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Show FAIR EXf 31T3 SHOW WSER1 LIS WEALTH OF BEAVER COUNTY RODFO ATTR ACTIONS FILL GRANDSTAND ; AND IJLEACHERS Overshadowed by the more gen-i gen-i eral interest, in the American Legion Rodeo at Beaver, the Beaver County Fair drew some splendid entries in the livestock exhibits but (lie displays dis-plays along other lines of endeavor, (those on view indoor-;), were as a whole not very strong. The Fair and Rodeo began Monday and continued three days. Varying comments were heard about the Fair this year. A very general thought was that, in spite' of the popularity of the rodeo, the county fair should be held as an event more to itself. Another was that inasmuch as the best displays were in livestock, (finis indicating the interest of the county, the entire fair should be transformed into a livestock show. Others said that the fair was all right as it was. The Fair The exhibitions, exclusive of the livestock, were grouped in two buildings. In the library building were educational and needlecraft displays, dis-plays, both good. Calling forth much admiration were the dresses made by the Minersville 4 H girls. The displays of flowers and the exhibit ex-hibit of culinary products were woefully woe-fully weak. Products of the field were shown in the old church building. ,The mineral exhibits were interesting, with samples of all generally mined ores of Utah, taken from each active mine in the county. Dairy products had a very small space but were rood. Very few samples of seed were submitted. The display of fruit was excellent. This consisted of plums, peaches, prunes, pears and a wonderful showing of winter, strawberry, straw-berry, banana, Wolf River, and other varieties of apples. In the vegetable display, potatoes made the best showing, with pumpkins and squash second. The Fair's best attraction was the livestock, particularly the dairy cattle. cat-tle. This was composed mainly, or -ntirely, of Ilol.-.teins and Jerseys. There were no Kcrcfovds. A very -ood looking group of Durham cattle yas shown. The showing of entered horses and of sheep were both good, but it was revealed that hog raising 's not much of an industry here. The Rodeo While the Rodeo may not be for the best interests of the county, it was true that it bi ought many persons per-sons who were otherwise not interested interest-ed in the fair. All available seats were filled at each afternoon performance of the rodeo. As a whole, the riders shewed lots of class although it 'ooked as though some of their mounts were not so savage. Following Follow-ing the riding each da;:, roping and bull-dogging feats took place. The well-balanced band of the Beaver high school played at the rodeo and it might be said for them that few high schools can sport as classy a hand as this. Dances each evening at the Legion pavilion were- well-attended. The Milford Orchestra played for these. The three-day event showed that Beaver County does have something to exhibit but whether the people are interested to the extent that a display dis-play of our products is of greater importance im-portance than a rodeo is a different matter. As it looks, the rodeo is running run-ning away from the fair, and it is to be hoped that the one that fills ; a lesser need will go by the boards. |
