Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-09-24
COUNTY fair IN FULL SWING
ENTRIES OF EXHIBITS LARGE
ENTERTAINMENT GOOD-AT-
TENDANCE GOOD

Little Falls is the center Of attrac-
ton this week for people # Morrison
county and adjacent territory, the an
nual fair Of the Morrison County Co.
operative Agricultural society being
In full operation.
Wednesday was entry day and the
entries made exceed those OF last year
by about 1000. The increases are in
every line except that of live stock,
which is about the same, although the
sheep and hog exhibits are smaller.
The band rendered few selections
Wednesday evening but the fair prop
erly opened yesterday morning. The
weather could not be beat and the at
tendance in the afternoon, aside Of ex-
hibitors' tickets, reached over 1000,
much larger than last year. It is esti-
mated that the evening, attendance
will also be much larger. '~
Thursday was Royalton-Pierz day
and ball teams from these towns con-
tested for supremacy, Royalton~ win
ming by score of 5 to 4.
Grains, grasses and vegetables are
shown in abundance, and a glance will
tell that Morrison county is a favored
spot for the agriculturist. The many
exhibits of dairy butter Immediately
;brings the attention of the onlooker
to the wonderful growth in this line
of endeavor on the farms Of this coun-
:ty-an industry that is making the
value Of Morrison county farms tend
gradually upward.
Exhibiting are the Pike Rapids Pro-
gressive Farmers club, the Freedmen
club, the Meadowview club, and the
Rice Lake club. The Pike Rapids Pro-
gressive club exhibit is especially
worthy of mention, there being nicely
arranged all the products of the farm.
The decorations are pleasing and at
ttractive. A freak in this booth is a
stalk of rye with six heads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Busse, who
had charge of the Morrison county
exhibit at the state fair, which car
ried away second prize in the Central
section have a large display of grains,
grasses, vegetables, etc. There are
other fine exhibits in this line, but not
so large.
Fruit is fine display and the fam
'ous Morrison county celery looks bet
ter than ever.
The honey of o. J. Goodmanson Of
this city, which won many prizes at
the state fair, is nicelv displayed and
lis attracting good deal of attention.
In live stock excellent herds of cat
tile are being shown bv the Meadow
view stock 1arm Of Pike Creek, the
4Cloverdale of Freedmen and the John
Wetzel farm Of Swan River, the
breeds being respectively Guernsey,
Holstein and Shorthorn. There are in
dividual red-polled entries. Horses are
shown in Hambletonian, Percheron and
Belgian, as also in Shetlands. Ed.
Freder1ckson of Darling is exhibiting
a fine pen Of Shropshire sheep. Hogs
are shown in Red Duroc and Poland
China. The chicken, duck, geese and
turkey exhibit pens are all filed with
Al poultry.
In the women's building is fancy
work and baking-larger and better
than ever. Fancy work attracting
much attention is that worked by Miss
Eleanor Posch of this city. The young
lady is blind and the work has been
done after an attendance at the Fari-
bault state school for the blind of but
three months.
In the school exhibit building can
be seen many interesting things, the
high and graded schools Of this city
having exhibits in fancy work, manu-
al training and cookery. The Royal
ton high school shows an excellent ex.
hibit of farm products as does also the
rural schools. The manual training de-
partment of the local high school
shows improved workmanship in the
furniture line, there being shown q
fully upholstered chair in leather, the
work Of one of the pupils. More inlay
work and veneering as we'll as mechan
:ical drawing, has been done the past
year. There are also shown here mod
els for barn, hog house, chicken cooI
and machine shed which were made by
the pupils of the short course class
Blue prints of these, made by the man
ual training department pupils, can be
had by seeing Superintendent Dobbyn
A unique work Of the orphans of St
Otto's is a castle made from spools.
Flowers of every kind, every. tint
both potted and cut, are shown in pro
fusion.
In the business line Henry Nathe
has display of motor driven machin
cry and the Little Falls Granite Work.
The Buick and Overland cars have
stands.
The committee on the Women ,.
building is serving meals at regular
hours and lunches throughout the day
to those who find it inconvenient tt
come down town. They are also sell
ing as souvenir the golywog."
Besides the band the free acts, tn,
Corey Shows and the merry-go-rouni
are amusing the visitors.
The program for today and tomor
row follows:
Friday, Sept. "a
Children g Day. Admission to chill
dren under 16. 5 cents.
Judging of exhibits continued.
Band concerts and free attractions
and shows.
Saturday, Sept. 25
Farmers Clubs Day. Prizes offered
to clubs having the largest number Of
members ON ground.
Tug Of war between clubs.
Auction at 8 O'Clock. Live stool
vegetables and other exhibits will b,
offered for sale cheap-place to ge
good things for reasonable prices.
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