The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-01

Lemhi county has passed into his
tory as the most successful fair ever
held. Every department, unless it
was the ca AIMED fruit and vegetable
class, showed a decided improvement
over previous years Not only that
the quality Of the exhibits was far
superior to any shown before.
In the agricultural department the
aim seemed to be to bring produce
of arketable value although there
we're some mcnstrosities in pumpkins
and squashes. One squash measured
IT. and weighed all of Is pounds
This was grown by Elias Reed be-
low Salmon.
The horticultural department was
a wonder even to Salmon people who
know what fine fruits Lemhi county
can grow. But to newcomer 1t
must have been revelation indeed.
LemLi. county is the home of the
apple all right, but has never claimed
any honOrs for peaches, but W. A.
Pope, who lives below ShOup had
some peaches on display which equal
ed any the writer ever saw IN the
peach belts OF Colorado. Several
others had fine displays OF peaches
also. Almost every kind Of fruits
raised in the temperate zone was re-
presented at this fair, even to fresh
strawberries, which came from Mrs.
Haynes at ShOup. Without exception
the fruits were the finest ever seen at
any fair. In thinking back over the
years OF the Guthrie County, Iowa
fairs we do not recall seeing any ex-
hibits which equalled the ones shown
here last week and Guthrie County
is strictly agricultural. There was
also some very fine prunes and plums
exhibited. 1t was remarked by sew
eral who had attended fairs at other
places this year that the exhibits
shown last week excelled any they
had seen elsewhere. II more outside
people could have seen them 1t would
have been the best advertising this
county could have done.
The ladies departments, OF course,
offered the most beautiful exhibits
o. all, especially from feminine
standpoint. AS we Pazed ut the
beautiful handwork on display we
wondered how and when the ladies
found time to ..do so much. We
doubt il there will be any nicer work
to be seen at the Panama exhibition
than was on exhibition here last
week. And the culinary exhibits
truly made your "mOuth water
Just to look at them. The ladies ol
Salmon take the whole bake shop
when 1t comes to cooking. There
was some lovely canned fruits and
vegetables but perhaps not as many
as in pre- vious years. While looking
at 1t the writer heard several remark
that they had just as nice as any
shown, but didn't think to bring it
That the exhibit in this department
will be larger next year seems ver>
probable.
In the Arts and Crafts department
we're some beautiful pictures. Las
summer young man by the name O.
Garm visited Lsmhi county from
IlIiuois. He was q graduate OF t6'
Chicago school Of art. While her'
he painted several pictures OF ou
mountains from various places alonI
the North Fork. He sent four o
these for exhibition, but not fo
prizes although they deserved u
have one as far as merit was concern
ed. That Salmon has some YER
good artists was fully demonstrate
by the class Of WORK exhibited. On
thing which attracted considerable
attention was the woodcarVing
One piece was a canoe carved from
solid piece of wood and another va
a violin made from a cigar box. Bot
were awarded a prize. Joe Pappett
had some very fine tools o displa
made by himself which attracts
considerable attention also.
A. c. Ludwig had charge OF I'll
mineral exhibits and had devoted
large amount Of time to getting
creditable exhibit Of our mineral rt
sources. He Was ably assisted 0
Emerson Hill, o. f. kirSpatricS
Thos. Pope and others. There "ef
over seventy entries OF ore, SON
samples Of coal, building stone an
monumental granite, also stream tit
While gold bearing ore quartz pc
dominated, there we're large nun
ber of exhibits Of lead, copper an
cobalt ores and few specimens
vanadium, molybdenum, tungtse
and Antimony ore. The stream u
came from the property OF Eli NIL
ert In Prairie Basin. Among II
placer gold exhibits were sAmpi'
from BohanDon and Kirttey cree
dredges and from Gibbonsville 2rol
erty OF +. Z. Edwards. One OF u
most interesting exhibits Was
cabinet Of minerals, the property
". n. Shoup. 1t contained oFe' j"
nuggets OF placer gold; several spec
mans of wIre silver: one silver ba