The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-30
STATE FAIR FOR
SOUTH DAKOTAAs
Exhibition at Yankton This Week
Is Said to Be Bigger and
Better Than Ever
MANY SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
Sioux City viii share in the Honors
Of Friday at the Fair-Splcn-
did Show OF Stock--Good
Race Program.

Yankton, S. d., Sept. 27.-Once more
iankton is prepared to royalty well
come and entertain all visitors to the
South Dakota state fair. The city it
self has taken on Il galr day appear
ance. The street il~luminations will
practically be the same as before, in
candescent lights strung up and down
both sides of the principal streets. The
officers of the state board of agricul-
ture are already here and are vigor-
ously at work overseeing and directing
that which has necessarily been left
until the last. John Armstrong, of De
Smet, last year president of the asso-
citation, this year a member of the eN-
ecutive committee, and also superin-
tendent of the horse department., is on
the ground. Mr.. Armstrong has the
welfare of the South Dakota state fair
Mt heart, and for its success so far the
fair owes much to his untiring zeal in
it's behalf.
The fair opened in earnest yester-
day. Another gratifying feature of
this fair is that each and every de-
partment is better represented. The
stock department is well filled with Il
fine class of stock. The poultry has
materially increased, prominent
among those having blooded birds
from out of the state is A. II. Whitney,
proprietor of the Sioux Valley poultry
yards, of Akron, Ia, who is exhibiting
forty head. One of the most notice
able buildings is the agricultural build
ing. In other years this building has
been we'll filled, but now it is running
over. -Four counties are there with
full exhibits, Brule, Bon Homme and
Clay counties of South Dakota and
Houston county, Minnesota, besides
numerous individual exhibitors from
other counties. George a. Smith, of
Gayville, has on exhibition as fine Il
display of corn of all colors and variety
as can be seen at any fair. Brookings
college offered a premium for the larg-
est and finest display of native grasses,
and as a consequence a Mr.. Warner. of
Sanborn county, among other compet-
itors, has secured a selection of South
Dakota grasses that would do credit
to many an older state, having sixty
different kinds. Owing to this crowd
ed condition in the agricultural build
ing the Brookings college exhibit was
crowded into another building.
The racing program will be worth
going miles to see each day. The
purses aggregate for four days $1,000.
This, together with the fact that Yank-
to this year belongs to a racing circuit.
has brought a fine string of racers.
The two large barns are full of trot-
ters and PAGERS, while the small sheds
contain many running horses. Alto
gether it is M of the finest fields of
horses ever gathered in this section.
The principal feature that should at.
tract all farmers and stock breeders
is n convention that will be held dur
ing the fair. 1t is to be n farmers in
stitute and stock breeders convention,
classes to be conducted by the pro-
fessors of the state agricultural col
lege. Several other prominent speak
ers will also make addresses. The con-
v@ention and institute will be free to
all and will without a doubt be taken
advantage of by many.
The days have been designated thus:
Tuesday, September &c, Soldiers and
Sailors day, when the soldiers and
sailors of the three wars will be adj
mitted free; Wednesday, Sioux Falls.
Mitchell, Centerville and Lennon day;
Thursday, Armour. Scotland and Sa-
lem day: Friday. Huron, Sioux City.
Hawarden. also business mems and
children's day.