Morris tribune., 1903-08-08
MINI. state FAIR
THE GREAT SHOW To OPEN ON
MONDAY, AUGUST 81,
THIS YEAR.

Series of Big Fairs--Increased
Exhibits -FiaIf-fare Railroad
Rates.
AS the 44th Annual Minnesota
State Fair will open in short time
it is quite in order to give some gen
eral statement of the plans of tbs
fair up to date. These plans have
been made on generous scale and
with the idea of progress which has
characterized the conduct of the Fair
for some years past and which has
built it up to be the foremost state
fair in the land.
The fair will be opened Oh Monday,
August 81, with an address by United
States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks,
of Indiana, an eloquent and forceful
speaker of national reputation and
known as a presidential possibility OF
the future His address will prob
ably cover agricultural questions and
some of the great issues of the day
Perhaps the most important feature
of the fair will be the National Live
Stock exhibitions and sales held IN
connection with the American Here
ford Breeders Association and the
American Shorthorn Breeders
Association. These exhibitions have
grown from tentative display four
wears ago until they are known
among breeders all over the country
as the most successful shows of their
kind. The Minnesota fair is the only
state fair which can secure these ma
tiopal exhibitions. Auction sales OF
prize animals will be held in the
great tent on the fair grounds during
several days of the fair.
Premiums have been increased in
all departments and $42, 900 is now
the grand total offered by the Mime
sofa Fair for exhibits and in purses.
Most of this money goes to
agricultural and animal exhibits;
the exhibits of manufactures and
machinery are rewarded by diplomas
and honorable mention. But these
exhibits will be none the less inter
esting and extensive. There will be
the largest display of farm I'M
elements and machinery ever seen in
the west. This department will
center about the new Farm Machin-
ery Building which has been erected
this summer at cost of $4,000
In the main or exposition building
every foot of space VAS assigned be-
fore midsummer and booths will be
erected as IN 1902 for the accommo-
dation of the overflow exhibitors.
The dairy building will be crowded;
The poultry building has been
equipped with new show coops and
will make fine display of the
feahered tribe.
The woman's department has out
grown it's old quarters and has been
given the building used only few
years ago for the entire agricultural
and horticultural display. This
shows the enormous growth of the
fair. This old building $50 feet long
held all the agricultural and
horticultural exhibits three years
ago; now the woman's department
which then occupied corner in the
exposition building will find it none
to large, while the new agricultural
hall, occupied first in the fair of 1901
and (26Ox24O feet in size)is already
overcrowded with displays.
There will be keen competition
among the counties this year. The
premium awards for county exhibits
have been revised and increased and
made more equitable. Fruit Will De
conspicuous, and it is believed from
present indications: one of the best
DISPLAYS ever made in this line in the
state.
Amusements at the fair will be bet
ter than before, both in character and
variety. The largest race entry list
ever made up for any state fair was
announced soon after July l. More
than 26O horses were entered and
for the great $1,000 pacing race Al
entries we're made. This means
tremendous racing at the state fair.
And the race program will be sup
with specialties Of high