Weekly journal-miner., 1922-10-25
SERIOUS FACTS AND
 FRIVOLOUS OF FAIR

The big five-months-old Hampshire ramb King of the Verde Valley" created lots of excitement in the poultry tent yesterday when he upset his wire cage and bolted for the door. He was captured by the attendant, but it remained for his master, F. L. France of Aultman, to pacify him with an armful of hay ~ ..-e>
 No mans land at the fair -the building where the better babies con test was held
 The five White Wyandotte hens and cockerel, parent stock of the Wyandottes entered by H. Hollings- head, were imported from Canada by E. K. Butcher of Skull Valley at a cost of SIPS.
 The greatest number Of babies entered by one mother at the fair was 20. Mrs. Rhode Island Red and Mrs. Silver Lace Wyandotte, both of Frances Trading Post, entered 20 downey chicks apiece, and every one of the 40 was "a better baby" /:
 Little Orphan Annie" scared the kids with goblins, but nowadays we're more practical. Posters in the Ischool exhibit prepared by Prescott students bore this pointed parody.
 You better scrub and clean iem;
 And mind what you're about;
 For the toothache'll get you, -
 Elf you don't watch out"
 
 Highway grade crossing accidents, according to figures presented for cibly at tine bureau of public roads exhibit at the fair, were as follows for the years 1914, 1919 and 1920: 4,O76 persons killed, 1O,644 injured. Moral: Stop, look, listen"
 
 bonnie Bernlce, the fIVe-montiis- old baby of Bernice, prize winning COW of Babbitt & Cowden's biG herd, objected to being manicured {. and dolled up for the show yesterday. She kicked and struggled while two at- tendants attempted to fix her up. Her mother looked on, ashamed of. Bon nie's bad behavior
 Despite important duties about the grounds, President A. A. Johns found time to give an impromptu, but intensely interesting talk to a few fortunate persons who chanced to- be at the wool exhibit when he was 'thetei yesterday morning. Mir. Johns knows wool, as well as how to put on real fair.
 Some punkins at the agricultural display. The one entered by Ado1ph Slosser from his ranch at Pine Dale weighed more than 70 pounds.
 
 Mothers had to take their small sons by the hand and fairly pull them away from in front of the cake and candy displays ill the home economics building.
 The baby mountain lion in the animal and rodent pest ex- hibit developed a bad disposition with captivity. He paced the narrow confines of his cage and growled as fiercely as his size permitted, and when D. A. Gilehrist rodent pest director for the state of Arizona, at tempted to place a sign in front of the cage, he promptly knocked it down.
 There were between 800 and 900 forest fires in the states of Arizona md New Mexico in 1921, according 10 c. H. Cook, in charge of the for st service exhibit
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 The guessing contest conducted by !. w. Jenkins and Colonel Fred Bowler, regarding the assay value of l small chunk of tellhrium gold are n the mineral display created much interest Ten dollars is offered to the 'erson making the most accurate 5uess.
 *$ There was a windfall yesterday iorning in the miniature forest of he forestry exhibit. One of the lofty pines blew down, nearly de- the small cabin at its base. Come again today.