Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-10-27
It Proved a Great Success
and Drew Large Crowds
to Jamestown.
The Last Day Marked by
Fine Weather and Lots
of Sport.
The Baby Show a Popular
Feature of The First
- Exposition.
Exhibits of Fine Stock and
List of The Premiums
Awarded.

Awarded.
The first fair ever held in the James
River valley has proved a grand success.
For the time given IN which to prepare,
and for the amount of work necessary
the enterprising and public spirited
citizens of jamestown and Stntsman
county have accomplished wonders. All
credit should be given to them, and the
people congratulated on the general
effort which has been made by all alike,
to insure the success of the first fair.
The attendance also showed that the
residents of the great valley want to
come to fall fair. The last days
receipts we're greatest OF all.
The fair is we'll started. 1t has had an
advertising hat will be profitable for
future meetings. The people who have
attended from abroad were not dis
appointed and have returned admiring
the city and realizing that no competi-
tor of jamestown for municipal and
commercial advantages exists west OF the
Red river valley.
FAIR NOTES.
Among the fair visitors we're noted A.
H. Russell and P. J. Peterson, Valley
City; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Palmer, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. vivid, Melville; B.W W.Plummer,
Minnewaukan; L. ID. Benson and wife,
Valley City; G. X. Wing and wife, L. NJ:
Smith and wife and r. E. Walker and
vile. Darlington; j. w. Hawk and wife,
]. M. Buffalo, and William Gallup, Cas-
selton.
The baby show at the fair drew
quite bevy of little ones, and the judges
fonnd 1t difficult to make the awards.
Prizes were gwen to the following:
Prettiest baby under one year. Clara
Koehn; prettiest baby under two years,
Jessie Buchanan; sweetest baby. Louise
Sadelmeyer; happiest baby, Leonard
Wetmore: fattest baby. Edward Faunce
Chase: puQislistic baby, Walter Wink;
prettiest land only democratic baby,
Rav SpraQue; cuteet baby, leola Hllls;
hest ali round baby, No. III, name not
recorded; youngest baby, Mrs. Thorolds
little one.
During the latter part Of the hall game
and after the races were over, cry OF
.there's dead heat" attracted the at
tention of tile crowd to horse. sulky
and man, wrong side up. in cloud OF
dust, on the track. 1t seems that the
driver. who had too much Of ''jag" on
to ever attempt to drive horse, was
irving to satisfy himself on the point as
to why his horse didn't win the ''free for
all'' race for him, and got up more speed
than he could handle, and over he went.
Instead of unfastening the horse from
the sulky, he, much TO the disgust OF the
spectators, commenced to MT the morse
with the lines and yell "Get up, JlmT q
thing impossible for jim to do: After
freeing the horse from the sulky and
Strengthening things up, the lnferlor ran
the superior brute nearly around tne
track at gallop. The unanimous i'm
promptu verdict was that dose OF the
iscooler" would cure such ills.
Ell Cole: 1--WE are greatly interest
ed, in Fargo, in the success of your fair
this year. The state fair ought to be
held either at Fargo or jamestown.
Grand Forks is not we'll located to give
the people Of all the state the best chance
to attend. We in the Red River Valley
will help make the Jim Valley Fair a
success and expect that, in return, your
people will help rs. The exhibits at the
Fair here this year show the interest
people are taking. and for the short time
Won have had to prepare for this, the dis
plays are very good. In few years we
can aet a number of fall fairs arranged,
beginning at jamestown, and contipn-
inc the circuit to Fargo, Grand Forks
and HillsbOro The great majority OF
North Dakota people being farmers, will
always attend agricultural fairs. The
people of jamestown should stand by
The association, back it up by liberal
subscriptlons, aud not let any disagree
ments about management interfere with
the success Of your FAIR"
The executive committee especially
desire to express their gratitude to tht
superiptendents of departments, to thu
members of the committees, and last bu,
not least, to those public spirited citlzenl
ofJamestown and the James River val
lev, whose liberal contributions OF time
and money have made it possible Il
demonstrate that q successful fair car
be carried to a conclusion on ittl|
more than two weeks notice. Nothing
short of nm unanimous and harmonious
support from all the people, and com,
paratively perfect weather condition
could have made such result possible
The committee realizes fully its lack o
experience and the disadvantages b!
reason Of the limited time in which t
mature and execute its plans, and beg
the considerate indulgence OF all ex