Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-07
DAYS AT
| The STATE FAIR.
Early Times In South Dakota
4 TO Be Portrayed.
HISTORICAL PAGEANT.

Three Hundred Performers, Including
Forty Full Biooded Sioux Indians, VIII
ljTake Part In PAINS Fireworks Dis
pIay-NightIy Feature at Huron Will
llncIude Clusters Last Fight.
lBy far the grandest attraction ever
pkered to State Fair visitors will be
,aesputed this year in PAINS mag.
ra6cent historical spectacle, Pioneer
IIys" and Memories of Clusters Last
fbnffrt.' This will be the most splen
ala drama ever staged in the entire
Mdest. Its production requires more
Hlan POO performers, Indians, soldiers,
satlers, hunters and trappers, as well
IA a pioneer settlement of log cabins,
Btairic ~schooners, rail fences and ev-
edything necessary to make the presen-
taion realistic. This is by far the
3t,bst costly attraction ever secured by
le State Fair Board.
"Pioneer Days"
Nm reproducing Pioneer Days the
g4neral scene shows a typical pioneer
settlement in consistent setting, trad
iE post, ~stockade, fort and troops in
rediness to put down Indian upris-
ings. Farm scenes, grain, stacks and
afalds will be seen around the settle
mint.
rhe first setting shows a peaceful
Sfne Of activity-settlers at work in
tlhir fields and timberland, their good
ih4lsewiyes busy about the cabins, the
strdy blacksmith and helper busy at
tatir forge and friendly Indians loung-
Ink about the trading post.
Arrival of Dispatch Rider.
dispatch rider is een to approach
thl fort, riding hard. He leaves or
d9s for a detachment of troops to
proceed west to quell an Indian npris-
Inf. The courier dashes on into the
settlement, leaves the mail at the
store, changes HOSES and is off again.
Tow, far away in the west, an In
aidn fire signal is seen. 1t is soc an
sSered from the south and again from
a4ther point. The people of the set
tldnent exhibit considerable uneasi-
nets, and little groups of men are cen
te3ether watching the signals. The
trips are away.) Soon another Indian
frf is started, this time much nearer
@tha settlement, and in the dim distance
tha skulking figuresemay be e The
afFa Increases in volume, and the In
dip chiefs may be seen addressing
thfr people.
ScalPers Approach Settlement.
1he Indians, now worked into an in
saie frenzy, are coming toward the
seflement with hideo,ks yells. The
sellers make q determined stand and
rsfilse the awful horde. But slowly
th3 redskins cksse in on them. In a
slift time they must go down. Their
pririe s~cheoneTs I already burning
arflnd them. The women at the fort,
8kriwing what their fate viii be should
ttfr defenders fail, are seen firing
frfn the portfolios.
Troops Appear For Rescue.
Tut now out of the west a welcome
sofld is heard-the bugIe of the troops
sIff boys in blue are seen approaching
IN fpen order, ON double quick, to the
rssfue, Rit not q minute too o
Tlf Indians, juidlant e their vic
torF are tahen by sugpfsssas the sol
diefs surround them. The settlers.
wsqaa renewed yigor, come from behind
tba barricade and with the aid Of the
trofps exterminate the entire band Of
redskins.
" this, the most thrilling and excit=
ina Of aimaxes. the picture viii not
he pverdfawn, bit viii be true to life.
yum i4e4t;itl e Is giYen dsNing tlleI even
Us with beautiful lighting effects.
II eetnection with the offering Of
ssoneef Days the Pain company
WI present that HISTORICAL event Of
mole Than passing interest to all patri-
otle South Dakotans--namely, 4Cus-
ssrfs sI-ast GnnHietss