Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-12
A BIG PEACH DAY.
GRAND JUNCTION CELEBRATE,
-Governor McIntiie and q; he: Proni.
nent Men Al 20 There.

Grand Junction, Colo, Sept. 4.-Peach
Day is being celebrated as never be
fore, and the town overfiows with visit
ors. They have been arriving by tram
loads every day since Monday. and the
accommodations of the city, notwith
standing that all private dwellings have
been thrown open for their quota Of Tho
white tents that have been erected IL
the City Park, are severely strained
Arrangements for their comfort ars
complete, and everyone seems to be en-
joying himself.
Among the prominent visitors in the
tire, Hon. J. G. Bell, Hon. William J
Bryan, Hon. John +. Shafroth. Hon. IL
NJ. Teller and family, Hon. c. S. Thom
as and Hon. Clifford c. Parks.
At nine o'clock the parade formed oil
Fifth street, near Main, and headed by
the Silver Crescent band, was compose
and marched as follows: Firemen an;
visiting firemen; Turner's in uniform
Indian boys; Teller Institute band; Orl
entails; cowboys; Crawford's circu'
band; circus procession; wheelmen.
The route was from the point of for
nation to Main street, to Seventi
street, to White street, to Fourth street
to Roude street, to Main street, to Fifl
street, to City Park. Here the parade
was reviewed by the mayor and otfic
ials. The exercises held in the bough
covered arbor were opened with wei
spoken address of welcome by Mayor
NJ. L. Allison, and were listened to by
thousands Of people, who, overrunnine
the seats, spread out in the park on al
sides.
At three o'clock the Hon. William ]
Bryan addressed large assembly a
the park. His subject, "The Silver
Question" was handled in the bes
style Of this gifted orator and was at
tentively listened to and enjoyed. Lat
er the Hon. G. s. Thomas and Senate!
Henry NJ. Teller spoke.
The center of activity and the Meccs
Of the crowd, is the City Park, where
under the shade of waving boughs
stands the exhibition pavilion, the dis
.ribution booth and the ladies' headquar
ters, beside hundreds Of glisteninJ
snow-white tents.
The crush was enormous and more OF
less uncomfortable, but the throng wa.
far too good natured to object to tbs
showing and trampling incident to the
affair, and gave all its attention to tht
matter in hand, which consisted Of ad
miring, touching and devouring all the
peaches, apples, pears. grapes, plums and
nectarines that 1t was possible for I:
hungry and tired crowd to devoul
Over fifteen tons of blusling apples
rosy checked peaches, purple and Grim
son plums, golden nectarines, sun-kissei
Rpricots, tempting pears and grapes wert
donated by the fruit-growers Of Mess
and Montrose counties, and by the
words and looks of surprise and admlra
ton, and the hearty manner in which
the fruit was partaken of, the visitors
approval was manifest. All ate until
surfeited, and many ate a long time af
ter reaching that comfortable point.
Both Mesa and Montrose counties sent
Of their best, and the result is fairly as.
founding to even the residents them.
selves, while visitors who had heard on
ly in a general way of the two counties
possibilities, found refuge in silence, and
only looked their approval. Grapes thai
weighed six and eight pounds to the
bunch We're as common as flies in sum
mer; apple boughs weighted from end
to end with golden or crimson fruit
were numerous; pears as large as musk.
melons We're to be seen; green cages
that crowded each other on the stem;
peaches that looked as though made oil
wax, so perfect the coloring, were
heaped on every side; plums of oil
shades of green, yellow, purple and red
overfiowed their boxes; apricots having
the appearance of being painted by
hand; nectarines seeming-if such q
thing were poss:ble-too good to eat.