Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-08-26
COME and CUT A
MELON With Us
Arrangements Complete for
Biggest Attendance Ever
AT THE GREAT AR
KANSAS VALLEY FAIR
Next Weeks Program at the Lar
gest and Best Fair In the West
Be Sure and Meet Us

geSt and Best Fd1r IN tne west
Be Sure and Meet Us
A beautiful custom has grown up
in this cosmopolitan state. of writing
around among friends and arranging
to meet at the Arkansas Valley Fair.
l"Mcet me at the Fair on Watermelon
Day" 1t is pretty good slogan. be-
cause where you meet those whom
you expect, you are certain to meet
twice as many whom voc do not eN-
pect. and-you know how it is your
self-it is the unexpected pleasure
that thrills the heart. =,
Bring the wife too, that dear old
wife who has grown gray mothering
the hens and milking the cows and
nursing the babies through all the long
struggle from poverty up to aftiuence
watch her checks blush and her eyes
sparkle while her heart throbs with
pride in the grandeur she has helped
to achieve. Yes, and don't leave the
children at home. There will be in
struction as well as amusement Tor
children and grown-ups at the Arkan-
sas Valley Fair. and 1t has become 4
necessity for all as well as luxury.
You should come to the Fair and
bring the whole family with you-not
because the Fair needs you, but be-
cause YOU need it. Think of what
you'll get il you go and what you'll
miss If you stay away. Why, you will
| see all the finest and fastest horses
| of the Great Wcst-running horses
| perfect Hycrs-trotters. PAGERS. three
year old colts that can lower the
speed record of thirty years ago. and
it without turning hair; and you will
see magnificent drafters worth $500
to 81 900 each: wonderful Poland
Chinas and Chcstcrs that will almost
make you wish you were quadruped
yourself instead of biped; great. big.
sleek cattle that weigh about. and sell
| for. twice as much as the kind you
have at home. and you will go talking
| around among the owners till you
learn that il costs but triiie more to
| grow them than to turn out $50
plug or n scrub,stecr. You VIII be
surprised to see how many other
places there are in the state besides
"Way Back, and how many things
the people in those places can do bet
| ter than YOU can. You will see all the
mirac ulous inventions OF this miracu;,
Ious ccntury-machincs that can dS
everything human except talk-ycs,
and talking machines, too.
And then. after the novelty has
worn off little, you will begin to no
ticc people as well as things. You
will unexpectedly bump up against
one of your old playmatcs from Hi
nois, Ohio or New York. who is here
from some other corner of the state
with a bunch of prize pigs, or pump
kins, and you will have the time OF
| your life talking over those dear old
boyhood days-will learn who your
| first sweetheart married. where they
live, how MANY children they have.
and turn your face away from your
/ wife to blush when you learn that She
has named the oldest boy after you.
Say. you can't afford to miss the Ar
kansas Valley Fair.
Here is the program for the big Ar.
kansas Valley Fair:
Monday. Aug. 2e-Groun ds and build
ings open in afternoon for reception Of
exhibits.
Tuesday. Aug. 5o-First day Of the Fair.
| Exhibits received all day up to 6 p. m.
| Entries for horses md cattle and all
other live stock close at / 2 o'clock, noon
| Entries in all other departments close
at 6 p. m.
Judging Of horses in the afternoon /by-
J. W. Topping. Of Pueblo.
Wednesday. Aug. 5l-Fair opens at 8 q.
m. All exhibits must be in place in all
departments at that time.
Conclusion Of judging Of all live stock.
Judging Of fruit by M. E. Snow Of
Canon City.
Judging Of poultry by D. A. Stoner, Of
Wichita, Kansas.
Judging Of agrieultur al exhibits by
Prof. A. Keyser. Of the State AQrieul-
tural College.
Judging Of honey. kitchen and pantry
stores. flowers, textile fabrics and la
dies department and art exhibit.
5 p. M, balloon ascension and para
chute drop by Prof. Craig.
Amusement begins at 2:5o p. m.-
$3.50 Trot or pace, mile heat, best
in S. purse $500.
Running dash. purse SIS.
| Chariot race. Messala vs.. Ben Hur.
one-half mile.
Running dash.
Watermelon Day. Thursday Sept. AR
rival Of excursion trains from $3.50 to
| II a. m. Visitors will te met at the
depot by bands and escorted to melon
grove at entrance to Fair grounds.
i Free melon feast as soon a. trains are
all in.
| At ! p. m. Grand parade in front Of
grand stands Of all horses and cattle
competing for awards. In this parade
there will also be fancy driving horses.
saddle horses and ponies.
1850 p. M, amusement program opens.
2:l4 Pace, mile heats, best three IN