The daily sentinel., 1906-09-07

The week of September 2S promis-
es to be the biggest, the most aus
picious week in the history of Grand
Junction and Mesa county as far as
amusement and good solid clean sport
is concerned.
This will be the week of the third
annual Mesa county Industrial and
Fruit Fair and there is every reason
to believe that the coming fair will be
the greatest and the best ever held
in the valley.
When the stockholders of the as
sociation met last winter to try to
find a way out of the difficulties that
had arisen from the last county fair
they were careful in the selection
of a board of directors and a secre-
tary
Time has proven that they made no
mistake when they did make the Sc
lection of officers for a better board
of directors or more enterprising,
hustling secretary could hardly have
been chosen. These gentlemen have
worked faithfully, untiringly and con-
scientionusly in an effort to make the
coming fair a decided success from
start to finish and they have been
ably seconded by the public in gen.
eral, and everybody is looking for
ward with the belief that the COM
ing race meet and week of festival
will be a period in Grand functions
history long to be remembered with
pleasure.
The fair is now only little more
than two weeks off and the arrange
ments and details are rapidly being
completed. Everything will be in
readiness for the opening on sched-
ule time.
There win be three big days at the
fair. The association believed that it
would be wiser to have three extra
ordinary good days than to try to
have for or five days of races and
exhibitions with one or two of these
days not SO well filled up with attrac-
tions as the others.
Tuesday, September 25th will be
entry day for the exhibitors. No ad-
grounds on Tuesday and no regular
program will be carried out. The
gounds will be open to the public and
those who care to visit them that day
can do so.
Wednesday the big show begins
and from early morning until dewy
eve there will be something doing at
the fair grounds. Thursday and Fri
day will be just as big If not still
bigger days.
The work of rearranging the i'm
mense exhibition hall is now under
way and will be completed within
very short time. Many radical
changes are being made. The big
stairways have been altered and the
ground floor of the great room has
been divided into six equal divisions
or sections. This is done in order
to give an equal showing for each of
the big sectional exhibits. 1t is well
known that Mesa county has been di-
vided into six distinct districts and
each district is to contest for hand
some prize offered for the best, the
largest and the finest exhibit of fruit
and agricultural products shown by
one section. The entire lower floor
of the hall will be devoted to these
sectional displays and there is no
question but what there will be shown
during the fair week on the lower |
floor of the spacious exhibition hall |
the finest. the most magnificent dis |
play of fruit, the product that has
made the Grand valley famous the /,
country over-ever placed on exhi- |
bition in the state. And the showing |
of agricultural products will be equal |
ly as pleasing. The sights to be seen in
the exhibit hall will be easily worth |
far more than the price of admission
to the grounds.
Such a fruit display as is being |
prepared for the Mesa county fair
has never before been shown in Colo
RADIO. This is not hot air" story. |
hut a reasonable statement. well
hacked by hard cold facts.
The upper floor of the exhibition
hall will be devoted to fancy work |
displays, art exhibits. school work,
and various other kind of showings of
this nature
Several hours, yes a whole day
can be spent in the exhibition hall
with profit and pleasure by every
visitor. The great building will sim
ply groan under the weight of the
hundreds of exhibits.
The purses for the race meet which
will be divided up into three fine
programs, one on wednesday after
noon. one on Thursday afternoon. and
another on Friday afternoon, amount
to $4,000.
The fastest horses in western Colo