Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-12-27
FAIR GROUNDS !
A BUSY SCENE
THE HAMMER AND SAW ARE BUSY
I'm BUILDING AND SHAPING FOR
THE VALLEYS GREAT MIDWIN-
TER SHOW.
PERKINS ON GROUND
GAIR MANAGER NOW OCCUPIES OF
\FICE IN FAIR GROUNDS. AND
PREPARATION Is WELL UNDER
WAY.

One of the busiest scenes in Browns
Vile today is the site of the next Browns
vile Midwinter fair. which will be held
January Z to II, in the government reser-
walton grounds. The location is conven-
lent to the city. convenient to hotels and
the depot, car service is near, and the
place is considered admirable in every
WY for the greatest annual event Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. or of South
Texas for that matter.
Buildings used last year for exhibits
will probably not be used this year owing
tS the fact that they have become in bad
shape. The fair association has pur-
chased an additional tent, about one hun
drcd and seventy feet long, which VIII
be added to a tent of the same size already
owned by the fair association. In these
there will be placed the various agricul-
tural and industrial exhibits. The bar
racks BUILDING, a long rambling. frame
affair. located near the reservation wall.
is now being equipped for the various de
partments, including the women'e depart
ment, 'children's department. school de
partmcnt, home cooking department. etc.
The saw and hammer are busy in the
barracks building. constructing shelves.
platforms, and other equipment III order
to display the exhibits to the best adj
vantage. The walls will be decorated in
bright colors. and the place will be beau
titled generally. Electric lights will be
PLACED throughout the building, and if TIE
prospect is not bright now. the magma
ton can conceive the lively scenes that
will be enacted in the building when The
fair is ready for the opening day.
In the barracks building there will be
a restroom for the women, which is now
being fitted up in a most comfortable man
ner. The building is large and r0omy,
and there is really plenty of space for
almost everything it seems when one takes
a trip through the entire two stories OF
structure.
Manager ST Perkins of the Brownsville
Midwinter fair today officially occupied
the fair grounds. having removed his Of
fee from uptown to an Office in the bar
racks building. From here he will direct
the work that is being done on the
grounds. and he will be in touch with up
town affairs through a telephone that is
being installed.
"Pete's" here. and he is now arranging
to put up the big tops. Pete is an OK
perienced canvas man from the Gentry
Bros. show. which is now in winter quar-
. ters at San Antonio. and he came down
: to assist the fair manager in putting up
the big tents and in holding them up dur
ing the fair. With this experienced help
it is hoped to avoid any trouble with the
tents from winds.
The general layout of the grounds viii
be different from what they were last year
and this detail is now being arranged by
those in charge of the work.
The tents will be near the main en-
trance. as heretofore. and the best pos
s;ble arrangements will he made to han
die the crowds in an expeditions manner
One of the principle features Of the
( coming exhibition will be the electric
Iigiting. There will be at least three
times the number Of incandescents ON the
grounds that there were last year. Man
aer Perkins is planning to string NOT
fcwAr than a thousand electric lights.
and the outlook is that the grounds will
hc one great blaze Of lights every night
With the noise of the carnival and the
lights Of that feature Of the fair, tfr
night scenes will he lively.
The idea of increasing the lighting on
the grounds. is for the purpose Of i%ncreaS
ing the night interest in the department
displays. Last wear it was Impossible"
because Of objections by the government
to place artificial lights in the buildings
other than electric lights. This wear
electric wires will be strung III the bar
racks for that purpose.
The race track is another feature that
i being given attention. II is located AZ
thc east end of the reservation. and Mar
shall White has been dragging it and nur-
ting it in good shape for the running
races that will be held. as well as the
chariot and other feature races.