Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-10-10
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ascension on Saturday was equally
sue c-~fnl. being made under the
-ame perfect atmospheric con,li
tion-, the descent this time being
made in the Johness, block, two
block from the point of departure.
The daily decorated booths con-
tanning he exhibits, together with
the various shows and other at
fractions, all brilliantly iIlumi-
mated, and the sixty additional in.
candescent lights which were
strung across Main street at short
intervals presented brilliant
spectacle at night, and all the visi-
tors were loud in their praises and
commentator Of the enterprise
which had transformed this ordi-
narily quiet village into verita-
BILE fairy land.
NOTES OF THE FAIR.
1t is demonstrated that street
fair brings the people from all parts
OF the county together, displays
the products Of the county to the
best advantage and results in gen.
eral benefit all around.
Next year a premium should be
offered for the best designed booth.
Lots OF people saw the electric
lights for the first time, and the
service was generally commended.
The sports say that there is more
loose money in Grangeville than in
any other town of it's size on the
whole Pacific coast.
Not a drunken man was seen
during the whole three days of the
fair.
r 5. Bennett, of lola, Kansas,
who was here during the Fair, was
SO much impressed with the fruit
exhibits that he took back several
sacks of apples and other truck to
Kansas and New York Just to
show the benighted denizens of the
far east what we are doing, in
Idaho, in the wild and woody west.
John Coram had on exhibit at
Schmadeka's some green peas,
being the second crop raised from
the seed sown in the spring.
Bertsch's '"Spring RAM in the
sheep exhibit created good laugh.
Those Siberian Triple" fowls
displayed at the Jersey House at
tracted much attention. The
josher who placed them on exhibi.
ton declares that they were raised
from Il setting Of Porcelain China
eggs. In the same window were
some Coon dogs" from Pike Co.,
Missouri, which, while not large,
were simply immense.
The loaf Of bread entered by the
Jersey house josher in competition
for the premium stove was piece
of heavyweight confectionery
sure enough, and when the judges
tested it they found it to contain a
big bar of babbitt metal. The
baker claims he raised it with
quicksilver.
The official cOlors of the fair
were red and blue, red for the first
premium and blue for the second.
M. II. Balch had on exhibit a
fnll-blood Durham COW three years
old, with sucking calf by her side
and in an adjoining pen twin year.
lings from the same COW, thus
showing hree-year-old with
three calves. The heifer was not
up to the age limit, but the judges
awarded the twins the honor of a
red ribbon. But such is our eli
mate and soil.
The baby competition on Satur-
day packed Main street in front of |
Alexander 4 Freidenrich's store
with an immense throng OF people
and baby carriages SO that locomo-
ton was impossible until the
prizes were awarded.
The shows and attractions ALL
did good business and everybody
seemed out for a good and social
time.
Miss Leila Sheaffer as Queen of
Carnival lived the part to perfec-
ion, and accompanied by her
maids of honor made several tours
II the city in a handsomely deco
'ated carriage.