is unknown and bog
hnndlcapo of hnvlng to Bhip their crops, wntor carried In tllea undor , gars aro unsucn. .
exhibits long dlstnnces. In oxtont noath tho treo, and surface dressings j At night tho myrlnda of red, whito
of display Linn county leads with aro vory much sought after by -tho and bluo electric lights that aro
0C crates. Yamhill nnd Lane each successful grower. hung in foatoonu across tho Btroets
flash and twlnklo, tho ctrects aro decorated vohlclos nro tho rosu't of
nilira Vrtilffl Wnm filinirn. (ii( In onnnrpn nt Ulnnin'ntlnn. r03. 1 ,,,.l,mtn nniaxurlun nml ntfailnifi nt
Whlio othor fruits Bhown aro only ldoncpa nro hung with Jnpancoo Inn-Juvo on tho nltnr of King Ulng, moro
tho Insignia of this small fruit ex
position tho fruit that b'.csses all
nnd 'injures nono.
The Opening Pttttulc. ,
Tho parade nt tho opening of thej
annual Cherry Fair Iij an event that
draws thommndB of visitors to Sr.
lem, and brings out tho bo:t people'
of tho city. Thoso who keep a car-j
rlngo or ovon a clnglo rig lor driv
ing nro Invited to tfomo out and many
undortnko olnborato decorations.
Many of tho dwellers irfitlie city oyn
chorry orchnrda or rent them to
tenants, and othcru aro Intorcctod In
tho drying of tho fruit, In shipping
or canning, and nil these Intora
conspire to swoli tho parado In hon
or of. King Ding. Tho floats ot the
different Industries represent tho
commercial side; tho high school
and the various colleges aro apt to
get out a float and so are the fra
ternal orders. But the single and
double-team rlgn aro tho most elab
orately decorated of any. In the
parade thin year were single rigs
showing churlott of the Ocean Wave
1aa4M8)tfrHe--Tf' pplrw, -bettl-t-ful,
creamy, feathery plumea. Sev
eral double toaniB had tholr vehicle
entirely covered with the large
Shasta Daisy, whole fields ot whleh
aro grown near tho city. Another vc
hlclo was decorated with overlay
ing purplo Bvoot pea1; a rolf-need-Ing
flower brought to the country by
tho pioneers and which overruns
somo of tho old comotorioB. Thoso
matures without Irrigation. It is oxhlbltors hundroda of crateo, nnd if Incidental to tho chorry show thov 'ornn nnd tho bcoho incronscs In
var-
stubble fields dot-
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INTHRIOR 1KW OF PAVILION S 1IOW1NG DISPLAY OF CHKRIURM AVI) oniiGON DAI8IKS,
dth hay cocki bo closo a wagon tho Poor m's tree. As u thrives
7j carca drive botwrn them eiuiiy .well w:tnout cultivation.
Vi of richest e.-eon whom o.n ISorae of the finest crops of cherries
T or clover are maturing for
" Over all th iii,nwiifa v.
J111 and harmless, whero lurks
" to bta t and thwart the labors
10 the cherrv nroim.j. --. v
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----- ,.u uvfa uii earning
W5M for famiiv B.,n. tn
ol the children-happy contoat.
1 prosperouB i-h ,
0r ' iuicbirfi ur
mi. : l0r tne ful1 b03tM-
"mate i tv.f... -
i Lit vmiiny Uye dfiy ik
- -'unraB,
grow on troes .that stand In the sod
along fences that never get a touch
of plow or cultivator. This is tho
perfect cherry country.
Cherries Originated Here,
It would require almost a nursery
catalogue "x list the varieties of
cherries grs a here In tho Willam
ette valley and displayed at our
cherry show. The cherry has come
to be a cosmopolitan fralt. Tho
earlier cherries are not the com
mercial varieties, aad while roost
dej'clous for-eating fresh will Hot
endure shipment. These Include th
May Duke, the English Ox-hearta,
the Keatleb, Goveraor Woodi, an
Oregea seed Hag. aad some others.
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. ,-v ifAuiKiMiHii "jva aauv isa win o wnria nui ruiiiiHuim
the wori4 cab equal this for t the eherry it, aM all grew sue-
... ..n rrv a ladLaata TBA
WW hTe Uv4 hw wwM.ww 4iatrH.thM f the cher-J
tho crates were set end to end there I are Interesting to enumerate an J brilliancy as the darknej comes on,
would have been nearly a mile ofcontaln great possibilities in tho way unt" iil stars are excluded and the
of industries. There were gooseber- wow" " " u . 'U4U" " M
paved rtreota as light as broade.it
nej, green, jrea, pina, as largo a n0onday.
cherries, all burnlshod, glowlpg, per
feet fruit. Canned cherries, dried
cherries, pickled cherries, mares-
chln cherries are not part of the an
nual chow, but may be made so In
the future.
How tho Cherry Produces.
red hills. Tho heavy clay land and
light friable red volcaxlc. ah lands
on the foothills produce the prefect
threo Inches around. There were. T,,e mU8,c ,8 0(,UR,Icd ,,y
moro than tho remit of a do.lro to
take prlzoi. Two very flno p;lz's
aro offered for tho host decorated
vohicloB. Tho nutocara wero also In
tho parndo and ho mo had lavlah dec
orations. Tho floral wealth d'splayod
Is not ro grent in mid-summer ai it
'would bo earlier in tho sonsvn, aud
the bright rummer sun mnkos dec-
! orations on horces nnd carriage
1 linr J to manngo. Dut ovon with thoso
drawbacks pcoplo who havo flowori
mil nearly all havo, aro forming tho
habit of saving them up and using
them as an adjunct of tho Cherry
Fnlr and anyone who saw tho dl-
p'nys by amateurs nt t)o Chorry pn-
vlllon mut ndmlt that even in mid-
Bummer flowers aro abundant in
.Oregon.
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The Cherry Fnlr it Hymphony of
Color, .
Tno sights noxt to the sounds, aro
worthy of our attontlon. From tho
loving country coup! on that wander
arm-in-arm through tho soothing
crowds, oblivious of tholr abandon
ment and oblivious of tho whole
world and even of themselves, to
the gaudy Egypt'an astrologers In
lurid poppy-red droTses nil It colo-,
color, color. Tho Chorry Fair U
wondorful bocauso of its' colors, bo
causo our ovorgreon country whoro
drouth nov"or comes lovi color, The
gay banners, the long booth covered
with colored canvas and flaming
w'th hundreds of crntos of solid
the
currnnts red, white, blue, aud b'ackr j decaratonB FJttgB( bunting, tlio
raspberries: red, yellow, blue, pur- colors of the Cherry Fair rod and
pie, black; blackborrlos of many olive are everywhere. The cheny
kinds, lncludlnir tho dewberry, nn- leaf with three Imltafon cherrlea
The cherry grows equally well onjtlve of Oregon; Loganborrles, the for souvenir badges are
the lowlands or the highlands on Durbank phenomonal, the Utopian, upei,
the rich lovei p i riej or iae toiiibs
iil. t.. 4n.. M ..i.iitu n ia Miiih Mharr us icatMiiu rwri a r a linn, i
Mingled through the crowds are
peache, and on op of this cherries are la 1 "lfc" " " "JT.--. JB
cherry so that we can conclude tho from near-by orchards that are ship- evidence o- all handsbut funniest M nM
matter by saying .It Is climate and ping thousand, of crates of this lus- of all noae are sold. All otkor Bohemian cut glars
the weather and the atmosphere thai clous fruit, an ladustry la Its a- uniMnb If, ". J"', '" artists, stands selling red lemonade,
tancy, out ior wnicn i ui w....w.w .... -, thni4lu,1.41. of WOMftn. Kiri n.1 call
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Jraa wasvIbv toklfA Anil frluBBPfl
B 'flniK !
Irnlnrq of tho fruit itself, tho larue
mmvIIIamh un.t tAnta fn. Ilin lf1)
Tbo merry-widow hats and ""; -
wh'ch Is a large improved blackberry the cherry-widow suits aro h.un;.t. . '
. . . . , .,, ... .... , ... n . . .i "'in riiuiuw lung,
wita tae flavor ana aciaity 01 iue wiut currioi. rinu riH' p? mw
wild. Whlte'K Prolific, the Atlas, orated with brasches of tho fruit I
There were exhibits of
produces the cherry. It Is the mists
aad aaelsture, the cool air aad the
soft suaaalae, the aheeace of cud
dea chaages add great heat, tho fall-
are of frU a4 the arMeace of!
valley will become famous.
are
mjariAUiictJ
nfi pm..i --, -.v m-'v wiii, VArrv vIUVmibji tiretlv cfiUBtri'
8RND TO YOUR FRIKNDS. darlag the Cherry Fair. The Cher- .-i.:,-- wllikiaK sticks tie
C4rf.theOlWrrr,FMlrKI.I ry earalva) abwriNi all with IU U, l walkl.f sticks tie
.-.. i .to uii tat tuvx! tku re,a tr mmIIImt U The Jmal sights a4 mm ad. CeWr, maslc,
the Cherry Cy t the werld. The CUefc vK r'ef. Ht, FWfwKy. re4tlTlty, ar
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