| Show FRUIT FEST AT HURRICANE former richa Richfield ians tell of this event great fruit district has exhibition stora stor of struggle for existence ahe follo following ing interest interesting inz account of the hurricane Hurr iLane fruit fc festival bivil had this month is froin arnin the pen of two t former well nell knain residents of richfield Rich neld editor richfield reaper deir dear we have lust just re turned from a fruit festival held at hurricane Hurr iLine ILane lest es terdal erda we left st george at 5 i a in and the mornin morano dri drive e was most delightful and abing As we e passed through washington the dew sparkled in the e eirls irl sunlight and am made a beautiful sene scene alter traveling about fifteen miles we camp canned d at bearl berr errings and ate our breakfast and nd then journeyed on to Hur neine a di distarce starve of fine fc milts As we left the f eld road and entered lain street ve e were accosted by a mounted guard and after satisfying satisfy ine him that we were ere victors vil viqi tors to the fruit festival we were nere allotted to proceed carrying with us ui a i to the of the town it fell to our lot to benj enjoy oy the hospitality of mr mir and mrs airs james imley who ho made us feel at home and treated us most royally at 2 ri in the people were viere called together at the public hall by the strains of music from the washington band the fruit was exhibited rin on tables and stands standi plated in the center of the building and extending the whole length the first to greet our c aei was a large pyramid of elberta peaches grown at hurricane for size and beamut of color they could not be surpassed then followed in succession ion grapes such as only dixie tan produce oro uro duee duce apples from Sp springdale ringdale pigs from toquerville strawberries second crop melons of the dixie kind both in size and flavor and a beautiful display of fruit and nuts frum from la verkin after the fruit had been viewed bv those present and the prizes had been awarded by bv tile committee a chort program was rendered at the conclusion of the program everybody was invited to get in clo eloper cloer er touch with the exhibit and to subject the fruit to the additional test of the palate was to nothing was reserved notwithstanding the excellence of the fruit and the appetite there still remained cart loads of fruit to be removed after everybody had been satisfied the festivities concluded with a ball game in the evening and A dance at night the recital of these facts may not seem out of the ordin ir to you but wall waif and let us tell you the rest of the story fifteen years ago aco a number of poor people undertook to build the hurricane canal three miles of this canal passes passe arver sich difficult ground that the engineers risked then lives in making the survey As ab in an indication of the poverty of the people a oung noung man told me thit that he applied tu to the promoters tor for the privilege of becoming a stockholder but was inas told that the thel md had all they winced w aneed later however thil thi l learned that this thib ioune min possessed DOss essed a cash order on oil a store in the sum of sa 6 25 which he was willing ailing to turn into the compile upon this shon sh otting ing he was not long w denied admission to the LOrn as they could not ifford afford to ignore so V 1 I 1 1 able ihla an all asat t as afi 6 23 25 chis um auld 11 would 0 tu lui considerable ponder and fuse for eleven cleven long years these heroes toiled denoting demoting a part of their time in the summer to the earning of their bread and the balan balance ee 0 of f each year was via spent on the c cinal anal four bears ago the canal was finished and the first human habitation arose on oil the pi III ain in since then the tr ins formation has blen been we behold a beautiful village of happ and 1111 contented homes planted in tile aidt of fertile fields ot waving hi and grain dotter dotted chere here and there with beautiful orchards and vineN vineyards ards hurricane is a il demonstration of what unita grit and perseverance can accomplish it also shows the of this country when water is once applied to the soil SO we have not long to w wilt j it for re results u t the remarkable fertility of the boil is 13 at once muade manifest and ilund int ant crous are the result from the very beginning this is indel indeed a wonderful wondern ul f country but as 3 et uil undiscovered we unite in sending greet pint nl ine to our friends in sevier MR AND MRS LAURITZEN |
