Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-09-20
BIG BADGER SHOW
IS GREATEST EVER
State Fair at Milwaukee Sur
passes a.. Records.
FULL OF GREAT ATTRACTIONS
Attendance Is Largest in History of
Fair-Exhibits Are Most I'm
structiVe and Interesting
Big Race Program.

With a promise of surprising its
best previous records. the WisconsfS
state fair opened in Milwaukee with
dash and spirit that reflected great
credit on its officials The attend
ance so far has beaten the records of
previous years and the amusement at
fractions and industrial and farm ex-
hlbits are the best ever presented.
About three-fourths of the horses at
the Hamline track, contesting for the
Minneapolis state fair purses, have
come to the Wisconsin fair for a final
clean up on the northwestern fair cir
cult, which includes Iowa and Mime
sofa
superintendent of Speed Prehn has
a list of over 800 trotters and PAGERS
entered. and every event on the card
is filed. In some of the events there
are as high as twenty entries,
which insures a stretch full of horses
at the start of the several races.
Every woman in the state of Wis
consin is invited to attend woman's
day at the state fair. No entrance fee
viii be charged to the special tent set
apart for the exercises.
Miss Lutte E. Stearns has been
chosen chairman of the day, which is
the first in the history of the fair to
be devoted to the interests of women
especially.
Perhaps the most sought after ex-
hibit on the grounds was the tent at
the south entrance in which Lincoln
Beachey and C. c. Wittmer, the Cur
tiss aviators, have set up their two
biplanes. These noted aviators are
thrilling visitors daily by their daring
feats in the air.
This years state fair has the I'M
usual experience of showing the win
ners of four other state fairs in COM
petition. Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and
Minnesota are all more heavily rep
resented in the cattle, horse, hog and
sheep divisions than ever before. This
is especially true in the cattle depart
ment.
Nearly every member of the
Wisconsin legislature has accepted
the invitation to visit the state fair
and notices have been sent to all as
semblymen and senators to meet at
the Plankinton house. Assemblyman
Grant w Fisher and Frank A. Cannon
of the Citizens Business league will
provide twenty-five or more automo-
biles to escort the Legislators to the
grounds, where they will inspect the
buildings and secure information that
will be valuable when the state board
of agriculture applies for funds to COM
plete improvements on the state fair
grounds.
The system of admission to the
grounds has been changed, and Super
intendent of Grounds o. G. Rewey has
installed at the main entrance two
octagonal ticket booths, permitting
eight ticket sellers to operate during
the rush hours. A new ticket office
was erected at the automobile gate
500 feet east of the main entrance.
There will be a representative at the
downtown bureau of information for
the sale of admission tickets to the
grounds and for grand stand reserved
seats and box tickets.
Acting Chief Linkmann has as
signed a chemical engine and com
pany for protection and the fire head
quarters will be near the grand stand.
Marshal Grant, U. Fisher, GAINESVILLE,
has practically completed arrange
ments for policing the grounds. He
will be assisted by George Appleby,
United States marshal for the western
district of Wisconsin. Eight police
chiefs from cities in the state have
agreed to attend the fair a part of the
week and aid in protecting visitors.
Two plain clothes men from Chicago
and six from Milwaukee will be on the
grounds. Sheriff Arnold will swear In
20 extra deputies during the state fair
week.