Arizona republican., 1911-07-20
COMING FAIR
BIGGEST EVER
PreIimiOarieS Are Now Well
Under Way
IMPROVEMENTS TO PLANT
Premium list Almost Ready
for Distribution - New
Silver Cups Offered =
Mrs. Bury in Charge of
Woman's Department.

The business OF making the territor-
| ial fair for 1911 a bigger and better
! deposition in every way than its pre-
| decessors. is now well under way. a
lot has been done In the way of prelim-
inaries that heretofore has not tccn UNI
dertaken until later in the season
and much IS planned for later eXecu-
ton. For one thing. the publicity work
will be started earlier than usual. i'm
fact is started already by the printing
'of the premium list which will he ready
for distribution in about a week, and
which will be scattered more widely
than ever before. There will re 1850
copies Of the book, an ample supply for
all who may be interested. Attention
is called to the fact that the premium
list will be larger than ever before in
point OF entries and classes and also in
many instances the premiums offered
will be larger
There will be an innovation in the
agricultural department that ought to
have the effect of stimulating interest
in county displays The fair manage
ment will offer $3.50 silver cup to the
county making the best display, the
cup when won by any county three
times in succession. to be presented to
that county. In the meantime the win
ner in any one year, holds possession
of ii until the next, even if il has to be
surrendered then. Maricopa is the
largest agricultural county and it
would seem ought to take that prize !
every year. But the race is not always
TO the strong and this county is not so
much stronger on agriculture than
some of the others. that il can expect
to win anything by going TO sleep. |
Yavapai has already demonstrated that
and Yuma and Graham stand ready to !
This cup offer will either stimulate
Maricopa into making a display worth /,
while. or it will cause the other coun- !
ties to make displays that VIII prop |
erly chagrin MaricOpa FOR her negli- !
gence
Mrs. Helen s. Bury has been ap- |
pointed superintendent of the woman's !
department this year. and Miss Kate |
Wilson will be her secretary Mrs. Bury |
is now visiting in San Francisco but
will be home at an early date and take |
up the work of her department ener-
getically.
In the cattle and swine department |
there will be changes in classification
and increases in some of the premiums
a new feature of the swine department
is the offer by the American Berkshire
association, of $50 cup for the best
boar and three sows under one year
old. bred and owned by an Arizonian
and registered with the Berkshire as
ISOLATION.
The commission plans to do a great
deal of new construction for the coming
not as much as it would like
to for the neeGs of the fair are ever
but much will be done for
the expansion of the plant The grand
stand will be increased by one-half
is present size What is now erected
S known as two units. one north and
me south of the entrance. An addi-
ional unit is to be constructed on the
north end and later when needed a
similar unit will be erected on the
south end. The grand stand is already
me of the largest In the west and with
he north unit will be a magnificent
for that sort of construction.
Another wing or cross will also be
added to the agricultural hall which
lbuts the brick structure known as
he WOman's building. Already it il
large barnlike building cross shaped
hat answers its purpose very nicely
wen though ii is not ornamental, but
he demands of that department are
rowing SO fast another wing will be
placed at the eastern end of it. Some
lay when the territory becomes state
nd the state legislature feels that 1t
an afford it, the fair will probably be
.iven a fine big exhibition hail such
IS il needs to cost perhaps twenty or
hirty thousand dollars and be orna-
mental as well as useful. but for the
resent the commission will cOnfine its
operations in that department
D the mere xpediency of getting room
nough i'm a building that will offer OPP
ortunity for the proper display and
of exhibits. The present
therefore will be of lumber and
ron, in a sense temporary. Contracts
ave also been let for the building of
ixty additional cow stalls and forty
dditional horse stalls. This depart
1ent has always been crowded, not