The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-06
IT WILL Be GOLDEN
JUBILEE CELEBRATION
Fair Has Been Set For Aug. 18 to 81
and Promoters Expect to Have the
Biggest Crowds in the History of
the Annual Event Held in Lake
County.

The golden jubilee celebration at the
Lake county fair is being advertised
for and wide. The next fair is to be
the browning success after fifty years
of experience. 1T is to be the most gi-
gantic, most stupendous, the best. big
gest, brightest, most beautiful agricuI-
tural exhibition i'm the state of Indiana
Every superlative in the dictionary
has been applied to the coming show
by its promoters, who expect to have
the largest crowd in attendance this
year that has ever gathered within the
gates of the fair grounds at Crown
Point. The train service between
Hammond and Crown Point will be
fine.
Special Coaches on Trains.
The Erie will carry three special
coaches on all trains leaving Ham
mond during the day and evening of
fair week, and No. Z. leaving here after
the night show at 1:12 D. M and ar
irving in Hammond at 11:40 will carry
all these coaches back. This is a fine
arrangement and gives Hammond and
north-end people who cannot come day
times to come over in the evening and
stay for the night shows
The date for the fair has been set
for August Is to 81 and four four DAYS
and three nights it is expected that
the people from all over this district
will be entertained by one of the most
remarkable fair that has ever been ar
ranged in this county
Fine STOCK Show.
In addition to the usual exhibits of
fine cattle and stock of all kinds there
will be shown the products of the
farms of the county and samples of
manufactured articles made in this
region.
The races this year will be better
than ever before, and as the bills state.
AT previous fairs the racing depart
ment has been a great feature The
golden jubilee races will be faster than
ever. A large entry is now assured"
One of the features of the fair will
be grand stock parade. Lake coun-
ty," as the advertisements state.
stands pre- eminently on the highest
pinnacle in the breeding of high class
live stock. Our county breeders have
taken many ribbons in the interna-
tional and state fairs The display
of live stock at the grand jubilee cele-
bration will be in keeping with the
rest of the balance of the show. The
management promises the grandest
display in this department ever shown"
To Be Brilliantly Lighted.
In the poultry show there will be
500 birds shown. 1t will be a crown
ing feature for lovers of fancy bred
fowls and pet stock The fair grounds
Will be brilliantly lighted with cleo
tricity and the concessions will be more
numerous than ever
When 1T comes to the feature at
fractions. the fair management. this
year, think they are going to have the
best performances that have ever APP
peared at the fair grounds.
Diavolo. the sensational backward
somersault high diver, will drop from
ladder 100 feet high into a tank of
fire. A tank of water four feet deep
and four feet wide will be covered
with several gallons of gasoline This
will be ignited and then Diavolo will
dive into it. How he will get out of
the tank without burning his hide will
have to be figured out by those who
see the stunt
Many Fine Features.
In addition to this great feature the
Carson brothers. acrobatic champions.
will do some mystifying acts Alvo's
aerial bar experts will be another at
traction of similar nature. Wheeler
and Rosey, comedy bicycle and unicv
clists, will do some daring and funny
stunts on wheels.
Barnie Young and his concert band
will provide music for the fair and this
feature is not the least of the MANY
others which will go to make the fair
this year one of the most remarkable
that has ever been held in this county