The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-10-10
FAIR ABIG SUCCESS
a Splendid Exposition OF the Natural
Resources of Whatcorn County.
Record Breaking Attendance

Record-breaking crowds attended
this years county fair at Lynden last
week. The weather conditions were
ideal and everything passed off in a
first-class manner, satisfactory to visit
ors and local citizens alike.
Thousands of people participated in
the delightful celebration, which was
by all odds the most important in the
local calendar of the year. And the
grand fair celebration of last week was
the keynote of what should be the per-
sistent permanent policy of not only
the fair management but of Lynden' s
people in general. Last week at this
fair the people of Whatcom county got
together and had good time. There
was little formalty about the affair
but everybody enjoyed it. The partici-
patton was general. The townspeople
and the country people, people from
Bellingham, Everson, Nooksack, Fern
dale, in fact, from all points in the val
ley WED with one another to make the
Big Show a Big Success. Men and
women, boys and girls, Joined in the
fair festivities and entered heartily
into the spirit of the occasion, and a
demonstration of good feeling and gen.
uine interest was manifest. No COM
plants were made and none were
heard The attendants were certainly
satisfied, and so were the Lyndenites.
They had every reason to be. The
fair brought together all the folks of
the town and the Valley. 1t gave them
a chance to get acquainted again, and
in talking matters over they found
that there are many things of common
interest which make it desirable that
they should meet annually at the
county fair and that the very identity
of the interests of the various sections
of the Valley should find its people
more closely together in business and
in social relations.
On Thursday, the first day of the
fair there We're sold at the gate 709
adult tickets. sc children's tickets ana
II season t:skess. Total gate receipts.
$22205.
On Friday, the second day of the
fair, there were sold at the gate, 2.S12
adult tickets. 439 children's tickets,
and s season tickets. Total gate re-
ceipts, $775.10.
On Saturday, the third and last dav
of the fair. there were 2,543 adult tick
cts and $40 children's tickets sold at
the gate. Total gate receipts, S121.15.
The grandstand receipts on Friday
were $15S.25 and on Saturday they
amounted to $15S.35. Showing that OH
each of the days that the grandstand
was opened for an admission charge.
the attendance was about the same.
The grand total receipts for admis-
sions on the three days amounted TO
$1,71S.90, and the total receipts at the
grandstand were $4,000, making i
grand total of $2.035.5O.
The gate receipts last year amount
ed to $1.1S6.93, $562.O6 on Friday and
$624S7 on Saturday. The grand
stand receipts last year were $117.73
for Friday, and $169.20 for Saturday /.
On Saturday of last years fair the
grandstand was opened to admissions
both forenoon and afternoon while
this year there was no admission in
the forenoon. The concessions this
year netted the association $5S0.00.
Last year they brought $1O3.
II is safe to estimate that fully 4.O00
people were in attendance on this
years fair on each of the main days
Friday and Saturday.
The financial showing made is one
that every citizen of Whatcom County
may be proud of and reflects with
great credit upon those having the
management of the county fair IN
charge.
The association. it has been found
will be compelled to build some addi'
tional cattle and horse sheds for next
years Big Show. Many entries had to
be turned away this year for the rea
son that the stock sought to be enter
ed could no be taken care of. 1t is the
purpose of he association to use the
present sheds entirely for cattle next
year and to erect some new horse
sheds.
The following firms made creditable
displays which were greatly admired
by the throngs of visitors. Many OF
the displays showed unusual good
taste in arrangement, and in color Ell
fects in their decorations. The dis
plays were all made in the Merchants
and Manufacturers building, which
had been erected this year:
Pacific Coast Condensed MIX Co.,
Carnation Milk.
Whatcom Flour & Feed Co., Bellin.-
ham.
Lynden Creamery Co.
Royal Dairy Co., Bellingham.
Banner Creamery Co., Lynden.
Fisher FIGURING Mills, Seattle.
Lynden Implement Co., Lynden.
Centennial FIGURING Mills, Seattle.
Folz Millinery, Lynden.
Bellingham Candy Co.. Dellingham
Farmers Mercantile Co.. Lynden.
Bellingham Flour Mills Co., Bellire
ham
Lynden Department Store, Lynden
+. J. Barlow, Bellngham.
Bowman Implement Co.
Ford Automobile Co.
Morse Hardware Co., Bellingham.
Bartlett Bros, Bellingham.
Northern Grocery Co.
Ira d. Lundy Co.. Seattle.
The Lynden Creamery had posted
over its display some facts and fig
ures regarding the prosperity of Lyn-
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