Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-07-25
FAIR aftermath
Association Closing up Business
For the Year. List Of
Exhibitors.

EAnlDIlOTSs
The officers of the Jamestown fair
association have been busy since the
close of the fair with detail work, re-
lating to premiums and to the clos
Ing up of the work of the fair for
this year. The total amount of pre-
miums which have been allowed for
the various exhibits aggregates
S1334. .25. This amount is divided
among the various departments as
follows:
Horses, S423.OO; cattle, S772. 90;
sheep and swine, S4s. 00;women's de-
partmen1, S85. IS: fowls, $3.50,
As.soon as tile association gets
the accounts audited in detail
statement will be made public, Civ
ing the receipts and expenditures of
the fair.
A large amount of new building of
a substantial, permanent character
has been done on the fair grounds,
and good start has been made to
put the fair upon its feet for an an
nual event of great benet t., pleasure
and instruction for the people of this
county and this part Of the state.
All bills for lumber, labor, hardware
and materials used in the improve
ments on the grounds have been pre-
served and the receipts will show
the cost of these excellent improve
ments.
A list of the premiums awarded
and diplomas given for exhibits in
the various classes shows a very good
interest manifested in the fair in its
first year. While the, largest and
NJ ost valuable exhibits of live stock
came from neighboring counties. yet
here was enough exhibited by
StutsmaH county farmers to indicate
what can be done when more time is
given for the preparation Tor an ex-
hibition and a more general know
ledge Of the fair and it's purposes is
obtained by the peopH OF tile s5santy.S
There is no doubt ot the wide and
active interest in the 6tutsman
county fair. from an agricultural and
live stock standpoint, as we'll as from
an amusement point of veiw.
AS indicating the number and To-
cality of exhibitors the following
persons were awarded premiums or
diplomas or both. In the livestock
department for cattle, premiums were
awarded to Donald Campbell, Hanna
ford, N. D.; Neis Romer, James
town; William Lenton, Sharlow; E.
E. Strong, Pingree; August Gaffke,
Jamestown; E. NJ. Doughty, Ypsi-
lanti; Theodore and Edward Thoms,
Eldridge; Oliver Bennett. James
town; H. N. Tucker, Courtenay; {;
B. e. Berlin, Wimbledon; Grant
Richards, William Blake and Steve
Greshik of Jamestown.
Premiums we're awarded on the
various classes of swine to the follow
ing:
George Armstrong, Kensal; A..
Wells, George Lawrence and August
Leisch, Jamestown.
Sheep-Allison Wells, jamestown.
Fowls-Felix Hornby, pigeons; r.
r. Downs, geese; Grant Richards.
Plymouth rocks. and Guinea hens and
{ Tony Baenen, cocks and hens.
In the wOmen's departm ent, pre-
miums for the various kinds Of ex-
hibits were given to the following:
The Misses Lucy Young, Cadieux,
En1ie Frey, Gertrude Ryan, Ida
Swanson, Helen 9. Miller, Hulda
Frey, Gertrude Spangler, Edna
Young. irene Dewey.
Mesdames William Fletcher, Stan
Icy Kohn, Henry BeDsch, 81. r. Tut
!, hill, ]. J. Latta, G. B. Weber, z. r.
Brockman, e. P. Carli, Carl Konsko,
Broderick, Appengate, Bigelow. J.
a. Severn, J.. e. Sailing. 81. 2. Tay-
lor, "A. McKechnie, Morgan, Good
man, B. T. Young, Charles Frey,
Baenen, t. Toay, Brewer, .. s. Mil
Ter, r. s. Brown. Cosford, Ross,
Peter Fried,Sr. Also Reverend Bur-
1eson and Morris Severn. "a
Among the fancy articles that at
tracted the attention Of the .Elks at
least was very beautiful sofa pillow
entered by Mrs. %. B. Brockman. IL
represented an Elk's head and d''se5..''
The premium for the same was %:
mated to the Fair association. tits
4 understood that q number 81 the pre-
lninms awarded for exhibits will be
donated to d the ASSOCIATE tiQp, to- en-
courage the work for the future.
After dark during this month
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