Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-08-07
MINNESOTA FAIR
IMPROVES NTTH| AGE
1913 Promises to Be q Bar nel
Year ia the History Of the,
Gopher Institution.
I MORE BEST FEATURES. II
EXHIBITS, Indians, Cowboys, Fire
works, Horse and Auto Races, MI
II sic, Education anG Inspiration. I

bigger and better than ever IA ID ~
hackneyed phrase. but It seems to- rs
the one that can be most appropriate
" applied to the Minnesota State Fair
and Exposition Of 1913. Large plans
have been surely laid to bring this
about. and the managers Of the.
worlds biggest state fair insist that
nothing but bad weather during the
week of Sept. to 6 can prevent this
years show from SURPRISING, In every
department, its predecessors and
other such expositons in the United
States. Even bad weather will not
prevent the exhibition Of educational
features at Hamline from being bet
ter than ever before, and with the
exception of some of the amusement
features, everything will 60 on just
the same, no matter what the perform
ances of the weather man may be.
.. Of Educational Value. H..
The Minnesota State Fair last year
offered more money in premiums than
any other fair in the United States
and this year the managers have In
creased these offerings, making
grand total of $91, $4,000. These liber
al prizes, hung up in fifteen depart
ments, insure the appearance at the
fair this year Of championship exhib
it's in every line of work and play
In addition to the regular exhibits
there will be scores of practical work
ing exhibits, from which the visitors
can learn the operation of the --latest
inventions, the most scientific meth
DDS of raising and handling live stock
poultry, bees, etc., and can gain in
struction in all the matters that make
farming profitable. The managers are
adding everything possible to make
the State Fair what it should be-"the
peoples school for week" 2"9.
= Farm Boys Camp. s%
The Second Annual State Fair Farm
Boys Encampment will be big feat
ure Of the 1913 exposition. The man
ayers will pay the expenses Of 104
farm boys. One will be selected by 8
local committee in each county of the
state, and two have been chosen By
the managers from each congressiona:
district. ~, These young agriculturists
VIII be entertained and Instructed
during the, entire week, and, will 20
home with new information and In
SEPARATION. s A. .I.. ...G !,
Unusual Entertainment. s... !:
AS in all live schools, amusements
have q big share In the Minnesota
State Fairs success. Contracts are
being made for the greatest list OF
, entertainment features ever seen. at
! any fair in America Without exag-
goer this year will get five times the
amount of amusement for the money
that he can get anywhere else. Some
Of the headlines are: ,
Horse Races. -. ss..
Twenty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars worth Of horse racing The
fastest race horses from all over the
country will compete over the famous
Hamline track during the first five
afternoons of fair week. In addition
to the races, each afternoons pro.
gram will include large variety of
high class vaudeville numbers, plenty
of good music and exciting special
track features. s.s4a =. 7. II =. e. s%
Automobile Program. ze Il
Saturday will be Automobile Day,
and on that afternoon the speed de.
mons Of the automobile racing world
will be seen in competition and exhi-
billions against the worlds records.
An effort is being made to- secure 20 ~
of the brightest stars in the racing
Ornament, and Il present negotiations
are concluded, the list Of entries VIII
4 include Ralph milford, Joe Nickrent,
wild Bill'' Endicott, Tetzlaff, onia
Disbrow, and others nearly as famous.
\ Frontier Days Show.
Each evening during fair week theirs
! will be seen, in front Of the grand.
stand, the worlds greatest Frontier
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