The Arizona copper camp., 1917-11-17
P|NAL COUNTY
SHOW EXCE[S
At STATE FAIR

State Fair at Phoenix this week from
many standpoints. First of all there
was the Ray Con Club band, a notable
contribution to the life and gayety of
the occasion, and conceded by every
one who heard it in action to be one
of the best musical attractions heard
in Phoenix this week.
The agricultural display from Pinal
county was one of the features of the
fair. The Pinal county booth was one
of the largest in the Agricultural
building, and in point of decorations
and in the variety of exhibits was
equal to the best of them. Maricopa
and Yavapai counties usually occupy
most of the attention at the State
Fair, but even in competition with
these districts, Pinal county made a
most excellent showing.
The Pinal county booth was in
charge of w. Ward Davies of Casa
Grande, immigration commissioner for
Pinal county, and the self-same Davies
who felled the pacifist who struck the
venerable Senator Hoar in the capitol
at Washington last spring. Mr.. Davies
was assisted by Gordon McMurray of
Casa Grande, and both gentlemen were
boosting for Pinal county first, last
and all the time. They had plenty of
good. talking points, and lots of stuff
to illustrate their assertions that Pinal
was one of the richest districts in all
out-of-doors when it comes to natural
resources.
= All of the judging had not been
done at the hour of going to press,
but up to Thursday evening Pinal
county had carried off more than her
share of the prizes, taking firsts away
from Maricopa and Graham counties
time after time. Some of the prizes
captured by Pinal county exhibitors
were as follows:
First Prize-H. Cling Peaches, Emil
Keilberg, Feldman.
Casa Grande.
First Prize on Egg Plants-G.
Smith, Casa Grande.
First Prize, Yellow Sweet Potatoes
w. H. Davis, Casa Grande.
First Prize. Pie Pumpkin-W. Ward
Davies, Casa Grande.
First Prize, Watermelon-W. Sells,
Toltec.
First Prize, Milo Maize (dry farm
ing)-Wick Stanfield, Summerland.
Second Prize, Casaba Melon-G.
Smith, Casa Grande. q
Second Prize, Sacc. Sorghum-Wick
Stanfield, Summerland.
A notable feature of the Pinal coun-
ty exhibit was a bale of long staple
Egyptian cotton, raised by l.. w. Till
ton of Casa Grande. In fact, most of
the exhibits seem to have come from
Casa Grande, although Florence was
represented by quite a few entries.
Yavapai county, supposed to have
monopoly on the business of raising
apples, received quite jolt, when
PinaI county's exhibit was put on dis
play. The Pinal county booth boasted
of large display, including some of
the finest fruit to be seen on the
ground. All of these apples came from
Aravaipa canyon, near the eastern
border of the county.
w. H Davis, whose yellow sweet
potatoes took first prize over Mari
copa, Graham, Yuma and all other
counties, ships a portion of his crop
to Ray each year. 1t is reported that
a Phoenix seed firm, upon seeing the
potatoes which the Casa Grande man
had on display, have notified him that
they will take his entire acreage for
seed potatoes, and that they desire to
arrange for his entire crop hereafter
for this purpose.
Novelty Feature.
If Pinal county didn't get the prize
for the novelty feature, the judges
overlooked bet Pinal county's fea-
ture consisted of two very-life-like,
life-size figures, namely Captain Sam
mie Hoover and Miss Florence Pinal.
Miss Pinal was assuring Captain Sam
mie that the products he saw there
were all for him and that there was