The Greeley tribune., 1907-09-26
AULT'S FAIR
FESTIVAL AND AGRICUL-
TURAL SHOW FRIDAY
Fine Display of Farm Products
Put State Fair in Shade
Some of the Prize
Winners

AulU mao ner annual harvest feSt1.
val last Friday and it was sure
hummer. Not dull moment
throughout the play" as the show
bills put it. There was something
doing all the time. When one be-
came tired of barbecued beef and
roast potatoes or satiated with horse
races and other contests he could 90
around among the agricultural ex-
hibits displayed in booths on the
streets and enjoy himself thoroughly.
There we're better exhibits of this
kind at Ault last Friday than we're
seen at the state fair at Pueblo a
couple of weeks ago, and that state
ment will be backed up by almost
anybody that saw the two shows.
With the home population there
were between 1000 and 5000 people
on the streets. Yet all were fed on
the toothsome roasts that we're served
to visitors by the Ault business men.
In the forenoon there was grand
parade, led by traction engine dec
Grated and hauling three big beet
wagons loaded with school children.
Following this cane the Ault band
This is unique i'll the county as 1t
has three lady members. Business
floats, decorated vehicles and auto
mobiles completed the parade. which
ended shortly before noon. (.
\ Perhaps the best decorated window
Iu the city was that of the Farmers
Bank, where some fine agricultural
products were displayed. 1t was
understood, however, that these were
borrowed from the various exhibits
on the street.
From the Ault district were pep
pers that would beat the Mexican
growers. celery as good as Kalama-
ZOO, melons that put Rocky Ford S
in the shade, suntlowers that rivaled
Kansas, heads sixteen inches in d.
ameter, especially one grown by Mrs.
Silvia Schoell; potatoes like real
Greeleys, stock beets over "a inches
long, sugar beets weighing l5 pounds
and corn that it was not believed
could be grown here.
The same superlative degree of
excellence might well be applied to
the other districts represented.
There was the Pierce exhibit Of
grains. corn, millet, big squash,
potatoes and other vegetables, all
grown without irrigation. The ex-
hibitors here we're o, F. Moeberg,
w. S. Crone c. NJ. Larson, E. J.
Skinner, W. and w. W. Sullivan.
The Dover dry district had an
exhibit of Idaho peas, beans, pars-
nips, table, sugar and stock beets,
corns, squash, potatoes, macaronl
wheat, all grown by George &.
Moore.
The Olive Branch district Was
represented by o. W. Nye with grain
and vegetables and James Fowler
with some fine corn.
The Fairplay district had some
mammoth potatoes grown by A. b.
Stewart and macaroni wheat and fine
POTATOES raised above ditch by j.
Jones'
The Rowe district had a fine dis
play of various irrigated crops, espec-
tally worthy of mention being some
large potatoes grown by John New
man, A. L. Martin and Peter Ras-
mussen and some large melons grown
by F. Y. Looney.
The honor of the Collins district
was especially upheld by some big
stock beets grown by Mr.. Pixley.
Some of the prize winners on these
DISPLAYS we're William Haptonstell
on dry farm beets, Joseph Hapton-
stell on onions, William Gildewell
on corn. In the irrigated districts
V. r. Tormey took first prize for
sugar beets, Robert Kirby on stock
beets, c. II. Frye on wheat, j. ID.
Mattison on red wheat, MIR. Yota on
onions, Sam Newell on wheat and
oats and j. J. Newell on Pearl pota-
toes.
During the afternoon there were
races of various sorts as we'll as other
kinds of sport.
Football Prospects.
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