Cañon City record., 1906-09-27

Lets go out to the natatorium,"
said Pueblo man to his friend. mo,
guess don't care to see any animals
to-day" his rural friend replied.
The exhibition of photographs was
interesting. Three prizes have brought
out some fine views of Canon City
scenery. The skyline offered an ex-
cellent opportunity for something new.
E. R. Bess of the Gate City Conser-
vatories is showing fine line of dec
orative plants. such as ferns, begonias,
etc. He has something like thirty-fve
pots of plants on exhibition, of which
there are five varieties of ferns, viz:
the Boston, Pierson. Pteris. Scott and
Elegantissn The begonias are par
ticularly attractive.
The corn on exhibition is very fine
and will compare favorably with the
best products of the most fertile farm
lands in Illinois, Iowa or other agri-
cultural states. Most of 1t was grown
on Lincoln Park and demonstrates
that ranchers in that locality know
how to grow corn as we'll as fruit of
all kinds The stalks are twelve feet
high and the ears unusually large and
we'll developed.
The exhibit of the Union Oil Company
in the manufactures tent, showing the
various grades of petroleum and Its
by-products, is one of interest to every
visitor to the fair. The number of
commercial products made from petro-
leum is a surprisingly large one and
they serve a multitude of purposes.
The attractive manner in which the
display of the Union Oil Company is
shown would render 1t noticeable any
where.
The crowds at the fair are eminently
respectable in appearance and wear
an air OF prosperity that is highly
complimentary to the citizenship of
Colorado. For the most part. the peo-
pie are polite and well dressed and
behave themselves in way that is
most commendable. There has been
no fights on the grounds not in the
city since the fair began so far as
the police are aware. nor has there
bene any house-breaking or robbery.
For morality and general respectable
ity a Colorado crowd will compare
very favorably with similar gather
ing In any part OF the country.
or the many displays in the fair
building worthy of attention none will
be found more interesting and in
structive to the public than the educa-
tionaI exhibit of the Canon City. South
Canon and Lincoln Park schools. All
of the work shown Is very creditable:
some Of II highly praiseworthy. Re
markably good is the drawing and
the relief map work the latter es-
peciaily being much admired. There
is an excellent relief map OF the United
States showing the productions of the
different sections of the country by
means of pictures. The material used
in making these maps is -four and
salt. mixed with water.
One OF the most diverting and
amusing numbers of the daily pro-
gram at the flair was the horseback
potato race, which took place in front
of the grand stand between the track
events each afternoon. There were
six contestants. divided into two class
es, the red and the green. The riders
had pointed sticks which they used
as spears to Impale the potatoes in
carry the tubers a distance of a hun
dred yards and deposit them in an
other box. There was constant
struggle between the rivals to prevent
the potatoes from going into the box
and bfff tranSfora ~ara rnada