The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23
GEM COUNTY FESTIVAL
OPENS
Magnificent Exhibit of Fruits,
Grains and Vegetables-Car-
nival Big Feature

magnificent. The fruit and corn
showing is especially fine and is large
and varied
The grape exhibit, collected and ar
ranged by C. l.. Gamage and R. B..
Shaw, is remarkable in quality, quail
ity and artistic arrangement. 1t oc-
cupies the post of honor at the head
of the building and is the first to
catch the eye of the visitor The
crowning piece is a huge sign made
of punches of grapes of the European
varieties, bearing the words "Gem
Co." The background is made up of
the green colored Malagas, Thompson
Seedless, Muscats and Sutanas. The
letters are composed of Black Ham
burg, Ramona, Cornishon, Zinfadel,
Rose of Peru, Purple Damascus, Mis-
sion and Flame Tokay varieties. Su-
spended over all is an electric Star
and Crescent. The grapes in the sign
weigh 400 pounds.
The corn exhibit, both stalk and
ear, occupies almost the entire side OF
the east end of the building. Then
there are pumpkins so big that if
the dimensions were given the reader
would think Old Bill Misgivens was
on the job; beets, carrots, cabbage,
potatoes as long as your foot; honey
in comb, in jars and being made,
Rev. Oliver Hover having frame
encased in glass showing the bees act
ually at work.
Some of the exhibits and exhibitors
are given below:
Box Apples
Delicious by S. d. jenkins, w. j.
Easton, Frozen Dog Ranch.
Winter Bananas by w. F. White
sell.
Kind Davids by W. J. Easton.
Stamen Winesap by Frozen Dog
ranch.
Jonathans by Loe Reed and D. D.
Knox
Winesaps by Claude Whiteside.
Peaches
Elbertas by Frozen Dog ranch, w.
r. Crouch, j. L. Jensen, C. d. Buck
mum, j. ]. Love, w. F. Whitesell,
Fred Coburn, VIM. Twilegar, G. A.
Warden, L. G. Knight of the butte,
A. C. Lathrop and Miss Frances
Rundstrom.
Late Crawfords by Frozen Dog
ranch, D. D. Knox, B. C. Bowers, NJ. [
D. Morehouse.
Lovells by J. l. HIT. Orange Clings
by C. P. Hartley and Paul Kefauver,
Krummel Octobers by Frozen Dog
ranch, Elberta Kings by j. C. Dewey,
Clings and seedlings by VIM. Woody,
Star Clings by VIM. Twilegar and a
plate of "Waifs" by ]. R. Hunter.
Pears
One box of Clairgeaus and two
boxes of d'Anjous by C. P. Hartley; T
plate displays by H. S. Jenkins, Paul
Kefauver, w. j. Easton and C. w.
Cook.
Prunes
Crate displays of Italians by j. V.
Hall, Jonas johnson, Denney & Co.,
C. P. Hartley, J. P. Marker, E. C.
Vahlberg, Erwin Heath, and crate
of Hungarians by B. c.. Bowers.
Corn
Two punches of corn stalks stand
ing Is feet high attract the attention
in this department. One is by Ed
Heath and the other by j. c. Dewey.
Both have big ears on them. Ex-
hibits of ear corn are made by John
Yeck, F. w. Reed, Fred Baisch, Mrs.
]. w. Limbaugh, VIM. Woody, L. c.
Moore, ]. ]. Love, Ed Heath, j. A. ]
Blake, Henry Demaris, H. W. Hollar,
James Mccormick Lloyd Van Fleet, 4
A. M. Rogers, Charles Reed, W. W. ;
Hoopes and j. c.. Dewey. Sweet corn ]
by Fred Baisch, A. M. Rogers, E. w.
Morehouse. Popcorn by VIM. Woody,
Paul Gerhart, Wilfred Marker and
F. W. Reed.
S. ]. Hubbard has sack of shelled
barley; Clarence Rynearson, White
Russian Wheat; A. P. Peterson, Hard t
Winter Wheat grow on reclaimed al l
kali land. Mr.. Peterson also shows t
a sack of Alsike clover seed and Boise {
Riggs exhibits a big head of alfalfa {
in seed. y
In the vegetable department there 5
are enormous pumpkins by Glenn VII c
son, L. C. Moore, Elmer Rose and
others. Lou Obermeyer has 2 crate
of packed Yellow Pear tomatoes that