The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-28
plan BIG FAIR
AT DEVILS LAKE
EDUCATIONAL ExHIHIT WILL BE
ONE OF THE MOST INTER
EsTING EVER MADE IN
THE STATE.

Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. 2S.-With
over $500 worth OF merchandise pro-
miums offered, prospects for the
First Annual Lake Region Mid
Winter Fair and Farmers convention.
which will be held In Devils Lake on
Jan. 10, IL and IL, appear excep-
tionally bright at this time. 1t il be-
lieved BY Henry Hale, secretary of the
fair association which was recently or
ganized. that the combination OF an
agricultural display and a farmers i'm
stitute will tend to interest both farm
ers and residents Of the city.
For the education OF the farmers in
better farming. number OF extraordi-
nary features have been arranged.
Thomas Cooper, formerly of Minneso-
ia, now secretary OF the Better Farm
ing Movement association OF North
Dakota, which Is the outgrowth of the
Hundred Dollar An Acre club. will
have a conspicuous place on the pro-
gramme, being booked for an address
the afternoon of Jan. IL.
President Pennington and Vice
President Martin Of the 500 will spend
one day in Devils Lake during the fair
The commercial club will probably ar
range a public reception for the gen
! tlemen in order that the people of the
lage region may meet the executive,
and his assistant, of the road for
which the steel viii be laid into Devils
Lake the coming summer. Prof.
IT. A. Hoverstad will have charge OF n
section OF the farm institute work and
besides himself viii bring several
1 A. ISlg r{r~
| particular lines.
An educational display feature which
Il is believed will excel anything OF the
kind ever arranged in the state, will
be shown. This will include complete
displays from the Fort Totten Indian
Industrial school, the North Dakota
School for the deaf, st. Mary's acad-
envy and the Devils Lake public school,
besides a large number OF country
schools, the students OF which will
send corn and other vegetable dis
plays. The displays which will be ar
ranged by the Indian school will in It
self, be worth travelling some dis
/ lance to see II shows samples OF tina
handiwork OF the girls and the crafts
manship of the young Indian boys who
/ are being trained under the direction
of superintendent Viebach at the gov
eminent Indian school
Supt. ID. r. Bangs of the school for
the deaf has worked up an interesting
display showing what has been accom-
plished by the deaf and dumb children
Of North Dakota. The fact that the
school is located in Devils Lake adds
considerable interest TO II.
A contest Is being arranged between
the merchants Of the lake region and
Devils Lake in particular, for displays
at the fair. Booths will be allotted to
the various merchandise institutions,
with appropriate prizes for the best
displays in the various lines.
Secretary Hale announced today
that in arranging the prize list that
the school children of the district win
receive a large share OF attention.
Handsome, and at once substantial
and appropriate prizes will be awarded
for every conceivable display Of gar
den truck, grains. grasses and work
done in the public schools. He is well
pleased with the manner in which the
merchants of Devils Lake have re-
sponded to the call for prizes. which
insures the success Of the initial mid
winter fair In the lake region.