Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-09-03
RUsk COUNTY FIR
NEXT WEEK COMES THE BIG
EVENT.-ATTEND AND BRING
YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU
YOU WILL Be WELL ENTERTAINED
Everything is in Readiness for the
1915 Exposition of Rusk County's
Agricultural Possibilities

Granted the favor of the weather
man, Ladysmith will doubtless he the
mecca next week of several thou
sand of Rusk county's progressive
people, who will come to the county
seat and metropolis to see the big
1915 fair
All who come will be cordially
welcomed by the people of Ladysmith
and we can safely assure them
that they will be well entertained
every moment they are here.
The afternoon program will com
mence at 1870 each day.
Evening programs will be given
daily, commencing at 7:3O, the ad-
mission to which will be 10 cents to
all Grandstand free. Full program
of free acts each evening in front
of grandstand.
A great deal of information con-
cerning the fair will be found in
supplement contained in this issue.
Particulars regarding the baseball
schedule and other matters not
available when that part of the pa
per was printed will be given in
this article.
Baseball Schedule
Opening day, Sept. 7-AmacOy VS..
Hawkins.
Sept. Stony VS. Weyerhaenser.
Sept 9-Ladysmith VS.. Glen Flora.
Sept 1O-Winners to pay for Rusk
County Championship.
Motorcycle Races
Motorcycle races have been ar
ranged for the first three days of
the fair for which there will be no
entrance fee. On Tuesday, the open
ing day, the race will be for Lady
smith riders, 2 miles, the best 2 in
3. On Wednesday, Rusk county rid
ers outside of Ladysmith, will COM
pete under the same conditions.
Thursdays race will be a free
fOr-all' for the championship and
will be miles.
Additional Free Attractions
Cannon's Wild West and Trained
Animal Shows will exhibit. on the
grounds, under canvas, and will give
several free acts, making total of
eleven free acts which will be Civ
en- in front of the grandstand both
afternoon and evening.
Other Notes on the Fair
The Ladysmith Concert Band will
furnish music throughout the fair.
Frank Langenbach will give an
exhibition with his trained colt in
front of the grand stand on the sec
ond and third days.
exhibit is a yearling and the young
est horse in pacing harness in Rusk
county The colt was raised in this
county.
The Unique Theater will give pro-
grams of special merit (and that's
saying something) every evening of
the fair.
H. w. True's "Carol Patch" and
Ed Austin's "Nikaniss," two Lady
smith horses that have been winning
purses and renoWn at various race
meets and fairs ever since July 5,
are here to participate in the races.
These. horses will go from here to
! Rice Lake and from there to Chip
ipewa Falls,
Mrs. O. J. Little, of owen, speaks
lon "Woman Suffrage" before the
grandstand on the evening of the
8th She will speak also at the
Rice Lake fair.
Trains No. z and No. will stop
at Tony, Ingram, Hawkins and Glen
Flora all four days of the Rusk
county fair.
L. D. Crane, of Stanley, has chal-
lenged anyone in Rusk county to
100-shot shooting match with "clay
pigeons" to occur on the fair
grounds on the forenoon of the last
day of the fair, each contestant to
put up $25. Some of the local
"crack shots" will doubtless accept
the challenge.