The Elbert County tribune., 1904-09-29
CANON CITY FAIR
FREMONT couNrys BIG SHOW
Three Days Fair Great Success
Remarkable Show Of Fruit and Veg
etables-Fine Display In Other De-
partments.


Denver, Sept. PA Canon City spe-
cial to the Republican last night says:
The Fremont county fair closed this
afternoon after three days of uninter-
ruppted success. The display in every
department exceeded the most san
guine expectations of the promoters,
and the entertainment afforded by the
racing and athletic events was first
class.
In the department of horticulture
and garden products the display was
surprise to Canon City people and
q matter of establishment to visitors.
who could hardly be persuaded that
the splendid apples, peaches, pears.
grapes, beets. pumpkins and cabbages.
and the other varieties OF fruits and
vegetables. were grown in the Arkan-
sas valley.
over 100 varieties of apples alone
were displayed, and sixty-five Yarie-
ties were displayed from the one ranch
owned by Captain Rockefellow. Ar
rangements have been made TO trans
fer almost the entire fruit exhibit to
Pueblo. where 1t will be a conspicuous
feature of the horticulture section Of
the state fair next week.
Although Fremont county is not a
grazing county, the showing in live
stock was good. and some of as
fine horses and cattle as could be
found in the best agricultural sections
of the Mississippi valley were shown.
A. r. Gumaer of Florence showed sew
enteen standardized horses and a
splendid herd OF twelve registered
HEREFORD.
The poultry and pet stock division
contained over 800 highly bred chick
nVQ hno farlrn lie
pigeons and other fowls. II. S. Gar
linghouse of this city. one of the lead
ing fanciers in the state, exhibited
about twenty varieties OF standard
birds.
The educational exhibit by the
graded and ungraded schools OF FIRE.
mont county, under the supervision of
County Superintendent George 4.
Colgate, attracted much attention. The
prize for the best school exhibit was
won by the Canon City schools. and
the second prize was awarded the
South Canon schools. All the schools
in Fremont county closed to-day. as
well as those OF Victor and Cripple
Creek.
Governor Peabody was a distin-
guished visitor at the fair. and occu-
pied n seat in the grand stand while
pounds of the best fruit in the Arkan-
sas valley was being distributed free
by the fair maidens OF Fremont
county.
The racing program included great
variety of events. such as relay races,
cowboy riding, etc. The record for the
local track was broken yesterday when
Laura Spur. one of the prettiest
PAGERS. did one of her heats in 2;13A
Some of the speediest horses in the
state were entered for the prizes,
which aggregated $1,000.
The Elks had charge of affairs to
day, and there was something doing
every minute. Members of the order
were present from Florence, Victor
Cripple Creek and Pueblo. Among the
events of to-day was foot ball game
between the Victor and Cripple Creek
high school teams in which Victor won
by a score of to o in hotly con
tested game.
The attendance to-day was about
5000. The receipts were sufficient TO
meet all expenses, and 1t is estimated
that there will be a surplus of about
$500 in the treasury for next year.