Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-14
An Excellent Fair and Greater Attendance
Than Ever Before.
fen Thousand People Eat Tons of Water
melons and Garry Them Away
by Hundreds.

OF the agricultural hall and proved that
our soil IL good for growing the ornn.
! mental, NJ we'll ~ alfalfa aud cnnta.
ioup-s. This display wns Contributed 10
ny Mrs. a. Is. Cox. Mn. +. Y. Hauck,
Mrs. Ben Reed and Mrs. B. q. Wilson.
The new settlement Of Sowdnle made a
showing nj tho Fair which WIS caunle,l
by no other section Of the county. In all
lines OF farm and gnrlen products New.
dale had exhibits of which my svriculsu.
raj section might be proud.
We hHvc not tho data 10 Riyo q com.
plcss report OF tho rsecs. but they were
OF n character which msdo them of great
interest 70 all lovers Of tho turf. Many
OF tho best horscs In shs state were
prc~ent. ~ veil ~ much fine stock from
other states. As usual with our Fairs
this portion Of the program measured mn
fully TO tho expectations of tho crowded
grand stand.
The space devoted 70 tho reception and
comfort Ut visiting newspaper men was
most comsortably Furnished by II. A.
Dawlry's n,nnn.cr. II. J. Sprinkler. tho
finc furniture doing double duty.
One of the most interesting exhibits ou
tho grounds wins tho molcl ii the Maine.
constructed by Fred l.. ltoach. The
soeNs0s Nss" NbtsaV va tNNtV tWtkV gNuWku
Ia show Slis details Of the ship TO ndvan.
tas-. Much labor WIS needed to com.
plri. this exhibit and Il reflects much
credit On Frcd's industry. skill aud
knowledge Of shipbuilLinH.
The new grand stand built by Il ".
English had an cxccllsal pairosssvs Oh
Watermelon Day. Tho construction Of
this stand wis not strictly u money.
making scheme on tho part Of Mr. Eng.
iish. Ho likes Rocky Ford and desired
10 aid the Fair IN this public spirited man.
ncr. Tho stand Is paying only very
moderate interest on the cost Of constrnc-
ton
Tho exhibition Of drawing by the pu.
pills of tho Rocky Ford Public schools
~ns quite interesting and showed de-
xrcc VI skill which II WIS surprising To
lind in the lower grades Of the public
school.
Visitors who wcrc hero for tho frs.
time wcrc surprised Mt tho good order
which prevailed n,,d noted tho fact that
the great asscmbla.c was IN cminently
respectable one.
1h. gate receipts were slightly in cx-
cess of last year nnd wonld have been
considerably larger had not the appear
ancc of rain hurt tho attendance on tho
last ,lhy.
The colorcd brethren, sisters, boys and
girls were plcntifully represented on
Watermelon Day, and took nm interest in
tho fcast which maintained their tradi-
tioual reputation.
NJ. j. baldwin made n fnc showing OF
fruit from tho Capt. lsonhan place.
Among the fruit exhibitors were Sena-
tor Swink. NJ. aud Carey Badger and
Mrs. Il. U. Dye. nil Of whom contributed
excellent specimens.
Three children were lost on Water
melon Day, but they soon found them
selves.
The merry co.round did land office
business aud only one accident wns re-
ported.
distigured.
The cowboy races always excite the MT.
most enthusiasm aud n perfect cyclonc OF
applause grcets the riders ne tl,. end of
each mile ~ they throw themselves fr,ln
n running horse to vault into the saddle
of upothcr racer which is dancing ner-
vously with anxiety to enter the race.
One Of these striking events closed each
DAYS provrnm amid the yells Of excited
thousands.
A large number of babies were entered
in the baby show. the winner being tn"
handsome boy OF DR.. Howard OF La
Junta. ,:.
club WINS much enjoyed feature OF
Thursday. Music was also furnished by
the Woo,imen band OF Bessemer. the
Colorado City and La Juntn bands.
Carl Brown OF Cox.y fame attracted
much attention on Watermelon Day wlth
His log cabin wagon and bnckskin s','t.
He addressed the people in the evening;
As there is no ordinance in Rocky Fotu
in regard to keeping of the grass, Mr.
Rrown was not arrested. During his TWO
diva stay here Mrs. Browne Gen.
Coxcy's daughter) remained most ot the
time within the picturesque wagon.
'rhs Roys' brigade OF In Jnntn, COM
,,anJed by Rev. Elmer Ward Cole, was
one of the interesting sights during tne
Fair. The boys were arrayed IN regu,nr
Romvh Rider uniforms and gave exhipi-
t;on drills every afternoon in front o, .ne
Grand stand. The youthful soluisrs
S.rform their evolntions with commenuh,,
bia ciiiciency. They were q'nrtsreu
under the grand stand anu n ,,,nosf
their own commissary tent, tak'nE a'i intas
regular soldiers fare, BEANS III p'"'''
and all. .,.
The Rocky Ford Hardware 20. maue
:, Ono exhib,t Of furniture. Stoves ca
nets. etc. making n cosy corner io' '"'
rcstful loafing Of friends. ,;,;,od TO
The display Of poultry was nn',',m ',ia,I' A.
o,,rn county. foreign poultrymen pieau,
~. .i,,t III, n,ultiur of their ch'ckehs