Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
RUTH LAW AT The
FAIR NEXT WEEK
Greatest List of High Priced Attrac-
tions Ever Seen at a County
Fair Will be Given.
NIGHT FAIR WILL
BE A DANDY
Dress Your Automobile up ON Wed
nesday, Get i'm the Parade and
Win a Prize.


The stage is now set for one of the
greatest county fairs ever held in
Iowa, when the gates of the Winnie
shiek County Fair opens next Tues
day, Aug. Il, four big day and night
programs. Some Of the greatest at
fractions that money could buy have
been engaged, AID 10 see any one of
them is worth the price Of admission.
Ruth Law, the worlds greatest
aviatriX will fly here on Thursday
and Friday in the same machine she
flew in from Chicago to New York.
She will fly up-side-down, loop the
loop and do other death defying
stunts, so don't miss Ruth Law.
Auto Polo will be another thrilling
feature. Ralph HaIkinscn's original
Auto Polo teams have been enga ged
to play here, and too much cannot be
said in praise of the new thrilling
game.
Auto racing will be another big at
traction on Tuesday, Aug. Il, when
wild Bill Endicott will pilot his
Sweeney Special against R. Burr
Lampkin, of Essex, England, in his
Sun Ray. Besides the above attrac-
tions there will be the Blanche Nc
kinney-Hunter combination of high
school horses, Roman chariot races,
Roman standing races, etc, which is
another state fair attraction.
And don't forget that Prof. Walter
Raub and Miss Adams, the sensation
al balloonists, will be with us again,
and there are none better in the busi-
ness.
Kah1oski Bros, marvellous head
and hand balancers and Cornell & De-
coma, ground tumblers, will be two
more high class attractions.
$1,000 in purses will be hung up
for harness races and some fast hors-
es will be here.
Decorah and Fort Atkinson wiN
entsrtain lovers of good base
ball. Other big special features
will be the fine exhibits of live stock,
floral hall and agricultural hall dis
plays. The poultry men are planning
on the biggest exhibit ever seen here,
SO don't miss this display.
For Wednesday afternoon a big
parade of decorated automobiles will
be held and prizes will be given for
the best decorated cars. See the list
in another column of this issue.
The night fair will be another
great feature this year. An elegant
program will be given, the midway
will run and big bowery dance will
be put on each night. The Thearle-
Duffield Fireworks Co., of Chicago,
will furnish the fire works, and ex-
perienced me1 will be here to at
tend to setting them off.
There will be an entire change Of
program daily and no one should fail
to see such attractions as these.
The agricultural hail has been
moved down just west of the lower
gate near the grand stands aid has
been remodeled into rest room.
The building is 30x5O and an extern
sion % feet long has been added to
it, which will make floor 30x7S feet
and in the evening this entire floor
will be used for bowery.
So remember the dates, August
day and night. All au-
tomobiles will enter and leave the
grounds at the lower gate, near the
Mrs. Bates residence. The entrance
has been enlarged and this is done to
prevent anyone from being injured
at the upper gate, which will be us
ed for pedestrians.
Secretary Curtin has every reason
to feel elated over the fine program
provided, for it is one of the very
best we have seen advertised any
where. All we now want is wealth
er, and here is hoping the weather
man will be good to us this year.
The admission this year. for the
day fair will be so cents. The night
fair admission will be 25 cents. Sea-
son tickets, good for four days and
nights, cost only $500. The autos
and other vehicles will be admitted
free. Season tickets are on sale at
the four Decorah banks.