The daily sentinel., 1910-09-20
MESA COUNTY FAIR OPENS
WITH STRONG EXHIBITION
Splendid Showing Made by Various Sections
Good Livestock Display---Moose Circus
| his Evening

Although the attendance was not
unusually large today yet the open
ing of the Mesa County Fair was most
auspicious. Some remarkably good
| fruit displays are in evidence and the
| live stock exhibit surpasses that of
| former years. The races were not
pulled off for the reason that the
track was just wet enough that the
hoofs would have cut 1t up pretty
| badly, while If let alone it will be
plenty dry enough for this evening
| performance of the Moose circus as
well as for the races tomorrow and
| the rest of the fair.
The Exhibit Hall.
! All day the exhibit hall has been
| thronged with people, a small but
interested crowd. Up until noon all of
the exhibits had not been placed and
/ in fact in different parts of the build
ing work has been going on most OF
the day, rearranging the fruit, pol
ishing it up and from time TO time
adding a little as the belated entrees
arrived.
The exhibits are arranged very
much as formerly the floral displays
being in the center down stairs and
the fruit booths and sections running
around the flowers. The upstairs is
devoted to Industrial, educational,
handiwork and art work and il is by
far the most elaborate and magnifi-
cent which has ever yet been arrang-
ed. The crowd being small so far
has proven very orderly and but lit
tie dissatisfaction has been expressed
by exhibitors on account of fruit be
ing taken or handled. In general the
management of the hall has been
splendid and all sections of the coun-
ty feel that they have been nicely
treated and have been given a fair
show to display to the best advant-
age the productions of their respect
i've communities.
1t would be almost impossible to
determine which community has the
best display and it would be hazard
GUS to attempt to do this until the
judges have carefully gone over the
exhibits and rendered their opinions,
and decisions.
All of the work in the big hall of
arranging the displays and decorating
the klilding has been done gratuit-
ously and willingly by public spirited
ladies and gentlemen of the city and
the appearance of the hall and the
manner in which they have done their
work passes criticism.
Fruitvale's Good Display.
In entering the hall from the main
entrance on the west the first sight
which meets the gaze of the visitor is
the excellent Clifton and Fruitvale
joint display. 1t is composed of can
taloupes, pumpkins, squash, grapes,
pears, apples, kaffir corn. white and
red, sweet and field corn, tomatoes,
broom corn, milo maze, sorghum, 80
day corn, Jerusalem corn, pop corn,
oats and cucumbers. The Clifton dis
trict has but very few peaches on dis
play and specializes on their produce
Their exhibitions of farm produce
and especially corn has never been
equalled in Mesa county fair. AS
is to be expected they have a splendid
display of cantaloupes and a number
of remarkably large squash, pun
kins, ETC., but their best efforts have
been centered on their grapes. Their
grape exhibit is beyond doubt one
of the finest which has been seen on
the western slope.
Orchard Mesa Exhibit.
Turning to the left the Orchard |
Mesa exhibit is seen. This display
has more boxed fruit than the ma
jority of the others but contrary to |
last year they have not entirely spe-
cialized in this line but have brought |
out large amount of field and gar
den produce. The most luscious and |
appetizing watermelons seen in man, I.
a day, occupy a prominent part of tn, |
exhibition. together with these they |
have pumpkins, gourds, potatoes, |
squash, egg plant, pie plant, peaches, |
pears, apples and grapes.
Frriita and Vicinity.
The Fruita exhibit occupies the .
northwest corner of the hall and they
have specialized almost entirely on
apples. The apple show in the opin-
ion of many is absolutely the best
which ever represented western
slope community. One of the spec
tators who was viewing 1t and had
also seen the apple show at the Den
yer national apple exhibition, stated
that IL was much better than any
thing that was on exhibition in the
national apple show. incidentally the
picture of the beautiful apple queen,
Miss Mabel Skinner, is on display
among the plates of apples. Every
commercial variety of apples of any
prominence or consequence is repre-
resented in the Fruita apple display.
Aside from this Fruita has not made |
any great attempts to land prizes but |
they have a good show of alfalfa, |
corn, squash. etc. with a few plumbs, |
prunes and miscellaneous articles.
Grand functions Share.
Turning to the right on the north
arn epd IF the hall Is seen the Grand
Junction fruit and produce exhibit.