Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-16
AUDUBON COUNTY FAIR
Exhibits and Attractions This Year
Better Than Heretofore

| There remains yet n few days in which
to prepare an exhibit for the Audubon
county fair if You have something of
merit that You think would be either
interesting or instructive to the people
of the county or even of your own com.
munity Get it in shape and notify the
superintendent of the department in
which it is 10 be exhibited ut once SO he
will be sure to reserve space for il in a
location where il can be shown to the
best advantage, BE sure to do this ut
once, for the fair opens next Tuesday
morning, the DIST inst and will con.
tinue until Friday evening the 2ith
The Audubon county fair is n county
affair pure and simple and is the best
means by which the products of the
brain, skill and soil of Audubon coun-
ty can be exhibited to the best advant-
age and where they will be seen by the
largest number of people, and if such
product is really worthy of merit among
similar products it will pay the producer
to place il on exhibition There is a
large amount of money appropriated for
prizes for meritoriouS exhibits and yours
may be one of those which will he wor-
thy of u cash award,
The annual county fair in every sec
ton of this and other states brings to
gether the largest number of the people
of the county of any event heldthrough-
out the year and is III every respect the
most popular meeting place for old
friends and former neighbors who have
= become separated. IL is the common
visiting place of all the county where
! people meet and swap gossip, exchange
experiences and talk over events of the
year making il both an enjoyable visit
with friends as well Us the place where
can be seen the progress that is con
| stantly going on in the line of produc-
! ton on the farm, in the shop and fac
tory and in the home. These are some
of the reasons why SO many people of
every county look forward with happy
anticipation to the holding of the an
nual county fair and why it is the most
popular of all the county events Of the
year.
Not very long ago the county fairs
were given a big black eye through the
short -sightedness Of the managers in
permitting grafters of every calling to
purchase concessions for the fleeing Of
the patrons while in the grounds and
for several years the attendance fell off
to such an extent that there was u de-
ficit when the accounts were footed up. !
But this is now n thing of the past, for
all kinds of graft, swindling and gam
bling schemes are excluded, together
with the senSuous and immoral side
shows with II tendency to excite the
vicious passions of the depraved. The
old bald headed deacon or elder who for
merly made his annual Summing tour
among the tents of the side shows and
around the stands of the get-rich-quick
gentry must now seek his horrible eX
periences" in the slums of the cities in
stead of at the county fairs. The An
dubon county fair will be scrupulously
clean, morally, SO we are assuIed, and
everything savoring of viciousness will
be excluded from the grounds, What
concessions have been sold are all of the
less harmful variety and the refinement
of the home circle will not be shocked
by anything to he seen on the grounds, !
The principal features this year. aside
from the livestock and other exhibits,
will be the corn contest, the fine racing
program and the daily balloon ascen.
sions and wonderful descent by means
of "a parachute of large African lion,
balloontst and lion descending from u
great height in different parachutes.
This latter feature will be one of the
most thrilling that has ever been wit
Messed in Audubon county ut any Of the
fairs heretofore held, 1t will be more
interesting and at the same time less
nerve shocking than the ''leap.for- life
or "high-dive" stunts that have proved
such drawing cards at county fairs for
several years past. No better racing
program has ever been arranged for our
fair than that for this year, and the corn