The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-22
FAIR PLANS ARE E
ASSUMING SHAPE
GOV. HAMMOND BOOKED TO ADJ
DRESS CITIZENS DURING
THE SHOW
GOOD AMUSEMENT features
MONSTER TRIP PLANNED TO ST.
CLOUD AND BENTON
COUNTY FAIR

Inc Agricultural Society OF StearnS
County held a largely attended and
very interesting meeting at the Com
mercial Club rooms Monday evening.
with President G. Hillerud presiding.
o. E. Gibson, superintendent of the,
Agricultural department of the Sank
Centre public schools made a report
on the probabilities of stock display
and from the present indications a
large number of farmers will exhibit.
The new stock barn is completed max
ing room for 80 head of cattle, and
even at this early day the officers are
wondering where they will put all the
stock offered. The exhibitors will be
taken care of in the order in which
their applications are received.
President Hillerud, Secretary Sire
bel, E. A. Richards, M. D. Aygarn and
B. F. Dubois were appointed COM
mittee to arrange the preliminary pro-
gram for each day of the fair.
One of the big events of the fair
will be the address given by Gov. w.
! S. Hammond who consented some
time ago to speak at this years fair.
The date of his visit has not been de-
cided, but the committee will take the
matter up with Secretary Andrist at
once and arrange the date.
The plan of setting aside special
days for the fair has been changed
somewhat over preceding years.
Tuesday, September FL was design
mated as "Soo-Line Day." taking in
all the towns on the 500 Line. We'd
nedsay will be known as Melrose,
Freeport, Albany, Richmond and Cold
Spring day, and Thursday as st.
/! Cloud day. ST. Cloud was set back a
day this year in order to give as much
time as possible between St. Cloud
day at the Benton County Fair and
the Stearns County Fair.
The question of taking automobile
trips this year to advertise the fair
was brought up for consideration.
The opinion was unanimous that at
least one monster trip should be made
to st. Cloud, for advertising purposes
and to spend a half day at the Benton
County fair at Sank Rapids. A COM
mittee consisting of Frank Minette,
j. B. Sshoenhoff, Ben Dicks, L. w.
Gingery and A. M. Wallace were app
pointed to confer with auto owners
relative to making the usual trips all
over the country and to report at the
next meeting.
Hereafter the association will meet
every two weeks until after the fair,
on Monday evenings at the CONNER
cial Club rooms.
The question of amusements for
the fair were discussed, the unan-
nous opinion being that the fair could
not afford to lessen the grade of their
free attractions and President Hill
lerud and Secretary Strebel were in
structed to consider the proposition of
booking either daily balloon ascen-
sion and parachute drop or an aero
plane. The mater was left entirely
in their hands.
Season tickets will be offered for
sale in short time. The automobile
idea has been dispensed with, but as
an inducement for people to buy sea-
son tickets they will be sold at $1.00
each until midnight Sept. 10 when the
price advances to $1.50. These tick
cts can be used each day or the holder
can use the entire ticket on one day
taking 2 additional people in with him.
The farmers are taking a more ac-
tive interest in the success Of the fair
than ever before as they realize that
a splendid agricultural and stock ex-
hibit will be of immense value in the
development Of Stearns county. 4