The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
FAIR IS A SUCCESS
Vegetable and Fruit Exhibits Espe=
Cially Fine end Grain of
Quality Unsurpassed.
List of Premium Awards Will Be
Published in Next Weeks
Issue of the Union.

Issue OF the Union.
The fourteenth annual fair of the
Mile Laos County Agricultural asso-
citation was held in Princeton on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week. Favorable weather pre-
vailed upon all three Of the days and
the attendance was large. Thursday
was almost wholly consumed in re-
ceiving and placing the exhibits in
position, erecting booths, stands, etc.
On Friday morning: when the big
show was thrown open, the main hall
was we'll filed with one of the finest
collections of agricultural and horti
cultural products ever placed on ex-
hibition in the northwest, and in
many instances the specimens sur
passed in excellence the splendid dis
play OF last year. Taken all in all
the fair was generally success.
The total gate receipts for Friday
and Saturday were s505.25 and the
total receipts from all sources, in
Guiding s499.51 from the state,
amounted to s1,290.7S. Last years
total aggregated sl,268, Al, including
gate receipts S542.75 and amount from
state s491.23 Almost $500 of this
years receipts will be paid out for
premiums alone. The financial state
ment of the association, showing de-
tails of receipts and disbursements
will be published as soon as the same
is prepared.
In addition to the splendid agri'
cultural and horticultural displays,
ladies' fancy work, home baking and
preserve departments in the main
hall, and the live stock, poultry, etc.,
upon other parts of the grounds, the
management had provided an excel
lent program of sports, including
horse races, ball games, etc. The
Princeton brass band enlivened the
occasion by playing at intervals
lively selections of choice music.
Sideshows were not largely in evil
dence, but there was a shooting gal
lery and gypsy palmist's booth
which attracted some attention, the
latter being patronized mostly by
fair young maidens who were anxious
to learn the kind of a husband they
were to land, or something Of that
sort. We noticed but one game of
chance upon the grounds and that was
conducted in an orderly manner.
Two refreshment booths did fairly
good business upon the grounds-one
belonging to Mrs. L. S. Briggs and
the other to the Dorcas society.
julius Sugarman also had booth in
which he sold and advertised his fine
brands of cigars. Two makes Of
cream separators were exhibited upon
the grounds, the De Laval by E. K.
Evens Hardware company and the
Omega by Adolphus Grow of Green
bush. One of the latter make was at
tached to a gasoline engine exhibited
by J. C. Herdliska.
Bede delivered purely political
address to the people assembled in
the grand stand and his speech was
more or less appreciated by the audi
ence. ''What have accomplished for
my constituents while in congress"
and the ''daily strenuity of my life in
Washington" constituted the basis Of
Mr.. Bede's address. Mr.. Bede is
good speaker, witty, and never at
loss for an anecdote to revive the re-
ceding spirit of multitude. J. Adam
was introduced to the audience by L.
S. Briggs.
VEGETABLES. ETC.
In this department. the exhibits dem
onstrated that specimens which were
considered the acme of perfection last
year were thrown into shadow by
those entered upon this occasion.
There were exhibited magnificent dis
plays in white turnips, rutabagas,
melons, squashes, pumpkins, pota-
toes, cabbages, beans, oats, corn,
mangel wurtzels and other agricul-
tural products which fully made clear
the fact that crops of great variety
may be successfully raised upon the
soil of Mile Laos county. 1t is not
our intention to discriminate or en-
deavor to draw line in the quality
of exhibits, for they were all good.
Promiscuously, however, we selected
displays and asoertained the names of
the exhibitors. Among them was
David Berry, who displayed eleven
varieties of potatoes, squashes, beans,
and many other products, all of which
were of high grade. Robt. Clark,
Princeton's scientific gardener, had
an excellent display of assorted vege-
tables and cut flowers on exhibition.
It was nrOhah1v tho 1arpest assOrt-