The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-02
Big Feature of Mondays Program
is Opening of the Baseball
Tournament,
WORK OF $4,000 CHILDREN
HOUSED IN NEW BUILDINC3
Complete Program for Opening Day
Closes With an Aviation
Flight.

81. sPaul, Mlnn., Sept. 2.-Practic-
ally everything is in readiness at the
Minnesota State Fair for what is
generally believed to be the banner
fair week in history. An army of
men and women is putting the finish
ing touches to exhibits, grounds and
concession stands, and things will be
in spick and span shape by Monday
morning.
The big feature of the Monday pro-
gram will be the opening of the base
ball tournament for the state cham
pionship, horse racing program in
which a large number Of Grand Cir
cult horses are entered, the exhibi-
tion flying of De Lloyd Thompson in
Curtiss warplane, and the big eve
ming spectacle, 1.-THE Last Days of
Pompeii," before the grandstand.
The leading baseball game will be
one between the Independent teams
of Minneapolis and St. Paul for the
Twin City championship at 2:3O
O'Clock in the afternoon. Two other
games will be played in the morning.
The judging of all exhibits will
begin early Monday morning. Horses
will be judged in the Livestock Pa
vilion in the morning, and cattle will
be judged there in the afternoon
Sheep and swine will be judged in
the sheep and swine pavilions. Poul-
try, fruit, vegetables, honey, grain,
county exhibits and women's work
will also be taken up by the judges.
The new school exhibits building,
in which the contest work of nearly
$4,000, children will be housed, is
certain. to prove one of, the features
OF the IT, fair. This building adjoins
the Agricultural building and has
just been completed at a cost Of
about $4,000. In it will be held the
state bread-making contest for girls,
the canning contest for the state
championship, and several other feat
ures of interest to children. There
will be large display of rural school,
graded school, high school and con-
solidated school work.
A girls camp, in which nearly 1875
girls have applied for admission, is
new 1916 feature. These girls will
take part in the bread-making and
canning contests for the state cham
pionship. They are all winners of
local contests throughout the state.
During the entire week they will be
housed in the dormitories for girls
at the Minnesota Agricultural school,
under the care of a woman from the
state extension department..
There will be nearly half dozen
more bands and orchestras this year
than formerly. Seventeen Organiza-
tiOns of this nature are coming. The
First Regiment band, Minnesota State
band and the First Field Artillery
band lead the long list. Bands from
St. Cloud, Springfield, Brook Park,
Waseca, Nashwauk, Keewatin and
Lake City are coming. The Mime
apolis Working Boys band will play
each evening.
A herd of elephants has been en-
gagged to interest the children this
year. They will perform twice each
day before the grandstand. Three
stages of vaudeville will be played at
the afternoon and evening shows.
Children will be admitted free Mon
day if accompanied by an adult, and
an attendance of approximately 10O,-
900 persons is expected.
Monday Program.
Monday, Sept. 4, is Children's Day.
All children IA years old or under,
accompanied by adult, will be ad-
mitted free.
700 a. m.-Admission gates open.
900 a. m.-Judging begins in all
departments.
departments. Winsted VS.. Blooming
Prairie, preliminary baseball game
for Glass C championship.
1900 a. m.-Women's and Misses
Style Show opens in Woman's Build