The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-29
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF AGRI-
CULTURAL SOCIETY CONSIDER
ING ATTRACTIONS.
DOW MAY SHOW AN AIRSHIP.
MACHINE REGARDED WITH
SOME FAVOR.
LABOR WILL HAVE ONE DA,
Other Days Set Aside-Music for the
Week-H. II. Hall Elected Press
Agent.

A meeting of the board of managers
of the Minnesota State Agricultural
society was held at the Secretary'S Of
flee, at the fair grounds, yesterday.
All the officers and members of the
board were present and considerable
business Of Importance was transact
ed.
The first day of the fair, Monday,
Sept. 6, has been set aside as Labor
Gay, with admission twenty-five cents
for adults and ten cents for children
under twelve years, and the secretary
was instructed to confer with labor
leaders in order to interest them in the
exhibition.
The other days Of the fair have been
set apart as follows: Tuesday, Sept.
z, Minneapolis day; Wednesday, Sept.
8, Minnesota Territorial and State day;
Thursday, Sept. 9, st. Paul day; Fri
day, Sept. 10, Farmers day, and Satur-
day, Sept. II, bicycle day. These ar
rangements are subject to change on
the part of the executive committee, if
it should be deemed advisable.
For st. Paul day one of the city
bands will be in attendance, and for
Minneapolis, a band from that city.
Country bands will be engaged at one
day each at a cost not to exceed $500
per day. This matter was referred to
the music committee with power to
act.
H. P. Hall was elected press agent,
and D. r. Stacy starting judge Of the
races. The membership of the society
in the American Trotting association
was renewed for another year. The
body voted unanimously to indorse the
action of the president, Ed Weaver,
in his stand for Minnesota stone for
Minnesota's capitol.
1t was resolved that classes be open
ed for Suffolk and Jersey red swine, if
two or more entries for the classes
were secured. Considerable difficulty
was experienced in the past in Sc
curing entries for the two grades men,
toned, and on this years prize list
ters were received by Secretary Ran
dali asking that the classes be opened,
and this was done on the above con-
ditions.
The secretary was instructed to Sc
cure the terms of special attractions
for fair week, including balloonists,
spiral column performers, etc. Ad-
vertising matters were referred to the
secretary, the cost not to exceed S.. 600
John D. Dow, of this city, who was
interested in the patent self-steering
parachute which to have been
TESTED at the ball park last week, but
winch testing was indefinitely post
pOned on account of an accident. an
peared before the managers of the So
c1ety with a new scheme. Mr. Dow
considers that the annual fair of the
society in September would hardly be
complete without the attraction of an
a1rship, and he wishes to have the
privilege of constructing one especially
Tor that occasion. The building of this
air-palace, if Mr.. BOWS scheme is &C
cepted, and it seemed to meet with IA
Vorable consideration yesterday, though
no definite action was taken, will he
directly under the supervision of the
secretary and executive board of the
Fair society, and it will be construct
ed IN one of the main buildings at the
fair grounds.
The approximate cost Of the air-shfp
Mr.. Dow places at So, 900 or whereabouts.
and one-third of this he wishes the
board of managers Of the state fair
to guarantee him, so that he may be
able to go ahead with his enterprise.
The balance of the $4,000 he will obtain
from exhibitions of his self-steering
parachute. Mr.. Dow explained to the
board the full mode of operations
which he would employ in constructing
the air ship, and that no combustibles
Of any kind would be in or around the
fair grounds, to render the insurance
on the building invalid
The board informed Mr. Dow that
they would be better able to consider
an offer from him on the subject were
he to put his suggestions in writing
and hand them to the secretary. This
Mr.. Dow stated that he would do, and
departed to fill out blank contract
between John D. Dow, of the first part,
and the State Fair society," of the sec.
ond part.