The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-08-09
STEARNS COUNTY'S
Big FAIR COMING
IN Three WEEKS
COOPERATION OF FARMERS
WILL MAKE SHOW SPLEN-
DID SUCCESS,
fine AMUSEMENT PROGRAM
RURAL SCHOOLS ERECT FINE
BUILDING---NEW STRUCTURE
FOR DOMESTIC ART.

county fairs coming into their own.
This condition has been brought about
largely by the advanced method along
agricultural lines, and the IDEA of in.
tensitied and diversified farming.
While the county fair is necessarily
located in some center of population,
nevertheless a successful county fair
must have the cooperation and sup
port of the farming community of it's
territory, else failure is inevitable.
The farmers in the territory adjac-
ent to Sank Centre have repeatedly
shown their loyalty to the Stearns
county fair in the past years. The in
dications are, that with gooi weather,
the fifteenth annual fair to be held
in this city Aug. 29-3O-31 and Sept. 1,
1917, will break all previous records.
The exhibit of cattle, both dairy and
beef type full bloods, will unquestion-
ably be the finest in the fairs history.
The large cattle barns will comfort
ably house 80 head and it is possible
that even more room will be needed.
Several of the farmers clubs are
taking an active interest in the group
exhibits and competition will be keen
for the special prizes offered for this
event. The special cash prize of S25
to be divided pro rata among the but
termakers assures a splendid exhibit
in this department.
The Domestic Art department will
be comfortably housed this year in the
St. Cloud building which the Granite
City Commercial Club have generous
ly turned over to the fair associa-
ton. A new cement floor has been
laid and there will be ample room for
proper display. Mrs. L. ]. Irish is
superintendent of this department and
is working hard for fine display, and
will succeed.
Heretofore the rural school exhibits
have been crowded. A few years ago
County Superintendent Boeryer began
to get the rural schools of the county
interested in movement for a special
building for the rural schools. The re-
suit is that fine new building espe-
cially for the rural schools is nearing
completion. 1t is located just east of
the Sank Centre building erected last
year. The funds for this building were
raised entirely by the country school
children who have provided all sorts
of entertainments to raise the funds
necessary for the enterprise. The
high and graded schools of Sank Cen
tire and the other towns will occupy
the entire building formerly given
over to rural and graded and high
schools of the county.
At meeting of the Fair Associa-
ton held Thursday evening of last
week at the Commercial club rooms it
was voted to make Thursday, Aug. 80,
Children's Day, at which time all
children under 16 years of age will be
admitted free to the fair. This plan
was discontinued last year because of
the prevalence of infantile paralysis
in the community.
At Thursday evenings meeting it
was also decided that several adver-
Using trips were necessary to arouse
the proper enthusiasm. President H.
Borgmann appointed D. B. Caughren,
AL. and Art DuBeau as committee
to handle this feature. Next weeks
Herald will give the dates of the trips
and the itinerary. ,~~as~.l>--
The amusement features of any fair
are one of the big drawing cards.
Each year Of late the character of the
special free attractions have been
raised, and the Herald is quite sure
that the performers secured for the
coming fair will please all. The
headliners are the Six Gavins, artisa
tic and trick bicyclists par excellence.
The Deleman brothers are unusual
and unique acrobats and will furnish
thrills. and comedy galore. Secretary
Strebel is endeavoring to arrange a
series of ball games between some Of
the fast teams of this section.
This years racing program should
bring the best field of horses in years.
The Stearns county fair il member
of the Big Four racing circuit. Large
ly increased purses have been hung up
and Superintendent of Speed Willian1
M. Parker is confident that the racing
program will be a corker.
It is none too early to make your
arrangements to attend this big show.
The program will be varied enough to
warrant you attending every day. Re-
member it is your fair and should
have your support.