CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-07-14
SHOULD HAVl
A coUNT| FAIR
Canon City Offers Great Advantages and
the Plan Should Be Carried Through.
Hold Agricultural Fair In Canon City
Receives The Hearty Endorse
ment of The Fruit Growers


views with other men engaged in the
same line of work, for it must be ac-
knowledeed that there i wisdom in
the maxim that two heads are better
than one.
A. men OF all professions and trades
find Il advantageous TO meet in con
ventions to consider matters OF busi-
ness, it is but natural that the agri-
culturalist, the fruit grower and the
gardener should assemble at least once
year TO discuss affairs OF mutual con-
cern, for there il no other calling in
interest than among the tiilers OF the
soil. There Is m other vocation IN
which men can chow such tangible
evidence Of their skill and toll as in
agriculture. and the fruits of their
labor should be exhibited in conjunc-
that all may see what the earth through
the fundamentally of man, is capable
Of producing
Fremont county with il. exceptional
fertility of soil. it, superb climate for
the growth and perfection of most OF
the fruits, grains and vegetables OF the
Temperate zone. and its diversified
agriculture 10 capsule Of supporting
one OF the very best fairs Of the kind
we are end-svoring to describe in the
state. and il is a matter OF surprise to
visitors from the east that the natural
enterprise of our people should ignore
our opportunities in this respect. Few
communities, east or west. have as
much really good material at command,
or Hs great facilities for making
venture of the character outlined a
social and financial succes. as we have
here. The magnificent showing made
al Pueblo last yesr j. proof positive
that we have The resources for a first
class exhibition in fruit. poultry. live
stock and in the thousand and one
ether branches OF industry which com
bine for the public veal.
The educational advantages of
county fair are not the least OF its
assets, and it, social features are of the
almost valu. in breaking down preju
dice and in destroying fsctional dis
like. and ieslousies There I. no time
OF the year that people in the older
states look forward to with so much
pleasure As they do to fair week" as
IL gives them the opportunity OF seeing
many old acquaintance that come to
town at no other season except on
. . 4 ,,r H., La.
towns Of Ohio or Michigan is almost As
important in the calendar OF the
averag. citizen ns court week j. in
Kentucky or Virginia, which is the
time for the settlement of all debts.
public and private, ms well as the ad-
With the wide range OF produce to
be drawn from ranch, orchard, garden
and mine, to sAy nothing of poultry
and pet stock, or of the hAndiwork OF
the ladies Of the community who are
interested in domestic science, Canon
City possesses advantages peculiarly
It's own, and affords a guarantee that
such an enterprise will be a success
whenever IL may be undertaken. The
benefits to he derived from a county
fair sre too manifold to be mentioned
in the space of brief newspaper ar
ticle. suffice it to state that not the
least OF these is the unity Of feeling it
tends 20 promote between the people
OF town and country by bringing them
together upon . common footing
From business STANDPOINT county
fair, lasting four or five days each year,
would be an excellent thing for the
people OF this city, as It would attract
many visitors from other points who
would spend considerable money that
would find its way into general circula-
tion, but above all mercensry con-
alterations 10 the value Of the county
fair as social and educational institu-
tion. In these respects II is unique,
nothing having yet been evolved TO
take its place.
The country tributary to Canon City
grows a variety Of fruits, grains, and
flowers that is hardly surpassed in the
United States, and Of . sire and quality
second to no other locality in this lati-
tude. The treasures yielded up by
field and orchard in Fremont county
annually are the envy Of half the state
and are worth q king's ransom. The
choicest gifts Of Pomona and the