The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-09-26
GREAT COPPER COUNTRY FAIR
OPENS AT HOUCHTON TOMORROW

Friday: Baby girl one year and un-
der three. First-Five dollar gold
piece: Second-Two and one-half dol
lar gold piece.
Saturday: Baby boy one year and
under three. First-Five dollar gold
piece; Second-Two and one-half dol
lar gold piece.
chldren's Day.
The management has never at
tempted 10 name special days for the
various surrounding towns or for any
other purpose, but this year has set
aside a day for children. children's
Day will he Thursday. September
29th. then special attractions and
amusements viii be offered for child
rem. 1t is expected that the teachers
in the various schools will be author
lied TO excuse pupils who wish to at
tend the fair on this day.
Transportation Facilities.
Every effort for the comfortable and
rapid transportation OF the crowds
will BE exerted by both the railway
companies and the street car COM
pany. The ID. s. s. & A. are Offering
excursion rates OF a fare and one
third for the round trip with final re.
turn limit Monday. September 27th.
The Copper Range railroad company
also offers reduced rates and in addi-
ton will run special trains from Calu-
net, leaving Calumet at about
o'clock and returning will leave
Houghton about 1880. The traction
company expects to run their cars af-
ter the usual hours and has promised
to run as long as any people remain
in the Amphidrome.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
church will conduct the dining hall.
where home cooking will be served.
There also will be innunerable
Frankfort and Hamburger stands in
the Amphidrome.
Valuable Premiums offered.
The lengthy premium list has at
tracted the best products in every line
Of endeavor and the number Of exhi-
bits will be larger this year than ever
before. -Four counties will this year
display the agricultural products. The
fair association has given seven sue
cessful fairs. and I'm that time has de-
monstrated to thousands of people
that this is as fine a farming country
as can be found in the Northwest. The
school childrens corn contest is the
latest effort Of the management 20
educate the people and over $500 en-
tries have been made in this contest.
1t has been demonstrated that corn
can be grown in the copper country
equal 20 that raised i'm the western
corn states. A number of special
prizes have been offered to the win
ners OF the contest. Leo. NJ. Geismar,
superintendent of Il. S. experiment
station at Chatham, has offered three
prizes for the best article on the care
and general use of the corn crop. S.
O. Clinton, commissioner of schools
for Baraga county, has offered seven
prizes for the best corn essay, open
10 children Of Baraga county only.
ed special prizes Of five, three and two
dollars for the best six ears of corn
grown by any person in Houghton
county.
Royeroft Farm.
The livestock show at the Copper
Country Fair this year will be larger
Than ever. Besides the local entries
which are exceedingly numerous, six
carloads of livestock will arrive Mon
day from outside points. The largest
consignment Of exhibits comes from
the Roycroft farm at Sidnaw w. s.
Prickett. proprietor or this Modern
farm, has i'm previous copper country
fairs entered two cars Of livestock and
farm products, but this year he has
notified the management that he will
enter three carloads.
Secretary John T. Mcnamara is just
in receipt Of a communication from
Mr. Prickett. stating that his exhibit
at the state fair at Detroit won 35
prizes. his Berkshire hogs alone cap
turing is prizes from lower state
farmers. The Roycroft farm is at
Sidnaw in Houghton county. His en-
tire exhibition at Detroit will be en-
tered at the Copper Country Fair.
The Roycroft farm is famous all
over the state OF Michigan for its prize
animals. Mr.. Prickett has exhibited
at many fairs and his animals have
won ribbons galore. He makes a spe-
cialty Of raising the finest and choicest |
breeds Of all livestock. and has made |
a study Of farming and developed IL
into a science.
Ontonagon Entries.
OntonagOn county will also be well |
represented in the agricultural de- |
partment, there being three carloads |
from Even. one of these is from |
a. X. Barnes, an extensive farmer of |
Ontonagon county. Mr.. Barnes spe-
cialiZes in Durham cattle. A. Saline,
also OF Even, is arranging a carload
exhibition from among the farmers
around Even and together they will
be represented by two cars of pre-
MUM winning entries. outside of the
and other farm products
these exhibitions will consist mainly of