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Show r wvM MV aiM WA IA 1 Fair Book Grows With Times 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. Weve come a long way maybe. BOTH THE Davis County Fair an J 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 TEACHERS COULD also compete 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. Some special premiums listed in the back of the book arc 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. with 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. 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" and the dates Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Satur- day, October, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 1906. n in Davis Mrs. Harvey, well-know- County for her knowledge of matters historic, says she doesnt really know where she got her copy of the first fair book its older than 1 am. 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. 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 per- 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, anc 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 sue cess. of every "THE 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 babbling purity to help the industrious husbandman. FAIR BOOK Becky Parrish displays fair book from first Davis County Exhibition held 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. for be will made speArrangements cial entertainments, amusements and AN ENTRY fee of $1 was charged for sports during each day of the fair. The each department entered. Participants good will patronage and helpful interest could enter as many articles in each deof the people generally are solicited. partment as they chose, but a separate fee was assessed for each department. WITH A pitch like that, who could Premiums and diplomas were awarded resist? Mrs. Harvey said. to winners in all departments. Cash Officers of the newly organized Davis awards ranged from 50 cents to $25. County Fair Association were Hyrum AN UNUSUAL division was the EducaStewart, Kaysville, president; Leo J. .; Edward B. tional Department. Entries must have Muir, Bountiful, Clark, Farmington, treasurer; and Wm. been done by pupils of school age and H. Streeper, Jr., Centerville, secretary. certified as genuine by teacher or principal. Categories included best display of MEMBERS OF the Board of Directors kindergarten work, best exhibits of were Mr. Stewart, Kaysville; Jens Nel- school work, paper and cardboard conson, south Bountiful; Joseph Argyle, struction, textile work (weaving, braidWest Bountiful; Ephraim Briggs, and Mr. ing, plaiting, sewing), primary drawing, Muir, East Bountiful; Mr. Streeper, Cen- note books, examination papers, penterville; Mr. Clark and John S. White, Jr., manship, number work. Also, best set of papers on U.S. histor-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.Showers are forecast again for the Burnham, Thos. H. Harris; Davis County Fair Aug. 21 at 1 p.m. Nine Barber; Sheep and k I. Layton; Poultry, Hyde; hundred ping pong balls every one n H. products-melviworth a prize will shower down on eaRandall; Dairy Briggs; ger youngsters. products, Horticulture-Georg- e W. Palmer, Charles H. Smith; Manufacturers, Richard ONE OF the special features of the 1982 Stringham, H.H. Sheffield; Education Davis County Fair, the ping pong ball and Arts-E.Whitesides; Womens drop has been expanded again this year to s. vice-pres- Cattle-Willia- m m etc.-Fran- EVERY ACRE of land in this County, foothills to the saline barrens of our crystal-coate- d beautiful lake, will produce something. Fruits on the uplands, pasturage in the bottoms, and farm and garden products from the sage-cover- ed Argi-cultur- bees-Ephria- m 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 lacks the convenience of being in touch with the butcher, the baker, the grocer, everybody. A home without the bell is not a home. OTHER ADVERTISERS include brick and stone masons, midwives, coal dealers, piano tuners, dealers in eggs, poul- try, coffee, tea, ice cream, liquor, genealogical supplies, blacksmiths and The Alberta Dance Hall in Centerville with accommodations for 500 dancers. Itll Rain Ping Pong Balls L. swine-willia- cent 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. al 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 bails for prizes. 900 . -jjJ |