Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-08-06
FAIR OF 1908.
Twenty-Fourth Annual
State Fair at Huron
September I'LL.
Gov. Johnson Speaks Sept. 5
Largest Line of Attractions Ever
Secured by the State Board
Will Be Seen.

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of the Fair, will be made the greatest
day of the week. Gov. John A. John
son, of Minnesota, will on that date
deliver an address and special trains
will be run on all railroads to make that
the best day of the Fair. At IL O'Clock
on that day the first successful air ship
fight ever held in this state will be had
by Strobels aeronauts, of Toledo, Ohio,
who defeated the world in the presence
of $4,000 people at St. Louis, Mo-, on
October %, 1907, by winning both first
and second prizes. Again at O'Clock
in the afternoon of the same day the
great airship will make its second fight.
1t will be managed by the same party
who handled it at st. Louis, Mo-, assur-
ing the people of South Dakota results
that will be, beyond question, the great.
est event of its kind ever held in the
state, and who are under contract to
make two successful flights each day of
the fair.
Fink's Coon Town Circus, a trained
animal show, will afford eighteen min
utes of laughter and entertainment.
The Savages. sensational comedy ser'
ialists, with wardrobe par excellence.
Spot, the high diving dog, owned by
Frank Ulbreth, Of Tracy, Mimi, will
give two performances daily.
Various shows of highest standard an
Indian village, the largest ferris wheel
ever in the state, together with hundreds
of minor attractions, are already under
contract.
The State Fair Board has made all
arrangements with Adjutant Engelsby
for the state militia to police the grounds
thus assuring annie protection to all
visitors. In connection with the militia
and under military control. the Fourth
Infantry band of thirty pieces will fur
nish music during the week.
The agricultural exhibits alone will
repay every visitor for the time and
expense to visit the fair. Thousands of
people from the east will visit the fair
and exhibits of this kind will do more
to advertise the resources of the state
than anything else.
The live stock department will be the
largest and best exhibit ever made in
the northwest. One new large cattle
barn has been erected, thus enabling
that department. to take care of many
more cattle than heretofore. Two new
swine barns have been erected, thus
facilitating more space for that growing
industry.
The poultry exhibit will exceed that
of 1907, which was the largest entry
ever had in the state.
The speed program will be the best
ever held in the state, beyond any ques.
ton. One hundred and fiftv horses, at
least, will be at the races. Sixty are in
daily training on the track at this time,
Two new speed barns are being erected.
which will furnish fifty additional box
stalls for the convenience of horsemen.
All other departments. such as horti-
cultural, woman's department, dairy,
mines and mining. and apiary, will
have splendid exhibits.
We trust that all who can spare the
time to attend the South Dakota State
Fair will do 90, and aid and assist the
South Dakota state Board of Agricul.
turs in bringing forth successful fair.
For premium lists or other informa-
tion write O. N. McIlvaine, Sec.
Huron, 8. OAK