The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-09-23
The sedgwick County Fair,

The crowd on last Saturday was th..
largest one ever in Julceburg. There
wa 222 automobiles on the grounds
to say nothing of those left down town
or the teams, alIlio t.. time was snort
for getting exhibits al. the various de-
partments were WI. repre- sented.
The live stock exhibit under the T..
{. Harris as Superintendent was lh,.
largest ever "o-tcI together The
Agriculture AMI Pju,.ry exhibit w.ih
K. J. Dobell as Sapcc Al; ldent while
not all that it si.culd cr might have
been still it was credible and surpass-
ed many other fairs whena longer time
was given to gather Il. samples Tie
exhibits III thi; department: refie:l Il
great deal of crcGir tie Table Ian $
and to a few men who took special
pains to see that their part of the
County was represented. F. W. Sher-
man OF the South East part of the
County and c. B. Mckinstry of Sedg-
wick both made special trips to Jules
burg to bring in samples from their
respective locality if the farmers and
especially thoce in the valley could
be impressed with the value Of show
ing their products a much better
showing could be made
To the Ladies exhibit with Mrs Geo.
Reed superintendent belongs the Blue
Ribbon for the District Court room
was literally packed with the finest
exhibits of Domestic Science, Fancy
work and school work ever show in
the County.
The forenoon programs on the street
were very amusing and were thorou-
ghly enjoyed by those who Witnessed
them.
The racing programs in the afternoon
were good and carried out as adver-
tised, 1t is regretted that many were
disappointed by not seeing the are0-
plane flight on Saturday but this was
no fault of either the aviator or the
committee The flight on Friday
while short was a very pretle one
and had not Capt Shaffer had the nus
fortune to demolish his plane ard
nearly break his back when he land
ed on Friday the program would nave
been carried out complete on Saturday
As it was the Committee got busy FIJI
day night and arranged some special
events for Saturdays program "hic''
in :, measure at least took the place
. OF the areOplane.
The Sedgwick band, which furnished
the music for both days are to DC cohl-
pler.snted both or the ciaSS Vi 'i''''>
and their Willingness to play.
We have never seen band peiofe
Sthat we're as willing to furnish as
much music and were always READY
Credit should be given all those
sor,,;,g an the various committees LOT
their tireless efforts in making '"e
fair complete success. Wh'.' all Vi
.t,, ,i,,.. have no. been paid thcf:nance
committee expect to have some money
left over for y. st years fair.
Tie 1915 rai, IS past history II WIS
a success from every point.
Scdgwick County was aa'er''seu'
Julesburg merchants were wen rep'''
for .heir expenditure of money Win
only one or two exceptions the ous'-
ness men got into the game III ''e
right way and every one went ''on'''
\satisfied but what of the future ever!
Y me considers that the fair sho"io "
tld every year. If this is to be "ohe
then arrangements should be made at
once to secure grounds and hu'id'hss
tor future Fairs. We are certain '''a'
out of the immense crowd OF peop'e
that was here Friday and saturda!
not one third of them saw the eShi"''s
The ordinary crowd like to be en-
kertained but they like also to see all
Mat is to be seen and if there was I"
Idfnp where everything couid ne
Ad and the people were NOT re-
ito walk all over town, up STAIRS
I'm cellar the majority oi our
4 iould he glad to see every
A compartively small ou'
by either the town or the
procure the grounds and