The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-12
A FINE DISPLAY
The Car Shows What Can Be Done in
the 'Pecos VaIIey.-A Partial List
of the Exhibits and Exhibitors.

The exhibit car that was gotten up
by A. Foltz to advertise the Pecos
Valley, left this morning on it's two
months tour of Central states 1t was
viewed by great many people and
indicated that the bounty of the Pc
cos Valley is beyond bounds, beyond
description-and so it is.
The car will be carried over the
sas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Illi-
nois. Indiana, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. 1t will also pass across the
Panhandle to show the people what
a real farming and fruit country can
produce by irrigation.
The car was in charge of A. Foltz,
assisted by w. G. Breeding and Rob-
ert Collins, and Louis Lenox in
charge of the mineral display.
The agricultural display was va
ried and prize-winning in every res
pect The fruit from Roswell was put
in large glass jars, set in a large
nickel-plated frame that gave it an
attractive finish. The melons, pump
kins, squashes, cantaloupes, apples,
pears, peaches, plums, peppers, corn
of all kinds, cotton, wheat oats, bar
ley, grapes, cucumbers, beets, car
rots, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes,
and in fact every vegetable and fruit
that man could wish was there in
prime condition and specimens that
will make the fasteners open their
eyes. All were arranged with skill
to make the car attractive, and the
general effect was artistic. The car
was also well supplied with photo
graphs of farming scenes in the Pc
cos Valley, Worlds Fair certificates
of medals received, literature, etc.
There were also some special ex-
hibits, including a fine lot of ore
from the mines of the Mescalero Min
ing and Milling Co, and the Old Gov
ernors' Copper Company, a line of
Mexican and Indian work from Roth
enberg & Schloss, leather work from
J. F. Patterson, cement brick and
shingles from the Hondo Stone Mfg.
Co. and the Roswell Cement Shingle
Co., and many smaller ones which
have to be seen to be appreciated.
Especially noticeable were some
apples measuring 16 inches in circum
ference, a 24-inch cucumber, two so
pound watermelons and an eight
pound bass. the latter caught in the
Pecos river near Carlsbad.
A specially interesting feature was
a miniature field, 80 by So inches in
size, made to show how land is irri-
gated in the Pecos Valley. It was
divided into parts of one acre each
sluices, by which the water could be
run over all or any part of the field"
at the will of the demonstration. 1t
was made of cement by A. L. W. Nil
sson, of the Hondo Stone Mfg. Co.
Among the givers of large exhibits,
besides those mentioned above, were:
w. B. Winston, fruit in great varie-
ty; w. G. Urton, same; L. F. D..
ranch, watermelons; Parker Earle,
pears and plums; E. J. White, Lake
wood, cotton; w. E. Thomson, Lake
wood, tomatoes and peppers; Jim
Cunningham, prunes and peaches; E.
R. Gesler, Artesia, fruit of many
kinds, melons, squashes and pump
kins; J. E. Fife, Hagerman, fruit in
great variety; N. 8. West Hagerman;
F. e. DOwnes, Carlsbad; J. s. High.
smith, Artesia; FL Prado ranch, Ar
tesla: e. NJ Fisher. sugar beets; l.
w. Holt, Hagerman cantaloupes: e.