The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-09-27
the STARK COUNTY, FAlR
Is A GREAT SUCCESS
10 Spite Rs Grain and Vegetable Exhibits Very Large Fishers aud
Wannar Take Snds,H Money Pete stuts es So HP Cup f
cern Mrs Shaw and Mrs. Carroll Take Big Flour PRISE
Best Of Exhibit Goes b tho Big Expesiden Bismarck

With snow and rain falling almost
all day Tuesday and Wednesday the
weather conditions for the first Stark
County Industrial Exhibit could not
have been much worse. On Wednesday
morning the fair committees were
pretty much discouraged but exhibits
commenced coming in and by the mid
die OF the afternoon the display was far
greater than any one had anticipated.
By Thursday the weather had cleared
up but the roads and streets were still
very muddy.
Taking everything into consideration
the first Stark county fair is great sue
cess. 1t is good starter and it is
generally agreed that a permanent Or
sanization should he formed, grounds
secured, etc.
The inclement weather probably cut
the total exhibits down one-half this
year and yet the vegetables and grain
entries were greater than had been ex-
pected. The corn display was palticu-
larly surprising TO. everybody. It was
exhibited in bundles, in baskets and in
all conceivable ways, aud showed to the
people that good corn is being quite
extensively grown in this locality. An
Iowa man was heard to say that he had
rarely ever seen better corn displays in
his state than what was shown at
Dickinson this week.
There was big potato exhibit. also
enormous pumpkins and squashes and.
lin fact. all kinds of garden vegetables
in great quantities. There was celery.
eee plant and asparagus as good as
grow anywhere.
The exhibit of small grains and
grasses was full and complete. The
wheat samples will RFadae nth tisss shezl
In the land and the bundles Of alfalfs
taken from first, second and third cut
tines this season indicate that the fod-
der problem is coon to be solved In
this. part Of the state. ts2
The booth for school exhibits was in
charge of Supt. and Mrs. Ward and the
displays were not as full as Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward had anticipated, partly due
to the bad weather. The manual train.
| ing department, however. was well
Represented, and there were many fine
specimens Of furniture and othel
things made by the school boys whit
have taken this work at school. Tht
parochial school exhibit from the cit.
was very complete and attracted much
attention.
# There was no booth in the fair build
ing fuller than the fabrics booth, takel
care of by Mrs. w. c. Crawford. Th,
splendid displays of fancy work woul,
not make one think that needlework i
a lost art to the ladies of Dickinson
and Stark county. Everything tha
could be made with needle or croche
hook was there and there were man,
pretty things in the corner devoted t
articles made by girls under 16 years old
The art booth, in charge of Mrs. M
A. Scherfius, was another one that at
tracted much attention with its displa,
Of beautiful hand painted pictures an,
china. In the antique booth there wer,
many curios and 0ld-fashioned things
Mrs. Alice Poland was in charge here
The Equal Suffrage club had boot
where VISITORS names were reeistere,
and where they served free coffee an,
sandwiches each day. The floral boot
bad many pretty bouquets Of HON,
gown flowers, Mrs. Dodd in charge.
The culinary department was il
charge Of Mrs. M. Drury and it wal
hard to make room in her booth for th,
samples Of bread that had been baket
by ladies competing for the generous
prizes offered. There was also man,
jars and glasses Of fine jellies ant
pickles. @
Booths> displaying their wares were
arranged by I. ]. Dickinson & Son, I'll,
Dickinson Mercantile, The Hub, Senou
g LANGLEY hardware store, Carney Goa
BY Alex Dinsdale and the Sample shop.
The Dickinson Floral Co. had prett,
booth and "A. j. Osborn had q fina dis.
play 81 photography. VIM. Nosele has
la display Of cement work.
A sito. erected BY the Heaton Lumbel
%. was on the grounds and farmer
were being shown and explained ths
object of tho silo and how to MAKE
silaee. Thhese were also displays 4 d
farm machinery. s.S5
The sports and am,lsemenfs had TO bt
left out for the most part on account
ot tho weather and there were manJ
I6thec thlnfS that could NOT n carffad