Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-11-20
YAVAPAI'S EXHIBIT ExCfTES
MUCH WONDER.

High School Athletic Day, "nd buih
were n success. In the mining build
! ing, Iavapai cuts = Barv"lously wldc
swain, and III" public Is awar" of II.
II IL WASH Z before. 1t * now, far he
Y1vnpaI exhibit claimed al sorts oi
attention in that building yesterday
Commissioner Johns and i. &. Good
win, VINO had rhatgo uf the building,
were both attentive IN giving NavaphI
"A full sweep yesterday, ~ were mum
| bcrs of others who were connected
with exhibits for that county.
In the big exhibition hall. wh"rc
the Verde Valley has u whole section
of The agricultural department. there
was similar situation, aud the wide
world yesterday looked Iavapai over
pretty thoroughly. This Verde Valley
exhibit ~ IN eye opener for u lot of
people who live IN Arizona. ~ well rs
elsewhere. Heretofore, that valley nas
sent down little except a few apples.
but this year. with Just little effort,
there is display that il designed 10
make the socalIcd agricultural coun
ties get up and hustle. Mr.. Johns
looks after this, also. aud had il placed
with a big sign over IT. while in both
buildings there is quantity Of litcra-
turc provided for distribution. Incl.
dcntalIy, he works in all the Yavap,i
men ne can find to help him when oc.
casion requires IL. The first thing one
secs in the Verde Valley exhibit. is a
handsome pine tree, n typical Christ
mas tree. II is this sort of vegetation
the people of the Verde Valley have 10
grub ou, before they plant their crops.
for the valley is located almost ~ mile
high in the mountains.
lin the display are noted bccis. par.
SHIPS, carrots. iurDips, Tomatoes. sweet
potatoes. ctc.. from q. j. Amcs' raucn;
peppers of all kinds. grown by "A Mex.
lean on the Lower Verde: sugar bccts
of marvellous size; fine corn from the
j. T.. Alden ranch: more corn from the
Cbas. Colstan ranch; honey in cans
by l.. -. Bell; (more honey in the api
airy dcpartmenD; apples of not less
than u dozen varieties. aud all Of good
size, some of mammoth size. all of the
finest quality. There are others from
the Aqua Fria ranch. There is also
n fine exhibit of cauliflowcr and lot
of other things that are too numerous
to list. Those who have not done 70.
should make /, f, point Ia look over
the Verde showing,
"Anybody can see the sign, for its
almost M big as a house aud as rcd M
il * big. There is an agricultural and
horticultural display that will make
even The eyes of the Salt River valley
farmers bulge out, aud Incidentally.
there is n large delegation Of Verde
Valley people at the fair. Attorney
sponsibiliiy Of saying that the Verde
Valley people are proud of the good
work being done by their commission.
or, \. \. Johns. ~ the whole county.
in fact. has reason to he. IN the min
ing building the whole Yavapai county
exhibit should he given a good king
over. but Just 10 bait the people, M.
ten,ion il called to two things in par
ticular. One is tue largest gold mug
get ever found in Arizona. 80 far rs
| anybody has u record Of II was pick,
cd mp some six ar eight years ago. on
Big Bug Creek, in Yavapai county. by
n Mexican, and sold Ia man named
Boggs. In the course Of events, II
finally became the property of the
Bank Of Arizona. This institution has
intrnsted il TO John Duke. who yes.
teriay brought 1t 10 the fair. aud II
may be seen in the Yavapai mineral
exhibit today. This little nugget
weighs nearly five pounds, contains
about $500 in pure gold, and is valued
as n specimen at $1,000. That much
mas been refused for II. There is also
IA nice lot OF smaller nuggets. The
other specimen in this department is n
bar Of copper, 20 $40 per cent pure
and most Of the alloy being gold II
was made by Thomas Taylor, chief Of
the smelling department of the United
Verde Mining company. This bar is
of the vintage that took the premium
at the Worlds Fair In ~. Louis. TO
Superintendent W. l.. Clark of the
United Verde company is the credit
due for the fine exhibit. D. having
done all he could 10 make the fair a
success