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Show L. 2861- - Zi isnpnv fcigSUbdAOV SIAVU HXI ius ctsov k I. xai 1)1 IV Qjaai Iwi OI'VU Fair Book Grows With Times Weve come a long way y; best collection of language exercises; best collection of composition exercises; best collections of flat surface maps, maps of Utah, relief maps; and best display of illustrated written work. maybe. BOTH THE Davis County Fair and the Davis County Fair Book have increased in size since the First exhibition was held more than 75 years ago. Basically, however, there are things that havent changed. The fair book that Ivy Harvey has among her collections of things from the past is small slightly over three by five inches but it is unique. TEACHERS COULD also compete with the best display of primary charts made by teachers and the best collection of general aids for teaching a given subject in geography, as pictures. Students could win a diploma for the best record for attendance and punctuality for past year. LETTERED IN red and blue script on the tattered cover are the words, Premium List with Rules and Regulations of the Davis County Fair Association, to be held at Lagoon, Farmington, Utah, the First Exhibition Some special premiums listed in the back of the book are especially interesting. The Salt Lake Herald offers a one year subscription to daily Herald for the best gentleman soloist, either bass or tenor. The Fair Association offers a $7.50 premium for the best display of curios from Pacific Islands. The Davis County Bank promises $5 for best specimen of penmanship by a person under 16 years. The best piece of fancy cabinet work and scroll sawing receives a six months subscription to Deseret Evening News. and the dates Wednesday,, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 1906. n in Davis Mrs. Harvey, hismatters of her for knowledge County toric, says she doesnt really know where she got her copy of the first fair book its older than I am. well-know- THE BEGINNING of the book contains an Achnowledgement. The Davis County Fair Association takes this opportunity to express appreciation for the courtesy of Senator Simon Bamberger, who has tendered the free use of Beautiful Lagoon for the first Davis County Fair. Following that is an Announcement and while the wording may be different, the message is much the same. IT HAS been a long cherished project of leading Davis County business men to have an exhibition of the products and industries of the County held at some convenient time and place, and to invite agriculturists, horticulturists, livestock men, poultry raisers, dairymen, manufacturers, educators and others interested in the advancement of the County to bring their best products and display them. This year has seemed an opportune time, and Lagoon a convenient place, and the fact that no State Fair is to be held in 1906, furnishes additional reason for making the initial move now. Hence, the Davis County Fair Association has been organized and incorporated, and its officers and managers are bending every effort toward making this first venture a success. Becky Parrish displays fair book from first Davis County Exhibition held in 1906. The old memento of the first county fair belongs to Beckys grandmother, Ivy Harvey. Minnie A. Blood, Mrs. Minerbetween, fill the County with abundance. work-MrShall we not let our neighbors know of va Knowlton, Mrs. Effie P. Eldredge; Floriculture-Charle- s our success and our prospects? Boylen. be made will for speArrangements AN ENTRY fee of $1 was charged for cial entertainments, amusements and sports during each day of the fair. The each department entered. Participants degood will patronage and helpful interest could enter as many articlesa in each fee but as separate of the people generally are solicited. partment they chose, was assessed for each department. Premiums and diplomas were awarded WITH A pitch like that, who could to winners in all departments. Cash resist? Mrs. Harvey said. Officers of the newly organized Davis awards ranged from 50 cents to $25. Davis County citizen is needed and invited. Especially does the management urge upon growers of farm, field, orchard and garden products; upon livestock men, poultry fanciers, and dairymen, manufacturers and others, including the ladies who love art and fancy work, to take hold of this project and help make a creditable exhibition. The benefits to be derived from the County Fair need not be urged upon those who have had experience along this line, or who have given thought to the subject. Davis County is especially able to make a creditable display in everything that the richest of soils, in a most favorable climate, can produce, with the aid of water from mountain streams, that flow in babhusbling purity to help the industrious bandman. EVERY ACRE of land in this County, foothills to the From the sage-cover- ed saline barrens of our beautiful lake, will produce something. Fruits on the uplands, pasturage in the bottoms, and farm and garden products A FULL page ad proclaims Davis County Clipper Original County Paper. Established in 1891. We cover every town in Davis County thoroughly and reach every town where Davis County people have gone. Subscription price is $1.25 per year. Advertising price on application. The telephone company ad declares A home without the bell is an unprotected home, unprotected against sickness, emergencies, fire, burglars. A home without the bell is not a modern home, it AN UNUSUAL division was the Educalacks the convenience of being in touch tional Department. Entries must have with the butcher, the baker, the grocer, been done by pupils of school age and everybody. A home without the bell is not certified as genuine by teacher or principa home. al. Categories included best display of OTHER ADVERTISERS include brick kindergarten work, best exhibitscon-of school work, paper and cardboard and stone masons, midwives, coal dealstruction, textile work (weaving, braid- ers, piano tuners, dealers in eggs, pouing, plaiting, sewing), primary drawing, ltry, coffee, tea, ice cream, liquor, note books, examination papers, pen- genealogical supplies, blacksmiths and The Alberta Dance Hall in Centerville manship, number work. Also, best set of papers on U.S. histor- - with accommodations for 500 dancers. s. County Fair Association were Hyrum of every Stewart, Kaysville, president; Leo J. .; THE crystal-coate- d FAIR BOOK ADS IN the 1906 edition provide more Mercantile nostalgia. Bountiful Co-o- p Inst, advertises childrens suits from $1 up; boys suits from $2 up and mens suits from $5 up. Bountiful State Bank lists its capital at $20,000 and offers to pay 4 percent on savings deposits. In addition to undertaking, the W.H. Streeper Company of Centerville has hearses, coffins, caskets and undertaking supplies and also carries a full stock of new furniture and house furnishings. Holbrook Smedley Co. of Bountiful also advertises furniture and undertaking. John Barton, Kaysville Funeral director and embalmer, has baby carriages as well as furniture. Edward B. Muir, Bountiful, Clark, Farmington, treasurer; and Wm. H. Streeper, Jr., Centerville, secretary. MEMBERS OF the Board of Directors were Mr. Stewart, Kaysville; Jens Nelson, south Bountiful; Joseph Argyle, West Bountiful; Ephraim Briggs, and Mr. Muir, East Bountiful; Mr. Streeper, Centerville; Mr. Clark and John S. White, Jr., Farmington; Henry H. Blood, Kaysville; Elias Adams, Layton; James G. Wood, Syracuse; George R. Bennett, South Hooper, Orlando D. Hadlock, Clinton; Thomas H. Peek, South Weber; and Simon Bamberger, Salt Lake City. Departmental supervisors for the. First Exhibition in 1906 were Horses-A.L-Cattle-WilliaBurnham, Thos. H. Harris; Barber; Sheep and I. Layton; Poultry, etc. Frank Hyde; H. Randall; Dairy products-melvi- n Briggs; products, W. Palmer, Charles Horticulture-Georg- e H. Smith; Manufacturers, Richard Stringham, H.H. Sheffield; Education Whitesides; Womens and Arts-E.vice-pres- m swine-willia- m -- Argi-cultur- bees-Ephria- m al Itll Rain Pin g Pong Balls Showers are forecast again for the 21 at p.m. Nine hundred ping pong balls every one worth a prize will shower down on eager youngsters. ONE OF the special features of the 1982 Davis County Fair, the ping pong ball drop has been expanded again this year to Davis County Fair Aug. 1 900 specially marked balls. Children under 15 years of age who retrieve the special balls are eligible to win prizes. The shower of ping pong balls is scheduled Saturday at 2 p.m. in a hay field north of the fairgrounds. A light aircraft will fly a low pass over the field to make the drop. Lucky finders may redeem the ping pong balls for prizes. |