Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-09-05
TWENTIETH ANNUAL EVENT AT
SPOKANE LASTS SEVEN DAYS,
BEGINNING SEPT. is.
BIGGER AND BETTER Than BEFORE
Educational Features With Exception
al Amusements Both Day and
Night Will Please the
Crowds.

The goth annual Spokane Interstate
fair will open it's gates to the public on
September Is and for seven days and
six nights the people Of the Inland EN-.
plre will be given one Of the greatest
educational exhibitions ever seen west
OF Minneapolis. The exhibit lists are
at least one-third in excess of any pre-
vious year.
Spokane last year ranked fifth
among the list of fairs throughout the
country and Manager Robert H. Cos
grove is hoping that this year the
large attendance will send the fair
into third or fourth place. The educa-
tional end of the fair this year has
been well cared for and the entertain
ment features have not been forgotten.
There is nothing really spectacular
about this years show, but all of it is
to be good.
Better Babies Contest.
The feature of the Spokane fair this
year has turned out to be the better
baby contest. September l the num-
Der OF entries had reached TO babies
and are coming in at the rate of forty
per day. The last rush of babies to
the Spokane show will be great, as
Pullman, Cheney, St. John, Medical
Lake and score of other cities in the
inland Empire are holding better baby
contests this next week and at least
a half dozen of the prize winners will
be brought from each of those towns
to the local Spokane show. Ten doc
tors had been originally picked to do
the examining at the better baby con-
test. but this number has been in
creased to SO.
children's Days and Contests.
Two days have been set aside for
the children at the Interstate fai rthis
year in response to movement which
will bring more children to the fair for
educational purposes. Monday, Sep.
TENDER Is, and Saturday, September
20, have been set aside from the chill
dren.
Special Educational Events.
The Interstate fair management this
year arranged for number Of conven-
tons and sales for the benefit Of the
farmers Of the Inland Empire and the
two principal meetings will be the
Northwest Poultrymen's meeting on
Wednesday, September II, and the
Northwest Dairymen's congress, which
will be held Thursday, September 18.
Both these meetings will be held in a
large convention tent which has been
constructed for those purposes and q
long list OF experts has been engaged
to talk on farm and breeding subjects
during the week. On Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of fair week large
combination auction sale will be held
at the grounds and some Of the best
breeds Of horses and cattle in the In
land Empire will be sold under the
hammer. On Wednesday the poultry
men will hold an auction sale in the
poultry tent.
Racing Events.
The fair has never had SO many en-
tries in its harness events as this year
and these run under the Every Heat
a Race" plan are expected to furnish
some good contests. The running
events will be filled and there are an
unusually large number of horses COM
ing to the Spokane meeting. Derby
Day this year will be ON Wednesday.
A number Of Indian novelty races, the
cowboys relays and the motorcycle re-
lays will round complete programs for
every afternoon.
Fun on Midway HILL.
The carnival features Of the Spo-
kane fair this year will be under the
management of the Rice & Dore Water
Circus Carnival company and the
water circus is q new thing to the
people Of the northwest. A large tank
containing $500 gallons of water is the
stage Of some 30 actors and clowns
and Is the same show which caused
such a sensation in the New York hip
podrome last winter. Some thrilling
motordrome events mixed with a new
line Of side shows will give the visitors
at the fair grounds much chance for
good amusement.
1.-THE Last Stand Of Custer"
THE Last Stand Of Custer" is the
subject Of the big night show which
will be put on at the fair grounds this
year. Over $50 U. s. soldiers and 500
Indians from the reservations SUR
Spokane will be the players
in the big show which every evening
will end with large display of fire.
works from the centerfield. The eve
ming will also see such games and con.
tests as broadsword battles on horse
back, push ball games, rock drilling
contests, dance by the Indians and a
Of new thrillers.