The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-02
NEW MARK FOR
NORTHWEST FAIRS
Keen Rival of Many State
Fairs in Attendance and
Number of Exhibits.
IOWA man TALKS ABOUT
THIS EXPOSITION AND OTHERS
Machinery and Live Stock Depart-
ments are Representative of a Rich
and Growing Country, and the Wis.
itors Garry the Hallmarks of Plenty.

A rousing carnival Is to mark the
closing of the great Grand Forks
county agricultural show tonight and
the person who misses the celebration
at the fair grounds will pass up one
of the merriest times ina ginable.
The grounds will he thrown wide
open to celebration and the fair Wis
itor will tonight get just as much
and proban bly, more real fun for his
money than on any previous day Of
the big fair. The night program will
start at 7:30 o'clock and will be fast
and furious while it lasts. There will
be band concerts. dancing. free acts
in front of the grandstand and fes-
tivitles galore on the midway. The
fun will continue until 1870 O'Clock,
when the gates will be closed on the
biggest and best fair that this county
has ever had.
Carnival night parties are being
formed in town and will tonight see
everything on the midway, take a
whirl on the Ferris wheel and swing
round on the "merry-go- square"
There will be bushels of confetti in
action and the genuine carnival spirit
Twill prevail,
Another Nice Day,
The fourth and last day of the fair
opened with the same delightful
weather that has gone SO far in maxi
ing this years exposition such de-
cided success. The day gave prom
Use of being the hottest of the week
early this morning. but fluffy mid
lsumnner clouds soon put in their APP
pearance and formed a cooling cam
opy over the big fair grounds maxi
ing another ideal day for sight seeing.
Except for the conversation of
show folks and stand propretors.
who are heard talking of pulling
stakes and starting for other fairs in
the morning. one would never think
that this is the closing day of the
big exposition. All exhibits are in
tact. Flags are flying from tents
and buildings as they did on the first
day and the show remains complete
in every department. The visitor who
comes TO the grounds late this after
noon and tonight will see the same
splendid lot Of exhibits that greeted
the visitor Tuesday afternoon He
Will even be privileged to inspect a
number of attractive exhibits that
had no place on the grounds the first
day but have become leading feat
ures OF the show since the opening,
Big Crowd Expected.
Refreshment stand owners appar-
emily look for a big crowd on the last
day for they have not permitted their
stock of supplies to run down There
is enough food and lemonade still on
the grounds to supply an army Of
visitors and the fair officials believe
that the expected good attendance
will make this years closing day the
biggest ever.
Up to today IT is estimated that
over $4,000 persons--a pretty fine
record for a county show--have at
tended this fair and with big
crowd today new mark will be es-
tablished for northwest county fairs.
This county agricultural show is
Keen rival for many state fairs in
point of attendance and number Of
exhibits and is a credit to any COM
munity.
Iowan Pleased.
A visitor al the fair this morning
was Joseph Ray of Iowa. where they
have mighty good agricultural shows
each year In speaking of the Grand
FORKS county exposition this morning
he said:
While my business is not to visit
fairs. make II point to see every
one that / can and always enjoy them.
want to say that the Grand Forks
fair is one of the very best county
fairs that l have ever had the pleas
ure Of attending. The machinery de-
Pdi dilIIleHt SHOWS what Is being done
on the big farms of this section and
Is really larger than most state fairs
have. This department alone is we'll
worth the price of admission to the
grounds The live stock department
has some of the finest animals 1 have
ever seen. The horse show is a treat
and from the interest the farmers
seem to be taking in the automobile
section they must own many nice
cars here and have the required
amount of cash to buy them and
keep them up in good order. The
class of people visiting this fair pic
lures the prosperity of this part Of
North Dakota. One can just about
tell in what shape a community is in
by the way the people get themselves
up and spend the money notice
that the farmers here are we'll sup
piled with money and do not seem to
mind spending 1t when they get some
thing for it. notice that the people
OF this state do not fall for skin
games and cheap attractions and that
that they are up-to-snuff and desire
the best there is going"
Features OF yesterday afternoons
| program at the fair were the ma.
chinery parade and the livestock pro.
cession. In the machinery lineup
nearly 800 mammoth tractors and
farm machines were shown on ana
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