Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-10-02
INTERSTATE FAIR
A GRAND SUCCESS
Exhibits Larger and Better Than Ever,
While the Attendance Is Beyond
All Expectations.

| The Spokane Interstate fair opened
Monday with the largest number of ex-
hibits in every department on record,
and with one of the best amusement
programs ever given in the Inland EN-
pire.
| The Commercial Travellers initiated
thousands into the mysteries of their
calling by parade of floats and an
industrial display, which terminated at
| the fair grounds, and it was one of the
longest and most interesting professions
seen for many years. 1t introduced the
original store of the Hudson Bay COM
pany, the old stage coach of the Mon
tana Bad Lands, driven by w. w. Tut.
tie, former mayor of Fernie, b. c., and
"A veteran of the stage box; hotel life
of the drummer, the dining room of a
country tavern, "A country depot scene
| familiar to travellers, and a $4,000
dining roo mbeauty riding on a camel
and escorted by drummers in Arabian
costumes.
There was a water wagon, with a life
preserving squad, kangaroo court and
Black Maria for prisoners, scores
of clowns, Roman chariots, wild ami
mails in cages, and the entire equip
ment of Parker Circus company.
which is exhibiting in Fun Lane, as the
Midway at the fair grounds has been
named this year.
The parade wound up with nearly 200
floats and automobiles, representing all
lines of trade in Spokane.
The afternoon at the fair grounds
was given over to sports for the chill
dren. and to pacing and running races
and a fine vaudeville program. There
was also "A thrilling four horse Roman
chariot race of One-half mile between
Davidson and Henschell, and a balloon
and parachute race with four con
testants.
Livestock Exhibits.
The attendance was large throughout
the afternoon, despite the threatening
weather, and all the special exhibit
halls, stalls and tents were thronged.
The livestock exhibit from the Mime
sofa State fair en- route to the A.-Y-P
eXI OsitiOn at Seattle. comprising II ear
loads of the finest selections from the
herds of the middle west. attracted
much attention. while the swine and
sheep exhibits of eastern Washington
were declared by all as unexcelled. The
poultry show hsd some 500 birds in pens
and cages under huge canvas tent.
on the opening day. with hundreds
more on the way, and this department
was the finest ever seen. The mineral
exhibit occupies double the space of any
ever held before, and every mine of i'm
pOrtance in Washington, Idaho. Mon
tana and British Columbia sent sam
pies of ore. The dog show was also
record breaker. and among the entries
were many prize winners from the re-
cent kennel shows at Salt Lake and
Butte.
Night Program.
The evening performance which is
to be repeated nightly throughout the
week, was FThe Siege Of Jericho. -
biblical drama with a fireworks dis |
play m which 800 actors took part
lnterspersed between the acts there |
was a vaudeville program
Tuesday was Derby Day. Miss VIII |
lie MeAdams was chosen queen and |
crowned the winner of the ninth an
nual Derby race. She is a niece of
Senator Turner and is from Columbia.
Tenn.
Saturday Night Mardi cras.
The fair will conclude with "a Mardi |
Gras carnival Saturday night,