Show DIXIE FRUIT FESTIVAL IS A GREAT SUCCESS elegant display of choice ernits elicits admiration of visitors good Sports Fruit feast alie dixie fruit festival held here wednesday thursday and friday the alli uli and logli instas wis i record kreiker hr eiker being the most successful fruit festival fest ivil ever held here the attend ince wis larger than at any previous festival fest ivil except the homecoming the fruit dipley dip liy was without a doubt the best ever made here ind was greatly admired by visitors many of whom presed it varv highly the sports were excellent and created lots of amusement the d aces basett bill aimes etc were crowd cd and generillo the people had i fine time there was abarge num ber of visitors from outside points the hotels being crowded to overflow me the vanous worked hard for the success of the festival fest ivil and they are to be cong ratu cited on the result the awards in the fruit exhibit were as follows tho judges being mers me rs W J willis levi N liar mon ind dr claud gates all of silt lake city st george hast vs bt george west st george east won tho sil ver loving cup for the third time took the 85 prize also special mention fo size and variety of the exhibit there were seven varieties of grapes seven of apples nine of pears four of brunea and plums almonds figs and quince there was a choice display of flowers and the exhibit was artistically arranged mrs D D wilcox is given credit for the nice arrangement of the exhibit the st george west had a splendid exhibit of fruit showing all varieties iea that the st george eft showed except quince and in addition showed dried figs alceda va rockville leeds won the 85 prize with a very fine dis of fruit consisting of peaches gripes figs plums and prunes deaia some measured over 14 inches in circumference water melons ind washington vs washington won making no washington had a very fine exhibit and wis strong on fine watermelons water melons there were alo grapes peaches pome graniter grani teg prunes and plums and cantaloupe la verkin vs gunlock la verkin won gunlock not being able to make an exhibit owing to a severe hailstorm destroying all of their fruit la exhibit was splendid the fruit being fine and 1 he exhibit included apples peara cs plums prensa pomegranates nectarines necta rines and some paper shell almonda that were very boxed vs sinta clara won by sin to clara Hurn cine biking no exhibit banta clan made a dandy exhibit and alo al o a very large one artistically arranged besides the 5 prize special mention was eiven the exhibit for its ar were mani varieties of fruit including peaches plums prunes melona etc and some of the ery finest dried peaches the editor has ever seen enteric Enter pc vs won the exhibit con mainly of apples and pears andereoni Ander doni ranch echo farm made a fine dial ly of fruit aspeci biilly watermelons water melons prize for the beat display of watermelons water melons 26 in number aas won by bilvin hall of washington tho 26 weighed pounds the second best display of water melons was made by the indians 16 milons weighing pounds the prize for the largent watermelon went to herman tegan of washington it weighed 49 ibs all prizes for gripes were won by john A judd of la veram tho prize for the besst dibala of peaches MAS won b samuel webb of li veram bet be t opplis ipplis F U giu urd and plum folisi st george almonds john A judd li varkin agg MM isabell grundy st pomegranate F cr a st george best display of ci niels bet individual of fruit john it st george mr alao ft on tho special prize 10 in fruit trees offered by dixie nursery co alie prize for alie bea exhibit of dry land products was warded to daid the amount of fruit exhibited by the different ftaras follow st george east 1631 iba st george west 1114 lb leeds iba 50 ibs andersunas Ander suns blanch abi washington 2072 lbs glencoe ibs gunlock 29 ibs santi chaj 1501 ibs Shiv wita indiana a total of over amne ind pounds V very exhibit and one thil perhaps attracted more attention thin any other wa made by the Shiv wita indans it con si bcd of various kinds of fie basket flork etc needle work done b the indian children products from the indian farin including dryland hillier than a min airn squish heat and aenoi of triin alie dry land made by david hirschi very fine indeed ind included some exceptionally good potatoes squash melons grasa wheat birley corn millet etc bronts the sports opened wednesday afternoon with two baseball games the enterprise and santa clara beims winning santa clara won the basket ball game in the evening the yd dash was non by herbert milne percy wilkinson of cedar city second id dash won by herbert milne alfred bleak second bulldog roping tom andrus lab time 1 20 Eli WhippIe and 2nd I 1 26 peter neilson ard 3rd 1 27 baseball agnnes santa clan non from enterprise st george won from cedar city friday best broken cow pony won by joe foremaster best lady ader was won by mrs clyde Mc double roping will and frank amm ast 1st time lai jack find lav and frank and 2nd 1 ell whipple and J M Mc ard 3rd aloi final baseball game santa clan vs st george won by bt george bucking horae contest peter neilson and clarence being the oab contestant tho orize ans divided between them tho basket ball tournament was won by sinta clira alie program given in tho taber mcle was a erv enjoyable affair A piano solo was given by mrs eleanor heppler address of welcome bv arcs E H gnott and other addresses by pres tolton of beiver stake prof E D ball and A W ivins vocal soloa by mary crosby and loren watson violin solo by lavi N harmon r violin duet by the harmon bros and a selection by the bixio band thac FRUIT FESTIVAL the fruit feast was held immediately after tho program in the tabernacle basement overflow tables biad alo been put upon the grounds and were loaded with fruit the large room had apen very t aste iste fully decorated and the elegant display of fruit looked very tempting to the great that thronged thron ged into the room it was a jolly good crowd too alie lucious watermelon and whatever fruit tempted their palate wera freely par taken of and thoroughly enjoyed the visitors praising highly the delicious flavor of the fruit some of them w ho had been in california saving that state could not produce fruit to compare with the article in flavor there was dalores of fruit enough to leave fed twice the number who of the feist large as it was the liole festival was a big sue cess and all connected with it tho commercial club and the various committees alio worked so hard for its success ire to be congratulated wo mut not close this without referring to the dixie band which under its capable leader prof J wm mcalaster did splendid work tho sweet klaung of tho band being much admired dr C M chirk assistant medical of tho state mental 1 few daa in pt george as guit af lna arri W R pike he left baturla ba morning for cedar where he would be dark and return to provo op sunday sfa MA t |