The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-08-24
Wftf Erect NEW
FAIR BUILDING
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY DE.
CIDES TO BUILD BUSINESS e.
MEMS STRUCTURE
REST ROOMS ARE NEEDED
COMMITTEE is APPOINTED TO
HAVE FULL CHARGE OF
WORK; COST ABOUT $500

The Sank Centre Business Mems
building will be added to the equip
n1ent of the fair grounds this fall.
This decision was reached at the reg
ular meeting of the association Tues
dey night and a committee composed
of j. B. Schoenhoff, A. M. Wallace
and DIR. H. F. Hennemann was given
full authority to erect the structure.
Contractor Anderson is preparing
plans and specifications and expects
to have them completed by the latter
part of the week. The committee state
that within twenty-four hours after
receiving the plans they will have
awarded the contract and actual con-
structiOn work commenced.
The site for the building has not
been selected, but the building COM
mittee and officers of the association
will visit the fair grounds Friday
morning for that purpose. In gener-
al discussions at the association
meetings the popular sentiment has
been that the building should occupy
the site now occupied by the woman's
building old Congregational
church-which would be either torn
down or moved. Its removal from
the main street of the grounds is ur-
ged because of being out of harmony
with the other buildings
The new building will be 4Ox6O feet
and will cost approximately $500.
Business men have contributed fund
of $1405 and the remainder of the
cost will be borne by the fair society.
Though the time is short, builders de-
clare the structure can be satisfactor-
lily erected in the period before the
opening of the fair On Sept. 90.
The new building will be designed
largely to fill long-felt need at the
fair grounds-that of commodious
and neatly maintained rest rooms and
comfort stations, one for women and
children and one for men. The re-
mainder of the floor space will be de-
voted to display booths of local bus
ines men.
The question of band music, butter
exhibit, outside advertising and So
ciability runs were allowed to remain
ir hands of committees for another
week. 1t was informally announced,
however, that the advertising commit
tee had decided on four auto tours,
one to Long Prairie, one to Sank Rap
ids, one to the Belgrade and Brooten
region and one through the towns be-
tween here and st. Cloud.
The association also went on record
that all exhibits of stock entered must
remain on exhibition during the en-
tire period of the fair. One prospec-
tive exhibitor had asked if he might
be permitted to show here two days
and then move his exhibit to another
fair. ,~}7s-
Secretary Strebel has secured sew
eral splendid free attractions. The
big act will be Prof. Walter Raub and
his troupe of aeronauts with these
features: Balloon ascension with six
parachute jumps or drops by one
aeronaut; ascension with two aero
nauts Qady and man) making sextu-
pie parachute drops each, from one
balloon; flying bomb act in which
aeronaut is encased in a paper shell,
placed in a cannon, carried to good
height by a balloon and fired from
the cannon, the bomb bursting in air
and releasing the aeronaut with red,
white and blue parachute. This is de-
clared one of the most thrilling and
sensational acts making the fair and
carnival circuits this season.
Other acts will be DeVelde and
Zelda introducing hand, head and
teeth balancing, contortion work slack
wire evolutions and great d.
strength. Holman and John have an
amazing human frog turn.