Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-09
NORTHERN FAIR PLANS
 SHOW PROGRESS
(From Fridays Dailyl

(frOm trldayS Dailyl
 The Chamber of Commerce pre- sented busy scene Wednesday when
 exhibits began to pour in from all parts of Yavapai county. This years
 fruit crop, while in some districts
 is said to lack in tonnage, is of excellent quality The horticultural ists are striving to improve their orchards and q good measure of success is seen yearly.
 The Second Annual Northern Ari- zona Fair will come in for its share of the wonderful fruit exhibits. as a representative of the board of supervisors is daily sending from all parts of the Verde the fruit as it becomes fit for shipping Already several cases of choice exhibit fruit Is on cold storage at the Crystal Ice Company's cold storage rooms in this city. Local growers arc invited to ship to the Chamber of Commerce. such carly varieties as should bc cold-storaged for this great Northern Fair.
 President Frcdericks, of the ad- visory committee. was chairman of a meeting of the association held Wednesday afternoon, when such work was put in train. Branncn and Sauer are busy with estimates for the construction of buildings for exhibits of agricultural, horti- cultural and minerals of the i've counties of Northern Arizona. There Is some doubt as to whether to choose frame or brick construction and final decision was waived, pend ing the return of Chairman Johns of the fair commissioners.
 The prizelists, containing the pro gram of entertainments, prizes in all departments and rules and gen cral instructions will be in the print CTS hands within a week and a large edition of the same will immediate ly get into circulation in all the northern counties. 1t is proposed 10 put one into the hands of every person in the north who is a pro- ducer of anything, whether agricul- tural. mineral or industrial Already promises of moral and financial sup port have been received from all the counties interested and this years fair will certainly justify the fondest hopes of its officials.
 There will be "higb-hyrng" a com mittcc on aviation having been ap- pointed John II. Robinson has re- ccivcd scores of offers from the greatest aviators in America and the committee will have a wide range of airmcn from which to choose.
 Entertainment will have large part in drawing the big crowd and at the meeting Wednesday Mir. Fred ericks said he would announce d program committee without delay There will be new stunts galore the idea being to make the daily program as different from the iron tier entertainment as possible.
 A troop of U. s. cavalry will bc requisitioncd from Fort Apache. by the help of Senator Ashurst and the War Department and it is confident ly expected that this permission will be granted. as it was last year
 A representative will be sent north to gather up the best things from the New Mexico State Fair. to be held at Albuquerque. Octob CT 5-l0 and one of the officers win be dispatched to each of the four county seats to get the full measure Of cooperation SO willingly prom iscd when the supervisors were here recently at the State Tax Con ference. Everything is in line for early performance, and before Oct l5, all will be ready SO that the second Northern Arizona Fair can open its gates with all the lustcr .he earnest work of its planners de serve.