Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-02
Rt RAJ. TOWNS INVADE COUNTY
CHARGE PROGRAM.
PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR
Fourteen Hundred Doilars Paid In Pre-.
nilums-tifieen Year Old Iioy
awarded 81 Prizes IN Farm
Products.
by =. T. JOHNSON.
Stat Correspondent

MEMPHIS. Oct i.-ilall county
ruled Memphis today m. closing daV
u ia" idii which opened here TUESDAY
Was IN charge ui county towns an |
rural folks were in III" majority and
directed the staging II the differ-n,
events ui ia" program Towns from
all sections oi th" county Nicd witi
zach other 10 ,-- which could send tho
largest delegation a. the iair aud a. u
result heavily lond"d automobiles and
trucks began arriving ~ an 'aIlv h1gr
With banners and flags and bousiii,.
tor their respective towns
TIL" closing dlN ~ th. iair was wei
attended despite the large crowds on
The ihr'" previous DAYS ami woi
balanced program was Citiird out tust
automobile aud horse races and bron..
riding constituted IN" main part ~
the afternoons ~vhc,lul"
AUCTION sales Held.
Auction sales ut priHr winning hogs
and other livestock were held duiin
the forenoon and fancy prices were rr.
ported
During the afternoon the office of *.
u. Mn gan. executive secretary of the
fair association. was swamped ~ scor'.
pre- cnied their prize winning tickets
and we're awarded cash aud other pre-.
ninms Doicns of young boys and giri~
were among the premium winne..s
ITown smith. ~ year old hoy from ~"
vi community won - prizes on farm
exhibits entered in an individual b0oih.
Part ~ theSr were paid in cash anI
others demanded blue ribbons.
Large Fund Tor Prizes.
\ sum ~ fourteen hundred dull,is'
was s,.t aside hy the fair assriaiior
as prize money. This IL considered =
heavy amount tor = premium iist inas
much ~ this is Hal cuunty's first 90
nual fair.
CITY and county officials uf IN" fnir
association and Shambrr II comm-rc
are enthusiastic over the results uf III"
fair
NJ Are Wei Pleased.
IT has rxcrcd.d NV expectations hN
tar measured from all sttndpuinis.
declared secretary H. o. Morgan 9Th"
atlUndHurr has been great the interest
shown hv nll has been wonderful ar.l
the pcupl" NJ Hall county are d"t.ruin |
cd tn max" 1t an annual event thttl
viii improve each vonr, h" continued.
Mayor Charles Webster. u I Arr.
odd chairman of IN" executive rummi'
tee oi III" fair association and -. 7, u" Y
general sup"rini tnl"ut uf grounds. Il"
NV WV INV iifN i"N-iN y kl'Ai'N NN'
cess than they even imagined under
thu most favorable circums tanccs
Exhibitors of farm pruluctS and liv"
stock. ~ we'll as Others. drclar" th"N
did Not do th'ir best this year and ar
IN their assertions that ~.
hihits newt v"pr VIII ho h.,tri
food Racing Program.
\ strong racing program has h'crl
carried out during the past three dnvs
Daring racers have thrilled hundreds
Inl thousands ~ exciting contests have
boon staged on the track that u six
t"nths oi a mile In length and u IN
flrs. class condition.
Results ot races w"Ir.
Five mile Ford race Cook first. time
aI?i, Ssi. Wells second. time oiti
sis r'ilc motorcvclc race; Cumminrs
first tim" minutes . - seconds. siN;l
Gcrlock second time ':Sl -, s..
Fifteen mile stock car race. M"riicL
first. driving EssrV. time 'a't' 90. Noo'
liallew second. driving Hudson. time
ieI5 -. $50
Six wilc muiorcyvl- rae: cumming
iirst. time sif -. si5. Mcqueen sec
ord time sis 80 g..