Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-08-31
THE WELD COUNTY HARVEST
DAY FESTIVAL.
FINE DISPLAY OF PRODUCTS


Weld County Draws Immense Crowds
Of Peopis-Remarkabie Number Of
Floats and omobI;es-Pioneers
In Line.
Greeley. coio.-The second annual
Harvest Day festival was celebrated
by 1900 citizens and visitors here
Thursday. Last year the festival was
counted a great success. but that OF
Thursday Tar eclipsed II. 10Th ns re-
cards attendance. tho beauty and size
of the parade and decorations dis
played by business houses and rest
dences. The decorations were in Keep.
Ing with the harvest time and the
unique displays made with grains and
vegetables did credit to the bumper
crop which Weld county Is giving this
year.
White and yellow were the festival
colors. and when wheat, oats. boets.
potatoes. onions. etc. were banked on
n background Of gold and white. min.
Ilcd with autumn flowers. one did not
wonder why the valleys OF tho Foudro
and Platte arc called the garden spots
of tho world. business houses and
tradesmcn Joined hands with the great
farming Industries and showed the
world that they stood united for the
prosperity OF Weld county.
Country people drove In from miles
around md nearby towns sent delcga-
tions. ms did Denver and Cheyenne.
Tho rains OF the previous night and
carly morning settled the dust and
made tho morning cool and delightful.
Tho sun shonc forth at noon and many
gathered ut Lincoln park and ate their
lunches under the big trees. Afterward
the crowd went to Island Grove park
for tho races.
Two hundred and nifty iioa,s. was.
ons. automobiles. etc. appeared n tho
parade. which brought forth praise on
all sidcs for President Mnyhcr and his
assistants. The decorated automobiles
headed tho procession and formed
rainbow of color. All were decorated
with tissue paper or natural flowers
and tho wives OF the owners. sowncd
In white and carrying sunshndcs OF
flowers. rode In the cars.
Next came the pioneer features OF
the parade. Ex.Mayor II. &. Watson
md Mrs. Asa Sterling drove a prairie
schooner. Mr.. Watson. In costume
typica: of early days. and Mrs. Sterling
rarbcd In calico and wearing II sun.
bonnet. The wagon was drawn by
mulas and was marked 1870. Behind
came n spring wagon. driven by g.
RuEh. carrying tho grandchildren OF
many pioneers and labeled 1880. Then
came carriages fllicd with pioneers.
marked 1900. and finally automobiles
marked 1906. showing the prosperity
sincc the carly '7os. Among the pio-
nccrs In the procession were II. T.
West. president OF the Union Colony
Society Of Pioneers. and wife. Mrs.
Noes and Ovid Plum. Robi. Boyd. the
oldest settler In the valley. whose pres
ent home was n fort In 1863. was thcrc
driving his own horse. Company ID.
National Guard OF Colorado. under
Lieut.. A. G. Drake. appeared In uni.
form. nifty strong.
The iioats of the different lodges and
and secret societies followed. clnbo-
ratciy decorated. Business floats came
next and II was most difficult TO decide
which was the most attractive. Many
merchants carried samples Of their
goods and threw them to the crowd.
The lady horseback riders added TO
the procession with gay trappings and
suits. The farmers floats were splcn.
did. Each was n vcritablc horn OF
plenty. pouring out the riches of the
soil. Bects. potatoes. cabbngcs. wheat
and onions In bountiful display made
strangers cxclaim ut the productive
ness of tho country.
La Sale. Peckham. Delta. Buell. and
Pleasant Valley were in line. The
Peckham district not only sent floats
to sliow It's agricultural resources. but
forwarded wagon load OF children
with the Inscription. "a Pccltham
Crop"
Floats representing different indus
tries here. of which there were n sur
pristng number. were next In line. The
Greeley Commercial Club In big
,aiIyho, wearing Prince Albert coats
and high hats. received much applause.