Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-09
FLYING MACHINE At
LANCASTER'S FAIR
Contract Has Been Made With
The Curtiss Company.
Three Aerial Flights to be Made Each
Thursday and Friday
Sept. Ia and IS.


The 56th annual fair Of the Grant
County Agriculture Society will be
held in Lancaster Sept IS, IA and TO-
1911, and there is much reason to
claim that it will surpass in interest
ana attendance any fair held here in
many years.
The officers of the society closed a
contract last week with the Curtiss
Exhibition Co., Of New York, for
three flights to be made with one OF
their big aeroplanes on the fair
grounds on Thursday and three on
Friday, while on Wedn 3sday the
aviator in charge of the machine will
make flight which will carry him
in circles over the entire city, in
order to demonstrate to the public the
genuineness Of the attraction.
There are a great many fake flying
machine companies contracting for ex
hibitions which never take place and
which they never intend to make, and
a contract with one of these was under
contemplation by the fair society
several weeks ago, before the spurious
character of the company was ascer-
tanned. When this was discovered
the project was at once cancelled.
The present contract is with the
Glenn q. Curtiss Company, which is
thoroughly reliable, and as this will
be the first exhibition ever given in
this part of the country, people will
undoubtedly come here from long dis
tances throughout this section of the
state to see it. The company s price
for this series of flights is $4,000, but
the society was able to get a little
reduction from these rates because the
same exhibition 10 be given at Rock
ford, Ill, few days later.
The business and professional paople
of Lancaster have subscribed over $500
toward the expense Of this attraction
and the society will contribute the
balance of the cost.
Another special feature OF this
years fair will be that Thursday has
been signated especially as
Woman s Day, " for which occasion
an appropriate program will be pre-
pared. The society officers two special
cash prizes for the largest attendance
of members of any woman lodge in
the county Oh that day-Royal Neigh
bors, Eastern Stars, Rebekahs, Mystic
Workers or other fraternal order, $50
for first prize and $50 for second. In
addition to this, special prizes are
offered by merchants for the largest
attendance of members of women s
local church organizations. Woman s
Day" promises to be an event of con-
siderable note and will undoubtedly
bring out a large attendance on that
day.
The County Corn Contest" under
the management of J. G. Brockert,
county superintendent Of schools, is
another interesting special feature for
this year.
Last spring special seed corn.
obtained from the state experiment
station, was furnished to boys
throughout Grant county who are
raising and caring for the crop them
selves and will enter the results of
their Efforts, 10 sample ears each, in
competition at the fair for the $50 in
prizes that the association offers.
The regular departments of the fair
have been strengthened by revision
of the premium list and an increase
Of the amounts offered in number of
instances. The poultry department
has this year been placeu in charge
of a superintendent of its own separate
from the Farm Produce department.,
with which it has heretofore been
connected. This is a decided change
for the better John Mcmahon will
be the poultry superintendent.
The list of special premiums this
year is much larger than ever before
In this list is included the offer of a
fine sewing machine, given by the c.
G. Roberts Music Co. to the couple
that will be married on the fair
grounds on Thursday.
The races this year will be: Thurs
day 80 class, trotting, purse $3.50;
9 20 class, pacing, purse $3.50; half
mile running purse 500.
Friday, ? IA class, pacing, purse
$500; 20 class, trotting, purse $500;
half mile, running, purse 500.
The premium lists of the fair,
which are being printed at The Her
aid Office, will be completed and
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