The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-30
Secular News Of the Week.

Secular News Of the Week.
Secretary J. c. Simpson of the State
Agricultural Society at the meeting OF
the Board of State Fair Managers to-
day said that $4,000 will be needed
by the society to pay it's obligations
and maintain it's property and make
the preparations for the fair of 1872
It is expected that the deficit proper
will be about $4,000 and that $4,000
will be needed for maintenance and
preparation for next year.
The records of attendance at the
Minnesota State Fair show that dur
ing five days of rain and one fairly
pleasant day 235,702 people visited the
fair grounds The 1911 fair has right
ly been called an agricultural fair
If having exhibits of the soil products
from thirty-four counties of the state
and showing what can be best pro-
duced in every section constitutes an
agricultural fair then certainly the
one Just closed was one. The live
stock entries were more numerous
than ever before and the showing OF
pure bred cattle, horses, sheep and
swine was not only more creditable
than that ever made here before, but
ranked with that ever made at any
state fair In the machinery depart
ment it surpassed any display OF ma
chinery ever seen with the possible
exception of that at the Worlds Fair
in Chicago. The dairy department ex-
hibit was declared by experts to be
the best ever seen at any state fair
In the woman's, the horticultural,
Horticultural and other departments the
number of entries was larger than
ever before and the thought and work
expended brought results which were
appreciated by all classes OF visitors
The next big land lottery will be
held in South Dakota from October z
to 81. inclusive, when 466,562 acres of
land in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge
reservations will be offered as prizes
to landseekers Gregory, Dallas, Cham
berlain and Rapid City will be the
registration points. On October "a the
drawing will commence at Gregory.
Large crowds are expected. Probably
100000 persons will register. The
price of every 160-acre tract already
has been fixed by government apprais-
ers, and the homesteader will pay the
price so fixed regardless of whether
he files first or last. The prices fixed
by the appraisers are from Is cents an
acre for the toughest grazing land to
Sc an acre for the finest agricultural
land. Of the total of about half
million acres subject to homestead
entry. about one-third has been classi-
] fed as agricultural land at from ~
to Sc an acre.
A heavy earthquake was recorded
on the seismograph of the Georgetown
University observatory last Sunday
night. Shocks lasted an hour. Father
ITondorf, director of the observatory
said the center of the disturbance ap
parently was about 4,500 miles away
from Washington and he believed il
was connected with the eruption OF
Mount Etna.
In Detroit, Mich, they are looking
for name for their annual water car
nival. A handsome new Flanders au
. tomobile is to be awarded to the per
son suggesting the best name. The
, contest is open to people everywhere
Detroit's water front is twenty-foul
miles in length, and across the river
canada affords similar stretch Of
river front So, from the many van
, tage points, hundreds of thousands
| can see the magnificent river specta
) Gle by day and by night. The carniva
of 1912 will be held during the weei
of July oath. The Detroit Board o.
Commerce appreciates the magnitude
of this event and so has offered tht
: Flanders car as a prize. The name
must be catchy and in some way
+ characteristic of Detroit. The confess
: closes October 10th and all names
J must be sent to the contest COMMITTEES
of the Detroit Board of Commerce, De
: troit, Mich.
I Governors John Shafroth, Colorado;
James H. Hawley, of Idaho and j. M
Carey of Wyoming held a conference
, with A. B. Hulitt, commissioner gener