Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-08-10
THE COMING Event
Preparations for WiIlmar's Fourth
Annual Street Fair are Well
Under Way.

From now on up to September IA
will be busy times for the Willmar
Street Fair Association. The first in
stallment of advertising literature has
been sent out announcing that the 1904
Willmar street fair Will be held on
Sept. IA, lo Is and II, and the differ
ent committees will be at work doing
their share in making the coming
event the biggest ever.
Last Friday q contract was made
with the T. I. Cash Carnival Co. of
St. Paul for the furnishing OF attrac-
tions, through the company's repre-
sentative, Mr.. Harry R. Moore. Mr..
Cash was also in the city later and we
are assured that there will be nothing
lacking in the way of good clean
amusements for the many visitors who
will be in our city on the above dates.
These free street per formances will in
clude several attractions similar to
those which made such hits last year.
The morning program will include
trapeze and trick cottage acts, the af-
ternoon program sailor perch, aero
batic and high dive acts, and in the
evening, besides the trapeze and aero
batic acts, there will be performances
on revolving ladder. The grand
balloon ascension has not been forgot.
ten on the amusement program and
this popular feature will of course be
carried out subject to the weather. In
the street perform ances there will be
some entirely new specialties intro
duced. There will be six tent shows,
to all of which moderate prices of ad-
mission will be charged.
The premium list for the fourth an
nual fair will be larger than in previ-
Gus years, and the result will be
large and varied exhibit of everything
raised in Kandiyoht county. In fact.
there is hardly a thing produced in
the county on which there will not be
chance to draw q good premium and
1t is expected that many entries will be
made in the competitive exhibits. The
official premium list will be issued
shortly.
President Spicer informs US that the
finance committee has succeeded in
raising subscriptions among our bust
ness men to the amount of about S4OO.
This amount must be doubled in order
to carry out the program for the four
days of the fair. The success of the
carnival will depend largely upon the
citizens generosity, and it is thought
that there will be no trouble on this
score. The finance committee is COM
posed of Messrs. E. G. Wellin, w. J.
Pinney and O. R. Berkness. AS Kan
diyohi county's share in the state ,ap-
portionment for agricultural societies
there will be in the neighborhood of
$500 to be placed in the Willmar
Street Fair Associations treasury.
Up to this time only few applica-
tions have been made for street fair
privileges, but it is expected that ap-
plicants will be numerous before long,
especially when the fact becomes gen.
orally known that Willmar Is prepar-
ing for the biggest carnival ever held
in the northwest outside of the twin
cities. G
The officers of the Willmar Street
Fair Association are Russell Spicer,
president; Ole Rogen, vice president;
VIM. T. Markhus, secretary and w.
J. Pinney, treasurer. These gentle
men will put forth their best endeav-
or in arranging for the success of the
fair and should receive the support in
every detail of all of our citizens who
are desirous of seeing the biggest
crowds here next month that ever At
tended any Willmar doing. Make
your preparations now for entertain
ing your relatives and friends who
will be glad to visit our city on
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Sept. IA, Is, Is and II.