The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
FIRST OF THE PULASKI COM. MUNITY FAIRS WORKED UP A GREAT DEAL OF ENTHUSI. ASM TOWARD THE LAST.
By W. F. BECK.

By ". F. BECK.
 The first of the community fairs for Pulaski county was held at. Hal stead Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September g, g and 24. Halstead is the only fair district in the county in which there is no town At Hal stead there is nothing but a church, school house and the community building, the upper story of which is used as a lodge room.
 It is located about nine miles from Little Rock just, off the Lawson pike, which leaves the Hot Springs pike at the Seven Mile Grocery. The build ings are located on a nice, high knoll and could be made very beautiful. There Is also cemetery there.
 The people are not as prosperous as they were last year, but they were too busy to give as much attention to the fair as they should have done. Quite large number of them have been and are awfully busy building new homes. Of course, a person can't devote much time to the public vel fare when he is building a new home. That always demands all of his at tention Then there are lot of city people, who have bought land out there, and they too have built or are building new homes. So many of them have built and are building that both carpenters and building mate rial in Little Rock have run short, so it takes them longer to build than it otherwise would, for they have to be running back and forth to Little Rock all the time, not being able to get the carpenters they want, nor the building material, without making several trips for that which they should get at one trip.
 Though the fair was greatly hand icapped for lack of interest at the start and because 1t was the first, there was no enthusiasm worked up to outdo other places like there will be at the next fairs, where the people have read in the Pulaskian about the fairs already held. It was the most enjoyable fair 1 have attended. Much credit for what was done is due the president, W. L. Davis. He worked and spent his time and money with out stint to make 1t a success and a few others co-operated with him, but not as many as should have done so.
 Henry Diehl took first prize for the best individual farm exhibit. He of course had great variety of every thing grown on the farm.
 J. L. Claghorn had a wonderful exhibit of squashes and pumpkins. A red Hubbard squash was as big as pumpkin, being about sixteen inch es in diameter. There were two ba- mana squashes and red pumpkins and ordinary pumpkins. Some of these were so very prettily colored that visitors scratched holes in them to see if they were not varnished or painted. He said he had another more wonderful great big squash, which he would have exhibited, but the rats ate holes in 1t. It was red squash with large deep red bumps on 1t about one inch in diameter.
 Messrs. Crowson, W. L. Davis and others of Halstead had exhibits, but Zion Hill was about the only other community represented. Mesdames Reynolds and Dossett had few nice things exhibited from that place. The ladies also had a good exhibit of their handiwork, cooking, canned goods, etc. The only thing 1 got to taste was a cake cooked by Mrs. Dos sett. It was fine. It was my own fault that l did not get more, for a young lady told me she had box of fried chicken, cake and so forth, which she had fixed up for someone who failed to show up, which could have, and that she was very sorry she did not succeed in finding me to invite me to dinner with the family. In my hurry to get ride into the city with Mr. Willms, missed the box, for all of which I extend this public apology.
 The big day of the fair was Sat urday. That was school day and it did not matter that the old folks did fall short on their part the children made up for 1t with the most excit- ing school contest pulled off at any of the fairs last year.
 To start out with Geyer Springs school came riding in in full force