Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 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 viii Please the
Crowds.

September is and for seven days and
six nights the people of the Inland EN-
pire 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 the num-
Der of entries had reached no 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 a score of other cities in the
inland Empire are holding better baby
contests this next week and at least
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
ChiIdren's Days and Contests.
| Two days have been set aside for
the children at the Interstate fai rthis
year in response to a movement which
will bring more children to the fair for
educational purposes. Monday, Sep
TENDER 10, and Saturday, September
20, have been set aside from the chill
dren.
Special Educational Events.
The Interstate fair management this
year arranged for a number of conven
lions and sales for the benefit of the
farmers of the Inland Empire and the
two principal meetings will be the
Northwest Poultrymens meeting OF
Wednesday,, September IL, and the
Northwest Dairymen's congress, which
will be held Thursday, September Is
Both these meetings will be held in +;
large convention tent which has beer
constructed for those purposes and ;
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 hell
at the grounds and some of the bes
breeds of horses and cattle in the In
land Empire will be sold under tn,
hammer. On Wednesday the poultry
men will hold an auction sale in tn
poultry tent.
International Polo Tournament.
The first international polo tourna
ment ever held IN the northwest vii
take place on the fair grounds durin
each day of fair week.
Racing Events.
The fair has never had so many Ell
t. tries in its harness events as this yea
and these run under the Every Hea
a Race" plan are expected to furnis
r some good contests. The runnin
! events will be filled and there are a
q unusually large number of horses con
ing to the Spokane meeting. Derb
Day this year will be on Wednesda.
A number of Indian novelty races, th
7 cowboys relays and the motorcycle r.
. lays will round complete programs fC
: every afternoon.
s Fun on Midway Hill.
. The carnival features of the Sp
= kane fair this year will be under Il
: Circus Carnival company and Il
o water circus is a new thing to Il
people of the northwest. A large tar
r containing $500 gallons of water is Il
r stage of some 80 actors and Glow
+ and is the same show which cause
ID such a sensation in the New York hi
Is podrome last winter. Some thrillil
W mOJOrurOme events mixed WIN ue
line of side shows will give the visito
oI at the fair grounds much chance
u good amusement.
is 1.-THE Last Stand of Custer"
THE Last Stand Of Custer" is t
- subject Of the big night show viii
- will be put on at the fair grounds Il
ID year. over $50 U. S. soldiers and
" Indians from the reservations 81
70 rounding Spokane will be the playe
lei in the big show which every event
lie will end with a large display of fl
works from the centerfield. The e.
ming will also see such games and CT
, tests as broadsword battles on hor
2c back, push ball games, rock drill
On contests, dance by the Indians and
- number of new thrillers.
az An initiation ceremony was condu
va ed on the upper lock of the PanaI
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