Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-29

DE recOru DIeaher III the history o.
Cne fair association. IL is esJimate,
Lnat 5000 people We're present.
RATA county residents were III at
tendance and our nelghborlng town.
were well represented. lhe Azte,
and Pennington delegation, 800
sUrong, We're among the, interested
participants in the festivities. They
are tine lot of people amy city would
that prompted their presence here
will be held in kindly remembrance
by Durango folk. Everybody seemed
to be well pleased with the enter
tainment and went away happy.
The unfortunate feature Of the
motorcycle contest race was deploreo
by all. The victim of the accident
Lee Ayres, is resting well today. His
injuries are confined to the fractured
limb. He is at Mercy hospital with
DR.. Robbins IN attendance.
In Ine driving race trouble occurred
suit Mr.. Curl S face is badly lascer-
ated where he was struck with the
whip. Whether the men will be bar
red from the track, has not been given
out by the association.
Aviator McNliilen made success
tul flight. His machine scared out
of the fair park about o'clock and
returned about 20 minutes later. His
route was Smelter hill way with a
turn toward Lightner creek. At the
last named point he encountered a
current of air that nearly upset his
machine. g. However on his return he
was attended by better fortune and
made the landing with perfect east
and safety.
While flying over the city the avi-
ator dropped the following message
from his machine, which was found
by p. G. Ellis:
Durango Colo, Sept. 26, 1913.
To Hon. Henry Scouton,
Mayor of the City Of Durango.
Esteemed Sir:
Greetings to the people of the fair
City of Durango through its exc
cutive officer-From the first licen-
sed aviator (No. I'D, to make an
ascension from the altitude of Du-
range or higher.
Respectfully yours,
RALPH +. M'MILLEN.
The ball game between Durango
and Pennington proved spirited
contest. The Pennington boys play
ed the best game up to the seventh
inning when the Durango boys were
favored py better luck, the final score
being 10 to in favor of the locals.
In the gentlemen's driving contest
Redward G. won first honors.
Every department of the grounds
yesterday received equal attention
from the visitors. People thronged
alike the different exhibit halls.
Hosts of people visited the racing
stables and viewed the stock pens
while the Indians drew their usual
quota of visitors.
While today's crowd will not be
quite as large as Fridays it will com
pare favorably with other years
This morning hundreds lined the
streets to witness the auto parade
which was postponed from day to
day awaiting better conditions OF the
street.
The participants were many less II
number than would have been had
the highways been in reasonably good
condition. The parade formed at the
court house and moved to Third ave
nue. south to sixth street and turned
to Main. The machines were spaced
four to the block and covered a dis
tance of more than ten blocks. r. H
Sloan's machine lead the long line
1t was a creation of real beauty, car
ried oft in lavender and white ant
in the form of chariot, with Cupit
driver of the dainty white doves tha
seemed to act as the propelling pow
er. The occupants were clad in Law
ender and white with the exception
of Mr.. Sloan, who wore white duel
suit.
The Jackson machine, driven 81
skilfully by Mrs. Birkhimer, wa
prettily decorated in red and green
The Haggart car was attractivel!
decorated in a solid mass of flaming
red.
Autumn leaves in profusion orna
mented the W. G. White car, Th
Ole Lee machine was beauty in I
mass of floral decoration. Other car
were decorated in flags and pennants
The judges of the Durango cars
Messrs. r. Williamson Of Dolores, R
r. Smith Of Cortez and Milt Herricl