The Virginia enterprise., 1913-07-25
M|NNES0TA'S FAIR
IMPROVES WITH AGE
1918 Promises to Be q Banner
Year in tho History Of the
Gopher Institution.
MORE BEST FEATUaE0.
Exhibits, indians, Cowboys, Fire
works, Horse and Auto Races, ,Mu'
sic, Education and Inspiration.

bigger and better than ever Is
uackneyed phrase, but 1t seems to be
the one that can be most appropriate
" applied to the Minnesota State Fair
and Exposition of 1918. 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. l to 6 can prevent this
years show from SURPRISING, in every
it's 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.
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,S89.00. These hber-
al prizes, hung up in fifteen depart
ments, insure the appearance at the
fair this year Of championship exh1b-
its 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
ods 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 a week"
Farm Boys Camp.
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 q
local committee in each county Of the
state, and two have been chosen by
the managers from each congressional
district. These young as1iculturista
viii be entertained and instructed
during the entire week. and will 80
home with rev information and -
spiration.
Unusual Entertainment.
As In all live schools, amusono1ts
have a big share in the Minnesota
State Fairs success. Contracts are
being made for the greatest list o1
entertainment features ever seen at
any fair in America. Without Gag
geration, it can be said that the fair
goer this year Will get I'VE times the
amount Of amusement for the money
that he can get anywhere else. Some
Of the headlines are:
Horse Races.
Twenty-seven thousand i've hundred
dollars worth Of horse racing. The
fastest race horses from all over the
country will compete over the famous
Hamline track during the hrst Nv
afternoons Of fair week. In addition
to the races, each afternoons pro
gram will include q large variety o1
high class vaudeville numbers, plenty
Of good music and exciting special
track features.
Automobile Program.
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
hitiona AGAINST the worlds recorda
An effort Is being made to secure q
of the. brightest stars in tho raof1l
armament. and II present nesotia*ieal
are concluded. the LIT q entries VII
include Ralph Aulford. Joe lle)ueR&
wild Bill'' Dndieot&, Tetzlak, IoQ(l
Disbrow. aud o:hers nearly % fanouD
Frontier Days oheas.
Each evening during fair week thae>
will be seem, In front Ct the grand
stand. the worlds 0rsatsst Jtone1e'
Days Show. The best Of this 1amoul
show that has been successfully s1vo1
at Cheyenne. Wyo.. for several yoass
win be moved 70 the Ntpnosoka Stat
Fair grounds. and svesytAlng szolt1pl
and instructive In the Me of the "Wlll
West" viii bo wildly reptodueea
Society Here's ohew.
In the Coliseum there Win - hoIl
during the first i've ovoniugD q III
fair. brilliant eooisey horse sbov
the program OF which v1ll haiuA(
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