Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-09-30
H DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
rHG TARMINoToN FAIR.
Some Data AZ Hand About the Dis
play made In San Juan
County.
Correspondence Of the Optic.

Especial Correspondence Of the Optic.
F~ARMINGrUN, N. M. September Goth
1897 thanks TO you for noticing oul
Harrington fair in your issue Of Sep
TENDER 10Th. l enclose you a list o
premiums awarded, also, names o
exhibitors and varieties OF exhibits
There was q large attendance from
Durango, Moutrose, Gunnison and al
along the line from Denver to Durango,
Colo also Msncos, Dolores, Telluride
on the Rio Grande Southern.
The weather was all that could bt
desired the sporunL was all that could
be expscted. Everything was complete
as advertised, except the bicycle races
Tpe horticultural and agricultural ex.
HSbIt wa superior to any ever msds In
or 0at OF tn. country. l see the Albu'
querqde. Democrat pitches into us al
long range. What have W. to com
pete for aL the Albuquerque fairP W.
have always won the highest prizes
when our fruits were on exhibition al
the Territorial tair, even against odds
as to quantity. Our fruits were consid
cred by their own judges as superior
Why should We not call San Juan
county the banner coun'yp
G. HI. ~ CHENRY, Pres,
G. E oTIvERs, Sec.
HARRINGTON, N. M..S September Gath,
1897
TO the Pennington Fair Association,
GENTLEMEN: We, the judges APP
pointed to award premiums or fruit
display, beg leave to make the follow
ing report:
On best display of apples, first, w. N.
Kisht; second, d. B. Ross.
Ga b st display OF peaches, first, George
e. Alien; second, w. N Right.
K,ght; second. r II. Woods.
o. best display of plums, first, w. N.
Kighl; second, George E. Allen.
On nest display Of grapes, first, w. N.
Kght; secund, George e. Allen.
On best general display of all fruits,
W. N. Right. Respectfully,
w. y. CHAPMAN,
J.H ALEXANDER,
q. e, MCCONNELL.
List of exhibitors and number of
varieties:
W. N. Kight-Thirty apples, 4 crabs.
i black walnut, / burr oak, / Eastwood,
/ syc more. l Ca if Jrnia prune, 4 plums,
9 grapes, l potato, 8 peaches, 2 ounces, IL
pears.
DR.. A. Rosenthal = Five peaches, 5
apples.
William Huntington - Four apples, 4
peaches, l Concord grape.
Mrs. V r. N. Greaves Three apples, 8
peacnes, l Conc ,rd grape.
y Il. Blaka-Fwenty.six apples, 2 crabs,
l almond. l black walnut. s plums, 8
4 peaches, l Usage orange.
J. B. Lanagority-One melon, 2 Next
| arts, l coffee plant, I SUGAR cane, l oats.
Experimental Stati n-One lawn vetch-
ling, l peaauf. l Australian salt bush, l
Joya bean / c fee plant. / yerkes corn
7 varieties peas, 5 sugar beet, II
tomato, 8 corn, 2 wheat.
j V Dunlap-Three watermelons, /
squash, / musk melon, 1 cabbage, cauii- |
potato, l tomato, l corn.
Andrew Steverson-Fourteen apples, 4
l plum.
Mrs. shtlhamer-One variety apples.
Herman Blum-One variety potatoes.
r a. W ood-Fou teen apples, 5 pears.
c alb, 2 peaches 8 grapes 1 German
rune, / tomato, l corn, l squash.
d. B Ross Nineteen apples. l crab, 2
William Locke--Nine apples, 1 grape 8
pears,
q. III. MrHenry-SAven apples, 4 pears,
} potatoes, 5 grapes l plum
Mrs. O.. FL McHenry-Pail OF ounces,
>ail OF pea hes.
Auuos Hubpard-Two squash, 8 potato,
beet, | corn. 3 melon, / grape.
Samuel Pugh-Oue Muscateile grape,
'xira.
George E. llen-fw o apples, ~ peaches.
0 grapes, 10 pears. l nsctarine, 2 prunes,
plum. 2 crabs. 2 squash, 2 tomato, / cider
inc ar, Century plant. Special mention
or pyramid display.
Thomas Homar-rears.
WILLIAM LOCKE,
j. b. WRIGHTsMAN,
A. ID. N