Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-07-25
. FAIR AFTERMATH Ri 4 IN
A.so collation. Closing up Bushes: $
For tho Year. Llstof
Exhibitors.

The officers of the jamestown fair
association have been busy since the
close of the fair ithdetail 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
1884 .25. This amount is divided
among the various departments as
follows:
Horses, 1923. 90; cattle, ss772.oo;. ).
sheep and swine, s4S.00;w omen's. de-
partmenC, s85. Is: fowls, $3.50. s
AS soon as the association gets
the accounts audited in detail a
statement will be made public, Civ
ing the receipts and expenditures Of
the fair.
A large amount of new building OF
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 benefit, pleasure
and instruction for the reople,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 very good
interest manifested in the. fair in its
first year. While the largest and
most valuable exhibits Of live stock
came from neighboring counties. yet
here was enough exhibited by
Stutsman county farmers to indicate
what can be done when more time is
given for the preparation for an ex-
hibition and a more general know
ledge of the fair and its purposes is
obtained by the people Of, the county.
There is no doubt OF the wide and
active interest in the Stutsman
county fair. from an agricultural and
live stock standpoint, as we'll as from
au 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.. Nels. 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; n. 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, JamestOHn.
Fowls-Felix Hornby, pigeons; B.
r. Downs, geese; Grant Richards,
Plymouth rocks. and Guinea hens and
Tony Baenen, cocks and hens.
In the women's department., pre-
miums for the various kinds Of en-.
hibiss were given to the, following:
The Misses Lucy Young, Cadieux,
Emile Frey, Gertrude Ryan, Ida
Swanson, Helen q. Miller, Hulda
Frey, Gertrude spangler, Edna
Young. Irene Dewey. ..s
Mesdames William Fletcher, Stan
Icy Kohn, Henry Bensch, 81. r. Tut
hill, u. J. Latta, G. B. Weber, z. r..
Brockman, n. 2. Carli, Carl Konsko,
4 Broderick, Appengate Bigelow. j.
H. Severn, j. r. Sailing, 81. 2. Tay-
3 lor, "a. NICK echnie, Morgan, Good
u man, B. T. Young, Charles Frey,
Baenen, 7. Toay, Brewer, D. s. Mil
5 ler, r. s. Brown. Cosiord, Ross,
y Peter Fried, ,sr. Also Reverend Bur
lesson and Morris Severn. .&
Among the fancy articles that at
]. trac6ed tho attention Of the .Elks at
s. least was X very beautiful sofa pillow
a entered by N Is. D. ] B. Brockman. IL
4 l,anraaantad an Elk,s llea a and 1895 Il,