The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-30
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DISPLAYS ARE S''
DECIDEDLY GOOD
Main Interest Centered in
the Things Offered as
Prize Competitors.
ATTRACTIONS ARE BEST
EVER BROUGHT TO CITY
Amusement and Education Happily
Blended in the Days Program
Which Holds Something for Every
One on the Grounds Who Seeks II.

With hundreds of visitors from all
parts of the state flocking through the
gates and under smiling skies the
officially opened at noon today.
This is Grand Forks and East
Grand Forks day and a record at
tendance for first day is anticipated
this afternoon and evening. Nearly
all of the business houses closed at
noon and the crowds that have
surged through the gates since the
first ticket taker was on the job early
this morning are being augmented by
many employees and heads Of firms
this afternoon. Grand Forks is show
ing its appreciation of this man.
moth agricultural exposition by send
boosters.
Not only is this city and East
Grand Forks we'll represented at the
fair today, for from practically every
city of any importance in North Da-
kota and northern Minnesota have
come delegations of sightseers to en-
JOY the innumerable exhibits, the
harness races and the world of
amusement features offered at this
the largest of the states county fairs.
A seven-minute street car service
was inaugurated for the fair this
morning and the cars are carrying
capacity and over. The fare to the
grounds on the electric cars is ten
cents. Not to be outdone by the
street car company motor car owners
who are in the rent business have
decorated their cars with big signs
calling attention to the fact that they
are making trips to the fair grounds
for twenty-five cents passenger.
Like the street cars. the automobiles
are having about all the business they
can handle this afternoon.
Check Lot.
A portion Of the fair grounds has
been set aside for visiting automo-
biles and the big CHECK lot" is in
charge of representatives Of the
Grand Forks Automobile club who
are gladhanding visitors right and
left. The motor car park is we'll
filled with machines. many of the cars
Gus cities about the state.
For the convience of fair visitors the
telephone and telegraph and mess
enger companies have stations about
the grounds and are already doing
lively business. Out-of-town visitors
have adopted the fade of sending
greetings" to the folks at home and
the wires are being kept hot with
"hellos'' from the county fair to per-
to the big show before the four days
Of celebrating are over or who will
regret that they cannot join in the
good time that the various messages
are telling off. Telephone booths
where long distance connections can
be obtained are features of the ac-
commodations for the visitors and
T.. t.
all of the principal buildings.
The fair grounds are being we'll po-
Iced and every effort is being made to
keep out the rough element. Suspici-
Gus looking characters are spotted by
plain clothes men the minute they en-
ter the grounds and are either order
ed out or made to he good. The man.
agement proposes to have no rough
stuff" mar the pleasure of county fair
have had no trouble whatever.
immensely of Show.
The visitor at this years fair is i'm
pressed with the immensity of the
show the minute he passes the turn
stile and enters. the grounds. On
either side of the main entrance are
lined up scores of the largest tractors
and threshing machines ever shipped
into the northwest. The machinery
and implement snow covers acres OF
ground and is the object of the leading
Of the fair. The farmers
who have already commenced to in
spect the various displays closely say
this is the greatest machinery. imple-
ment and vehicle demonstration they
have ever seen and far ahead Of any,
thing Of the kind ever before offered
in this part Of the country. The ma
exhibits are in charge Of the
foremost men in this line Of industry
in the northwest and the farmer or
business man who spends a few min
utes with them will be we'll repaid for
his time.
Probably next in importance to the
and implement department
this year is the livestock department
which has attracted many Of the
leading exhibitors. From
South Dakota, Iowa, all
parts Of North Dakota and other mid
die west states have come the finest |
herds: cattle that have captured blue !
ribbons in the largest livestock shows |
in the world.
Farmers Delighted.
One farmer who inspected the ex-
hibit in the cattle barns this fore
nonn declared. 0I novor sow s,,o1,