Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-09-26
SECOND ANNUAL
FAIR A SUCCESS
Good Exhibits in all Departments.
fractions all of High
Order.

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horses for each mile. The result of
this race is still in dispute as the
last days event was placed under
protest.
The big exhibition building was
crowded with agricultural and hor-
ticuiturai products. together with
the display of local merchants. All
the leading mercantile institutions
were represented by fine displays
from their stocks. The manage
ment worked long and hard for the
success of this part of the fair and
the public is unanimous in the opin-
ion that the exhibition was worthy
of a city of fifty thousand inhabi-
tants. No country under the sun
other than an , irrigated region
could have collected and displayed
such a magnificent variety of pro-
ducts of the soil. The majority of
the exhibits were grown in Elmore
county, and presented incontrovert
iblc proof of the superiority of irri-
cation farming. The Owyhee
county exhibit consisted chiefly of
fruit, in all splendid showing
that our southern neighbor may
well feel proud Of. Eimore county
supplied the greater part Of the dis
play, which was arranged in excel
lent shape. No finer collection of
vegetables was ever brought to-
gether than were shown in the ex-
hibit from this county. In quanti-
ty 1t may not have been as extensive
as those shown at the big fairs of
the eastern states, but it is GER
tain that in quality none could
have excelled it.
The fruit exhibit was the pride
of the true Southern Idaho en-
thusiast, who is sure there is no
greater horticultural section in the
world.
The fruit exhibit was extra good.
Peaches and pears were not as
good as last year but everything
else as far better. The exhibit of
apples completely knocked the eve
out of the chronic kickcr-thc man
that insists that we couldn't sue
ccssfully grow apples. The fair
will promptly pay all indebted
ness even though the receipts are
not sufficient.
Mrsr. F. p. AXE merits the per-
sonal thanks of the management
and of every citizen having the
interest of Elmore county at
heart. Every department had an
exhibit from this ranch and in
addition Mrs. AXE made personal
exhibit of her home ranch pro-
ducts that could not be beaten.
The art and culinary exhibit was
good and will receive more attention
next year.
The live stock exhibit was sim
ply out of sight. Not so large as
many but the exhibit stalls of FL
more and Owyhee county fair con-
tained some stock that could be
beaten in America or Canada.
In fact, they are champions and
grand champions respectively.
The street parade Wednesday
morning was over mile long and
rcscmbled the monsterous parade of
Ringing Bros or Barnum's show
than of a small county fair away
out west in the land Of sunshine
and sage brush, supported by viii
lagc population of about 1000
and county of less than three
thousand people.
= Mouetain Home can't be beat.
We do things right. A great many
can't see the advantage to be
gained, but time will tell. This
week Mountain Home had visitors
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
These same people talk, they
advertise. Yes, the money given
by our citizens to support our fair
was well spent. 1t will bring
results. We are sorry we can't
give full and complete list of all
winning exhibits but the time was
too short. Mex week we will
print it all.