St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-01
COMING STATE FAIR,
The We elk of the Great An
nual Event Has Now
Arrived,
And Finds All in Readiness
for a Fine EXhibi-
ton.
A HorseShoers' Tournament
That Will Interest Vul-
eaniteS.
Col. BobIeter T ellis the Sol
der Boys What Steps
to Take.


| ing of the State Fair, and the beginning
of season of gayety and pleasure, and
of big crowds such as come to Mime
apOlis and st. Paul but once year.
| President Bushnell is about to see the
| fruit of his energetic labors return to
him tenfold. The scene at the grounds
| is very busy one; some two hundred
carpenters being busily engaged IN
erecting buildings of every kind for the
society and the hundreds Of exhibits are
coming in. No state fair has ever been
held in Minnesota for which so many
preparations have been made, and to
which such harmonious energy and
action have been bent by the entire
board of managers and officers. Especi-
ally has this work been brought
| to bear with tremendous force
upon the agricultural interests of the
state. Through every medium pos
sible the farmer has been made to
/ feel that the fair represents him and
the products of his field, and for this
reason the live stock exhibit, and that
of the grains, ores, and other materials
relating directly to the farms and mines
of Minnesota will exceed in quality and
quantity all those of previous years.
Col. Clarke Chambers and John ByerS,
in charge of the blooded horse depart
ment, said yesterday that the entries
were the greatest and best they had
ever known. 1t is so in the cattle de-
partment, which Col. Leggett. of Ben
son, has charge of, and the entries of
grains, and the peculiar products of the
| farm, and the three carloads of ore from
| tha OlippS north .1f Onlnth non ctitutQ in
themselves an exhibit more novel and
interesting than can be appreciated
until they have been seen.
| The entries at the Fair grounds yes
! terday of exhibits numbered seventy
eight, the largest single days list on
record.
Supt. Munger, of the art department,
will have the galleries open from Mon
day until the close of the Fair. A COM
petent man will be there to take charge
of all pictures forwarded. The famous
Venus and Tannhauser," of Julius
Kessler, arrived yesterday.
There is scarcely wholesale house in
! st. Paul, or large retail house, which
| has not entered an exhibit.
The cities represented by the exhibits
already in are Chicago, Omaha, Cincin-
natl, Kansas City, PittSburg. Rock
IoltuOs DCIhCIs Ob' l. oul ulii
oils, Duluth, Fargo, Bismarck, Helena
and Winnipeg.
The entire police control of the
| grounds will be in charge of 81. B. Cory,
| of Austin. and his force will be drawn
| from representative men of the state.
The race entries will be made public
early this week. Every class but two
| has been filled. The list of Northwest
| ern Breeders stake entries were rel
| ceived yesterday, and will be made pub
| lie Sunday night. Superintendent Cross
! has the track in fine condition and, with
| a little rain, it will be faster than it was
at the time of the July meeting.
From Monday morning on, there will
be open at the fair grOundsa newspaper
bureau in charge of Fl. |. Cleveland, the
advertising agent of the society. 1t
Will be located at Secretary Denny's
| Office, and all news and Information and
| all courtesieS to the newspaper men
will emanate from it until the close of
| the fair. The bureau will have tele-
| phone connection with St. Paul and
! Minneapolis.
Superintendent Emery, of the dairy
| department. has larger list of entries
than last year of butter and cheese and
| all other dairy product. The entries for
| the milk test, which will attract the at
tention of every farmer in the state, are
greater than were even anticipated.
j. E. Gregg, of Nichols d Dean, has
| sent out the entry blanks for the horse
sheer contest, which takes place on
| Friday, Sept. Is. The returns Indicate
| that some 200 horseshoerS will take part
and compete for the prizes.
| The band of Texan VaquerOs have ar
rived with their wild steers, and are To-
! Gated on the grounds. They are fine
| looking set of fellows, and several pri-
vate exhibitions of their skill give proof
that they will be drawing card.
Supt. F. NJ. Finch. of the main build
ing, is filling the entry places there so
rapidly with displays that the great
| structure promises to open with blaze
| of glory on Friday.
1t should be remembered that the re-
| duced railroad rates granted for the
| State Fair are good from Sept. to
| Sept. 16.
| In bunch Of letters received yester-
| day by President Bushnell, and hich
| were replies to canvass as to the pos
sible attendance at the fair, there were
| six, covering the cities of Duluth, Wi
mona, Saltwater. Red Wing, Mankato
| and St. Cloud, and which stated that in
the aggregate these places alone would
| send from 5000 to 10000 people. The
replies to the Grand Army letters sent
out by President Bushnell and r. V.
| Pratt are extremely surprising, as it is
now more than probable that every post
in the state will have at least a so per
cent representation on the ground on
| Sept. 10.
| Coils. Bobleter and Bend and Mais.
HawIey and Wright are pus hing the
correspondence on national guard day,
and arousing great enthusiasm. Capt.
| A. E. Champler, of st. Paul, is doing
good work also, and getting the boys in
! line for the drill and battle of Sept. 10.
| The militia companies throughout the
state have taken hold of the affair with
a vim that promises very large attend
ance and successful exhibition. s
The work of putting the grounds into
final condition and of bringing order
out of the chaos that now exists will be
begun on Monday.
| The foundations of the Duluth build
ing are about completed and the super
! structure under way. AS an illustra-
ton of the character of the building, it
may be stated that the roof will require
10000 shingles. The Northern Pacific
and the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
toba railroads are working like beavers
on the grain exhibit, and car load after
car load of material is now arriving.
The grounds were hot yesterday aft
ernoon with privilege men buying up
every spare inch of privilege grounds
they could get for their booths and
stands. Assistant Superintendent Bailey
was busy all of the afternoon.
Official titles of the different days of
| the fair will be as follows: Inaugural
day, Sept. g.; Children's day, Sept. z;
Commercial Travellers day, Sept. 9;
| Military day, Sept. 10; Minneapolis day,
trial day, Sept. Is; County Exhibit day,
| Sept. IA.
The returns from the school superin-
| tendants of the state show that 10000
| children under the age of twelve years
will be admitted free to the fair ground
on Saturday, Sept. z.