The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-12
DATE FIXED.
Street Fair to be Held Sept 18th
to 18th.
CLairmen of the Various Committees
Appointed Last Night..-Exhibits in
One Place.

The directors of the Mankato Harvest
Festival and Street Fair association
held a meeting at the city hall Tuesday
night. and a meeting Of the executive
committee was held afterwards. Presl'
dent Hart presided over the meetings,
and a good deal of business was trans
acted.
It was decided to fix the date for the
fair at Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday, Sept 18th, 18th, 18th
and 10th, This is the week following
the state fair, and it is thought that
some of the exhibits will be brought
from that fair to Mankato, more espec-
tally in the poultry line. The Winona
street fair will be held Sept. 27th, 2Sth
and Goth. 1t is thought that the dates
selected last night will come before the
euuinoxial storms, and Winona figures
that her dates will come after those
storms. In case it should rain one day,
the fair could be continued on Satur-
day, and if it rains two days there Will
still be three days left.
Fred Kron and Fred Westhoff resign
ed as directors and DR. J. G. Curryer as
director at large, and Frank Fowler
and Oscar Bierbauer were chosen dl-
rectors and Ed Schumacher director at
large to succeed Them.i
Mic Petersen. J. B. Richards and DIR.
Dodds were appointed committee to
find out the cost of preparing one large
booth where all of the exhibits shall be
placed, instead of having them strung
all along Front street, as last year. At
Winoua the plan of having one general
booth has been adopted. 1t is proposed
to have the booth on one of the side
streets just off of Front street and %
extend block on each side Of the street,
with driveway between, This COM
mittee will not locate the booth, but
simply report on the expense. -.
The executive committee will attend
to the advertising, hiring hands, at
fractions and the letting out of privi-
leges if the council grants this permits
sion.
The following chairmen of commit
tees were sell cted to chose their own
committeeman:
Sports-S v ilhartz.
Burlesque parade E Reynolds.
Industrial parade-H-P Jensen. 10
Decorations-John Krost.
Illuminations-J E Meagher.
Manufactures Exhibit-P H Carney.
Poultry exhibit-Fred Fischer.
Horses--D T Bowen.
Cattle--Dr NJ B Wood. t..-- VIZ
Sheep-Jay Hubbard.
Hegs-Chas Macbeth. N
Dog Show-Dr r M Dodds.
Grains, vegetables and grasses-Ed
Schumacher.
Market gardeners-Gas T Monson.
Creamery butter-Frank B Clements.
Dairy butterflies A Sherk.
Extraordinarily w Phalen.
Culinery-Fred H Snyder.
Art-Mrs DR. James.
Fancy work-Miss Nellie Pay.
School exhibit-Miss Deem.
Outside premiums Lamm.
Entertainment--N Petersen.
Apiary--A w Robinson.
Household industries Guenther.
Baby show-A Blissenbach.
Printing exhibit-E F Soaring.
Mr.. Fischer appointed R L hubert
superintendent of the poultry depart
ment. Mr. Fischer stated that last
year 493 fowls were exhibited, but that
this year the number would probably
exceed / 1000 AS direct result of last
years poultry exhibit, twelve or fifteen
people in this vicinity have gone into
the raising of fancy poultry. He ex-
pected that exhibits would be brought
here from the state fair.
Last year the farmers had to compete
with the market gardeners, but this
will not be the case this year. The
market gardeners will have a
distinct class and will compete among
themselves only.
Over 100 persons have subscribed to
the membership roll at s. each, and the
number will be increased to 200.
The street fair will be as much for
Nicollet county farmers as for those of
Blue Earth county, and all are invited
to compete for the prizes to be offered.
The invitation is not limited to these
two counties, but is general. 1t prom
ises to be better in every way than last
years fair.
The executive committee will hold
another meeting next Monday night.
TWO BOYS MISSING.