The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-10-12
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| CROWDS COMING
B.B. &B.C.Gives
$500 Cup for
Potatoes
PROGRAM

company offers a 5000 silver cup
as community prize for pot
atoes. shown at the Whatcom
County Fair
Size. quality and yield MI"
count in making the award.
To become the permanent pro-
pertv of any community the cup
must be won three times. But
the community winning the 'up
this year will have it 10 hold
until next years fair
This is one of the handsomest
prizes ever offered in any Wash
ington county fair. Every cain-
munity should make try for II.
Several other big special prizes
are to be offered and will be an
nounced in next weeks Tribune,
and on the fair grounds.
One week from today is first da!
of the fair-Whatcom County Fair
of Lynden.
Every thing seems to point 10 th'
biggest fair ever held in Whatcon
county.
Already several exhibits ilavi
come in and space is being arrang.
ed for others that are coming.
Besides the $500 in cash premiums
that are being given by the iail
nearly $500 in silver cups
md special premiums have been pro-
nised
Thursday will probably be largely
Ievoted to arranging e<hibits. Fri-
lay and Saturday will be the big
lays First class band music mas
'een arranged for.
The grounds will be in readiness.
The big exhibit hall is now pract-
cally completed. 1t is 80 feet by
90 feet and will hold all exhibits
nder cover where they may be
iewed at their best, rain or shine.
Sheds and shelters for live stock, of
II kinds are also being arranged.
The big grand stand that will reat
early 1000 people is rapidly going
p.
The half mile race track is learly
nished, and the ball and field sports
rounds will be in excellent shape,
efore next Thursday,
Word comes from Nooksack, Dom
lg, Bumas, Laurel, Ferndale, Acme.
nd Blaine, that in those neigh
)rhoods community exhibits are be-
g arranged and will be shown in
lch a manner as to advertice the
besides competing .or
le individual prizes.
Some of the best displays of blood
live stock ever shown in the North
est will be on display here.
one of the special prizes to be
'o'Nu VIII De Il |6uU silver cup lOi
e best neighborhood display of
cup to be won three
times.
The program for the big fair is
'w practically arranged. There will
plenty of sports, Friday and Sat
fday. Thursday is especially ex-
bltors' day and practically the whole
ny will be given up to displaying f
I'D arranging exhibits to their best :
Vantage.
rhere will be two ball games. Fri Fl
ay the attorneys of Bellngham will
lay business mems team of Lyn- n
'h This game will hereafter be :
aue an annual feature. Sometime r
90 the committee promised to offer fl
cup as prize that would be the
est thlng of the kind offered ii h
IL iaif. Since then the b. b. & j. \
: railway company has come through j
lth an offer of a 5000 cup for pot
Loes and the committee freely ad-
'l's 1t Will have to "go some" 10
eat II, however, one of them ns'
ireu the editor of the Tribune
we are not going back on our word
hu there will be no complaint of the
~ we are going to hang up for that
nnual ball game" /
saturday the ball game will be
tween the Lynden regulars and tae
lihas regulars.
Aiso' Saturday forenoon there is %
root ball game between the Lyn-
III and the Bellingham high school ],