The Greeley tribune., 1910-09-29
WELD
WELD COUNTY FAIR OFF
WITH RUSH; BEST EVER
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80 -"'"E is iu the best OF shape
10. Tue "E'Ilns Of the Weld county
iair. quay rs preparation day and
eVery'h'nE points to the most sue
| cessful laI r, tba bisto,,,'
county 'ne
a." H. "'lly at the Fair grounds. I
Dan MAJ. The secretary. is as busv .
as pol.tI'iau and with his Quar-
tette o. rhs, S. G. Parkman, O. |
NJ. Abbolt q b. Stark and I, G |
Leftwicn is laRlnp c,ra or az
hibits 30 systematic manner
ine s'"'A4 OF the hammer and /
'he ." rs o." every hand and booths |.
are so'"E up and exhibits are get
ting IL '' place. There is going to
De q hi'ar' r"st room and it will be
Deau'il NI ' well as as comfortable
| The bul.d .g. In Grecian arcbitact-
ural d sI-!. is being buiIt nv tho
Neiii l'""."rr company and the
bui!uih "N be furnished by the
Neiil i1F1'iuTe company, thus af-
fordinh ndid exhibits of wares
or DOT FIRMS as well as providing
an adeVUate rest room under the
l
| superyisjun of a care taker.
The Wo@an's building, where all
the eXhi1us from the skillful hands
OF Wei county women will be dis
played except the pantry stores, is
In the hands Of Mrs. C. II. Ramsay
1t will BE- beautifully decorated with
buntinE and the many exhibits will
fill the tables and the walls of the
big bulldtgg. Women are hurrying
to the building with their needle
work of all kinds, their paintings
and al Kinds Of the newer hand
crafts which engage the attention
OF the U"F@en OF the county There
will b. the work OF other genera
tions there, too, for grandmothers
are going to show their old fash
toned patch work quilts whose fine
stitching is the envy of their daugh-
ters and grand-daughters.
The exhibits in general already
have reached 200 more than the
whole number displayed last year
and tbs at nine o'clock this morning.
Every half hour brings others and
by the close of the day the big
buildinSs viii be in readiness for
tomorrow. The judging on all OF
the exhibits begins tomorrow and
everybody should have his exhibits
registerpd as soon as possible.
The agricultural exhibit under the
superN isiOn of j. f. McCreery will
be fine one. In the hands of b. n
Tisdel the great exhibit of Weld
eoNnty gatliered by the Greeley Com
Wercial club which took 65 prize:
At the Interstate fair. will be put
up in q conspicuous place and al
the handsome silver cup premium:
and blue ribbons will be displayed
The State Normal school is earl,
on tn ground with a fine agricul
tural display grown in the children
garden of the school under th
super ision of the Nature Stud
teacher. Prof. Hocnbaum. Pump
kinssas big az those of Peter. Pete
Pumpkiu eater" is supposed to hav
used for the safe keeping of hi
wife. are on hand. Carrots. squash
es. corn, melons, are all there an
Mt Won Rosenberg of the Delta
going to have a fife individual eN
hibit,
As for the poultry exhibit, it /
going to be one of the best display
of The fair. c. NJ. Crozier, super
intendent of this department. was a
his post at eight o'clock this morn
ing and there was a great cacklln
and Growing and ruffling of feather
among the proud birds when he en-
tered. all seeming to say as plai
as words ''Just look at me, am
not dandy"
At nine O'Clock Albert Adams Q
Greeley had on display coops o
White Brahmas and Bouen Ducks
p f. Daven was on hand with Bui
Orpingtons and Brown LeshornS
and w. w. Hibbard had soo'
display of the rare Notified Anconas
Then there were Barred plymouth
Rocks. Indian Runner Ducks, and
big pen of Belgian Hares by JohI
I c. Johnson
This morning the fine string o
race horses are being groomed b
their trainers. The horses are i
fine shape and fifty entries vii
make the races we'll worth while
stables from all over Colorado ar
represented and the sleek beautie
]
The heads of the stock department
want 1t understood that the judg
ing OF the stock exhibits will begil
tomorrow.
Chester Blunt is president of tn
Weld County Fair association !
J Rothschild, vice president: G. 1
\ Neill. treasurer, ID. j. March, secre
tary. Charles Deffke is genera
superintendent and the heads OF The
different departments are as follows
Horses, T. j. Hall; cattle. Ben f
| HOFFMAN: sheep, O. G. OFarreli
swine. w. Fl. Senior; poultry, c. Nj
Crozier; dairy, ]. T. Watkins; rae
ing, A. l.. Camp; agriculture, J. F
! McCrery: horticulture. j. w, Dill
Ion; apiary. Charles Adams; textile
Mrs. c. H. Ramsay: art. Miss
Blanche Irons; kitchen and pantry
stores, Mrs. Henry Igo: specia
u