CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-09-28
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last Friday afternoon between the
teams Of the Cripple Greek and Victor
high schools was, watched with much
interest by the people in the grand
stand and bleachers, particularly by
the students, of which there were at
least a Thousand present from the va
rious towns in the valley. There
has been a strong rivalry between the
Cripple Creek and Victor high school
teams for several years and in the con-
test last week both teams put up the
best fight possible. Many Of the spec
tators had never seen football game
before and they were unable to master
the intricacies of the play, but despite
that fact they followed it closely from
the beginning to the end. Neither
side was able to score and the game
was declared draw.
One of the notable exhibits in the
agricultural department at the fair last
week was the display of wheat and bar
ley grown by Dan Hall at his ranch on
Cottonwood creek. There were samples
under irrigation and some Of it above
the ditch line, and in quality it rivaled
the best product OF Kansas and Nebras-
ka. OF course, only the finest stalks
were selected by Mr.. Hall for exhibi-
tion, but the fact that such excellent
grain could be found in this county
was a revelation to many people. The
barley was of the beardless variety and
grew to height OF about three feet.
The Durum, or macaroni, wheat was
bearded and the kernel very hard and
Ainty. The display was made by Mr..
Hall at the special request OF the fair
association.
The United States Mica Mining and
Milling company, of Micanite, had
most interesting exhibit Of its products
in the manufactures tent at the fair.
In addition to some immense chunks
of native mica the company made
display Of the ground article. which is
rapidly growing in public favor as a
lubricant. 1t also exhibited samples
of washers, made from sheet mica, SO
largely used in electrical works. There
are a score of uses for mica and the
company has no difficulty in finding
market for the output of its mills at
Micanite. Small envelopes. contain
ing ground mica, were given away at
the fair last week. Mixed with oil 1t
makes an excellent lubricant for bicy-
cles, or machinery Of any kind.
Visitors to the fair last Thursday
were profuse in their expressions OF
appreciation of the hospitality they re-
ceived and most Of them carried away
a good impression of Canon City. Ap.
pies, peaches, pears, plums, grapes and
cantaloupes were given out in great
quantity to everybody at the fair
at O'Clock in the afternoon and there
was plenty to spare after all applicants
had been satisfied. Although there was
seven or eight Thousand people on the
grounds, there was no rowdyism or un-
seemly conduct of any kind. In fact,
the good behavior Of the crowd was
matter OF general comment.
The fine arts department. WAS very
creditable; in fact, was one OF the dis
tinctive features Of the fair. The ex-
hibit was not very large one, but en-
braced great variety Of fancy needle
work, embroideries, paintings, draw
ings, etc. Conspicuous in the display
of paintings was some very handsome
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Of County Clerk Geo. P. Nix. The COM
mittee in charge OF the art department
worked hard to make the display rep
resentAtive Of the community and sue
cess is due in very great measure to
its efforts in that direction.
Pueblo was splendidly represented at
the fair on Fruit Day and the generous
patronage to it by the people Of that
city will long be remembered here.
Fully 1900 Puebloans were on the
grounds on Thursday, and they
were everywhere conspicuous by the
white badges they wore bearing the
legend Pueblo Greets Canon City."
The effect OF this evidence Of friendli-
ness on the part OF our neighbors down
the river will be to draw the two places
into closer commercial and social rels-
tions.
Thurston White and NJ. e. Snow at
tended the Mesa County Fair at Grand
Junction last week.
THE Canning Factory is buying cider
apples.
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