The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-17

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ton and Quay county will be one
OF the rarest gardens on the slope.
The influence OF such an exhibi.
ton is tar-reaching. First Of all,
not n citizen in ten realizes wha,
the county can produce, and does
produce. In q general sort OF way
they know that it has an agricul.
tural future, but that il has a pre-.
sent occurs to but few. Assemb.
ling the exhibits justihes their faith
by the evidence that the proof is at
hand now instead OF coming OFF in
the future, where some other tel.
low will be in line for the fruits of
prosperity. Ii is a great object
lesson to the outside world, for a
thousand newspapers will tell at
more or less length of the holding
OF the fair, and still more thou.
sands will read OF the display Of
farm products, most OF il grown
without irrigation, in the heart OF
what was once the great American
desert. II gives the county a
standing as a producer. as integral
part OF the great American treas.
ure house that is more valuable
than can be estimated. II the idea
IS kept up, in time the annual fa,y
will be to Tucumcari what the AL.
talta Festival is to Artesia, the an.
nual exhibits to various Colorado
towns, and the territorial tair to
Albuquerque. The citizen who
holds back and neglects or grum.
bles on doing his part is a short
sighted chump. Every dollar in
money and every minute OF time
that he puts in boosting the fair
Will return to him many times,
through a thousand avenues.
There are in every town a few
wise guys who like to say that they
believe the day OF the fair is over.
Fortunately they are usually the
same class that claim to believe
that It doesn't pay to advertise, for
the properly conducted fair is the
highest type OF advertising. Gen.
orally this class holds back and the
Pushers have to carry them as a
part OF the load, and generally
when the fair is a success. they
calmly appropriate a large slice OF
the credit to themselves. In the
hard work OF getting the thing up,
they are conspicuous BY their alb
sence, but in the fruits OF the pro.
Iect they are there with both feet,
and are filed with pride over wha,
we did. Usually one success
makes real workers out OF these
gentlemen, though, so it doesn't
make so very much difference after
all, tor in this as in every other
human game it all comes out in the
wash.
The truth OF the mater is that
the properly conducted fair is OF
more force now than it ever was,
as agriculture and horticulture are
OF more Importance, owing to the
vast increase OF consuming popula.
ton. There was a time when the
tar was prostituted by the gamb-
ling impulse OF the horse race and
other sports, but as these proper
features OF amusements were legit.
imatized and cleaned BY the rules
OF the national association, they
became merely valuable phases OF
the fair, and will always remain so,
Tor the human being that doesn't
enjoy a properly managed horse
race has something the matter with
his liver. But it will always be a
secondary part, for the primal pur.
pose OF the county fair is OF the
soil.
II was in the early DAYS OF
Egypt. IL was so in the time OF
Herxes. II was so in the time OF
Caesar Augustus. IL will be so
until those ages since the progress
OF chemistry will feed the millions
from the air, but as that is TO be a
long while yet, it forms no reason
why we should not have all the
benefit OF the county fair, and it is
the reason why Tucumcari is wise
and shrewd IN the big show that