The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-01
Fair Notes

j. T. Keeler, travelling representa-
tive of the Western Vaudeville Mana
gers association of Chicago. was a
fair visitor last evening and was
highly pleased with the attractions.
MIR. keeler is booking Mestasch, the
monoplane flyer. in addition to sev-
eral of the other acts at the fair, and
stated hat he had the French avi-
ator signed up for several months
ahead.
Among the participants in the big
parade last evening were teams and
drivers from the Red River Valley
Brick company. Grand Forks Mer-
camille Co, Red River Power CO.. NJ.
j. Londergan Dray Co, Robertson
Lumber Co, st. Hilaire Lumber Co..
S. Panovitz. Ontario Store. p. F.
Werstlein. Armour & Co. Swift &
Co. and the Model Steam Laundry.
Officials Of the races are j. F.
Reeve of Beach, starter; j. n. Woods.
Grand Forks. superintendent Of
speed; \. y. Chamberlain, St. Paul,
6. A. Beacham, Grand Forks, and W.
a. Smith of Grand Forks. timers:
Harry Lord, Cando. James Matthews.
judges.
Mr.. Reeve. the starter, has proved
Very capable on his difficult job. The
drivers all realize that he is not to
he fooled with and get away quickly
and cleanly in all of h heats. Mr..
Reeve also has an excellent voice for
announcing the results and can be
heard clearly all over the srandstand
and hleachers.
The Barkoot men regret very much
to See hat Irvine Meers. who fell
while looping-the-loop is so badly
hurt. They have watched the feat
performed day after day and know
the dangers c~onnecte.. with the dar-
ing act.
Messrs. Feetham. Black and Moore,
in charge of the horse, hog and sheep
and cattle departments. respectively,
have heen more than courteous in
giving out the results of the judgine
to the newspapers. Their willingness
To furnish the information. sometimes
to their inconvenience. has helped the
Tirnos-Herald force considerab bly, and
thereby gave the public the results
as quickly as they We're accessible.
The Grand Forks Automobile club
is making a favorable impression
with automobile owners and drivers
who are visiting the fair. The club
has a big space for parking the autos
with j. W. Novak as automobile DO
%licen1an. Mr., Novak stays in the en-
closure all the time and watches the
machines. so that anything in them
is safe from Intrusion. Hundreds of
owners and drivers have taken adj
vantage of this courtesy extended by
the club. and are grateful for the OPP
poriunitN Of attending the fair with
their machines. knowing that when
they leave them there will be no mo-
leStation.
+. T. Jones, representing the Am
erican Poultry World of Buffalo. and
II. f. Showalter. with the Inland
Poultry Journal of Indianapolis. have
headquarters in the poultry building
and are taking subscriptions for their
magazines. Both men understand
poultry thoroughly and their presence
near the pens has given people with
questions to ask an excellent oppor-
tunity of receiving authoritative
answers.
The katzenjammer Kastle. CRAZY
House and merry-so-round are three
Of the biggest fun makers on the fair
grounds. Those who made merry on
the pike last night enjoyed these three
features immensely.
Larimore's band. which made such
a big hit here yesterday. has been UNI
der the tutelaee of VIM. Finley of
Grand Forks for the past few months.
Mr.. Finley makes Il weekly or hi
weekly trip TO the west end Of the
county metropolis ana has the band
So they can play with the best of
musical organizations.
Wind and sun have dried up the
track S" il is in better shape than
"T"r TO-DAY, Trackmas,er Dick Archer
Ia. h'd IN rollers and drags AT work
'N"r since the dn!use of Tuesday
nl.h md inst"a4 of making the
e"tr' = Sewer Z; will be faster than
ever today and tomorrow. Yester-
~ VI So n aNN for the horses but
Y ..ivnt for mutorcvr!e riding.
-" NJ the most interesting ma
"''!at"! Exhibits AZ the fair is that of
-" Holland Wild Oats Separator
company of Valley City. Albert Hoi-
Land is the inventor of this device,
which is the only machine that will
separate the void from the anne oats.
The machine attracted SO much at
%tention that MIR. Holland was taken
along on the big farm demonstration
trains this yea and has shown thou
sands of North Dakotans his invalu-
separate the wild from the tame oats.
crops. The agricultural college at
Fargo has taken a big interest in the
invention and are advising the farm
ers to inspect the same for their own
good, as it insures excellent oat crops,
free from the wild pest.
Miss Edith Bell. assistant circula-
ton manager for the Western maya
zine, formerly an East Grand Forks
resident, is here from Spokane taking
in the fair and visiting her parents
Miss Bertha Standish. formerly a
teacher in the East Grand Forks
schools. has charge of the Westerner
circulation with headquarters in Sc
attic and Spokane. Miss Bell leaves
Saturday for a weeks visit in Mime.