Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-23
The Wyoming State Fair
BY Arthusa VeOnne
Williams

Dear Juniors: Thought would
write you about the Wyoming state
fair held here at Douglas from Sept.
20 to Oct. 2, and from beginning to end
was success. Thursday and Friday
were the best days and it is said that
over 5000 people attended, and the
gate receipts were larger than ever
before. only went one day on Thurs
day, as my mother and were helping
serve meals at the armory. And the
lady we worked for had three days,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, the
Catholics having Thursday. On Tues
day evening, met an old friend and
we all went out to see thes lights.
First to the ,merry-go-round which
we rode awhile, then got off and walk
ed block down to the ferris wheel on
Center. Returning from it we CHANGED
to look up and saw the fireworks COM
! ing from the fair grounds. We made
dash for it and the big searchlight on
the agriculture hall near the entrance
gate followed us.
| After entering the grounds we look
ed towards the grand stand were three
powerful searchlights. These lighted
up the way for autos which were con-
stantly going to and from the grounds.
We reached the stand just in time to
see several we'll trained horses per-
form Every night we were down to
the ferris wheel and merry o-round.
On Thursday took In the fair. going
down and looking at the exhibits in
the forenoon and races in the after
noon.
Fremont county, the home of the
apple; a fine display of all kinds OF
apples tastefully arranged. gave credit
Ito the Fremont producers as to the
productive quality of their soil.
Big Horn county had fine display
of fruits The Big Horn Basin is fam
Gus for irrigation.
Johnson county displayed fine grains
grasses, vegetables, etc. This county
has no railroads, and even though it
hasn't, it's people are progressive.
The Wyoming boys and girls club
was to be admired and approved. It's
work displayed at the fair, shows
what Wyoming boys and girls can do
in the raising of vegetables and grains
and canning Of fruits. The school work
of our state was excellent. The hand |
made clothing and fancywork of all
kinds were good. A large exhibit of
Wyoming birds was In the arts and
crafts hall. The wool, mineral and oil
display of Converse county was fine.
NV home county Converse did not ex-
hibit much fruit but corn was exhib-
tied grown to the height of seven or
eight feet This country does not claim
to be much of an agricultural country,
but Converse and Goshen counties dis
PLAYED fine dry farm grains and veg
etatles, also some fruits.
Laramie is getting to be more of a
farming county. All the different corn
ties had good exhibits. In the roultry
department many kinds. of fowls were
to. be seen and the eye of the fancier
taken.
Fine. large sheep were TO be seen
by home exhibitors and others resid
ing out of the state.
Shetland ponies from the northeast
part of wyoming at Belfounhe ""re
here. Fourteen of these cute little
ponies were for sale Anon" I'll" ev-
hibitors were: American saddle bc"ees
w. r. Wolfe Lusk. Wvo.: Shires nav-
i'd Davis, BadWater, Wyo.: Aberdeen
Angus cattle. Harrison & Harri -on.
Indianola, Neb.: Hereford cattle, Cook
Stock farm Townsend, Mont; Fair
view farm Cvrrs A. Low, Norway Ia.
Sboshone Stock farm, breeders of
Gilernseys. Holsteins and Hamnshire
sheen. B. c. Rnmsey, Shoshone Wyo.:
shorthorn cattle, G. A. Saunders &
Sons. Manila. Ia; Red Polled cattle.
Frank p Clouss, Manson, Ia: Maple
Grove Galloways, c. S. Hechtner.
Charlton Ia: George L. Troxton Short
horns and Herefords, Glendo, Wyo.
The fair closed on Saturday evening.
Oct 2, with dance at Temple hall.
enjoyed the fair but most exciting
things were the wild horse races and
bucking contests 1t takes cowboy
with nerve and grit to ride an outlaw.
Well as my letter is long will close,
Arthusia V. Williams. age Is,
Box GA Fairview Ranch,
Douglas, Wyo.
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