Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-07
EDUCATIONAL, entertaining
WITT, RE THE INTERSTATE FAIR
Ar SIOUX CIII, IOWA. -.
D,tes., Sept. 7, 8, o., 10, ii and ?
MAGNIFICENT Live Stock, Agricultural
,,d Horticultural Display Fine
Race Observation-Disclosures.

p.oo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
One of the great fairs to be held In
49, this season is the In
terstate Fair; it will ope at SIOUX
City Iowa. September 7th and close
Con+ember 18th. NE Interstate falr
hoe been in existance since 1915. "
hos become noted for its excellent ex-
bihits of live stock, It's mashiilcleh'
DISPLAYS of agricultural ana hortlcul'-
ural products, and its hne aS9"rt'Heh'
of ~un-to-date farm machinery. Inc
fair has seen a healthy grown
wear after year since 1908 ana 'ne
coming show without a question VIII
be larger and in every respect pettef
thar any year heretofore.
Everything Ready on Monday.
The opening day, MONDAY 9eH'enr
Der 18th, will see everything Oh tue
Grounds in readiness for visitors. In
~ afternoon there will be a number
Of excellent races and the flne stoch'
&c well as other exhibits, will all be IN
place. c,u
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 Tree au'
mission tickets. All children hhdeE
- wears will also be admitted to the
round free of charge on Iue9uay'
The large up-to-date fairs nave III
recent years become educatloEal lh'
stitutions of great merit ana every
child should attend at least one each
wear. The modern state fair, and the
Interstate Fair at Sioux City is pat
termed after it, is one Of the great
American institutions that stand Tor
proeress. can a person seq
gathered together the results tha'
have been achieved in agriculture as
he can at a great fair. The TAR OF -
day and hat of SO years ago olllef
from each other as much as the sun
differs from the mOor, and hence II ~
important that not only groWn-up peo-
ple should attend the modern falr ana
exposition, but also thai chlluren
should be present and learn about
the trem endous agricultural and in
dustrial progress that is beng 1haoe:
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 thar
dav. Thursday will be Interstate Day
The Interstate Fair isNun1que IN thas
it brings together farmers and breed
ers from four different states: Iowa.,
Nebraska, South Dakota and MIME
sofa. Not only are these four states
represented by exhibits but also by
visitors. This is because the people
living in Northwestern Iowa, southwest
ern Minnesota, southeastern South
Dakota, and northeastern Nebraska
are too far from their respective state
fairs held in Des Moines, Hamllne,
Huron and Lincoln, to conveniently at
tend them. In the afternoon :"
Thursday. among other things OF IN
terest in the race program, Will De the
great free-for-all pace for wh1ch q
nurse Of So, 600 is offered. inns VIII
be one of the most interesting races
of the season anywhere in the ountry
Tha following horses have been enter
cd for this race: Argot Boy 2.O4As
| citation. 2:O3A, Inferlotta 2:o4A,
sherlock Holmes 2:06A, Don Roma
2:O7A, Star Patch 2:07A, Echo Jr.
2:O7A, Gypsy Margrave 2:l2 As' ah0
Shadeland Tropic 2:19A.
Friday viii, be Sioux City Day, when,
n is expected that the city will turn
ont en- masse to see the grand STOCK
parade, which will take place IN inc
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and when VILE
be one of the finest to be seen any,
where in the middle west this fall.
The last day of the fair, Saturday, WIZ
be Travelling Mems day, when the
..Knights of the grip" will hold sway
Thousands Of people living Within
15O miles of Sioux City have yet TO at
tend the Interstate Fair for the nrse
time. The majority of these people 40
not realize the tremendous
OF the great territory in when they
live. Yet it is a we'll known 1act'i
among those acquainted with the nat
,,ral RESOURCES of his section, thaC'
" - g.. 80 ,rnn of like size IN JnG
1rnited 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 it 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 at
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 Sioux
City to compete for the championships
of the great northwestern circuit Of
fall fairs. 1t is partly because of the
fact that the cream 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 or Such
t~remendou Importance.
Interesting Amusement Features.
But the exhibits alone do not consti-
tute all that is to be seen at this fair
there will be many other things Of in
terest. Some of the races have al
ready been mentioned. In addition to
them there will be a great midway by
the Parker Carnival 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 there
will be eight free attractions. There
will also be a cowboy relay race, in
which n white one Indian and
one Indian girl will take part, and this
promises to be one OF the very attract
i've feature at the show.
The real COW boy WILDE represented
in the person of C. e. Hart, who comes
direct from a ranch near Rapid City.
He offers to give SIS in cash to any
man who will bring a horse to the fair
grounds that he cannot ride.
1t is practically a settled fact that all
railroads will make a rate of 3 cents a
mile for the round trip, or IL cents
each way, to Sioux City, during fair
week.