Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-08
MARATHON COUNTY FAIR.
A Little Cold the Main Day, But Warm and Pleasant
the Balance Large Crowds and Very Successful.

A DullCiot 4nofoAAhO AO OOISCtS-
L. Ripricht, Merrill, twelve head
Robert Anderson, town of Flieth
nine head: Johnson, Wausau, three
| head.
Walter Alexander has sold his Black
Angus cattle and gone into the rails
ing of Guernseys and was unable tc
present his stock at this time; B. f
Wilson is rebuilding and enlargine
his stables, hence had no room or place
for fitting up his stock for this occa.
sion.
Poultry Marathon county exhibit,
larger than ever and more space de-
manded for better showing.
K. g. Roberts of Fort Atkinson,
Wis, had fine showing of the do
mestic feathered tribe which included
turkeys, geese, ducks and chickens of
every known kind, and had 125 pens
filled, all told, of these birds.
Goats and Sheep Valley Stock
Farm, Welcome, Wis, sixteen head
of the former and thirty-fve of the
latter, and Alex w. Arnold, Gales
vile, Wis, sixty-one head of sheep.
Swine-C. G. Barnes, Aniwa, Wis,
twenty-one head; Geo. Koehler, Hix-
ton, Wis, twenty-one head of Durock-
Jerseys, and the Glover Belt Farm,
Hamburg, Wis, eleven head of Red
Polls.
O. S. Lund, the honey bee man, was
much in evidence again this year and
never gets stung by his companions.
His pleasing way in describing his
pets to the public makes him a host
of friends.
TRADE EXHIBITS.
Occupying large tents and the
ground surrounding agricultural hall
were machinery, motors, automobiles,
farming implements, etc. Those who
had nicely arranged displays we're:
Halls garage. automobiles; Mara
thon Motor Car Co., automobiles;
Roemer & Thalheim Co., farm imple-
ments; Nickel Hardware Co., farm
machinery and separators: Holman
& Kuntz, machinery; National Fire
Prooting Co., Pittsburg, Pa, glazed
hollow clay tile for silos: c.. A Sibley
& Co. of Oshkosh, dairy farm fixtures;
Wausau Garage, autos, including
Cole car from indianapolis, Ind.
In the Agricultural building were
merchants displays nicely arranged
in booths which were very attractive.
Among the best 20 were the follow
ing; ii. @. Oelke, furnaces and stoves
VaA Ringle, motorcycles; Wright
Mus and Jewelry Co., victrolas:
Waus. " Novelty Co.; Wausau Brew
ing Co. \samples; VIM. Sell, stoves,
ranges a.d furnaces; Wausau Ad-
vancement Assn, new grains and
forage plant Marathon County Dairy
products; Ma. Nhon County Asylum,
agricultural <hibit; agricultural
from to, Us of Flieth, Ringle,
Brighton and l. Seron; Ritter &
Deutsch Co., furnit, Ne; f. B. Laabs,
pianos; Porath & 5, Nlaefer, shoes;
Lund and Philip, floN US, ferns and
potted plants; Wausau Gas Co., gas
ranges, gas water heaters lamps, etc.
Marathon Co. School of Agriculture
Marathon County Schools
Kuhlman & Brach, shoes;
Miss Kate Bentley, large collection
of relics and curios-larger than last
year; Miss Charlotte Taplin. art
exhibits of paintings in oil and water
colors, China drawings in pencil and
pen, wood carving and baskets; United
Cloak and Suit Co., ladies' garments;
Wausau Business College exhibits;
Johnson's Electric Shop; James Colby,
Marathon County cakes,
canned fruit exhibits, needle work,
woven work, ETC., etc.
The following were the superinten-
dents of the various departments all
of whom took the keenest interest in
affairs under their charge:
Horses-Wm. Andrews.
Cattle-Patrick German.
Sheep-Frank Reinke.
Swine Frank Reinke.
Poultry-Louis II. Cook.
Grains and Grasses Jacob HolZem.
Vegetables-Herman Amhaus.
Township Exhibit-W. w. Gordon.
Dairy and Apiary-Geo. MarQuardt.
Fruit-Gus. Parsch.
Machinery-Frank Deichsel.
Flowers Willis Graves.
Culinary-Miss Margaret Schneider.
Domestic-MissE Eda L. Muck.
Art-Miss Charlotte Taplin.