The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1908-11-18

LOT egg planCS TO l.. l.. crane. Vans
first 10 e. L. Crane: second to K. S
Vowel. Alfalfa, second to w. A
LAWYER. Pecans, second to Capt. p. S
ingalls,. Peanuts, first to e. l.. Crane
Grape fruit, first to Yuma Height
Fruit Co. Mediterranean Sweets or
anges, first to Yuma Heights Fruit Co
who also took first premium for lemons
Sugar cane, first to w. E. Power. Pc.
land cotton and Egyptian cotton, two
firsts to w. A. Patterson and also an
other first premium for cotton on the
plant.
The particular feature of the Yuma
exhibit is the cotton display, Besides
the cotton grown in Yuma valley there
was an exhibit by the United States
department of agriculture showing cot
ton grown from Egyptian seed at the
Indian agency at Sacaton. Yuma
county received two special prizes, one
for cotton and one for the whole ex-
nibit.
Mining Exhibit.
Yuma county has added more ores to
its permanent exhibit than any other
county in the territory this year. There
was placed on display an important
showing of ores from the King of Ari-
IONA. 1t is not an attractive ore and
few prospectorS would expect to find
gold values in such an ore, but it is
there, just the same. The greater part
of the Yuma county exhibit was from
the new copper country" which lies
djacent to the A. and c. railroad, the
towns in and near this district being
Wenden, Bouse, Parker, Quartzsite
and others, No more beautiful and
valuable or interesting, exhibits of
mineral are found in the mineral de-
partment than this exhibit of ores.
Educational Exhibit.
The Yuma city schools educational
exhibit was much in evidence. In
awarding prizes for the general educa-\
tiomal exhibits from city schools, Yuma
captured second prize, t'hoenix being
awarded the first. This is certainly
recognition of the good work being
done by our schools of which every Cit
isen should be proud. Yuma won over
Tucson, Bisbee, Douglas, Globe, Tomb
stone, Prescott, Mesa. Tempe and
Jerome. 1t was even said and general
ly acknowledged that Yuma had the
handsomest booth in the educational
department at the Fair, Phoenix win
ming over Yuma only in the size of the
The high school department won four
first prizes and six second prizes over
all the high schools of the Territory
for superior work
Among the prize winners in the indi-
vidual contests were Lucille Ketcher-
side, Dora Greer, Nellie Littlefeld,
Florence Pepin and Myrtle Biddle.
Ynma room class prizes in Algebra,
Geometry, English, Latin, and several
others. In Algebra first place was ia
ken in class work, while both prizes
for individual work were captured.
Yuma came out with fourteen prizes.
FIVE first and uine second. This exhibit
will be displayed in the assembly room
of the new building. for inspection by
as soon as IL has been received
from Phoenix. which will probably be
the first of next week
This excellent showing in the educa-
tionai department of the Fair by the
Yuma schools is certainly d great com
pliment to Professor y. II. Mcclure
and his able corps Of teachers, and
proves conclusively that the board IF
trustees and Prof. Mcclure have placed
our schools under such system as to be
second to no other school system of
Arizona.
Every patron and interested citizen
should improve the opportunity of in
;pecting this exhibit when it has been
placed in the high school room.