Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-09-09

ed the pure bred stock of Charles F
Rainey, Sven Oftedahl and others:
and the swine will be the finest eve]
shown in this county.
Merchants to Occupy Booths
A larger number of merchants thar
ever will occupy booths in the main
exhibit space under the grandstand
The Harvey Music Co. will occupy one
corner of the room, showing a player
piano and two other pianos as well
as number Of other musical instru.
ments. Mrs. Stokes will be in charge
of the booth which will also include a
rest room for ladies and children.
Messrs. Eustrom & Sinclair, the
commission merchants, will have a
suitable display booth, as will Hollec-
ker's department store and several
others. The merchants display booth
idea will be gone after next year on a
larger scale, it being understood that
all the business men will be asked to
get together and contribute toward a
suitable building that can be used an
nually for that purpose.
Races and Wild West
The track has been put in apple-pie
shape and it looks to be as fast as it
is possible to make half-mile dirt
track. The trotting and pacing entries
are pretty well filed, ten horses COM
ing in from Mandan yesterday and
bunch being expected in next Sunday
from Miles City. The racing circuit is
known as the Western Dakota and
Eastern Montana circuit and includes
such cities as Mandan, Bismarck,
Miles City and Helena. J. R. Waters
of Beach has been re-engaged this year
as official starter for the races.
The Roman standing race in which
Pike and Nichols of Miles City and
Fallon will compete will be one of the
spectacular racing features of the fair,
the Drunken" Roman standing race,
on one horse, and the mysterious
Package" race being almost equally
interesting and much more amusing.
Cage Johnston, one of Dawson coun-
tvs best known COW punchers, is sup
erintendent of the Wild West feature
of the fair. He has secured of the
widest bucking horses that Miles City
has ever seen and has picked up a
number of obstreperous equines
around this county. He has secured
the best riders in the state who will
give exhibitions of bronco busting
with and without the saddle, wild
steer riding and fancy roping.
Women's Department Enlarged
The women's department in the
main exhibit building has been consid-
erably enlarged and now extends al
most the entire length of the grand
stand. This was done to make room
for the increased number of exhibits
of fruit, flowers, canned fruits, etc.
which will be entered this year.
The poultry department has been
moved from the stock building, the
vegetable and sheaf grain space be-
ing the same size as last year.
The Catholic Ladies Altar society
will have charge of the refreshment
booth this year and will serve sand
wiches, coffee, ice cream and other
light refreshments as well as regu-
lar meal at popular prices.
Mrs. Cage Johnston will have charge
of the ladies ~who will participate IN
the big street parades, and at the pres
ent time is busily engaged in getting
large number of young lady riders
together for the fancy horseback drill
which will be given on the main street
each morning of the fair.
Other Interesting Events
The Ladies' Relay race bids fair to
be more exciting than ever before.
The ladies will have to saddle and un-
saddle their mounts each half mile
under the wire in front OF the grand
stand. Four entrants have already
signified their intention to participate
Mrs. Cage Johnston, Miss Hardy, MISS
Edna Kronkright and another Dawson
county girl whose name could not Do
learned before going to press.
The Little Giant Carnival company
band will furnish the music on the
fair grounds and there Will De tnree
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