Arizona republican., 1910-11-17
THORNBER PRAISES
 BUT ALSO BIAMtS UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR HAS CRl- TicISM FOR TUCSON. Says Old Pueblo and Pima County Should Have Made Better Show
 ing at Territorial Fair.

Following his return from Phoenix. where he spent last week in attendance upon the territorial fair, Professor J.
 J. Thornber of the University of Ari ZOna, prepared an article upon the fair for the Tucson star in which he severe ly criticized both Tucson and Pima
 county for not making better show ing at the territory's big show. The article follows:
 The sixth annual fair that has just come to a close at Phoenix was in many respects more successful that any
 of the former ones. The weather was
 all that could be asked for. there was almost no dust owing to a recent rain. and the attendance exceeded that of any previous year. In fact this was one of the marvels of the fair The city was tastefullY decorated, and, owing to the perfect organization of the board
 of trade. all visitors who desired were | provided with suitable accommodations upon arrival. It is to the credit of | Phoenix also that prices were no high
 CT than at other times.
 | Taken as whole the exhibits were up to the average, and in many in stances better than on former years. ] Yavapai county won first prizes in vegetables and fruit, particularly ap- | pies, which were grown without irriga- tion. This win be news to the aver
 age person who has the impression that l irrigation is necessary everywhere in | Arizona. The exhibit of Maricopa county was especially prominent by vir- 1 tue of the display of olives. grape fruit. ! oranges, tangerines, and dates. It is | clear that MaricOpa county believes in advertising. Yuma and Graham coun- | ties also had splendid displays of their
 kinds. among which were apples for 1 Graham county. and Egyptian cotton | for Yuma county. The exhibit of farm
 stock of various kinds and of poultry,
 which was not as large nor as complete as it should have been for a country 1 like ours, was unusually well attended
 and indicated growing interest on the part of. the people in these important branches of agriculture.
 Very creditable displays were made | by several of the better public schools
 of the territory, among which were Bis
 bee. Douglas. Phoenix. osborn and | Mesa. Not alone was this work a splen- | did advertisement to the towns in ques- ! tion, particularly as concerns the loca- tion of permanent settlers, but it en-
 abled one to see that our schools com pare favorably with those of other | states.
 l Pima county, one of the foremost of l the territory, was conspicuous by the
 absence of any display. at least as con
 cerns farm and dairy stock. poultry. | fruits, vegetables and even school work.
 A stranger in the county from what he
 might see at the fair, would not know | that Pima county or Tucson were on
 the map of Arizona To be sure we | had a string of chili and some sweet potatoes which received second prizes, while in the arts building there were some excellent pieces of embroidery | from Tucson. Those of us who are | interested know that very creditable | displays of the various vegetables. | farm produce, and some of the fruits | could have been made by this county, and by all means a move should be i started to this end before another year
 comes around. Both in the city and the
 surrounding country one can find ex- I