The copper era., 1908-11-05
A SPECIAL FLOWER DAY.
Agricultural Exhibit Will be an Eye 0pener--.AdditiOnaI Space Has Been
 Provided for Trades Display.

.. nOCiiA lo iON up r the fair and there is so much going , on the newspapers can't print it all r but here are few facts some one of
 which should appeal to almost every
 body. The previously limited ex- . hibition space will be augmented d very materially this year and it is be-
 lieved all can be accommodated, who will get busy and hustle for space. though on the other hand so many do
 not appreciate their opportunities
 for advertising, or Phoenix alone
 could fill all the space there is. Any
 how there will be this year in addi-
 tion to the big exhibition hall an
 immense exhibition tent 7Oxl50 feet
 lin size, fOored and well enclosed,
 making just as safe and practicable
 an exhibition place as a building
 would be.
 This tent will be up within a week
 and will be placed south of the
 wOman's exchange building and old
 exhibition hall. It will be devoted to
 trades exhibits and plats can now be
 seen at the office of the secretary. This tent will have fine twentv-fOOt
 aisle through it and in addition 7500
 square feet of exhibition space. A
 fea ture of this building will be the
 exhibits of our large Los Angeles
 automobile factories.
 There are tifty-seven more race horses entered for this years events
 than on any previous year, giving the
 reader something of an idea of the
 expansion that is going on in that department. And in general draft
 and stock exhibit animals it is be-
 lieved there will be a prOportiOnate
 increase also. The colt exhibit of
 the valley should be much larger
 than ever before. The influence of the first two fairs on the horse busi- ness is beginning to be shown in the stockfarms of the territory.
 Knabenshue's men are now busily engaged in putting together the frame work of the big airship which is to sail over these parts, giving decided scare to the chicken hawks, i eagles and turkey buzzards that have hitherto been the sole masters of the ! air. They are finding plenly of work ! to do in their preliminary arrange i ments but say that everything will | he in fine shape when the famous i aeronaut Knabenshue arrives.
 Professor Wilson, superintendent of the agricultural department, says that feature of the show this year is to be a fine one. It will have four times as much space as was allotted to it last year, and will use every inch of it. MaricOpa county alone will require as much space as the en- tire department used last year. Yuma county will want two or three times as much space as was used last year. A big display of apples and vege ables is assured from the Verde valley and Graham county promises to come over with d spectacular eX- hibit of apples, grain and hay.
 A letter from F. L. Crane, of Yuma, says the United States agri- cultural department will make a fine from that county Uf Egyptian cotton showing seed cotton, ginned, carded cotton. spun cotton and woven cotton. 1t will be fine object lesson for the cotton experiments in this valley.
 By an inadvertence the premium list does not carry any inducements to the florists. Their efforts are q appreciatcd nevertheless. There will be one day set apartsain the agricul- tural department as ''fiOwer day." to be announced later. There will be premiums for the best display of roses, the best chrysanthe nuns, the best individual rose, the best mai 7idual hrysanthe mums, the best dis play of palms, and many others. Hills seed house will offer two special prizes, one of S7.50 for the best bouquet of roses grown from stock bought of that house, and the other S250 for second best. There may be other specials but anyhow the flowers are wanted and all who have them are invited to bring them along and liven things up If they don't secure a premium.
 The commission has made an ar that will be advantageous to those desiring to show fresh fruits, they can ship them in any time before the far opens and place them in the Consta bic cold storage free of charge. Care should be taken, however, not to ship spoiled or bruised fruit for it will have a tendency to spoil any other fruit it might come in contact with. Pick out the good clean perfect $ specimens and send them along and I snow the world what can be done in ( the fruit business, not merely in { Maricopa county, but all over Arizona. {
 Frank Spence, notorious for several killing affairs, shot and killed Edgar in a hut on small ranch | six miles from Phoenix last week. Spence, who came to Prescott and to the sheriff, asserts that Sullivan attacked him with q butcher knife and be. shot him in self defense. The evidence deducted from d visit to the scene of the |, tragedy leads the district attorney and coroner to believe that Spence