The Lamar register., 1914-08-26
THE FAIR
The Banner Fair in the History of
PrOwers County

The fair which closed last Friday
was the biggest and best ever held IN
this section just as was predicted. The
weather man was in good humor and
gave three days of bright summer
weather with just enough breeze to
temper the heat without making it
uncomfortable.
The splendid crop season which we
have had was partially responsible
for the splendid agricultural showing,
but good work by the agents in the
various localities was even more of
factor. At any rate there has never
been such splendid exhibit from all
section of Prowers and Baca counties
as this time and it attracted the eyes
of all visitors as nothing of the kind
has ever done here before. Both the
locality and the individual exhibits
were excellent and there was much
rivalry as to which locality would win
the big sweepstakes prize. This was
awarded to the Granada exhibit, and
the splendid showing made by their
exhibit in all lines amply justified
the judges. Holly had the largest
exhibit, while Wiley, McClave, May
Valley, and other points all made such
splendid showing that the work of
the judges was difficult. The dry land
showing from Baca county was an
eye-opener also and shows the truly
wonderful season that section has had.
The fine new agricultural hall was
packed with these displays and some
OF the corn stalks had to be trimmed
to keep them from going through the
roof.
The merchants industrial display in
the old agricultural hall was new
feature and a splendid addition to the
fair exhibits. The ladies depart
ments were kept up to their usual
high standard and the poultry exhibit
was the best the fair has ever had.
In spite of the fact that the prem
iums offered were more liberal than
ever before and there is better stock
In the country the stock men failed
to take the interest they should have.
Thee were some fine draft horses ex-
hibited and some good Holsteins, but
not great many, and there was prac-
tically no other stock on show.
The racing program was the best
ever offered in the valley and there
was no hitch in the program any
where. The best horses ever brought
here were in the list, and every race
was exciting and pleased the specta-
tors. New records for the track were
made in several of the events, the
mile trotting record being lowered to
2:12.
The only disappointment in the
whole program was the inability of
the aviator, Miss Stinson, to do her
part. She did not get here until the
day before the fair opened and then it
was discovered that her engine was
not of sufficient power for this. light
air. She tried from the fair grounds
the first day, but owing to the sand
she could not get up speed enough to
raise from the ground. Thursday she
brought the machine up to the west
part of town and succeeded in rising
about forty feet and making a fight
Of about two miles and landed in the
sand hills south of town, and this end
ed her work as she was unable to get
the machine repaired until Sunday
She had promised to make a fight
then over the ball park, but finally
gave it up and left on the 4:35 train.
Mr.. Maxwell, who stands the ex-
pense and does most of the work each
year, is deserving of the highest
praise for his efforts this year as
are also the many able assistants who
helped along the good work.