The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
THE BLACKFOOT FAIR

marked by the finest Of October weather. such follows
the cool showers that lay the dust and introduce the auumna
hoss Bars Of clouds stretched away in the that made
the distant mountain peaks look gande groups Of happy peo
pie reached the grounds with bugges and wagons loaded with
works Of art and the products bestowed by the Goddess of
Ceres
Officers Of the fair were driving and fro directing the
business Of the association heads Of departments placing
exhibits and making their records and the early visitors
stopping asonshment before the pyramids Of fruit and vegeta
bles such only Idaho can produce
Anyone entering the exhibition building at the east door
would educational exhibit which Miss Lote Scott had
gathered from the public schools Of eastern Idaho and was
worthy Of the attention Of school officers in any state
Around the sides Of the building were arranged the Art de-
panent in charge Of Mrs Peck embroidery superntended by
Mrs. Franz aoral by Mrs W. A. Rogers household by Mrs.
G. F. Hansbroug minerals by Byrd Trego horticulture by 0.
F. Smith and agriculture BY L. D. Wilson.
Some Of the features Of the exhibit which are especially
significant to visitors Of the questions which they set
te the products which have been raised garden and or
chard Everybody knows that we can grow vegetables but
just how good how large how perfect may best be seen at
the fair
In the line Of vegetables there winter radhes foot
long, and crisp and three inches in diameter other rad
hes inches deep and twenty-five inches in ccmfer-
nps eight inches deep and twenynne inches in ccm-
ference; flat tnps thy-to inches circumference carrots
nine inches deep and sixteen inches circumference These
Of the products brought in by L. D. Wilson Of the
west side.
Mr. Quinn Of Basalt brough cabbage heads forty-tEee
inches circumference and weighing twensn pounds; pump
hns nineteen inches diameter white fourteen feet high
with two per stalk and the house tall enough to
reach the without climbing up; yellow dent well filled
and npened tint nch and glossy pop pretty
grew the praes Of Illinois; eight inches
long, and oneha inches through and containing seventeen
Of large plump grains the ears nowes eighteen inches
in diameter
tomato hung up by the root measured six feet and
appeared have bushe Of fruit suspended from its STEMS was
broght in by E. E. Nichols of Basat.
The Idaho Asylum sent egg plants ten inches long and
eight inches in diameter tobacco both green and dry spach
asparagus; celery, popcorn; melons; appes pears.
Chris Sorensen broug twenty -nne-pound swaernelons;
Guernsey panps twenty-five inches long and Hollow Crown
thirty Marshall Kirkpatrick had lot Of Hubbard squash as
slick turtle shell and much fourteen inches diameter
Silver King FIVE inches diameter and like the Hub
bard squash well maured C. Main had sugar beet weigh
ing twelve pounds after trimming There were pink eyed BEANS
peanuts; grass nuts and weighing fifty pounds per bushe
brought in by JOS Vance Of Idaho Falls Geo P Ward sent
peaches from his farm at Iona There were pears Of
many varieties including Bartlett Flemish Beauty CIapps Favor
e Winter Neis Duchess de Angee Souvenir de Congress-
and BueHe de Anou which mentioned last week as selling
from Boise orchard at about ten cents pound wholesale
Then there apples such very few people ever see col
eced, and moi peck to their beauty and use
ulne Many citizens figuring the splendid profits Of
raising apples here and will be interested to know that the fol-
loving varieties were exhibit ohnathan Pewaukee Veal
Thy, Longhed, Genan Euntsman, Mann Gano Gramsgoden
Wabrdge Ben Davis, lngaham York Imperial Roman Stem
Iowa Blush, Minionk, Golden Russet, Wolf River Toman
Sweet Northwest Greenng English Golden Russe and Mis-
SCUM Pippin.
l. J. Porter Of Porterye had thirty varieties Of apples on
exhibit which ne rased his FARM also variety Of peach
Of pears and two Of pums The embroidery department
attracted considerable attention by Of the fine display and
great beauty and variety Of work exhibited Watson had
a lot Of shells, minerals and peculiar stones and cuio
here were GOOD eyhb,ts of i've stocL ard tb r,oo ,