The Redwood Gazette

Fair Starts with Good
Weather; Big
Exhibits

STAGE ALL SET FOR "MINNESOTA'S BIGGEST COUNTY FAIR"; ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY

BIGGEST RACE PROGRAM
FULL DAY AND NIGHT SHOWS.

CLUB DEMONSTRATIONS, STOCK EXHIBIT, AND MAIN BUILDING BIG EDUCATIONAL FEATURES.

"Minnesota's Biggest County Fair" held annually at Redwood Falls is now on and it started with plenty of vim, vigor and vitality when the exhibits began to pour into the grounds Monday morning. By noon every available stall and pen had been taken by the exhibit of live stock and carpenters were busy providing extra space for late comers. Grain exhibits, garden products and household displays began to come in early in the afternoon and at the time of going to press, the general exhibit building gave promise of being quite as crowded as the barns and stables.

Many Races Horses Here.

This year's racing program is the largest in several years and the list of horses entered surpasses anything the fair has known in former years. Nearly sixty horses were on the grounds by noon Monday and it was known that others who are not to race until the last of the week, were still on the way.

Speed Superintendent Crocker announces that all entries for running races must be made before ten o'clock the morning of the day of the race. There will be no exception to this rule. The races to which this stipulation applies are the Redwood County running race Tuesday afternoon, the mule race which will be held Wednesday afternoon and repeated Friday afternoon and the free-for-all running race of Thursday afternoon. For each of these special races a purse of fifty dollars will be divided into three moneys.

The racing program and the number of entries is as follows:

Tuesday, September 26
2:27 Trot 6 horses
2:25 Pace 9 horses

Wednesday, September 27
2:18 Trot - 5 horses
2:16 Pace - 11 horses

Thursday, September 28
2:22 Trot - 8 horses
2:20 Pace - 14 horses

Friday, September 29
2:14 Trot 6 horses
2:10 Pace - 9 horses

Good Stock Shown,

Redwood County and neighboring counties have every reason to be proud of their purebred stock and the crowded barns at the fair grounds give good evidence of this. Up to Monday noon the following men had made entries of beef breeds and many of the animals were already on the grounds; A. W. Parks, Redwood Falls; Fotter and Dahlberg, Springfield; A. L. Matter, Lamberton; P. McKay, Delhi; French and Smith, Redwood Falls; Wm. Peterson, Belview; J. Fischer, Renville County; H. Kuehn, Wabasso; Frank Johnson of Evan. The breeders showing dairy breeds included H. Hanson of Sleepy Eye, Carl Rudolph of Sanborn, Jens Schou of Morgan. R. M. Campbell, A. D. Streeter, Newschwander and Son and C. E. Goodyear all of Redwood Falls, Mr. Bechtold of Wabasso. L. Lawrence of Springfield, and Whittet and Sexton of Redwood Falls.

There were ninety-nine pens filled with pork specimens and the end was not yet! Many outside pens had to be erected for the use of this display which is the largest in several years. A few sheep were also on the grounds early Monday morning.

Club Work Shown.

The Boys and Girls Clubs products will be displayed in the large barn formerly used for the exhibit of horses. County Agent Max Treu who has charge of this display states that there will be exhibited eleven calves in the dairy calf club, sixteen in the baby beef class, and a large number of the two hundred pigs which are being raised by these boys and girls will be shown also. Poultry forms an interesting part of the display of club work and the corn exhibit, including that raised by Tommy Hoskins of North Redwood who captured State Fair honors, will attract considerable attention.

Club Demonstrations.

The work of the school children of the County always forms an interesting feature of the fair and this display crowds the school building proper and overflows into the main exhibit building where booths have been arranged for the demonstration work of the baking and sewing clubs of the county. This work which is under the direction of Fern Kennedy will be judged by Mrs. Geneveive Burgan Meybohm, assistant State Club leader and the program of demonstrations is as follows:

Wednesday there will be demonstrations by eight individual bakers, one bread team, one sewing team and one canning team, all from Redwood Falls and the vicinity. Wednesday is Children's Day and all children under high school age are admitted to the grounds free of charge.

Thursday there will be demonstrations by a cake team and Miss Florence Uvaas of Lamberton, who won the state fair's first prize for cake baking, will give her demonstration. There will also be seven individual bread bakers representing the towns of Morgan, Milroy and Lamberton.

Friday there will be five individual bakers from Vesta, Miss Iva Jacobson of Belview who represented Redwood County at the state fair will give a bread baking demonstration and the Belview bread team will also demonstrate.

Double Pike Ready.

The usual pike has been doubled and contains many good sports as well as plenty of lunch stands and also places where regular meals will be served throughout the last four days of the fair. Some of these places were already in operation Monday and were doing a good business.

The merchants who have special buildings on the grounds are preparing interesting exhibits and several automobile dealers will also display their cars on the grounds. Implement and auto dealers who will have exhibits include Farrell and Keefe, Jackson Bros., the Ford Garage, Nelson Mfg. Co. which will show fences, Lamberton Garage, Eischen and Neale, Lud Flore of Delhi, and Mr. Jensen of Wabasso, Jaehning Bros. Co. and the Duncan Electric Shop will both have interesting exhibits in their special buildings.

The usual run of pike shows of good class, games of chance, light refreshment counters, etc. will share the remainder of the pike with the merry-go-round and ferris wheel. Music for the dancing in the big pavilion will be furnished by the always popular Dream Orchestra of Redwood Falls.

The free attractions spoken of in last week's Gazette will be a feature of each afternoon show, and the fireworks of each night show.

Interesting Demonstrations.

In the Red Cross tent there will be an interesting demonstration of home sewing given by Mrs. Krumm of Saint Paul. This demonstration will cover many interesting short cuts and improved methods in making garments especially garments for children's wear and dresses made by Mrs. Krumm will be worn by children in a real Style Show which will prove a big attraction to the youngsters as well as to their mothers.

Also in the Red Cross tent there will be demonstrations given by Miss Ohlendorf, Redwood County's School nurse who will show many first aid treatments and also give pointers in the proper making of beds for sick persons, etc. Miss Joscelyn, executive secretary of the Redwood County Red Cross will have a Child Welfare display, and Junior Red Cross display and several other interesting features in this tent and in the Rest Room over which she and Miss Ohlendorf have supervision. Miss Joscelyn will also have a booth for ex-service men in the main exhibit building and here she will meet any ex-soldiers who wish to consult with her.