Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-09-26

Juur[Y FAIR WAS
HANDICAPPED
ey the Action Of the Weather Man
s Splendid Agricultural Exhibits At
test the Fertility Of Marshall coun-
" Soil
The Marshall County Fair for 1912
IS now memory only. Although
secretary b. T. Frank and the other
officers of the fair association, had
put forth heroic efforts to make this
fair big success, yet weather condi= |;
tons over which neither they nor any
human being can exercise control,
came to interfere with their plans: All {
Monday it rained hard and on Tues
day morning several inches Of snow
fell, something very unusual here at.
this time of the year. Yet, in spite
of the inclement weather, many ex-5
hibits were brought in from the sur
rounding country. The display of
farm products was very complete and
better than at any former fair. In
the root crop and vegetable line some !.
very fine specimens we're shown. The
poultry exhibit also, was very good,
and those competent to Judge, said it
excelled what was shown at either
the Thief River Falls and Crookston
fairs.
Owing to the very bad weather, the
attendance of course was small, al
though the management decided to
charge no admission. Neither were
the amusement features patronized to
any great extent, with the exception
of the Sanford Dodge Companys per-
formances in the opera house, which
We're of a high order and delighted
large audiences.
All the judges in the various de-
partments We're from the Crookston
School of Agriculture. A complete
list of all prize-winners will be pub
lished in next weeks Sheaf
The chatelaine watch offered by
The Farmer for the best loaf of bread
made by girl under sixteen years,
was won by Miss Cora Hanson, of vi
knig. The watch is now on exhibi-
tion in D. Farrells show window,
where it will remain one week
McCrea township won first prize
for the best township exhibit It was
an attractive exhibit, which had been
collected and arranged mostly by the:
. children of the two Sunday schools i'll
the town. Town of Brislet secured
the second prize This feature will
undoubtedly prove drawing one at
future fairs.
/ The people of the county owe d
debt of gratitude to Secretary E. T.
Frank and the other officers of the
Fair Association for their heroic eff
forts to make the fair success The
bulk of the work has naturally fallen
on the secretary and he has done bet
ter than most any other man could
have done under the circumstances.
He has kept down expenses as far as
possible, and if the association will
receive it's usual allowance from the
county, it will have money in its
treasury after all premiums are paid
All exhibitors of stock kindly agreed
to refund to the association half of
the premium money won by them so
as to help the association on it's feet.
Bad weather will not always inter
fere with our fair, and next year we
expect to have the best and biggest
that we have ever had. Let us make
the start now. Let everybody select
good seed now for next years crops,
because good seed is very essential in
order to grow the best products Then
let everybody get ready good plot of
ground to receive the seed-the rain
and the sunshine will do the rest.
Secretary Frank Extends Thanks