Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-10-04
THE FAIR
Prospects Fine For Tremen-
dous Crowds the Next
Three Days.

4AxO0 00y0s
Good Weather What is Need
ed to Make 1t 2 Howl
ing Success.
AS it to atone for it's pout ard
pour OF yesterday the weather this
morning started out all that could
be desired, the air fresh and clear
and the sun doing it's best to dry
up the moisture and have the
roads and grounds ready for the
crowds who are anxious to attend
the fair tomorrow and next day.
Today is given up to making en-
trees as that work was interfered
with yesterday by the rain and
threatening clouds. The Hall is
tastefully decorated with the nat.
ional colors, long festoons of red,
white and blue dropping from the
rafters and converging into q very
pretty center, the emblematic
national shield hides from view
many post and pillar that other
wise would look bare and unpleas-
log. At the entrance way the
motto, Welcome" greets the eye.
The ladies in the Hall are each
busy in her own province. Mrs b
j Moore, acting superintendent;
Miss Della Axtell occupies her
old place and has charge of the
books which record the evidence
and skill of womankind. Mrs
Mamie Cloud has charge of tex
tile fabrics and paintings, and is
showing the pretty pieces of need
le-work to the very best sdvant-
age. She is ably assisted by Mrs
Harry Withrow and Miss Matte
White, every one busy and by
night will have made the Hall a
bower of beauty. One-half the
space on the west side of the
building is taken up with various
displays Of the merchants. The
rest is claimed by Mr. N 8 Law
erence, who as Superintendent of
farm, orchard and garden, will
display in a most tempting man.
ner the produce of this division.
Indications point to this depart
ment having a very fine show.
The wheat already shown is I'M
usually fine in quality, while az
usual, the mammoth squash shows
its prodigeous golden sides as if it
had gathered all the sunshine of
the summer into its bosom. There
are number of specimens exhib-
tied each weighing over one hum
dred pounds. Miss Turner fills
her old position and is busy ar
ranging q display Of canned fruite
and jellies, the very sight of which
provokes the salivary glands, and
promises many q delicious meal
in many a home in Harrison
county.
Near the center of the Hall on
the east side, photographer Hoyer
has made very artistic display
of his handiwork, the exhibit not
purely Photographic, but contain
ing q number of oil paintings
done by himself. One which will
doubtless attract considerable at.
tention is view in Mr. Snyder's
hollow, which has been executed
with wonderful fidelity,the dimen-
sions Of the painting being 1897
inches.
just over the way W o Reed
displays the evidences of his skill
and has q display of pictures
which will attract the eye of all
visitors; the lookers-on will again
look upon the scenes Of the Ex-
position in Omaha two years ago.
A very excellent photograph of q
scene when the prize animals
passed in review at the Harrison
County Fair of 1893 is among the
exhibits. The prize winners of
last years flower carnival are
there in their beauty and glory,
while magnificent Silver Ply
mouth cock with his proud lco
ing biddy are there as proud
looking as if they were monarchs
of all they surveyed.
On the outside grounds a full