Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-17
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KATHERINE STINSON,
RED CROSS FLYER,
THRILLS THE CROWDS
Girl Aviator Makes Her
First Flight in Breeze
That's Exciting.
RACERS IN BEST OF
CONDITION FOR FUN
Farmers and Stock Raisers
Find Much of Profit
in the Fair.

as with every barn and building
crowded with exhibits and every dis
play in place, the North Dakota State
fair-''bigger and better than ever"
opened this morning. Ideal wealth
er conditions prevailed throughout
the day, and, with an exceptionally
strong program arranged, thousands
Of people were attracted to the
grounds. Fair officials declared this
afternoon that 1t was the biggest
opening day they had known.
This Is National Guard. Army and
Navy and Patriotic day. and splen-
did patriotic program has been ar
ranged for this evening; At 1:4b
oscar Haln. and the Machine Gun
company, Captain y. L. Eckman, will
presentS their military drill and ma
neuvers after which they will par
ticipate in the hag-lowering cere-
mony. The flag will be lowered ao-
cording to regular army and navy
regulations, with the soldiers stand
Ing at attention and the band playing
the Star Spangled Banner.
The Croolston MILDLY girls. cap
| will participate in the program. They
will present their SPECIAL naval drill
The MILDLY Girls have been organized
since early spring and have appeared
at "a number Of events in the north
! west. ala.s,s.s..,v,- -.,...,
Last nights and this mornings i
trains brought nalarg ge crowds of Wis
the country roads were lined with
autoparties, all bound for the fair
The crowd was SO large this morning
| that a number Of the Carnival shows
were forced to open their doors to
accomodate them.
Every exhibit was in its place
4 when the gates opened. In one OF
work to attend to, but for the most
lpart everything was running Ssmo 9th.
Judging started in practically every
department. In the dairy cattle
class, a few guernseys and red poles
were judged. There was no com.
petition in special GLASSES, and sc
only the Jean Duluth farm herds were
Judged. The silver cup was awarded
to Jean Duluth Betty, and Marathon
Rose Queen. from the Same herd
won the cup for Junior champion
heifer. III.
Judging Of horses, beef cattle, sheer
and hogs also was started. The
judges made good progress during the
morning and by tonight will have
much of their work done.
with the largest number Of entrants
in the history Of the fair. The priz.
list was completely revised this veal
and this had the eeffct of stimulating
interest. with the result that man!
new articles are exhibited. Judging
also started In this department thi
morning.
Grand Stand Crowded.
When the race program started a
2 o'clock this afternoon, the grant
stand and bleachers were crowded
and many people thronged tn,
grounds. The G. A. wortham show
were formally thrown open at
o'clock, and, despite the fact that tn
stands were packed, they did an un
usually good business. The carniva
attractions undoubtedly are the bes
seen in the state. Mr.. Wortham ha
provided the latest attractions an,
has SO many Of them that two amuse
ment zones had to be provided.
The magnitude of the fair is tn
I first thing that impresses one. Or
dinarily one has found plenty o
room along the walks. but this year
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