The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-09-21
EXHIBITS ARE
COMING TO FAIR
FROM SAN JUAN
Too Busy to Prepare for Their
Own Home Fair Farming
ton Fruit Growers Prepare
to Exhibit Here.
ANNUAL PENNINGTON
FAIR BIG SUCCESS

Pennington. y. NJ, Sept. lA.-The
35th Pennington fair, which closed
today, was one OF the events OF the
san Juan this year. Owing 60 h
fact that the fruit rover were rush.
ed TO get their fruit out az this time,
the exhibits were not what the season
promised with It's abundance, but
what was lacked In exhibits a made
up In sports, and indeed this was well.
as the people have been working Ike
bees all year, and while they were
too busy 10 prepare extensive exhib-
it's. they We're only too glad TO come
out for a dag or Two n eojoy the
sports. among which the Beasley Car
nival company did It's share. Durango
and Albuquerque viii reap the fruit
exhibits as more time will Oe aVail-
able for their preparation, and san
Juaners promise to carry everything
before them this year. and also IN
,ead "a startie the outsiders with II
wonderful products.
one OF the features of the fair was
the moving picture machine and
operator sent ove from Santa Fe by
the New Mexico board Or exposition
managers To take scenes Of our in
dnstrics, resources. ana activities Of
any kind. Chase Bell, the operator.
staged a few performances that were
the hit OF the day.
While the FIRST two days OF h fair
were well attended. the last day was
the big one. as people turned out from
an over the country. "a special train
was run down from nurango, and he
fruit men and their families took one
DAY on and celebrated. Al toe
grounds the baseball game between
Durango and Pennington was one OF
tho main attractions, the local boys
winning the game. The usual chicken
pull BY both the Navajo Indians ana
the whites being had. Indian relay
races. foot races. and the race be-
tween a raeehOrse and q man. Tne
horse ran s0O yards. and Graden Of
Durango given a handicap OF geo
yards. The hrst run was a tie. but on
tne second ron Mr.. Graden ran clear
away from the horse. He also ven
the foot race In which he ran. The
riders from the motor-dome partiei-
pated in a motorcycle race. covering
a distance OF two miles. and proving
n thriller.
The exhibition hall. which we said
was not as fun as might have been,
was a revelation IN the fruit exhibited.
Probably no other year has produced
such uniform fruit. such beautifully
colored and luscious fruit, and fruil
" such size ms has this year.
The carnival company held forth
up in town aud their attractions have
been the cause Of many coming q
Farmineton 10 spend a day or tive
enjoying themselves and enjoying ths
ffuit.
The bridge ncross the Laplata river
will be completed by tomorrow and
machines going on down to the Ship
rock Indian fair al the agency viii
find Il quite an Improvement. Thu
fair Is also attracting quite u lot oi
attention, and motorists from all part
of the basin are driving through
Farmington, many o. them having re
manned over today 20 take IN h fat
here.
Tho fair recently held at Azt., ~sI
also a success. and Il certainly speak
} well for a Juan county when ii 81
be said that IN rs valley three fair
I, held In two weeks within a distancl
/ OF ATTY miles all proved successful.
The year 1915 Is banner year 10
the san Juan AID her fairs attest tn
fact that her people are workinI
harder. feeling better and are Imam
cialiy better on han ever.
And DurHago and Albuquerque ca
prepare II SELVES for some magnih
cent exhibits from this Northwestern
corner of the Sunshine state Of Ne'
Mexico.