Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1910-10-07
GRANTS PASS WINS MANY FIRST
PRIZES
HUNDREDS OF ASHLANDERS
Ashland Carries on Honors for Fin
est Spitzenberg
Apples

With bands playing, banners fly
ing and enthusiasm rampant, nearly
thousand people from Ashland, the
Saratoga of the West, detrained to-
day from a special train. and march
ed to the exhibit building, cheered
and applauded all along the march
by the people of Grants Pass.
Never was there better manifes-
tation of neighborliness between two
cities. Ashland has come through
royalty with exhibits for the fair and
they have come down to see it them
selves.
All the Ashland people who are
planning to see the fair did not come
down on the special because busi-
ness reasons did not permit. They
will come down on the regular trains
and swell the number here.
They are an enthusiastic lot, those
people from Ashland, and they made
things hum while they were here.
They believe they have the best city
on earth, but they all admit that
Grants Pass is a coming metropolis,
too
One feature Of the parade were the
banners that the Ashlandites carried.
They were mostly boosts for the
normal schools and it is a safe bet
that there will not be many votes
cast against the support Of the
normals in Grants Pass The ban
ners served to fix the issue in the
peoples minds.
Every man, woman and child wore
a badge that showed what they were
here for-to boost the school propo-
sition.
The Commercial club band met the
train and lead the parade. 1t Is
safe to say that there will not be
next time the fair goes to Ashland.
many people left in Grants Pass the
They will all return The compliment
And over it all, real Grants Pass
and Ashland-weather added to the
JOY Of the occasion. II was a great
day and Ashland set a mark which
1t will be hard for other towns in the
valley to equal in a showing Of pa
triotism for local development
Grants Pass and Ashland divided
the honors in the principals awards
at the Industrial fair today. Ash
land carries away the blue ribbon for
the best Spitzenbergs, commercial
pack, while Grants Pass won the blue
ribbon for the best Jonathans and
Newtowns, commercial packs Of
three boxes or more.
Owing to the large number Of en-
tries, a. L. Kitchen, of Roseburg,
the Judge on all fruits, had not COM
| pleted his awards at a late hour this
afternoon.
In detail the principal awards
made are as follows General dis
play OF all kinds of fruits, Ashland,
first prize; G. A, Hamilton, Grants
Pass, second.
For the best general display Of
apples OF all varieties J. B. Hunter,
Of Ashland, first; ]. c. Calhoun, OF
Grants Pass, second.
For the best display OF Sptzen-
berg apples, commercial pack OF
three or more boxes r. X. Ross
Grants Pass, first; j. B. Hunter, Ash
land, second
For the best display OF Jonathans
commercial pack Of three or more
boxes; II. r. Pritchard, Grants Pass
first
For the best display OF Spitzen
berg apples, commercial pack oI
three or more boxes: George Stevens
Of Ashland. first; G. A. Hamilton, oI
Grants Pass. second
For the best display OF grapes o'
three or more varieties. first prize
went 10 the Redlands vineyard
Much interest was apparent thli
afternoon as the awards were beinl
made and the decision OF the iudg'
was awaited eagerly.
the live stock parade attracted
much comment. while there were
rot as many exhibits as II was hopet