The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-09-14

days that Brookings county EVER had,
for the county exhibit carried off
first prize at the state fair at Huron,
winning over ninteen competitors. The
victory was a fine one, as this year
the exhibits We're especially good, and
every citizen of the county has reason
to feel a thrill of pride. The Brook
ings county exhibit was nearly per.
feet, there being just the right num-
Der of each variety and it was most
neatly arranged. 1t has been the
center Of attraction at Huron all the
week and is easily the finest of a fine
lot of county exhibits.
The following counties we're repre-
scented by exhibits: C%odington, Sphinx,
Kingsbury, Grant, Miner, Brookings,
Minnehaha, Yankton, Beadle, McCOOk,
Dawson, Sanborn, Clay, Hand, Jerauld,
Fall River, Brule, Lawrence, Penning-
ton. BY this it will be seen that the
best agricultural counties in the state
we're represented. Kingsbury county,
our neighbor on the west, was award
ed second prize and Sanborn county
was given third.
Brookings county's victory is all
the more creditable from the fact
that the work of gathering the eX-
hibit was not commenced until mid
summer, when the Brookings Com
mercial club took the matter up and
later turned it over to the Bookings
County State Fair Assn, which organi-
alton starts out with a fine victory
work of preparing the exhibit was
done largely by j. T. Sarvis, assisted
by Ed. Thornber and they are certain
" entitled to high credit for their
work.
The value of the prize in an ad-
vertising way will be immense, and
will go a long way toward proving
what we have claimed that Brook
ings county in the banner county Of
South Dakota.
As we remarked before, yesterday
was a big day for Brookings county,
and it was especially large to the
twelve hundred county boosters who
iourneyed to Huron to attend the state
fair. Not only did Brookings county
win first prize in the county exhibits,
but it led all other counties and cities
of the state in attendance, and put
on the biggest parade that has ever
been seen in Huron. In fact Brook
ings county was about the whole
show at Huron yesterday, and de,
monstrated to the rest Of the state
that we are on the map and in big
type too.
The special Brookings county train
started al Elkton. where over two
hundred citizens we're aboard and an
other big bunch was picked up at Au-
rora. At Brookings the crowd was
swelled by over five hundred more
boosters and at the Junction four
coaches from the north We're hitched
on. Volga added its share and a few
more for good measure, so that by the
time the train reached the county lirc
there We're over twelve hundred coun'
ty boosters on board. The oficial
count is given at 1901, but there
were a few Brookings county people
who went with the Kingsburg coun
ty special from Arlington. The cars
we're jammed full, there being about
one hundred and twenty-five people
on each coach, but the crowd was
Jolly one and did not mind a little
inconvenience when going for a good
time.
Arriving at Huron about ten O'Clock
the county boosters were formed II
line and marched down town TO the
music of the Brookings band, ant
they certainly made the crowds from
the rest of the state sit up and TAX
notice. Each Brookings County boost
er, including the ladies were decket
out with %Brookings county badges
and the coaches were decket
with banners. always Sure, Brook
ings County," was the way they rea'
and this conveyed a lot of meaning
The boosters enjoyed themselve
thoroughly at the fair and report tina
the exposition is the biggest and bes
ever held in the state. The aeroplane
the sheep dog trials. horse races ali
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