Arizona sentinel., 1917-11-22
YUMA TAKES FIRST PRIZE AND WINS SIL YER CUP
YUMA COUNTY HAS AT LAST COME INTO HER OWN-SWEEPS THE BOARDS AT THE STATE FAIR BY HAVING THE BEST EXHIBIT OF
 PRODUCTS EVER SEE IN STATE

In honest friendly competition 'th every county ir the state of Arizona, Yuma county first prize and the big silver cup last week the Phoe State Fair an honor that Yuma county has fought for for the last years honor that fought for by every county in the each succeeding ar an honor that should appreciated by every and child in the county and special honor the county commissioner and his able assistants who instrumental gathering the exhibits together and displaying them in such manner that they the admiration and wonder of all who were for tunate enough to them at the state fair.
 To Commissioner Nelse Lind Superintendent D. C. Aep of the experimental farm to the attes mother n-law Mrs D. Shds, and to County Agent Bailey great credit is due for the glory of winning the first prize capturing for the first time the magnificent silver cup that annually goes with the first prize award They were on hand at the Yuma booth day and night seemingly never m ing in their efforts to attract attention the unusual dis play o products of the farm garden and orchard and saying all the nice things they could of Yuma county The which they arranged the Yuma county exhibit was
 lection itself Individual blue and red ribbons adorned near y every exhibit. The of all those who furnished these exhibits will be printed in the Sentinel week so the whole world know just who are our champions in the various lines of products of Yuma county.
 During my stay at the fair was my pleasure to visit the Yuma display almost daily always in company with distinguished officials and visitors who all agreed long be- tore the prize awarded that Yuma county had the most exhibit at the state fair We had many ex nDltS for which there prizes offered those espon slbe tor making up the premium list being aware tha Such products were grown in Arizona For instance there was no prize offered for Egyptian cotton and likewise nc prize offered for of the short staple varieties The prize tor cotton was simply for the best bale of cotton and Yu ma county never having grown the Pima variety natural " lost the first prize cotton whereas prizes had beer offered for Egyptian, Durango" or any other of the shorter staples Yuma county would have won the sweep StaKeS for no other county in the entire can begin grow upwards o two bales of cotton per acre. Yuma coun y stands out in bold rleef in that one particular for it is not at all unusual for two and half bales per acre to be iuced here in Yuma county This is only one instance O where our products not considered by the awardno udgeS and yet eliminating those products Yuma county ar ouclasSed all other counties in the state that the award judges could do nothing else than pin the blue ribbon on umas exhibits turn the big silver cup which had won for several years by Yavapa county and other
 wise show that Yuma county has last come into her own
 The day before the awards were made was my pleas Ire to accompany the famous Cantu Military Band to the una booth for could but feel that we had already wor he prize Everybody cheered Yuma county as the band rendered. choice Selecton and from that moment unt ne next day when it officially announced that Yun County had actually first prize everybody had already that such would be the unanimous verdict of the udgeS. Commissioner Lind happy as little boy With his first pair o redop boots So all those who lad so ably assisted him in arranging the exhibits
 Now we must all make up minds to keep the big s cup here in Yuma county for all time to come We can 1o it if we will but half try
 I'm Erocor