Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-21

the ranch and driven by the owner,
and is to remain in the possession
of The 1914 winner until the 1915
show, and becomes the property of
the ranch winning twice.
The Rosslyn Hotel cup, to be award
ed for the best turkey exhibit, was
won by Mrs. M. D. Grimes of Ell Cen
trO.
The Long Beach Chamber of Com
merce cup, to be awarded to the young
lady making the best apron in COM
| petitive contest on the grounds, was
carried off by Miss Pearl Fisher OF
this city. Second prize went to Miss
Julia Grogan.
J. w. Wood of this city, exhibitor
of two Berkshires, was awarded first
prizes in the swine division of the
livestock exhibits.
Traffic Men Here.
There was great inpouring today
of members of the Los Angeles Traf-
fc Association, who came down to
the valley in two private cars on the
regular morning train, to the num-
Ter ,f thirty-fve. 1t is the third an
nual pilgrimage Of the association to
the Imperial County Fair, and it is
designed to keep the traffic men il
touch with the development of the
valley. Among the members of the
party are.
H. M. Bingham, general agent Of
the passenger department of the Den
yer & Rio Grande, Western Pacific,
Missouri Pacific and st. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern.
A. H. Splittstoesser, travelling pas
sengcr agent of the Wilmington
Transr ortation Company.
Charles A. Thurston, general agent
of the Chicago & Northwestern, and
president of the association.
Harold C. Smith, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Pennsylvania lines,
and secretary of the association.
F. S. McGinnis, district passenge.
agent of the Southern Pacific.
F. E. Watson, city passenger agent
of The Southern Pacific.
w. E. Swain, general agent of the
Northern Pacific
H. f. Norcross, passenger agent Of
the San Diego & Southeastern.
R. D, Williams, general agent Of the
Erie Dispatch.
D. 7. Berry, commercial agent If
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul.
Allen M. Culver, general agent OF
the Oceanic Steamship Company.
Ross C. Cline, general agent of the
Wabash.
O. J. McCann, travelling freight
agent of the Rock Island.
w. H. Bullen, Grand Trunk.
J. T. Bate Missouri, Kansas &
Texas.
Arthur Reece, Cotton Belt.
J. A. Dickinson, Southern.
D. w. Ferguson, Northern Pacifi,
Steamship Co.
John Greenwood, Texas & Pacific.
Mark Thompson, Wells-Fargo.
J. r. Perry, contracting agent Ei
Paso g. Southwestern.
| H. N. Sears, travelling passenger
agent Rock Island.
L. B. Valla, commercial agent
Southern Pacific.
E. S. Blair, general agent freight
department Denver & Rio Grande,
Western Pacific, Missouri Pacific and
st. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern.
p. O. Prince, travelling agent Chi
cago & Northwestern and Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha.
Frederick Webb, city passenger
agent Pennsylvania lines.
T. R. Downs, commercial agent
Southern Pacific.
They were under the guidance of S.
F. Willard, Ell Centre agent of the
/
Southern Pacific, who undertook to
protect the lives and property of cit
izens from the demonstrative crowd
of jolly visitors.
Afternoon Awards
The following is list of awards
made by the fair judges yesterday
afternoon:
Miss Grace Poole won the SIS in
gold donated by Mayor A. w. Swan
son for the best loaf of bread baked
by girl under 16 years of age.
E. X. Henderson of Calipatria won
the MoreIand silver cup for the best
short staple cotton exhibit.
Scripps Gidday, 14-year-old FL Cen
tro boy, was awarded special cham
pionship ribbon for a small Bleriot
model monoplane constructed solely
by him.
The following awards were an