New Ulm review., 1913-09-03
Silver Loving
Cup Is Awarded
Andrew Backer of Milford
Has Prize Herd of
Guernseys.
Attendance Very Good Fri
day at Fair. Many Out
Of Town Visitors.

day at Fair. Many Out
Of Town Visitors.
"Better than ever" was the gen.
eral verdict of visitors to the Brown
County Fair held the last three days
of the past week. And the crowds
attending justified the better exhibit.
Friday, of course, was the big day
and in addition to the 600 school
children who were admitted free
more than three thousand persons
were admitted to the grounds. Sat
urday some fifteen hundred people
visited the fair and the gate receipts
for the two days totaled in the neigh
borhood of $3.50. To this sum must
be added the amount derived from
season tickets, something like $3.50,
the refreshment stands brought in
$4OO, the grand stand, $125, and the
concessions added another $50. The
expenses have not been estimated to
date and there is of course no way
of telling what the surplus will be.
Considerable money will go to the
horsemen, one of whom takes $500,
rs his share. The entry money off,
sets the purses partly and the pre-
mnums will be repaid by the state.
It is expected that a larger sum-
than usual will come to Brown Coun-
ty inasmuch as the State Inspector
has discovered that some of the
county fair associations padded their
accounts hundreds of dollars and
thus got more than their share of
the available state premium funds.
This stealing" being ended Brown
County which has a clean record will
come in for a better share.
AS to exhibits, the hail storm
which visited this vicinity a few
weeks ago worked such havoc among
the fruits and vegetables that there
was but a meagre showing. Grain
exhibits also were few as many of
the farmers have not threshed as
yet. One of the judges in this de-
partment reports that the oats shown
weighed 38 pounds to bushel meas
ure, the grains being plump and
firm. Wheat, too, was reported good
It was too early for corn, one sam
pie of we'll ripened Northwestern
Dent being the only first class corn
shown. There were 231 entries in
the fruit department, 112 in the
vegetables, 38 grain, 112 dairy, II
swine, SO poultry, II sheep, % hors-
es and 70 cattle. G.. A. Ottomeyer
and w. J. Winkelmann both had at
tractive booths, the latter exhibiting
his fine line of musical instruments,
the former showing the late styles
in fine ready to wear garments for
women. Goede and CASTER each
showed what they are capable of
in the line of artistic photography,
Wickerski showed the Florsheim shoe.
The New Ulm Hardware Co. and
Ochs & Baer each had an exhibit of
stores, the New Ulm Music store dis
played the Singer Sewing Machine,
which is handled by Mr.. Hauser. A.
J. Vogel had a new arrangement of
his Portland Cement blocks and Auf-
derheide had an outdoor display of
brick and tile Retzlaff and Fessen-
maier displayed farm implements
outside the main building. F. J.
Backer was on the floor with har-
ness shop exhibit and the New Ulm
Bottling Works played up their pro-
ducts across the room.
Entries in the Manual Training
Department consisted of a large,
handsome electric light dome made
by Alex Garrow. and tabourets and
chair by Thomas Pfaender and Louis
Riederer, Victor Schleuder and STAN
ley Alvin showed some fine kodak
work and the sewing, drawing and
painting entered by the younger chill
dren was well worth the effort ex-
pended upon it. In this department
the exhibitors were:
Elmer Epple
Harry Theisen
Asia Gag
Della Gag
Willard Vogel
Elsie Retzlaff
Louise Witt
Alwina Klingler
Mildred Eibner
Martha Werna
Rose Lipp e
Norma, Olga and Olivia Klause
Linda Leibold
Helen Fritsche
Aline Fritsche, Sleepy Eye
Herta Macho
Jos. Eibner
Thusnelda Gag
Clarence Herzog
Sherburn Beecher
Walter Hoffman,
Frieda Schaefer
Florence Fredrickson
Elsie Hager
Clara Epple
Frieda Olstad
Lenora Lang
Helen Barth
Ella Hartmann
Miss Hauser, Sleepy Eye
Julia Hauenstein.
The Art and Needlework section
doubled on the space occupied last
11aor and 1raS the contor of a,, l.,