Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-09

INC DIX tNF ~ tue sNkAENN4tr Nat'S
wsion. with i,n biz feature OF Melon
Day. has oncr more come and gone.
and has I'oNci u gain the ability OF itr
ma,iii; -In"nt 'o make Il and Keep II the
great rnnGai event Of Its kind. not only
for the people Of the valley. but for
the people c; the State. and to some
extent the t'cri- Of the country In
general. The 81. Louis Exposition
icubti..ss surpasscr all other such un.
| d-rtakiilrH up to date. and before Il
ciassss several millions OF the American
people will hsv" visited Il. But there
n.c several more millions who must
miss u. who n'uft Of necessity stay nj
honi., nni i,.rn b. t"nts-iy only Of It's
wonders nnd .rnndeurr which Fnt- OF
bnnc Fortune hnr seen ut to Keep be-
yond cur reach. Hut. happily. there
yet remains for lE ~ ths big majority
t..nt ancient snd HONORABLE. predecessor
of the 81. Louis ESroritIon-thc coun-
~ Fair. Ana here We have II. and
something mere. for the Rocky Ford
fair In not limited to- "a county. but
tlksb Ia .li ,:at progressive and pro-
duCtiVc nrtl that IL scogrn phicnlly
and economical. .pund together uE-
der the title OF the Arkansas Valley.
.Anu taken NIL In all. the County Fair
Is moic i.ccaly enjoyed by the crowd
thnn Ia the lnrgcF expedition. The
sights tn .inEciycH are purely RELATIVE:
u Is the kcer animal instinct FOR bc-
ing entcriainci rnd amused that
counts. There Ia, too. the socinblliiy
OF ncighborhooi acquaintance In the
local fair that one misses mt the big
exposition. There all men arc stran-
gers. Here we meet friends. Here the
rustic heart thrills at the contempln-
tion OF the modest exhibition buildings
and modest exhibits Its own hands
has helped to rear and to plant and
to otherwise produce: the patchwork
quilt and he bit OF color spread on
canvass Is all our own. And. then
there is the other kind OF heart that
leaps and gnliops with the 2:ios
around the fncc track. and the still
other that good aturcdly indulges the
urbanc local nspirnnt for political pref
/ crment as he inquiries 80 particularly
\ about the crop prospects and the
health OF the family. All these are
| conspicuous features always OF the an
nual meetings OF the County Fair. II
is the meeting and fusing of the hu-
man elements In crowds whenever gala
day programs Invite them. and we had
i IL this week. -
The Thirteenth Annual Exhibition
| of the Arkansas Valley Fair Associa-
4 tion was in It's particular feature some
what stronger here and weaker there.
as Il must he every year by reason OF
variable conditions in the area from
| which II draws It's life. Being In the
main an agricultural exhibition 1t was.
a.; by reason OF the splendid crop pro-
. duction of this year. strong I'm the best
| feature for which II stands-the fruit.
1 vegetable and cereal products. The
fruit display was particularly fine: 1t
was participated In In the smaller
ways by a goodly number of the new
| comers to the Valley. while some of the
older ones of nforetime were not so
| much in evidence. But there was
that capable and never -tiring enthusi-
ast in things horticultural. Hon. J. II.
| Crowley, to the front as usual with
over one hundred plates of fruit OF
one sort and another. And had there
been any table room left bare and un-
attractive he had yet some basketfuis
set away beneath the tables with
which to fill out. II the Valley only
grew more Mr.. Crowleys It would also
grow more fruit. The Valley is not at
| fault.
The display of vegetables was also
good. The Manzanola growers OF
garden sass" seemed to have put their
/ heads together--and they are not all
| cabbage heads, either-and made n
Manzanola special vegetable exhibit.
| And 1t did that community immense
credit There was our townsman'
| Warren Blinn, who. while getting on
the superannuated list personally as a
| truck grower. was Mt some pains 10
rally his friends and neighbors ana
make good showing for the special
J prizn offered fer the best variety OF
| vege ,ables.
II. X Wiley. the sweet potato spe--
| cinlist. was 10 the fore this year ana
had added GONE good Irish spuds to
| his xhib.t.