Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-25
STREET FAIRS ALL THE RACE
Nebraska Towns Celebrating the BOuntiful
HarvestS in Fitting Manner,
FORCED TO DODGE IN BETWEEN SHOWERS
superior. sidney and Ainsworth Each
In the Midst of Successful EN-
hibitions and Drawing
Big Crowds.

SUPERIOR, Neb., Sept. 24.-(Special Tel
egram.)-Superior's trades carnival, or
street fair. opened this morning. The
program for Monday and Tuesday and a
portion of today's program had to be
abandoned on account Of the heavy rains,
but with the clearing of the weather comes
the promise of fine crowds for the balance
OF the week. This Is the first attempt that
Superior has made to have an agricultural
show and the success OF this part Of the
fair is astonishing even the people who got
It up. Farmers are driving in from all
directions, over the muddiest Of roads.
with wagons full Of cereals, fruits, vege-
tables, grasses, canned goods, etc, for dis
play. No cash prizes have been offered
for these displays. simply merchandise
solicited by the committee from the mer-
chants OF the town.
The first of the ball games occurred this
afternoon between the Nebraska City Ar
COS and the Superiors, resulting s to 1 in
favor OF Superior.
There is an unusual number Of free at
fractions upon the streets. Among the
most taking of these is a troupe OF negro
cakewalkers and minstrels from Clay Cen
ter and Junction City, Kan. Open-air band
concerts are given at frequent intervals
and there are numerous sideshows, stands,
dances, etc. The Carnival is an appro-
pirate celebration Of the biggest corn crop
that has been raised in this section since
1895.
w. II. Thompson Of Grand Island, A. c.
S~hsllenberger of Alma and DR.. Lyman of
Hastings spoke at a meeting on the street
tonight.
Rains Quit just in Time.
AFNsWoRTH. Neb., Sept. 24.-(Special
Telegram 1.-The first day of the carnival
and street fair in Ainsworth was a marked
success. The \equinoctial storms closed
Monday with a heavy rain, which
threatened to continue and spoil all pros
poets Of any fair attendance or give any
chance Of having the races or any Of the
attractions promised. But luckily the rains
ceased Monday evening and on Tuesday the
sun came out, drying up the mud and
rendering mother earth At for every at
traction advertised. Wednesday morning
the crowds began arriving and by noon II
was estimated that fully 1900 people were
in attendance. The music, the balloon as
c%ension, the races and every attraction
came off as advertised and the people were
more th~n pleased with everything.
The last attraction OF the afternoon was
a ball game between Valentine and New
port. which proved almost a shutout for
Newport. they barely getting one score to
Valentines IA. At the close Of the game
Valentines pitcher, Webb, was badly in
jured by being run into at the home base,
receiving a bad cut in the forehead from
the spiked shoes of the other man, which
rendered him unconscious and for a time Il
was feared his injuries were Of a serious
nature. but he later recovered sufficiently
to be taken home to Valentine and 1t was
stated he would get along all right. II
is estimated that tomorrow's attendance
will easily double that Of today, II the
weather is favorable, to which all indica-
tions point this evening.
sidney Having a Big Time.
SIDNEY, Neb., Sept. 24-(Special Tele-
gram The aecond day NJ the attract fai,