The Holly chieftain., 1920-07-29
Pleasing Outlook for Rocky
Ford Show This Fall.
MANY NEW FEATURES
HAVE BEEN PROVIDED
Among These win Bs Magnificent
Fire works Display. Aerial Com
bats, Racing and Numerous
Other New and Novel Attractions.

w: j. Brown the general public
ity representative of the Arkansas
Valley Fair. which is felicitOus as
well as profitable annual institu-
tion at Rocky Ford, was in town
last Saturday on his first advertis-
ing round for the Rocky Ford Show
this fall. which opens Aug. 81 and
closes Sept. g.
Despite the demolition of some
OF the buildings on the fair ground
during the past year Mr. Brown
says that everything has been re-
habilitated in, fine shape and this
ycar show will be better han any
vi IL. predecessors.
Following Is an outline OF the
coming lair at Rocky Ford as pub
lished III recent issue of rhe
Rceky FOrl Enterprise:
To say. year after year that the
coming fair will be the greatest IN
the history of the event, or words to
that effect, usually savOrs of the
cheap ballyil,.O and is read with
little interest, but regarding the
Arkansas a..ey Fair OF thi, year
the phrase can Le used as a trllism
which .:llIMt 1T disputed,
In the first place great number
of changes have been made at the
grounds that will enable the man
agement to produce better show,
and in the second place there Is
more interest in every department
fnd q
long time, with the result that the
exhibits in all branches will ex-
cell those of the past few years,
when too little attention has been
given to the several departments.
make their show in new quarters
and chief among, these is the agri-
cultural department which for the
to small space in very inferior
building, wich added nothing to the
exhibit. A new tile building 5Ox1O0
has been erected for this exhibit
and County Agent Droge, who will
have charge of assembling the diff
erent products has gone SO far as
to assure the directors that the ex-
hibit will be one of the best and
largest ever made at valley fair.
The poultry show this year will
be a real one, the entire department
being under the management of the
OterO County Poultry Association,
which is q member of the national
association, so that the show will
be a national one, and one of the
best judges in the country will
Judge the birds.
The swine department also has
new quarters, which were sadly
needed. and in their new home the
owners of the best bred animals
will have no fear, as everything
about the building will be sanitary
and up to date
There will be the usual great
exhibit by the American Beet Sug-
ar Co, which will include live stock
of every variety and OF the very
best breeds as well as grains, sugar
beets and beet sugar products, etc.
The watermelon pile this year will
occupy q new location, but one
which will be found equally con-
yenient and which has many ad-
vantages.
In the amusement line there will
be some great innovations which
will be much appreciated by all
patrons of the fair. Enough addi-
tional seating capacity has been
added so that 1t is believed that
even on Watermelon Day the peo-
pie can be cared for with positions
where the entire show can be
seen.
For the first time in the history
OF the fair there will be no parking
of autos in the infield. A road has
been constructed around the north
end of the track and all the cars
entering the grounds will be park.
ed in the field north of the track,
where they will be cared for and
will be perfectly safe.
With the infield for the show q
program that never before could be
attempted will be presented and it.
will be found that even the well
known wild west features will be
altogether different when given in
field where man and beast have
plenty of room in which to work.
Nothing except the .bulldOgging will
be given on the track, with the re-
suit that there will be no waits in
the show as the harness and rum
ming events and the relay and other
races will be given on the track
while the other events are being
put on in the infield, and with q
hundred or more cowboys and girls
riding about the field there will be
an everchanging picture which does
not permit of dull moment.
1t has never been possible to fea-
ture any aeroplane work owing to
the lack OF room, but a contract has
been made this year which will
show to all natr0na not only tha