Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-14
NORTH DAKOTA STATEFAlRO "OPENS
HERE TUESDAY; WlLLBE GREATEST
EXPOSITION SEEN in NORTHWEST
ATTRACTIONS
PROVIDED FOR THE
PEOPLE OF STATE
Stock Show Will be the Best
Seen West of Chicago
ADJUSTMENTS all Good.

When the state fair grounds are OPP
ened Tuesday morning. North Dakota
will see the biggest and best exposition
in the history of the state. Bigger
and better than ever has been the
slogan since the management first be-
gan preparations. and, with this In
view, every department has grown 10
record-breaking proportions.
Secretary Don V. Moore will move
his office to the fair grounds tomor-
row and final preparations will be dl-
rected right on the grounds. Today.
q large crew of men was busy getting
the Liberal Arts building and the
many sheds and barns in condition
for receiving entries, nan Of which
booths already have gone up in the
Liberal Arts building. while conces-
sion row today resembles a tented city.
With the arrival Monday morning
of the Workman shows. the midway
will be completed and the balance Of
the concessions will be installed.
Katherine Stinson, the famous avia-
world records, also will arrive here
Monday.
Great Stock Show.
Some of the live stock arrived at
the fair ground today and a number
Of herds will arrive Sunday. The en-
tries continued to grow throughout the
week until Friday they passed I'M
thought of numbers. The stock show
undoubtedly will be the greatest seen
west of Chicago. Exhibitors are COM
ing from every section of North Da-
kota and from Minnesota, Montana.
South Dakota and Wisconsin. The
horse, sheep and hog entries also are
much greater thai heretofore.
The poultry show will be exception
ally good. Superintendent A. G.. Lock
man has established a department for
students in rural schools and they
have entered e SO pens The prize
list a been entirely revised n a
much better class of birds is promised
Every branch Of farming and in
dustrial life will be represented. The
Liberal Arts building will be crowd
ed with exhibits Of various loca
stores and institutions and of factories
and industries from a number of out
of-town and out-of-state places.
Big Machinery Display.
The machinery exhibit will far exec
anything heretofore seen at a state
fair. Every machine known to mod
ern farm and some that not yet hav
been placed on the market will b.
seen. The entries were so large tina
much additional pace had to be pro
vided. The auto show also will be
UlS 16dLuTe. n6dloTS Will make incl
first display of the 1918 models. ,
This year will witness the first girls
encampment. Ninety students in Crane
Forks county rural schools nave en-
listed, and they will go through
course of training and study at tn
grounds under the direction of N
Beatrice tombstone, county superin
tendent of schools. Miss Elizabet
Burr and Mrs. Paul johnson.
Amusements Are Fine.
The amusement feature has bee
well planned. First and foremos
comes Katherine Stinson, the famou
aviatrix. who will give two thrillin
flights a day. Then, there are tn
Workman shows, the biggest carnivs
attraction On the road, will furnis
the midway amusements. An excer
tionally fine vaudeville program ha
been provided for the grand stand.
The opening days program will /
one Of the best of the week. 1t ha
been designated National Guar,
Army n Navy and Patriotic Da.
and the Machine Gun company, Con
pany M, the regular army and nav
OFFICERS stationed here and the Midd
Girls from Crookston will AXE pa,
in the parade and flag-raising cert
monies.
The fair will close Saturday, Jul
21, with the greatest automobi
races seen in the state.