'The Spring Pair and Flower Show is in full swing and draws of big crowds of the populace daily to the popular rendezvous outside the city] Where the Fair is held. 'This is ting counter attraction to the merchants' strike and prevents the massing of people in the city. The Fair is about halt through, but it is growing in popularity and it looks] fas if the interest will he fully maintained for the entire 40 days, The Flower Show part of the enterprise ally a work of art. Szechuanese farmers ave real horticulturists and ding, te plants and flowers fro far distant places and_ transplant them in the old temple grounds with plenty of fertilizer, and they develop] with rare success. Now the roses in full bloom. The purple wisteria als climbing over the trellis work, and large and small_potted plants are in rich profusion: and the prices are exceedingly low consider-Ing the rate of exchange which is still over 14,000 cash to the: silver dollar, and the silver dollar chang-' ing lone gold dollar.
At the Merchant's Banquet held] in the Fair Temple last week General Den Chi-hou, as chief speaker, [scored a great success by telling the assembled guests that one of tie greatest problems of this fair province was the large number of military men, He expressed the [conviction that the near future would see a great reduction. He himself was far more interested in farming and stock-raising and would take an early opportunity of leaving the military circles when he would throw his lot with the hard working producer—the farmer. This was very astute polities and gained him many friends and much free publicity. As matter of fact, General Den is a very healthy type of military man. He certainly keeps the peace; he isnot belligerent, and he takes an factive part in the community. He has atte and gardens, and is Interested in all modern plans for improvement. He is very friendly] to the foreign community and visits the Union University Agricultural] department quite often.
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