Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-28
FAIR
A GREAT
SUCCESS

| sutceSs vi any YET neiu. lie aBTl
cultural and horticultural exhibit was
one that every citizen Of this section
must feel proud of and was revela
ton to the hundreds OF visitors, rs
well as a surprise to many OF our home
| people.
The exhibition of fine arts was also
the largest and best that has ever
been displayed here. and it is evident
that before another fair is held the
| fine arts building will have to be en-
| larged.
The racing program and the ball
game each day was continual source
OF entertainment, while great strings
Of visitors as well as residents took
in the sights each evening along In
dian row. consisting of perhaps half
a hundred Indian camps. Here the
Indian was seen in camp--seen as he
lives, except that everyone was logged
out In his best and gaudiest clothes
Here was found the picturesque, the
| ideal Indian. and as they sat around
their little fires at night. some out.
| side and some inside the high. cir
cular teepes. while here and there
above the hum of voices could be
heard chant while some Indian boys
arrayed in buckskin and beads with
| eagle feathers in their hair, were be
| ing given their first lessons in the
dances that are now war dances only
| in name. Many crude silver brace
| let that had been worn until there
were only faint traces of the original
| ornaments on its surface was carried
away as souvenir OF the occasion,
| and many a trinket of various kinds
| changed ownership.
Our people are proud that the great
crowd of visitors were not disappoint-
ed at the lavish promises of enter
| tainment made to them.
The largest display made by one
| man was by George Allen OF Farm
ington. Not only was this display
large, but 1t was so hastily arranged
as to cause general comment In this
| there were Is varieties of apples. II
OF pears, 30 of grapes, II of peaches
| Is of plums, a large assortment OF
evaporated fruits. hazel nuts. soft
shell almonds, elder berries. pump
kin that weighed so pounds, squash
egg plant, kaffir corn, and alanthis
tree blossoms All these were raised
on Mr.. Aliens place. and 20 extra
packers were required to prepare the
fruit for shipment. This display Gov
cred ITO linear feet of tables. No one
attempted to compete with this dis
| play. for all the people OF San Jpan
I \.
make creditable display. Every va
riety OF grape found in California
| could be seen here.
| Montezuma county had magnifi
cent exhibit, in charge OF c. II. Tay
lor large part OF this was from
the 4S0-acre ranch of William Wool
ley. This collection contained 50 va
rieties OF apples, , OF peaches, 3 OF
plums. pears 4. grass 10, wheat In
| sheaf II samples. a bundle OF rye 4
feet high, timothy and orchard grass
| 5 feet high. blue stem and red TOP
Az feet high, corn l0l2 feet. water
melon Weighing 45la pounds, and
Early Rose and Maggie Murphy pc
tatoes weighing pounds each. Some
Of the apples weighed II ounces. The
most OF the fruit came from the far
| famed McElmo canon. This collec
ton also contained fine line OF veg
| etables that cannot be excelled any
where in the world
| u. b. Ross OF Pennington had 81
varieties OF apples. one OF which meas
ured l6h inches in circumference.
Jack Martin OF Pennington had "A
kinds OF apples and u OF pums.
j. II. Brothers had So OF apples and
one of prunes.
]. II. Goodwin OF Flora Vista. Of
apples and 5 OF plums.
X. G. Hanna OF Pennington, apples
s, pears 9, grapes ..
j. H. Wood OF Harrington, plum,
/, peaches 2. apples ..
j. e. Roberts, d'armington, apples
IS.
w. n. Knight, Pennington, apple
TO-.
Evans Wood, Pennington, peaches
10, piums 7, grapes 3, apples 70. pear
NJ. J. Wood, Flora Vista. onions, cab
| Ddbc, CduHiOWSi, iduiohSs, D~S."t 49,
and corn.
Mrs. Charles Idles, Animas valley
large display OF onions, cabbage AM
potatoes.
William Campbell, Hermosa, IL
bacco plant feet high.
Philip Craig, Florida Mesa, larg
beets.
". +. Ross, Pennington, snake Gu
cumbers. These were guile curio
sIty.
j. Z. Peterson, Junction Greek. rad
ishes. beets. carrots, potatoes an
branch OF crabapples.
c. 7. Vandegrift OF Brookside, yer
large winter radishes.
L. g. Gibson, Home ranch. fne co
lection potatoes; apples IA, pears
plums !.
L. V. Campbell. Oakland rancf
!, lvul slso pug 1BauA Jpsqs pun sdI
squash and potatoes.
Marion Baldwin, Animas valley. al
pies 3. pears /, parsnips. carrots. tut
thrashed " bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Chitwood. Animas valley. plum