The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-09-26
HOST OF FEATURES TO
MAKE FAIR SPLENDID
War Maneuvers, Free Moving Piet-
ures, Tractor Demonstration On
Program For Oct. 4 end 8

Military maneuvers, a tractor dem.
onstration. lectures by government,
authorities, free moving pictures OF
the war, school contests and athletic
sports are only few of the features
of Whatcom County's big wartime
fair that will be in session at the
Lynden grounds Friday and Satur.
day, October and 5. The two-day
exhibition won't be a speck less in
lteresting than former exhibitions
while many of the special wartime
events promise to give it a greater
attraction than ever before.
Whatcom County's military org
anization, Company E, fresh from its
two weeks of training at Camp MUIR
ray will maneuver at the Grounds
during the Fair. and will give the ex-
hibition splendid military touch.
Visitors to the Fair will have an op-
portunity of viewing the boys in mim-
ic warfare, patterned after the con-
ditions and methods of the French
front
And around the center of the field
will circle the tanks of modern agric-
ulture the tractors. in a competitive
demonstration. Five tractor compan-
les have already agreed to exhibit
their machines to the Whatcom
County farmers. The demonstrat-
ion promises to be the most interest
ing of any agricultural event staged
in recent years at the grounds.
A football game, chorus singing
contest. canning and manual train
ing competitions. a parade of floats
and patriotic marchers, and various
sporting events are included among
the entertainment features offered by
the County Schools. The schools will
have a complete agricultural and
stock display this year, the largest
of any previous fair. Calves. pigs,
rabbits and poultry will be shown by
the various schools, competing for
prizes. County Agent H. B.. Carroll
has offered prize of ten dollars for
the best sows with litters exhibited.
and the swine house at the fair will
be crowded with the school exhibits
The stock building also promises
to be as well-fiiled as any previous
exhibition. The Jersey Club will dis
play several herds of prize stock. the
Holstein division will include the A.
e. Smith herd, ranked as one of the
best in the Northwest, and several
others, the Guernsey breeders will
be represented by several animals, as
will the Ayrshire and other classes.
The fair board has invited all farm
ers to display their stock, poultry.
and agricultural products, and is re-
ceiving fine response. The opport-
unity to advertise the stock and other
products of the farm is such a good
one that the progressive farmers of
the district are glad to show their
best animals and poultry even though
the usual cash premiums will not be
given this year as the fair is on a
war basis.
The free moving pictures of war
scenes, which will be given in the
machinery hall. are expected to be
a great attraction. Lectures by gov
ernment experts on various agric-
ultural subjects will also be given in
this hall free. Canning demonstrat-
ions by government officials will also
be feature of the Fair.
The Joy Zone of the Fair this year
will not have any gambling devices
or games of chance, as the Fair Board
voted to prohibit these because Of the
great crowd of young people that is
expected. Wholesome sports and at
fractions will replace these.