Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-08


 showings of paintings-work which would command attention i'll any city or art center where it might be shown. Our Prescott fair had the honor of having the first great loan collection of paintings shown in Ari- zona-a collection worth about fifty. thousand dollars and including the work of very prominent artists. Year by year this high standard has been kept up and art lovers could see at our home fair paintings which were of the first crder in beauty and merit.
 This year ten of the leading paint CTS of California will send a collec- ton of canvasses valued at ten thou sand dollars and including the work of men and women famous in art circles. Beside these paintings there will be the usual showing of work entered in competition for prizes or shown by the courtesy of persons owning valuable works of art. It would surprise some of us to know how many paintings by artists of note are owned in Yavapai county as well as how much good work is done right here at home.
 Let us not miss this special depart ment when the fair opens for it would cost a long journey and good many dollars to see anything like ii elsewhere.
 I have had a chance to see some of the things that will be shown ill the agricultural and horticultural exhibits and there seems good things in abundance-enough, let us all hope, to win the big prizes for Yavapai county at the State fair.
 This is going to be the best fair eyer; the grounds are in good condi- ton, the rains have done their part, the race track and amusement grounds are going to be in fine con dition, and in the city itself there will be band concerts, balls, and plenty ot recreation opportunities.
 One of the things which seems to me the most important of all IS the chance for us country people to see what our own town is doing. Pres colt is growing all the time; there are new buildings going up in all parts of the city and scarcely an empty house to be found for rent anywhere.
 One of the best indications of the steady growth of the entire country is the character of goods displayed by every merchant. It is not going back to the standards of before-the- war but going far ahead of them.
 have been watching the new goods opened up for weeks now and each show window that 1 pass gives me some new surprise. 1 have had experience both in shopping in large cities and in shopping by mail in the largest cities and I realize how truly one of our oldest Prescott merchants spoke when he said that today we could get better goods for lower prices i'll Prescott than in the large Eastern cities. This gentleman, who has had much to do with wartime food conservation, was not talking to boost Prescott, loyal though he IS to the town, but was showing ne the price schedules on staple toodstutts which had been agreed upon between government and dealer in some of the large centers of distribution. For instance, sugar is selling in Prescott for a cent less a pound than in some of the places much nearer refining centers.
 lust look over the stores when you come in to the fair and see the dis play of attractive goods for all sorts of uses; compare the quality with what is ordered from outside the state, and see how far our home peo- pie are in the lead.
 For instance, 1 have been watching the winter things for women and children at the Bashford-Burmster Company's big dry goods depart ment. All lines are as full as one would expect in a city many times the size of Prescott; there are hand some winter garments in rich, heavy materials and charming styles-end- less in their variety and beauty-but also all kinds of outing garments and things for some and work 7vear-2 surprise to any woman who will take inc trouble to look them over. A special line of knitted goods includes everything from sweaters caps ana scaris, to the prettiest petticoats | have ever seen.
 Looking for ladies hose l found that Tribby's Shoe Store has big line of the most beautiful things for women and children. All sorts ot lovely patterns in silk in variety ot colors and d big line of practical everyday hose in lislc and cotton at very special prices considering their value. The childrcn's hose will cS-