Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-10-11
ELMORE COUNTY
FAIR A WINNER
BIG Crowds, Splendid fx'
hibitS. Fast Races and
Everybody Highly
Pleased.

Talk to whom you will, exhibit
ors, horse owners, visitors, or man
ayers, and they will tell you that
they were gratifyingly surprised,
highly pleased with the Elmore
county fair-that it was bigger and
better than they had hoped it could
be made.
The most extensive exhibit was
that of fruit, regarding which every
one commented favorably. 1t was
the best possible advertisement
which this country could have.
The variety was seemingly limited
only by mans efforts to see what
he could produce. In this line the
Bruneau section, the residents OF
which have been in the business
longer and more largely, made, per-
haps, the best collective exhibit
In fact, all agricultural products
shown there demonstrate beyond
question that this can be and is be-
ing made the garden spot OF the
world That display would be a
thing of beauty and a contempla-
tive Joy forever to the farmer VINO
laborious1y ti1ls his exhausted acres,
prays for rain or hopes for sunshine.
If a car load of this stuff could be
. exhibited throughout the east, to
the denizens of the frozen northern
border states, to the residents on
rocky ridges in New England, 1t
would drive them wild with desire
to migrate hither-
t,,fe-ec+fr1O Y
hibit was that of lumber made IN
this county by Anderson & Baker
at their Trinity saw mill. The
stranger here who takes look al
the surrounding mountains, barren
of forest trees, can not imagine
that just over the divide there are
countless miles of merchantable
timber. from which SUCH an excell-
ent quality of finishing lumber car
be made. There were in the lo
boards two feet wide, an inch and {
half thick and thirty feet long.
The ladies, too, made splendid
display of art and needle work
which demonstrated that culture
and taste and skill are to be founC
in our homes. For years past Mrs
j. A. Purtil1 has been know
throughout this section as tn
most artistic lace maker in tn
state, she having won gold medal
at national and international ex
positions for her beautiful work.
was a remark frequently heard
when groups Of ladies were exam
lining laces exhibited there, that
was surely made by Mrs. Purtill
that no other hands could weav
such exquisiteiy delic lte fabrics
The lady hs d on exhibition none c
her work. 1t is understood tha
several ladies who have recently ar
rived from North Dakota are skille
in the beautiful art and that all wa
made by them.
Premium awards have all bee
made, but Maverick can not pubiis
them this week No names wer
attached to articles on exhibitio
and all awards were made by nun
Der. Secretary PurtilI kept tn
names in a separate book, and
bring the two together is a long
tedious task which he has not "
commenced. Those who have VIC
prizes can tell from their receil
tags, but the judges themselves di
not know to whom they were NAL
ing the award. This system w;
adopted so as to prevent any su
picion of favoritiSm.
Already several prize winnei
have notified the secretary that tht
did not care for the money woi
and authorized him to return it
the treasury This action is parti
ularly gratifying TO the manaS
ment. as the funds are several hui
dred dollars short, and private Il
dividua1s will have TO make up Il
deficiency. There is to be
welching, no viewer; every pri
won will be paid. Among tho
who have already declined to accc
money are Mrs w. A. Reynolds,
Loveridge, r. D. and w. Joy, al
J.H. Garrett. The latter has donat
hundreds of dollars won by +
trotting horses and bloodcd cattl
1t is hoped there will be others.
Of course, the races are what Z
o-d he1d fhe biQ crowd