The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-10-12
First County Fair
a Great Success.
Exhibits Shown al At L'Anse Last Sat
urday Arouse Great Enthusiasm
Among Farmers and Citizens.

The progressiveness of the people
of Baraga county was demonstrated
last Saturday at the first annual fair
given in L'Anse by the Grangers.
The class and quality of the exhibits
were far in excess of the most enthu-
siastic expectations of the members of
the grange and left no room for doubt
that in succeeding years the exhibits
will be greatly increased and that
more successful fair can be held. We
have every reason to be proud of the
first fair, there being over five hundred
paid admissions.
FARMERS ARE ENTHUsED.
Every township in the county was
represented among the exhibits and on
every hand only words of praise could
be heard. The interest created and
the friendly rivalry aroused assures the
success of future fairs, this being the
spirit desired by those interested. The
events bring the people together in
friendly competitor, where they can
compare notes upon the meteods of cul-
tivation of the various crops and go
to their homes imbibed with fresh en-
thusiasm for their work and with de-
termination to have a better exhibit
and win over others at next years
show.
SPLENDID EXHIBITS.
The display of fruit was especially
worthy of attention and shows that the
U. P. can compete with the best of
them in certain kinds of fruit.
The Bartlett pears shown were per-
feet in form, large and fully ripened.
Apples were there in all sizes, shapes
and colors. The display while not over
large, shows that the farmers in this
county can raise splendid apples. The
Wealthy, Wolf River, Greening and
Duchess of Gutenberg apples could not
be excelled anywhere. The Sickle pear
crabapples, preserves, homemade
starch from potatoes and an orange
tree were also SHOWN.
There were l20 vegetable exhibits,
of turnips, sugar beets, carrots, toma-
toes, celery, pumpkins, squash, etc,
and wheat, oats, timothy, alfalfa, sec
ond crop clover and corn.
The Roosevelt oats were of fine
growth and would run 100 bushels to
the acre.
John Elfman, keeper of the Baraga
county poor farm, had on display a
large variety of vegetables and has
hundreds of bushels for sale.
To ORGANIZE FAIR ASSOCIATION.
The success of our county exhibit has
set the wheels in motion for organizing
county fair association in order that
the exhibit shall be an annual event.
By united cooperation of parties in
terested from all over the county an
association will be formed that will
make our county fair of great interest
and benefit. A suggestion has been
proposed that temporary meeting for
organization De nelu at an early date
and that canvass be made of the
county to secure as many supporters as
possible.
.. THE SENTINEL invites its readers to
send in their names TO its office, where
careful record will be kept and at as
early date as is warranted meeting
will be called to perfect organization.
The movement must be county wide;
all are urged to enlist in so good a
cause and The SENTINEL will gladly
lend its space to furthering the organi-
cation.
NoTABLES PRESENT.
Among the notables present at the
fair from out of town were Ex-Lieuten-
mt Governor 0. w. Robinson of Chas-
sell, Sen. w. Frank James and Charles
F. Rogers, of Hancock; w. B. Hoar
and j. T. Mcnamara, president and
secretary respectively of the copper
country fair association, and last, but
not least, Pat Cook, representing the
Gazette of Houghton.