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Show THE WEBER COUNTY FAIR. All things considered It Is perhaps, not nciossar) to npologlzc nor offer excuses ex-cuses for the lack nf Interest shown In the count) fair nl Ogden Inst week All things must have a beginning anl en It Is with the W'cher count) fnlr I'ns. Ill) one reason for illsnpimlntmcn' Is ' t some people extorted too much, heentise Weber lount) rinks first In nil I'tnh III point of fruit reduction anil running fnrtotlcs mil comes well lo. ward tho top In general agriculture, live stoe k an I inanufnciining l'rHons knotting this were eTIsipinlniu at seeing see-ing onl) a lialf-iloreii exhibits of fruit, two of the seven conning fai lories un I little. If ansthlng. In tin iieimery lines on ixhlbltlon In live slock there were five oi six local exhibitor with cattle a half-dozen half-dozen with sheep one pen of swine and one Weber county dtaft horse The few cattle on the grounds weio excellent un.) worthy to upiear n unj show ting Shorthorns were shown by I'ovvcll Sons T I' Torr) and Illlison & Sons He refni i bv John Uoodslde and .lerse)s l Joseph ltarkei nl Ctnso Ashton The swine and most of the sheep pens had nothing to indicate either the brerd or tho owners Tho draft horse show was materially ttugtrenttd b) the six pure -bred Perch-erons Perch-erons btought b) H,m Tied J Klo-sel Klo-sel from his breeding farm In Idaho Then weie no llght-hnrries. horses shown, excopt In Ihe ruclng clu,e The most creditable pirt or t, fr was the show mnde bv the inanufii. juror, .ml merchant, of ng,en Ilom. ulJl .' '"'I ''len rnur mills Iteud. ,is r. ,urj lt 0 , Sower I'lpe and ru. on,i) , Valgantlthol..,,,..,., , rnl I'UiU. and tho two uajln(s fuJnl houses of Ogden. Hecker. brewer) also made a fine display of liquid refreshments. re-freshments. The sisters of the Sacred Heirt acad-em acad-em exhibited some exquisite! needlework needle-work nhd painting. An entr) worth) of special mention wis tint of the State school for deaf and blind, consisting of school work, woodwork, shoes, fancy work nnd painting by the deaf nnd nlso soino shoes iniele by the blind. No person could look upon tho handiwork of those roor unfortunates without feeling thankful thnt the Stnte ot Utah lias made such liberal prov Islon for the care nnd educntlon of the deaf and blind Tho school also placed on exhibition tome beautiful specimens of Jonathan vvinesip and lien Davis apples that were practically free from worms. ln the horticultural department there wns, of course, tho Wilson Ilros. dls-tlay, dls-tlay, and this was fully up to the best ever et seen nt tho State fair, so fnr n't excellence and Arrangement wns concerned, but slightly less In quantity than these enterprising glowers exhibited exhib-ited lat )car. Tho grapes shown ln the Wilson Dros. display were about the finest ever seen In Utah In tolnt of compact bum hes of moro thin or-ellniry or-ellniry size. Aside from the Wilson exhibit ex-hibit thete wns scnrcely anything worthy of plnce In ft fruit show. This fact Is especially discreditable to the county which Is teported ln the census as the leading fruit county ln Utah The Inter-Mountain Farmer nnd Ilnnchnmn Is disposed to give full credit to those ofllcers of the Weber county fair win have stood tho brunt of the battle Incident to the Inauguration Inaugura-tion of nny new enterprise The start Is now made and, with proper management, manage-ment, the Weber count) fair will soon tike rank ns one ot the chief attractions attrac-tions In Utah, second only to tho State fnlr, The splilt will seize upon the people, nnd there will be good-natured rlvalr) that will ledound to the good of the entlie community. |