The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-29
BIGGER and MORE EXHIBITS Are
IN Competition This YEAR MANY
new DEPARTMENTS ARE NOTICED
Industrial Booths Numerous and There Large
Display of Poultry Hogs Horses and Csle-lndustrial Build
ing Thing Of Beauty Showing Many Lines-H'g Showing
of Automobiles and Farm Implements.

have realized. and even AZ that it II
fortunate that the far management
realized the possibilities OF great
work among the people Of the var
ious communities Of the district, as
a result Of which they arranged for
community and individual booths,
which are indeed a credit 20 the fair
Among the individual exhibits,
Canyon seems 20 be the predomna-
ting community, as Mrs o. II. Akin,
with more than one hundred articles
from her home. garden and farm
one mile south Of Canyon. has pre-
pared a booth that insofar as var
icty and quality Of products is con-
carned h In n class 90 itself Tins
booth was prepared by Mr. AKIN
and her Tmal daughter as Mr Akin
and the larger children were Inter-
ested IN individual exhibits among
fhe live stock and poultry. attention
to which is given IN another column
~ this issue.
The next individual booth was
prepared hy Mr.. J. G. Potts, also of
the Canyon community and Is M
deed a credit to the progressiveness,
energy and broadmindness Of the
Lubbock county farmer, who has al
ways taken a leading place IN agri-
-ulfural work a. well ~ in live So :
growing circles.
Paralelling in spiendor the county
booths. and bringing home the fact
hat the various communities over
the great South Plains are alive with
that same enthusiasm and progress
siveness which seems 20 center ahoui
zach county site, and IN every way
showing thar pride which character
.4ea our people, the community
booths were whipped into shape ycs-
ferday IN great haste until this
morning the agricultural building
= one ~ the most attractive huild-
ngs on an the great south Plains
country no doubt. as everything mat
grows Is displayed in some one of
fhe booths. and competition fnf
hamui0ushiu in community wnr' H
inst as keen ns Cor county champ
,anship. which no doubt wiil have
far reaching effect IN boosting the
.nmmunities represented to those
VITO win De- here FOR TINS occasion.
Th Sudan booth reflect vel lp-
rn the agri lI al p0a9ihui'e. ni
that rccti0n. and Mrs /. +. slate,
n. Slate and the Texas Land Ex-
rhanre are 90 be congratulated for
having gotten together such splcn-
aid exhibits. and the manner m
V hich they are % be displayed ~
great. map being made Of SIX
counties, Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Coch-
ran. Hockey and Lubbock. all lines
being made with Sudan seed pasted
20 the board on which he outline
is drawn, and It Is pleasing 20 note
that Lubbock. the hub Of the plains.
was recognized by the artist, as q
mail wheel Indicated Lubbock's To-
cation. with a highway and railroad
running 20 Sudan. which Is marked
with nine squares Of that many kinua
If field seeds, indicating the town
blocks of that fast growing little
city
owe got second place last year,
and it's perfectly natural that we
want the first prize this year, J.
g. Sides with the Canyon community
booth said, explaining the reason for
so much activity about the booth,
and the exhibits they are showing
look like they have been going after
that first prize for good long
time. Pat Nix, J. +. Goodnight, J.
b. Sides and son, W. B. Sides. are
for the appearance Of
the booth insofar as its arrangement
is concerned. and the rest Of the
Of that community are 90
receive credit with them for gather
ing the products shown. With the
individual exhibits told Of In another
place shown from the Canyon COM
munity Il looks as though those peo-
pie are going 10 get recognition by
he hundreds and thousands who viii
attend the fair these three days.
The writer has always been a
little lesry Of contest where q
hoAt Of ladies are aligned on an
opposite side, and for the fact that
he ladies' of the Slide community |
are here dozon strong, three /
n them, Nesdamcs W. II. Copeland, /
VI. q. Harrist and J. {. stanford, |
are greatly rcaponslblc FOR the ar
Of iho booth, having hcCn /
lssisted hy Ncaars. r. J. Dayia, W I
n. Copeland and W q. lIarrIsf, We
no kinda sorry for those felloes
shn had no such "hassoa' 10 heln /
ID The preparation ~ the hunlhs
special ln ne llsi ~ osh|h|la show.
ng |n lh|a honlh arr two Ys|lup yam
Inmrklna. which ara prllrll |n a|Ir
lnl .hanr. anl have thus faf al.
raflei 4 great i0al el attention.
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