The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-09-05
QUAY COUNTY FAIR

editor Ol the News has been asked
hy farmers from every section OF
the county: Are We going to
have & iair this iall2" Before we
began investigating the crop condi-
tlons several DAYS ago, it was i'm
possible to give thcma definite an
swrr, but now, that We have ample
assurance that the crops outside oi
small area twenty miles south Ot
IucumCari, are 4 better average
than last wear, It Is now practical.
The question with Us when first
approached about the advisability
OF holding FAN, was whether or
not we could equal the splendid
showing made last year, but it is
no longer "A question with Us, W"
now know from careful invcStiga-
ton, and the Interviewing Ut lar.
merS from every section OF the
county, that We can even make a
better exhibit than We did last year;
50 We icci that We are safe IN an
nounclng to the farmers that Quay
county will have a Far, and that
it will bc sometime during the first
halt OF October, probably the first
week o! the month. The editor OF
the News spent part OF the tore.
noon Tuesday, among the busi-
ness men OF the city, Tor the pur.
pose OF ascertalning II they dcsir.
ed to assist in the collection ot the
Fair exhibits, on the same plan we
used last year, ot offering small
premiums on exhibits OF the va.
rious products, delivered TO the
News office by October Ist, the
exhibits after the premiums are
paid on them TO those bringing
them in, to be used in the prcpara.
ton Ci an exhibit Tor the Territorial
Fair at Albuquerque, aud the lrrI.
CATION Congress which will I've in
session the last OF September, and
first oil October, and tor exhibits Tor
the county Fair to he held here the
first halt OF next month.
While we did not have time to
see all the business men, we believe
them all interested, and ready, as
they have ever been, to contribute
to all enterprises that will result IN
bcnchting the town and county
We were not refused by single
one OF them to- help us IN the col.
lection OF the exhibits, none OF them
Offering less than $500 Tor thu de-.
livering oi one oi the various pro.
ducts to this office, before October
Ist, to he used as above stated.
The list covers twenty.iour agri.
cultural products, and we will in.
crease il next week, to cover every
product to I've exhibited nj the Fair.
Last year, Tucumcari subscribed
about s., 500 Tor Fair purposes, and
we had one oil the best county Fairs
in the territory; this year we need
not 20 TO anything near this cx.
pcnse, as the base ball park, with
grandstand, fence, ball grounds,
and the south side OF the grandstand,
which may he used Tor booths tor
agricultural products, can he had
tor very little expense; in tact (he
president ol the Baseball Associa-
ton said TO the editor OF the News:
"The baseball park maybe had
Tor Fair purposes, Tor twenty-five
per cent ot the gate receipts
Every accommodation needed is
there, except maybe stalls Tor stock
and coops for poultry. race track
etc, and the gate receipts should
provide these, and leave something
Tor a premium fund.
So, the News iecls justified in
saying, after talking with the lar
m-rs two weeks, about their crops,
seeing many oi them, and getting
exhibits from them, and hay.
ing talked il over with the business
people OF Tucumcari, that We are
going TO have Fair, and n better
one than last year. Reports from
INdtU VISA, WU'I' uU NNt HIhu tuu
aSth oi this month they held a two,
days barbecue and picnic, and
collected exhibits OF agricultural
products from the surrounding
country, show that the northcasteru
section OF the county alone car
make a better showing than any
agricultural exhibits we had u,
last years Fair. These people
have most oi their exhibit already
collected, and oi course will he on
ly too glad TO bring it to the coun'
~ Fair, as they are energetic, en-
terprising farmers and business
nep, and will always do anything
in their power TO advertise QUAY
county and northeast New Mexico
Notwithstanding the tact thaI
there is an area ot country extend
ing south oi Tucumcari tor twent,
miles, in WHICH the dry weather
cut the crops short, in all othe
sections OF the county the averag'
yield OF crops is better than las
year, and the acreage is so mucl
greater that the total OF crops pro
duced is ten Told more than in 1907
Fitch OF near Quay, who tool
premium on Indian corn last year
talle the N.Wc that hic IanA cTnn