The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07
EDUCATIONAL, ENTERTAINING
WILL BE THE INTERSTATE FAIR
AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA.
Dates:. Sept. Z, 8, ., 10. II and IL
Magnificent Live Stock. Agricultural
and Horticultural Display Fine
RaCe Procram-AmuscmcDts.

One of the great fairs to be neld In
The northwest this season is the In
terstate Fair: II will open at Sioux
City. Iowa, September 7th and close
September 12th. The Interstate Fair
has been in existance since 1903. 1t.
has become noted for Its excellent ex-
hibits OF live stock, its magnificent
displays of agricultural and horticult-
ural products. and it's fine assortment
of up-to-date farm machinery. Tho
fair has seen a healthy growth
year after year since 1908 and the
coming show without a question will
be larger and In every respect better
than any year heretofore.
Everything Ready ON Monday.
The opening day. Monday, Septem-
Der 7th. will see everything on the
grounds in readiness for visitors. In
the afternoon there will be a number
Of excellent races and the fine stock.
as we'll as other exhibits, will all be In
place.
Tuesday will be Soldiers and Chill
drens' day, for which event old soldiers
are invited by the board Of directors
to be present and to accept free ad-
mission tickets. All children under
Is years will also be admitted to the
grounds free OF charge on Tuesday.
The large up-to-date fairs have in
recent years become educational in
situations of great merit and every
child should attend at least n each
year. The modern state fair, and the
Interstate Fair at Sioux City is pat
termed after 1t, is one of the great
American institutions that stand for
progress. Nowhere can a person see
gathered together the results that
have been achieved In agriculture as
he can at a great fair. The fair OF to-
day and that of SO years g differ
from each other as much as the sun
differs from the moon, and hence 1t Is
important that not only grown-up peo-
pie should attend the modern fair and
exposition. but also that children
should be present and earn about
the tremendous agricultural and in
dustrial progress that is being made.
Excellent Race Program.
Wednesday has been set aside as the
great Derby Day. Some of the lar
gest and most interesting races will
be pulled off in the afternoon Of that
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The Interstate Fair is unique in that
1t brings together farmers and breed
ers from tour different states: Iowa,
Nebraska, South Dakota and Minne-
sofa. Not only are these fou states
represented by exhibits but also by
visitors. This is because the people
living in northwestern Iowa, southwest
ern Minnesota, southeastern South
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are too far from their respective state
fairs, held in Des Moines, Hamline.
Huron and Lincoln. to conveniently at
tend them. In the afternoon Of
Thursday. among other things OF in
terest in the race program, will be the
great free-for-all pace for which a
purse Of $4,000 is offered. This will
4 be one OF the most interesting races
T of the season anywhere in the country.
| The following horses have been enter
ed for this race: Argot Boy 2.04A,
Citation, 2:O3A, Inferlotta 2:O4A.
Sherlock Holmes 2:06A, Don Roma
|2:07A, Star Patch 2:07A, Echo Jr.
BOTH. Gypsy Margrave 2:12h, and
Shadeland Tropic 2:19A.
Friday will be Siou City Day, when
It is expected that the city will turn
out en- masse to see the grand stock
parade. which will take place In ne
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and which will
be one Of the finest to be seen any,
where in the middle west this fall.
The last day Of the fair, Saturday, will
be Travelling Mems day, when thu
knights OF the grip" will hold sway.
Thousands Of people living within
$50 miles Of Sioux City have yet to at
tend the Interstate Fair for the first
time. The majority Of these people do
not realize the tremendous
OF the great territory in which they
live. Yet 1t is a we'll known fact,
among those acquainted with the nat
ural Of this section. that
there is no area OF like size In the
United States that Is so fertile as that
located within a circle described with
a radius of $50 miles and with Sioux
City as a center. This is a strong state
ment and yet 1t Is one that cannot be
successfully contradicted. Nowhere
can an intelligent estimate OF the mag
nitude of the Importance Of this terri.
tory be so effectively studied as al
Sioux City's great annual show. Prize
winning horses, cattle, sheep and swine
from the Iowa state fair, the Nebraska,
state fair and the Minnesota state fair
will all be brought together at Siou
City to compete for the championships
OF the great northwestern circuit Of
fall fairs. 1t is partly because Of the
fact that the ream Of the live stock
from the three shows mentioned flows
into the fair grounds at Sioux City.
that the live stock show OF the Inter-
state Fair has grown to be one Of such
tremendous Importance.
Interesting Amusement Features.
But the exhibits alone do not consti-
tute all that is to be seer at this fair:
there will be many other things Of in
terest. Some Of h races nave al
ready bee mentioned. In addition to
them there will be a great midway by
the Parker Carnival company, which
makes the finest midway exhibition In
this country. This will consist Of 16
shows and a large brass band. In adj
dition to midway entertainments thers
will be eight free attractions. There
will also be a cowboy relay race, In
which one white man. one Indian and
one Indian girl will lake part. and this
promises to be one Of the very attract
I've features at the show.