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Mail Tribune 100, Sept. 7, 1922 By Alissa Corman Sep 07, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Sept. 7, 1922 FAIR RACE TRACK IN GOOD SHAPE According to experts who have inspected the race track at the Jackson County fair grounds there is good prospect for some dirt track records to be broken in the motorcycle speed events during the fair. George Gates and Seeley Hall, who have charge of the automobile and motorcycle races, have received entries in the motorcycle division which guarantees some hot competition. The list of entrants on the auto program is virtually complete and will be announced soon. Motorcycle polo will be a feature of each day’s entertainment program. This sport requires eight riders, four men to a team, and the resultant thrills when eight motorcyclists scramble for one ball may be easily imagined. An attempt to fix the maximum speed for the track will be made by motorcycle riders on Thursday and Saturday. These trials will be made without pacemakers and the rider will simply make one lap with the machine going as fast as it is possible to go and stay on the track. FAIR PAVILION IS OPENED TO PUBLIC The new county fair grounds pavilion was opened last night with a big attendance from all parts of Jackson County. Opening speeches by Mayor C. E. Gates and H. L. Walther, president of the Jackson County Fair Association, solos and trios by the pavilion entertainers and music by Launspach’s new pavilion orchestra combined to make the evening a success. Until a few weeks ago it appeared that the Jackson County fair for 1922 would have to be put on without adequate amusement features. At the eleventh hour a number of Medford business men got together, formed the Jackson County Amusement company and started immediate construction of the present pavilion. The finishing touches, consisting of ladies’ rest room, smoking room, check room and refreshment stands will be added during the next few days, and everything will be in readiness to handle the crowds during fair week. An attractive feature of this pavilion building is the fact that the Jackson County Amusement company after operating the amusement pavilion for a term of years, will turn it over to the county fair association, free of all encumbrance as a welcome addition to the present collection of fair buildings. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]