Williams news., 1906-01-06
THE TERRITORIAL FAIR
Was. a Greater Success Than
 Anticipated

Last Saturday saw the end of Arizona's First Annual Territorial Fair. and that it was a success from the first day to the last was shown by the large crowds which daily visited the grounds and spoke their praises of the exhibits, events and management. Never before had an attempt to pull off such an event been made, and it is only fair to Phoenix, the capital city, to say that she did herself proud in the manner in which she spread her self to entertain the thousands of visitors from all over the territory.
 The postponement of the great , event, if it made any difference at at all, seemed to have been advan- tageous rather than to have de- tracted from the effort, as the at- tendance was all that could have been asked; the railroad companies coming forward and voluntarily making an extremely low rate, which has been fully appreciated by the general public.
 Though the time for the compile tion of the grounds had not been great, the commission, by herculean efforts, got up all the really neces- sary buildings for the exhibits as we'll as stables. The grand stand was a thing of beauty, with a seat ing capacity of 5000, though on the last day it no doubt contained at least one-third more people, while there were again as many who could not obtain admittance.
 The race tracks-a mile and half mile-the latter being constructed within the former-are the best in the country, as was evidenced by the time made in the high class events. On the last day Hazel Patch lowered the former track record of Zolock from 2:O7 to 2:054, which time for pacers is as good as seen in any country on any track.
 It is not our purpose to go into a description, day by day, of the events, as space will not permit, but we desire to refer to the very creditable showing made by the northern portion of the territory, not alone in the attendance and ex- hibits, but by the horses entered from this section.
 Both the Arizona Lumber and Timber Go. of Flagstaff and the Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Co. of Williams had prepared exhibits, constructed of the native pine to show the quality and possibilities of the wood. While both were ex- cellent, Williams must doff it's hat to the Flagstaff exhibit. as it was of a much larger variety; and while that of the local mill was in the plain, raw material, the Flagstaff exhibit, which was in charge of MT. A. A. Dutton. consisted of both raw and finished. Many specimens of vanished goods were beautiful, while a full and complete series of pictures illustrated the progress of the logs from the woods to the con- sumer, pictures of the various stages through the plant, and the plant itself being given.
 The Williams, Flagstaff and the Northern Arizona Normal schools had work of their pupils on exhibit and made very credita ble showing.
 In the mineral building large and beautiful display was made of the minerals from the various parts of the territory. While the exhibit from this county was not distin- guished fer it's size, it was a notice able feature that it was the only county from which asbestos was ex- hibited, beautiful specimens having been sent from the Hance Asbestos Co.'s property on the north side of the Grand Canyon. The Canyon Copper Go. also displayed some beautiful specimens of 50 per cent ore that had few equals.
 .vG C.s Hutchinson was awarded