THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 241 

EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR 
This announcement on a small gray card was placed in the center 
of what proved to be one of the most attractive booths at the State 
Fair in Salem this year. 
No gaudy emblazoned signs caught the eye, but each exhibit had 
a small white card below it, giving interesting information. 
The space was walled on three sides and round about ran a 
narrow table—one-half of the front end of this table lifted away and 
allowed close inspection of the specimens when the attendant was 
present. 
The walls were covered with a buff-colored cloth and a thin 
edging of rose haws added the necessary touch of color. 
On the front table were placed synopsis of the Game Laws—a 
few at a time for free distribution, and about 2,000 were thus dis- 
posed of. 
On the side tables were copies of the “Oregon Sportsman” (the 
official publication of the Fish and: Game Commission) and various 
Audubon leaflets of interest to bird lovers, together with a short 
history of the founder of the bird protection movement, and a few 
mammals of bird skins of especial interest. 
About thirty books on Nature, loaned by the J. K. Gill Co., of 
Portland, occupied the center table, and many availed themselves 
of this opportunity to examine them and to learn at first hand what the 
best books on Nature are, and where they can be obtained. 
On the left hand wall were hung study skins of the hawks and 
owls with the animals, birds, and the insects which serve for their 
foods, the estimated value or damage of each to the farmer and 
thus to the state at large was on small explanatory cards. 
A series of the insectivorous birds, moles and shrews created a 
deal of questioning. 
On the right wall were hung the game erie and a full series of 
the smaller birds. 
