The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-09
BIG COUNTY FAIR
NOW IN PROGRESS
FAIR THIS YEAR is THE BIGGEST
AND BEST EVER PULLED
OFF HERE
EXHIBIT IS A MAGNIFICENT SHOWING
OF the Resources Of This Great Coun-
ty Of Ours-CarnivaI is a LARGE
One and the Shows Are Good

Brookings %county's great fair is on.
The biggest yearly event of the county
began on Tuesday morning and will
continue until tomorrow night. While
the biggest and best two days are yet
to come the first two were good
enough to indicate that the fair will be
the greatest and most satisfactory v e
held in the county.
The exhibit Is a magnificent show
ing of the products Of Bookings coun-
tvs farms and homes. Every depart
ment Is filled to overlooking and the
exhibits are Of an unusually high class.
One Of the best showings Is in the
agricultural building, which is filled to
the doors with the evidence of Brook
ings county's great agricultural wealth.
The showing of potatoes is especially
good, there being seventy entries in
this class alone. The Commercial
Clubs special prize has forty potato
growers contesting for it. The show
ing of small grain is fine and the
vegetables and fruit are equally good.
The only class that is short is the
but none of it Is matured. 1t looks
good but must have some time to
ripen.
In the woman's building there is a
handsome display of products from
the home, and the building is really too
small to show off the exhibits as they
should be.
County Superintendent Blakely and
the teachers and pupils have every
reason to be proud of their building.
1t has n Of the finest displays of
school work ever gathered together
anywhere, and it well shows the quail
ity of work being done by Brookings
%county's schools.
The poultry building is full and it Is
the equal of any former showing at
the fair.
The stock pavilion is bullying out
with fat stock, there is not a stall UNI
filed and the showing is certainly one
of interest to every farmer and stock
man.
There are many special displays, in
Guiding a fine showing of machinery.
The first day of the fair on Tuesday
was taken up with entering and ar
ranging the big exhibit and there was
not much doing. Yesterday was the
first real day Of fair. There was a
big crowd, a considerable part of
whom were children as it was Chill
dren's Day. A rain in the morning
which lasted until nearly noon I'M
doubtedly kept the attendance down.
After dinner it cleared off and the
weather was fine, with just as good
prospects for two more good days.
There were two good harness races
yesterday, with special races for the
children, and some good free attrac-
tons. For some unknown reason the
flying man failed to get here, much to
the disappointment Of the crowd.
The Clifton-KelIy Carnival set up
for business Monday, with ten or
twelve shows. The shows are of the
usual carnival kind, Rose the Child Of
the Wild, the Monkey Circus, the big
gest snake ever captured alive, min
s~trels, tango artists, ETC., etc. The
shows seem to be good and clean and
afford amusement to the crowds, es-
p~ecially at night.
Two big days are expected today
and tomorrow and with continued good
weather the association should come
put nicely. The Ford auto will be gwen
away tomorrow and this is expected
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