Tombstone epitaph., 1911-09-24
Wilcox Fair a
 Wonderful Success

he PRosPEcTOR representstive heard these words from the lips of hundreds Of visitors st Wilcox last week, ho had come to vi It the fret annual fair and exposition of the Southern Arizona Agricultural Far Association 'n Thursdsy. Friday and Saturday fl last eek. Hundreds of visitors who had no idea of the eI- tensive snd successful progress Co- cbise's empire, the Sulphur Spring Vsli'y. is making, were sstonished to see the many and varied exhibits of products placed oo display hy the so called "dry farmers" who were con- sidered s joke and laugh q at year or t.o ago.
 The "dry farming" exhibits were "eye openers" to the doubtIng Thom- as.s, that hard working tilieI of the soil can raise crops in this fertile val ley. which in area is over 100 miles long and fifty miles wide.
 Ninety per cent of the agricultural exhibits displayed a; the fret fair of ] this new and worthy orgsniz atioD were produced in the Sulphur Spring Valley. The corn display from the | Ash Creek settlement was & surprise to all visitors. The ears were long and well matured and 'qlsl to any raised in the gres. corn prod g states of Kansas and Missouri.
 Equally surprising were the splen- did displsys of various products from the Ksos g and Texas settlements 0 Light, Cochise, Pesrce, Wilcox snC other points ofthe v,lley
 In the horticultural section of th, big sho~ there were specimens c luscious fruits equll in s,ze and isvo to any in the sou Invest. There wtr several different v-rities Of apple: also pears, peaches, grapes, prunes pluTs, etc.
 The vegetable department was wonderlapd and a show in itsel Large and juicy ripe tomatoes galore spuds that would tip the scales a four and five pounds. sweet potatoe equal to those raised in Georgia. on ions. turDips, sugar beet., par-nip, cabbage, among them one head whic weighed seventy-fve pounds, pump kins. squash, red peppers, sweet peI pers, cucnmhers. ,sdishes, lettuce an peas, etc
 In the watermelon section was or specimen that took the eye oi ever visitor. It wss beauty. weighin eighty pounds. In this section thei
 was also very creditsble di-plsy . muskmelons.
 Then there were beans Mexico "irijoles." white navy beans. liu beans. etc, The email grsins depar' . ment was complete.
 In the live stock department we found pretty specimens Of milk stoc
 beef stock hog., sheep, gosts, horse The poultry department was also ai
 trsctive.
 The merchants and manufacture
 department wss interesting ss W. also the mineral exhibit, where il Mascot people of Doe Csberas had prize winning specimen of copper or The racing and other sports vel pulled of each afternoon during Il fair.
 linen another feature Of the fsi the fret in the history Of Arizona. VI the congregsting of many csnc ;dats for state and county offices and of a political faiths. There were in at tendance seven candidates for Unite, States senator; three candidates fo 1 lower house of congress, two govern ors and horde of sspirsnts fo' th minor offices. It all made thing just SO much livlier.
 Take it in all; the fair was . ITO nounced success and every visitor L the grounds was convinced that magi cal had been the growth and develop ment of the now famous Suiphu Spring valley. It is fine to be goin, shesd-growing b'gger-doing thing progressing. It is born of red blood and it keeps the red blood lespipg There is nothing so hssrisome se the sight of big, husky farmer going about his business. tilling the soil on6dently and in s business like manner, and that is just what the I farmers of the Sulphur Spring valley are doing.
 The valley farmers have dsmon- strssed beyond any doubts that they gre soil culturists. that is, they have learned and are learning to conserve the moisture in their broad fieids which raise abundsntly crops of every description. There is no district in the world where dry farming, soil cul-I ture, or conservation Of moisture is 60 important and brings results as it dnes in this valley.