The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-10-01
COUNTY FAIR
Is A SUCCESS
Tho Managers Told Us Il Would
d. and They Have Kept
The1r Worf siSi'
ATTENDANCE IS EXCELLENT
And Everybody There Wears q
Smile Of Satisfaction Over
tho Weather

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Smile Of satisfaction over
tho Weather
:: The The 1st4 Richland County Fair
IS the biggest am best" ever
held. Just as the managers told
US beforehand that it would be.
and the weather came to their aid
In time to bring the crowds. too.
In short, the Richland county
falr this year is big success
from every standpoint, and every
body that helped to make it so is
RECEIVING hearty concentrations.
First on the left hand as you
make the round of the exhibits. is
the educational department. and
the exhibits there were never bet
ter, ii indeed. they have been as
good; The horticultural, garden
and fruit exhibits are very fine
and we'll arranged. The big red
apples are there in all their glory.
think you we're 't' at a Fair air in "Tiso Misu
souri, or Oregon. instead of in
North Dakota. where there are
still few people that "didn't
know we could raise fruit in North
Dakota"
The big pumpkins are there.
too. and about everything else to
be found in the gardens and on
the farms Of this great state. Peo-
pie who have been telling us that
there were no big potatoes grown
in this county this fall will have
to revise their estimate or become
the laughing stock of everybody
who visited the Fair. for bigger
and finer looking potatoes never
grew than are to be seen at the
Fair this year.
The poultry department has a
number of interesting exhibits.
also. and the Women's DEPART
ment is fully up to it's usual high
standard of excellence. There is
to be seen there all manner of
needlecraft, and the cookery art
as we'll as homemade candies, ETC..
etc. A number of business firms
OF the city are represented on
the grounds. those entitled to
special mention being Molloy's
Furniture Store, the Wahpeton
Hardware COMPANY, the REQ An.
tomobiles sold by Mr.. Leines of
Mooreton. and several others.
Livestock Departments
The several lines of livestock
are all represented this year. some
ing shown that were ever on eS-
hibltion at county Fair any
where. There are several pens Of
fine sheep. lots of splendid hogs,
one of them being so large that II
resembled hippopotamus, and
must weigh close to A Thousand
pounds. There are cattle there
that can't be excelled at even a
state Fair.
Tho Amusements
The amusement features are
many and of high class, and
anybody there for a good time can
put i'm whole day on the grounds
without getting weary. and then
be ready to go back again the next
day. Perhaps the most popular of
all the amusements is still the
merry-go-rOund and the races.
|'The Big S. S. S. band. with it's SO
pieces comes in for lots of praise,
and SO does COMPANY I. with its
many pleas ing features etaoin sh
many pleasing maneuvres of the
military camp and battlefield.
There are also lots of tents and
pavlllons with amusemehts ga
lore. and all together it is in real
ity the biggest and best Fair that
Rich land county has ever had. IF
you have not been there. by all
means 60. The Fair continues to-
day and tomorrow. only.
Corn and Butter Contests
| The School boys corn contest
is participated in by over one
hundred boys of t' e county, each
OF whom sent in 10 of their best
ears. and has been adiudged by
Prof. Gordon Randlett. of the Ag-
rlcultural college. who spoke rerv
highly of the exhibit. The prizes
were, awarded as follows:
1st prize-possession of the
Silver cup for a year. was won by
+! Oscar Tideman. of Walcott twp.
End prize-loose leaf Farmers
Accounting System. was won by
+, Philip Herdina. of Wahpeton.
3rd prize-S2 cash. won by Jo-
( seph Nelson. of Freeman twp
The butter prize contest was
participated in bv 90 school girls,
each of whom brought a sample
I pound of their own making. and
is being Judged at this writing by
Mr.. Greenwood. of the State Dairy
Commission.
The Manikowskes have a fine
display of grains. grasses and
vegetables in the agricultural
building. It is competing for the
Great Northern cup offered for the
best single exhibit Of farm pro-
ducts at the Fair. and it looks
like a sure winner.
The Battle Lake Nursery again
has an interesting fruit exhibit at
the Fair.
educational Display
The Educational display at the
Fair is the largest in the history
of the Association. The following
schools have booths: Wahpeton
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