The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
RADICAL Change IN
COUNTY FAIR DATES
AUGUST 29-30-31 AND SEPT. 1SE-
LECTED FOR 1917 STEARNS
COUNTY SHOW
BETTER WEATHER HOPED FOR
DEPARTMENT HEADS NAMED
AND WORK FOR BIG FAIR Z
INAUGURATED

At meeting of the stockholders of
the Agricultural Society OF Stearns
County at the Sank Centre CONNER
cial Club rooms Tuesday evening a
radical departure in the time Of hold
ing the annual fair was decided upon,
Several things were taken into con-
sideration in deciding upon a Change.
For nuInber of years the dates have
been about the middle of September,
close to the equinox period, and bad
weather for at least a portion Of the
time resulted. OF course there is no
guarantee that Aug. 29-3O-31 and Sep
TENDER 1, the dates selected for the
1917 fair will be better, but the assoc
citation is going to experiment for a
year at least.
Another thing that had considerable
weight in changing the dates was the
fact that the last week in September
the annual meeting of the German
Catholic State Aid Society of Mime
sofa will be held in Sank Centre. This
meeting will bring many thousands to
the city Sunday, the first day of the
convention and several hundred will
remain as delegates for the three fol-
lowing days. 1t was felt that one
week was not sufficient time to get
from under one fairly good sized prop
osition to take on another.
The question of proper. agricultural
exhibits was discussed and from the
information gathered from other towns
in the state who hlod their fairs be-
fore the state fair, the conclusion was
arrived at that the chances for a good
exhibit would be practically as gooF
as two weeks later.
Of course holding the fair the last
week in August means that Sank c,
tire will work independently in her
races. The experienc of othr towns
holding early fairs indicate that usual
ly they have all the horses they can
accommodate, as the horses training
at the state fair grounds are compelled
to vacate the week before the state
fair opens, and many of thin will be
glad to find place to land until the
regular county fair circuits start after
the state fair.
In the matter of amusements, it is
thought that the holding an early fair
will be an advantage, as there will be
more good acts available before the
state fair than at later date.
None of the schools in the county
or surrounding country will have start
ed their years work and it will be
easier for them to attend the fair at
this time than the middle of Septem-
br.
The following department superin-
tendents were appointed:
Speed-W. M. Parker.
Horses-Sam Chenoweth.
Cattle-B. F. Dubois.
Sheep and Swine-Ben Dicks.
Poultry-H. F. Hennemann.
Agriculture-Ferd Borgmann.
Horticulture-H. w. Botz.
Domestic Arts-Mrs. L. j. Irish.
High and Graded Schools-Mrs. nj.
D. Aygarn.
Rural Schools-W. A. Boerger.
Buildings and Grounds-Geo. Rice.
Concessions Asa M. Wallace.
Agricultural IMPLEMENTS. A.
Schoenhoff.
A. J. DuBeau and M. D. Aygarn
were appointed a committee to solicit
special prizes.
A. F. Strebel, John McGibbon and
Asa M. Wallace were appointed COM
mittee on securing amusemen ts.
Hon. F. E. Minette and John Nc
Gibbon, delegates to the recent M et-
ing of the State Agricultural Society,
made extensive reports stating among
Other. things that an attempt will he
made to have the present session at
the Minnesota legislature increase the
county fair appropriation from S85,o00
per year to $150,000 per year. Mr..
Minette was named chairman of the
legislative committee from the Fed
Grated County Fairs Association.
BRANCH BADLY BALLED UP
The Morris Little Falls branch of
the N. P. has been badly tied up for