Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-09-14
COUNTRY SUCKERS AT A
COUNTY FAIR"

Wen never forget that little write up with
the above title that we read years ago. But to
really feel that way well that was a new sensation
Still it wasn't bad neither were all the suckers
from the country as they seemed to be mostly city
folks. Having business-and of course it Is easy
to arrange for little business when there Is
circus or fair-we last Monday looked our IRON
stead over whom, in order to distinguish from
the common herd we have given the name OF Buce-
phalus, and decided that he would hold together
for trip to the river metropolis, ldah0s only
seaport After currying him down we filled his
tank with fodder, invited better half to share
the front seat and threw the kids on behind and
were off in a cloud Of dust. Westlake, Morrow
town, Forest Waha, were but memories in few
short hours. A brief breathing spell in Lewiston
and we again tcked him with our spurs for
squirt up the hill to Uniontown. Oh Boy, its
great Bucephaus had made the trip many times
before and never wavered or stumbled but beat it
on up the hill like hound pup with a tin can to
his tail. But the Fair next day All Lewiston
out in their Ego to meet'en" clothes, if they
hadent been, it would have been kind Of lone
some around there, except of course for the Buck
eroos and Indians. Promptly at P NJ things be-
gan to move fast and fmiously. Some one going
up and another coming down about the same time.
Wild bulls groaned under their load of Toreador
with spurs implanted in their umblllcus. CayuseS
were taught lesson they will never forget OF
course the cayuses got in few nasty blows the
buckeroos will not forget Stunts were pulled off
with snap and q bang that savored OF real cir
Gus program. With the band playing, a flying
machine soaring overhead, wild bulls making
frantic efforts to shake the Matador cayuses try
inc their durndest to unburden themselves of their
enforced load, all this going on simultaneously,
well if that isn't nearly circus the devil hog.
1t was during one of these tense moments that the
Whitcbird lad fell from his horse because of a
stlTup leather breaking just at the getaway OF
the race. We the whole tragedy but made
nothing of it as the stretcher bearers had been
kept pretty busy all the while with never anything
seriously the matter with the victims. 1t was
one Of those accidents that may be looked for in
l,o 10H lived ,lvr
while. 1t was the only serious accident. Had
it happened in a bucldng contest we would have
given cur sympathy Of course but not to the de-
gre that we did now. But seeing this show leads
us to remark that all these roundups are but a
step removed from the real bull fight Why not
put on good bull fight A La Spanish That's
what the people seem to want. Sure, we enjoyed
it, might even go a bull fight, just once of course
AS to the exhibits, they were excellent but sadly
neglected by the visiting public. Some people
still think that town makes money out of these
fairs. Nix kom heraus. Sure the town as whole
benefits, but the boosters the fellows that actu-
ally put on these shows out lot of time, hard
work and money too once in awhile. Still we are
undecided whether to sympathize with them
not. We are glad to he home again with none OF
horne week for what it cost us for balloons, pea
nuts and hot-dog sandwiches in one day at the fair
Yet we may take them again. We're no piker.
The key to your enjoyment, to better home
is III planning now, the improvements you expect
to make after harvest. This is the place. Now is
the line.
HusSn1Qn Lumber Co.