Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-09-17
IoWA's BIG STATE FAIR.

Friend Bennett:
Well, here am back from our state
fair, and | am of the impression chat
there is only one fair, and that is reid
at Des Moines, Iowa. You can go to
the grounds Monday morning at 7
O'Clock and put in six days anG still you
will not be able to see all.
The buildings are all of steel and
brick. The horse and cattle show is
better than the horse and fat stock
show of Chicago. The stock parade
was three miles long and twenty-one
states were represented therein, thus
those who read this can form some idea
of the horse and cattle feature of this
great fair.
In the grain and vegetable display
Wisconsin made fully as good as any
state. | was walking on one of the
principal streets of the grounds and
saw a Wisconsin sign. | walked into
the tent and the gentleman in charge
stepped up to me and asked me if
knew anything about Wisconsin.
said ought to as / was from there. He
asked in what part, and my reply was
Mineral Point. Then he said that was
his town and his name was GRADER, a
son of Louis GRADER, but as he was
born since ! left there, | of course, did
not know him. Mr.. GRADER then intro
duced me to Mr.. 4. C. Legoe of What
Cheer, the southwestern section of
Iowa. In this way three Mineral Point
"boys" were brought together. We
had a splendid visit and that evening
we had private box at the amphithea-
ire to see the fireworks, through the
courtesy of Mr. Legoe, he being one of
the officers of the fair association
When this feature was in progress, MIR,
GRADER remarked, 81 wish we had Min
eral Pointers here by the hundred,
whereat Mr.. Legoe expressed the fear
that this fair would scare them to
death.
saw piece in your paper about
Mr.. Beaehey, the famous flying ma
chine man. tell you he is in class
by himself In one flight he went out
Of sight and when he came down en-
joyed the privilege of shaking his hand,
which was like a chunk of ice. He
made three fights each afternoon. The
loop-the-loop and flying upside down
are wonderful sights. He went behind
the clouds many times.
Well, when you Wisconsin people
want to see the best and biggest agri-
cultural fair in the United States, come
to the Des Moines fair in 1915. I'm
confident you will say you never saw a
fair before
| was pleased to meet old Wisconsin
representatives at the fair. MIR GRADER
is certainly a good man to send out
with an exhibit. His tent was full OF
people all the time and they expressed
surprise they didn't think Wisconsin
could raise such good grains and vege-
tables. told them the old Badger
state was one of the best in the union
from any standpoint, and ! knew of
only one its equal, and that was Iowa.
No man Of little means need think
now of buying land in Iowa. 1t would
be better for him to go to northern
Wisconsin, where he can do well if he
goes into stock raising. He cannot eX-
pect to raise corn like Iowa and south
ern Wisconsin. Iowa's crop Of corn
this year is estimated at S65, 600, coo
bushels. l never saw better crop Of
everything, except apples,
Wen, / will say goodbye for the
time to my old friends of The Tribune
family, who are many, the memory of
whom is cherished more as time flies.
Yours truly,
j. ID. JAMES.