Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-09-17
STREET FAIR IS On \
Exhibits. Fine Entertain.
msnt GOOD Large At
tendanc % Today

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various products Of the farm, and q
noon the several classes were very
well filled. The weather is all that
can be asked, ana although fail
crow was in attendance the first day,
1t IS expected that the attendance to.
day and Saturday will be enormous.
The city IS finely lit up with
electricity, and the entertainment
provided is pronounced as very good.
The Little Falls band will play
throughout the entire fair, and will
be joined today by the Sauk Rapids
band, who will discourse music
throughout the day. and will give q
dance in the West side hall IN the
evening.
The cattle exhibit is especially good
this year, there being q fine bunch Of
stock showed. Among them is. the
first herd Of Guernsey cattle brought
to Morrison county, which is.f0wned
by NJ. NJ. Williams. The showing in
short horns and other breeds are also
fine. The sheep exhibit j 9 also good,
but the hog exhibit IS not as large az
1T should be.
There are some very good entries IN
the horse exhibit, most Of which Is Of
heavy draft stock. NTH
The chicken exhibit shows some
choice breeds and Is worth looking
up. !.
In grain, grasses. corn. fruits, ETC.,
it can be sald of all of them, that they
are as good as can be produced most
anywhere, as one party said ''who
would suppose i've years ago that such
stuff could be raised in Morrison
county?'' It can.
Herman Busse of Bowlus, wlo won
several prizes at the state fair, has q
collection Of garden truck comprising
about 80 entries. Among them IS 9
cotton plant, tomato egg plant, a cross
between a tomato and an egg plant.
At present this fruit it is small, but
it IS expected to develop in the course
of two Or three years; he also has q
cross between a red and yellow
tomato, a musk melon that will keep
all winter, etc.
I J. G. Highhous has very nice
vegetable display in the Hall &
Farnam window. the kind that helped
Morrison county win first prize at the
state fair F.
The fruit display is fine to look at,
and is only f0rerunner as to what
will be grown in this county in the
next few years, when they will be
marketed the same as potatoes. Mos
OF the exhibitors of apples have been
written up previously IN these
columns. Mr.. Stone, Of Bellevue, has
nice selection Of apples, which
shows what can be done with proper
cultivation on light soil.
In entertainments the dog, pony
and monkey show gives very good
performance, and shows at the square
at 1st street and Broadway at 2 and
p. m. There are also the continuous
shows, Prof Heller, the celebrated
magician In the Realty block, The
Swedish Theatre, just west of the
Anderson Furniture store, The
Alabama Coons, who will make you
not only laugh, but roar, and thar
there IS the merry. go-,ound for the
little ones.
At one O'Clock today Congressman
Llndbergh and E. A. King will
deliver addresses from the stanc
erected IN the square.
At two O'Clock today will be hello
the baby contest at Maur1n's hall.
This has always been a most popular
event and largely attended.
The public marriage Of two young
people from Upsala will take place il
front of w. 81. Ryan's store, Sat
urday afternoon. Rev. North officiating.