The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-08-26
Bumper Crop Will Give Farmers
Money and Early Harvest the
Necessary Leisure.
WISCONSIN AFTER PRIZE
Will Make Strong Effort to Capture
81 900 Premium Offered For Best
Butter Shown.
By United Press.

By United Press.
st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 26.-One
week from today the great state fair
of Minnesota will be in full swing.
Already the grounds are pulsing with
life. Exhibits arriving at brief in
tervals in car load lots furnish a
source of never-ending wonderment
and interest to the hordes of Curl
csity seekers. All eyes of the pleas
ure-bent from now on will be turned
toward the fair grounds
And this is to be the greatest state
fair in the history of the Northwest
second only to a worlds fair or
national exposition-if the unre-
lenting efforts of the officials now
bending toward that end can make
it so. But there will be many fea-
lures about this fair of particular
interest to people of the surrounding
states, not to be found in an exhibit
tion inviting the attention of the
world
Those in position to know claim
that the recOrd-breaking attendance
at the fair will be greatly helped by
the record-breaking crops. this year,
which gives the farmer plenty of
money and entities him to a we'll
earned vacation. Crop prospects are
SO far ahead of other years that har-
vesting will be completed by the time
the fair opens its gates and the
threshing in many cases will be over
with. At any rate, it will be SO we'll
IN hand that every farmer with his
family can leave and spend a few
days at the fair.
Officials in charge of the fair hon
estly believe that this years eXposi-
ton will be the most successful in
the history of the Northwest. The
number OF exhibits is by far greater
and more varied; adjoining states,
North and South Dakota and Wis
Consln are we'll represented, and the
concessions have been sold for larg-
er amounts than ever before.
Wisconsin is making a strong eff
Tort to capture the $1,000 premium
offered in the butter exhibit. North
ana South Dakota are sending in
some prize winning stock, including
swine, sheep, COWS and horses, and
the exhibitors aver that they will re-
turn with a goodly showing of silk
ribbon around the necks of their fav-
critic animals.
The fair will be ushered into exist
ence with a sacred concert next Sun
day afternoon at 8 o'clock, and it
Will be repeated in the evening. Be-
ginning Monday, there will be aero
plane flights at 1 l a. m. and 4 D. m.
each day of the week.
LaFollette to Speak.
An additional feature to the regu-
lar program on Monday, September
:, will be speech by Senator R. M
LaFollette, of Wisconsin, accordine
to local politicians who have been ad-
vlsed that Senator LaFollette will be
IN Minneapolis on that date, and who
anticipate no trouble in inducing the
senator to deliver an address. M r
harrison, assistant secretary of the
Minnesota State Agricultural society,"
said he had been advised that in all
probability Mr.. LaFollette would
make a speech on the official omen.
ing day of the fair.
The other main event for Monday
Will be an effort to break the worlds
team record for the mile of POP "a
by Minor Heir, 1853 and George Ga.
no, 2:O2. A few days ago this team
did the mile in 2:05, one-quarter Of
a second quicker than the time which
was the record for twelve years.
Thursday, September 5, is Pho.
neer's day, and it will be featured by
the keynote speech of Colonel Theo.
dore Roosevelt, opening the Bull
Moose campaign.
Good Auto Races.
AS an appropriate finale, the auto
mobile events on Saturday, the clos
ing day, are expected to draw record
breaking throngs to the fair grounds
Automobile enthusiasts from all parts
of the Northwest are expected tt
tour in" to witness the races be.