The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-13
Winnipeg Will Celebrate the
Selkirk Centenary This Year

pie Of Winnipeg and the west, for they |
all regard Selkirk as the man who
blazed the trail which so many have
followed since his time.
Artistic Design.
In honor of the Selkirk centenary,
the exhibition directors have had pre-
pared a handsome and artistic design |
which will be used on the various
~handbooks and prizelist books Of the
exhibition. and in other forms of adj
vertising. a competition was held by
h directors in order to secure the
Der of photographers throughout the
Dominion entered designs. IN their
final selection the directors were gutd- |
ed by several we'll known advertisers
and art cpnnoisseurs in the city, and
after a thorough inspection the de-
sign entered by C. Stanton of Lon
don Ont. was selected as the most
appropriate.
The design represents Of
quit the national pastime at the end of
the famous scene of q hundred years
ago at h founding of Winnipeg. The
figure in the foreground is Miles Mac
donel. United Empire Loyalist cap
tain from Glensarry. whom Lord Sell
kirk selected to bring put the settlers
from Scotland. Lord selkirk met
mcdonnell some time previously. in
scotland: and 1t was in fact this Can
adam who persuaded thecolonists Of
the superior advantages OF the Red
river for A settlement. In his he !
stirred up the enmity of the represent
%tatives of the North West company,
and the fate of Macdonell and his
subsequent forcible return to the cas-
at their hands,, are we'll known. The |
picture. which will soon be we'll
known to all the people of Winnipeg
from its familiarity, shows Macdonell
addressing the Indians, whom he has
met on landing at Point Douglas.
while the boats hard by contain the
emiSrants from bonnie Scotland. the
tartan and the plaid being not incon.
spicuous.
Memorial Pageant.
Returning to the pageant. three
scenes and several tableaux will be
shown nightly. The first scene viii!
trace events from. prehistoric times
~! the coming Of the first settlers. !
The scene will be the banks of the
Red river. covered with tepees of the
indiana, Their mode of life will be
shown, and suddenly on their celebra- |
tons bursts the first white man. La
Nerandrye. Later come the hosts Of
~EoEssers seeking furs and barterins
freely with the Indians. On their heels |
to!lo" the first settlers, the Selkirk |
and the scene will close |
with an Indian attack on the settle
ment
n second scene will portray Fort
Garry and the stirring events of the
times of Louis Riel. At the outset he |
is in command of the fort and de-
claiming loudly to his followers, when
suddenly Indians bring news of the
coming OF Sir Garnet wolseley with |
his troops. Riel and his followers
quickly take TO hight. and close he.
hind come the troops under the gen
eral and under him the place is soon
restored to peace n order.
The third scene shows Batoche and
the times of the rebellion of 1885. Riel
IS again in evidence in the fore
round and makes his sudden attack
on captain Crozier's men. With results
most disastrous to the soldiers. In
their victory the tribes are loudly ex-
ultant and mock the prisoners whom
they have taken. News of General
Mlddleton's coningsoon spreads, how
ever, and though the STRONGHOLD is
surrounded, Riel agar makes good his
escape The rebel house is soon cap
tured and with the restoring of peace
a splendid concluding tableau win be
SHOWN with the rallving of the SOL
NatS dlCuHQ Jne BSf1tJCh |
flag, followed by a magnificent dis
play of fireworks
Covering the Grandstand.
There will be but few CHANGES in !
the exhibition this year in view OF the |
fact that the directors hope ere MANY
years nave passed to have the fair To-
Gated In a larger and more comlnodi-
Gus place near to the city. However
certain improvements have been
found necessary and these have been
started ON and will be completed be-
fore the opening day. The large stand
winch was erected in record time last
year after the previous structure had
been burned down within ten DAYS of
the opening of the fair proved to be
a most substantial structure and able
TO Dear the weight Of all who got seats
thereon. The only complaint was the
scorching sun, which, as is we'll
known to all residents Of Manitoba.
rs at full strength in the middle of
july. This year it has been arranged
mat a steel roof will be erected over
the central portion of the stand so
that those seated there and to the
SIDES for a time at least will have the
advantage of a shade from the burn
ing neat of a July day. The roof.
"hlch is now in the course of erection
IS 70 De SO constructed that when the
exhibition makes its formal removal
70 the new grounds it can be taken
Gown and set in position over the new
stand Wherever it may be located.
Another crying need Of the fair is
also to be satisfied for the present.
The motor contests Of the great
ploushing machines which has been
not the least noteworthy feature OF
the exhibition of the last five wears.
nave up TIL now been held in the open
AR. and while the noise has been most
o~lstracting for visitors to The fair
those in charge Of the competition
nave often suffered considerable trou-
Die from being Of necessity exposed to
any weather that might come on. It
is declded to erect a house in which
the contests may be held and work on
the building is now started and it will
ne completed before the start Of the
contest which from the time required
for its O pletion will be ready m
July " before the formal opening OF
the exhibition. The building will not
ne OF an elaborate nature. but for all
mat VIII be amply suited in every way
Tor the work for which it is desjprat.
ed.
Fifth Tractor Competition.
This will be the fifth year of the
motor competition and the Winnipeg
Ialr Is now generally regarded as one
OF the greatest in the west in this line.
In the first Year there were but few
entries n the plow land covered but
a small field in the neighborhood of
the exhibition. but so fast did the rem
utation of the Winnipeg air grow that
last year there we're to be seen on the
round OF the fair as many as half q
hundred o. these great levianthans of
modern eft1ciency on the prairie. This
year 1t IS expected that the number