Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-09-14
The Ninth >
Annual Fair
\ isis Success In Display aud AZ
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previous Fair.
Tho second day-wa,sr.nsion dny-it
seemed as u all Colorado was here. Tie
Santa f-'s many regular aud excursion
trains brought visitors by tho thousands
During tho entire day tho streets, melon
grove aud all portions of tho Fair
grounds ~srs literally iamms,i with
people.
Nine years ago. when fcw of Rocky
foris standby citizens orrnnixsd the
Arkansas Valley Fair Association, they
little rvalixcsl Tint II would grow to snci,
/ immense proportions. Excursion trains
OVER tho Santa fc railroad brought
larger number Of people into Rocky foni
than III any previous year. and the wagon
roads ~.i- also made good uss OF.
III. incoming excursion trains were
met nj Ill. depot by the Morris Military
band ~ Pueblo. aud tho visitors were
given their choice of going through the
sugar h..-t factory or going To tho grow.
west af Rocky Ford. where the slaughter
of 1900 waicfmrlons wns scheduled TO
comm-ncc nj II o'clock.
And slaughter II was, with Vengeance.
. for within an hour tho ground near the
melon pile wns literally covered with
ut'fst tthuSs "ssthV WIN pstVts stuu
tho heart eaten. Hut notwithstanding
the awful waste 81 luscious fruit there
was more thnn enough for everybody.
To the left Of tho mnin entrance to the
fair grounds stands th" building erected
tn take the place of tho Alfalfa palace
THIS building contains u dazzling array
of the fines, fruits and grains grown. nnd
nn entire day could be spent tlicrsin To
great advantage. says the Pueblo Chief
tain
The display Of Hon. J. II. Crowley Of
tho Fni-yicw orchards included the fol.
lowing varieties: Apples a.. grapes 10.
plums IN. prnncs .. green cages md
cherries 3 each. crabs, peaches and slocs
= each. mud ncctntiucs la total Of 100
varieties. making "a convincing prcscntR.
lion of the frnit growing resources Of the
Rocky Ford country.
Next TO the Crowley exhibit in extent
came that of Mr.. Bndgcr equally good
but not so large.
Good fruit displays wore also made by
z +. Swihk, John Swift. 4. r. Cook.
Effnrr & McCaskiil, /. ID. Hale, aud
H. @. Jordan.
J. +. Wilson Of Holbrook. had fine
assortment Of apples. plums and grapes.
l.. Melton excclled In exhibition Of
apples.
| NJ. r.. ouOW Ot Suuou wy DWu uu VA
ceptiounlly good display Of fruit, Il
plntes. :.
E. F. Berry had a display Of peaches
that II would do person good TO gaze
upon. Ha was pi-en three nrst awurds
on thess alone. l1'I grs 1-sItft
H. 9, Jordan exhibited the largest ap
pie .ud the plate Of largest apples.
The kitchen and pantry department
yae crowded nil day and Mra, q, II.
Gerbing, superintendent, and Mrs. F. NJ.
Harsip. assistant, were kept busy answer
ing questions. This department fully
nttesied the skill and industry OF the
housekeepers Of Otero county.
Near the center Of the fruit building
i was a portion OF the center aisle allotted
to the floral department. Mrs. H. Van
Buskirk VI Rocky Ford was the superin-
tendent and was ably assisted by Mes.
danes Rose Wilson and f. Y. Hauck.
The display was beautiful and contained
a large number OF hothouse plants taste
fully arranged.
Geo o. Gould made very large dis
play of tine comb and extracted honey,
well arranged: also bees In the hive and
apecimens OF foundation bnt not entered
for competition for premium. He is ar
| ranging to put in n machine for convert.
ing bpeswax into foundation which is
branch OF tho honey supply business
which should thrive in n section where
honey lie SO extensively produced. A can.
taloupe made Oi beeswax, calculated to
deceive even A. p. Kouns, was among
his exhibits.
honey WINS universally admired. !.
F. Cheek made an excellent display. OF
Mi the various features OF the npiary in.
dnstry. ..
Perhaps the moet interesting OF all the
displays ut the fair was tue art exilot.
Tboupb small it was by far the best col
iection of fancy goods ever displayed in
n fair in Colorado. Fine pastelle, craynn,
| oil and watercolor paintings adorned the
western end of the art building. Some
OF the paintings rival in spiendor the
most celebrated pictures. Special at
tentiop sl,onld be called to the needle
work. table covers, pillow covers, hne
ouilts, Battenburg work and drawn
work that made up the collection. Ihe
public schools had on display large
amount OF the fancy work Taught IN the
lower grades and many specimens OF pen
,nonsh;n and drawing which, reflect
much credit on both pupil and teachers.
Mrs. Lowe Of La Junta won first prize
for china painting md her display, which
wns very elegant, was given iirst awara
as the best collection Of articles.
The display IN live stock appears to
grow better every year and is one OF the
evidences that the people Of the Arkan.
ans valley are beginning to realize the
value of thoroughbred stock. Fine
sheen. magnificent horses. from the
dream OF the small boy. the wild broncno,
to the best Norman and mamplet9nian
breeds were on display. The cattle es-
necialIy showed decided advance on
| former years. .1