Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-08-27
Max Lille of Chicago. Now Flying at
Iowa State Fair Will Fly at
Winneshiek County
Fair.
BIG LIST OF ATTRACTIONS
NOW BEING BOOKED.
Secretary Enger Spent Last Week
in Des MOines Booking Attrac-
tions, and Everybody is
Working for a Great
err Winneshiek
County Fair.

to have one of the best and biggest
fairs in years cannot be disputed
now, because all of the officers and
everyone else interested are working
shoulder to shoulder to make it a
grand success. One great attraction
just booked is Max Lille, one of the
best airship men In the business.
who will make six flights. He is now
flying at the Iowa State Fair, which
is proof enough that he must be
good, and will prove strong card
at our .air. Following is copy Of
telegram received by Secretary L.
NJ. Enger.
Telegram
Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 25, 1913.
L. NJ. Enger, Secretary,
Decorah, Iowa:
Just signed Contract with Max
Lille, Of Chicago, for Air-ship
flights during Fair week, Sept. 18th,
18th, and 18th.
Lille is flying here at the Iowa
State Fair and is the best in the busi-
ness, mail contracts tonight. Adver-
tise it widely-Biplane fights and
no fake this time. Signed,
E. J. CURTIN,
The above telegram speaks for it
self, and our people may rest assured
that this year they will see some air.
ship flights that will thrill them
throagh and through. Yesterdays
Des Moines Register and Leader has
the following to say about the air.
ship flights:
Lille made a pretty flight on Mon
day morning. The wind was SO
strong that his machine was bounc-
ed around freely. He glided down
several hundred feet with his en-
gine dead. Fair visitors now are
getting used to the trick and don't
have fear that the aviator is in dang
er.
At o'clock Lille flew again. The
vaudeville acts on the stage in front
of the amphitheater were forgotten
while he was making sharp turns a
few hundred feet above the race
track. After flying ten minutes Lii
lie and his machine disappeared. The
spectators did not know that he in
tentionally had landed in a field
south of the fair grounds.
Forty-five minutes later the steady
buzz of the biplane engine warned
them that Lille was in the air again.
He was more than 1900 feet high
when he put in his appearance above
the race track. Three big circles
over the grounds gave Lille and his
companion height OF 1000 feet"
While in Des Moines Secretary En-
ger had the extreme fortune to Sc
cure the Iowa State College Exhibit,
which has never before been shown
outside of the State Fair, also an ex-
hibit of coal showing the relative
heating and cost values of the differ
ent kinds of coal, another exhibit
showing lighting capacity relative
to costs of the different kinds of
kerosine oils. Also an exhibit show
ing the buildings of the engineering
colleges at Ames in mineature. This
exhibit is mounted on it. by s it.
platform, and is very interesting. AS
speakers for the W omen's day, Tues
day, Sept. 10th, or first day of the
fair, he secured DR.. Sumner, secretary
of the State Board of Health, Des I
Moines, and Miss Idaho Sutherland
from the Domestic Science depart
ment at Ames. He also rented a
large tent for rest room and auditor
ium on the grounds.
An instructor accompanies the
State College exhibit who explains
the articles exhibited and answers
questions relative to the exhibit The
entire program of the fair. will be
published next week