The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-19
A GREAT SUCCESS
Tenth Annual StedrnS County
fair Held in Sank Centre
THE BEST EVER SEEN
Pays Financially and Gives the Pub
lie Plenty of Entertainment
Three Bays


The tenth annual fair of the Agri-
cultural Society of Stearns County,
held in Sank Centre last week Thurs.
day, Friday and Saturday, September
y, Is, II, easily distanced its prede.
cessors as to quantity, quality and
variety of exhibits, character of at
fractions, attendance and financial re-
ceipts.
The fatal receipts for the three
days, including season and admissions
to the grand stand, were s2,240. To
bring in this amount of money re-
Quired several thousand admissions.
No register of the admissions was
made as there are no turnsriles at the
gates. But there was big crowd at
the fair each day, and everybody was
well pleased with everything.
The grounds had been transformed.
Four building instead of two as here
to-fore housed the grain, domestic,
school .and poultry exhibits. The
buildings had all been either painted
or given coat of government white
wash and presented a fine appearance.
The grounds gave the appearance of
a real fair. The exhibits were extern
sive along all lines. The school ex-
hibits, especially were more extensive
than ever. They were housed in the
old Woodbury. school building which
had been donated by the Board of
Education and moved to the grounds.
The new agricultural building con-
talsssd TIE grains, vegetables etc, to-
getner with displays by four Sank
Centre business firms, namely the
Central Minnesota Power & Milling
Co., Lee & Gingery Co., Grover &
Wedge Co., G. Hillerud & Co. Geo.
R. Borgmann &: Co. had a large ex-
hibit under tent on the grounds.
The exhibit of live stock was better
than ever and attracted much atten-
tion. The presence of the Meadow
Lawn Champion herd of Short Horn
Cattle was a big card for the fair.
The parade of live stock in front of
the grand stand on the second day Of
the fair made big hit.
Two prominent speakers were on
the program this year, Jas. J. Hill
speaking on Thursday and U. S. Sen
ator Miles Poindexter of Washington
making an address on Saturday.
When Mr.. HILLS special train, On
which he always travels, pulled in at
the Great Northern station recep-
ton committee was on hand to meet
the empire builder composed of May
or John N. McGibbon, president of
the Agricultural Society; A. w. Aus
tin, it's secretary; DR.. H. F. Henne-
mann, president of the Commercial
Club; M. ID. Aygarn, superintendent
of the public schools and one of the
directors of the fair; DR.. J. A. Du-
Bots, a former president of the fair
and a man who is always on hand to
boost any measure of Importance to
the city. When Mr.. Hill alighted,
he was escorted to waiting automo-
bile, the committee of escort entered
the auto with him and he was soon
whisked to the fair grounds, where a
fair sized crowd was in waiting.
The big auto was drawn up on the
race track in front of the grand stand,
where Mr.. Hill was met Informally
by number of citizens. The first
number on the afternoons program
was fancy marching drill by forty
little girls of the primary department
of the public schools, their teacher,
Miss Payden, conducting the drill.
Each girl was dressed in white and
carried small flag. The marching
was fine and done to the music of the
band stationed in the new grand
stand. At the close hearty applause