Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-25
TEN THOUSAND At
ANNUAL FAIR Of
QUAY COUNTY
FINE AGRICULTURAL
SHOW AT TUCUMCARl
At Age of Seven Years Lusty
Young Eastern County is
Making Rest of Territory
Look to LauteIS,
Especial correspondence 10 Morning journal

Especial Correspondence 70 Morning journal
Tucumcari, ". NJ, oct. 23.-ThouGh
hardly out OF sWaddling clothes, quay
county is putting on the airs of coun-
ties fully grown. Seven FEARS OF age,
this lusty young county is enjoying its
third annual fair and is proving with
out the shadow of cayil it's possibili-
ties as an agricultural section.
This. the third day of the fair,
shows no abating of the enthusiasm
both of the townspeoplc and the Wis
itors. Yesterday it was estimated thai
there were nearly ten thousand people
out on the fair grounds. The street
parade yesterday morning was a
credit to the town in view OF the fact
that it was not decided that there
would be a fair until within the last
few weeks and but little time was left
for preparations.
The fair opened On Wednesday un-
der typical skies with a speech of vel
come by Mayor AleX Street in which
he turned over the city's keys to the
visitors and spoke OF the county's pro-
Eress in the last year. In the after
noon a good game of ball. the first
in a series between Tucumcari and
Nara Visa, was the principal event,
the score being three to two in favor
of Tucumcari. A free barbecue on
the grounds zach day has been a no.
table feature, supplying thousands
with barbecued beef, mutton and
plenty of bread and coffee.
The awards bestowed on the oats
in the parade were announced last
night and resulted in the first prize
of $35 being given to the oat repre-
senting the Ship of Progress. winch
was q very unique and clever repre-
Gantafinn Of the OF
Tucumcari, given in attractive figures.
showing the progress in agricultural
products, schools. business, city I'M
provements, railroads Chose here and
those on the way), building, banking,
dairy and farming interests, and
Tucumcari's two newspapers tina
boost The array Of figures was in
deed amazing and convincingg. The
second prize was awarded the float on
which rode the queen of the carnival.
Miss Catherine Durham and her
maids of honor, Misses Koch, Flanni-
gan. Kann and Krannawitter, escorted
by the Bell Ranch polo players and
those OF Tucumcari. The handsome
hardware display of G. G.. Chapman
captured the third prize. In the after
noon a polo game between Bell Ranch
and Tucumcari was very interesting
and resulted in a score of 3 to . in
favor of the Bell Ranch boys. Both
teams were brave in gorgeous and
costly uniforms sem from Chicago by
the Bell Ranch wners. They rode
some good horses and played a fine
game. The second OF the series of
baseball games was called at dark
with TucumCari ahead.
The Tucumcari brass band in their
handsome new uniforms made a fine
display and furnished some good mu-
sic. The fair ball yesterday evening
was the social feature OF the week
and was largely attended. The agri-
cultural exhibits We're surprisingly
good despite a dry year; the float from
DE Yampert's farm near Tucumcari.
the exhibit from Obar and that from
Hudson all attracted much attention
and favorable comment. A water
melon in the DE Yampert exhibit
weighed siXty-siX pounds and has Just
returned from the Dalhart fair. where
it was also exhibited. Another mon
stcr melon was a pumpkin weighing
1917 pounds in the Obar exhibit,
Both were raised without irrigation.
In fact the exhibits have any dry
farming exhibit ever put up beat all
to pieces. We nave a productive coun-
and time will prove our claim. The
Obar Exhibit was the best on display.
In their exhibit of alfalfa there was
plant with roots thirteen feet
long. And this is thu truth.