Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-09-21

! The 1910 Street Fair has come
and gone. In many respects it sur
passed most Of its predecessors.
The attendance was good all four
days in spite of the threatening
weather of two days. The free at
fractions were good. The Mexican
Zamora family performed to a
crowded street twice daily, and
thousands watched Rollo make his
sensational slide each time on Fifth
street. The fireworks on Thursday
and Friday evenings were the finest
ever seen in this part of the state,
including several large set pieces
and many of the latest aerial ef-
ects. The displays were in charge
of the manufacturers, the Gregory
Fireworks Company.
The Willmar Military Band fur
nished splendid music and won
much commentator and applause
by their good work.
The innovation of housing the
exhibits in tents proved a good one,
altho in every case the space pro-
vided proved too small for the
great number Of exhibits brot in.
Double the space could have been
used to good advantage. The hor-
ticultura| tent was a scene of beau
ty. Here were housed the butter,
vegetable and flower exhibits as
we'll. A fine fountain played III the
center of the flower exhibit and
live fish disported in the basin of
the same. The busiest man on the
grounds was F. W. Powell, who
was the superintendent of these de-
partments.
The feature which attracted an
unceasing flow Of interested specta-
tors was the miniature farm and
grist mill, which was also housed
in this tent. Sheriff Bonde, Eben
Lawson, Ralph Stanford, Ed Mag
nuosn, Hugh Campbell and other
kindred spirits had designed and
built this display. It occupied the
entire end of the tent. The raised
platform was sodded and made up
with running brook, a lake, hills,
valleys, roads, bridges, telephone
lines, rural delivery boxes, etc.
Uncle Silas Bluestem's log cabin
with all the accessories was there,
and Uncle himself was either fish,
ing at the mill or sitting in the
doorway reading the "Hawick Daily
News or the ''Svea Snuffer."
| Adjoining to the right was Uncle
Silas' more prosperous brothers
place, that of Hiram Bluestem.
His farm was equipped with up-to.
date buildings and machinery, all
shown there in detail. To the left
of the exhibit was bear Hollow
Grist MILL" with a real water
wheel running under a fall in the
brook with machinery inside of the
. mill drawn by the same. The
brook then disappeared down into {
ravine. Early and late this ex.
hibit was thronged with visitors
This feature will be rendered fo1
I use at the county exhibit at thu
Stae Fair next year if desired.
Willmar has had many fine ar
exhibits at her annual street fairs
I but it remained for the fair O:
$ 1910 to eclipse all previous ones j,
this department.
8 Beautiful needlework of all de
: scriptions, intricate, dainty stitch
r es; choicest paintings, delicat'
china with decorations only at
| tempted by the hand of an artist
all these effectively arranged witt
the fair colors for a background
made a pleasing picture and at
tracted constant stream of de
il lighted visitors. At no other fai
: has there been such a number O
: exceedingly beautiful specimens o
artistic work placed on exhibition
and not least in this attractive col
lection was the work of the chill
! dren, which was splendid, ha
caused no end of favorable com
: ment and is proof positive that ad
vancement is being made along a