Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-09-11
WILLMAR AND VICINITY WELL
REPRESENTED AT STATE FAIR
Record Breaking Crowds Present
on Every Day of The Mime
sofa State F air.

usual its prestige as community of
Fair goers and boosters by her liberal
and hearty assistance is making Mimi
esOta's State Fair of 1913 the tre-
mendous success which it was. Trains
pulling out from the county seat on
almost every occasion carried some
fair enthusiast from this county. To
narrate in full the events and hap
penings of that entire week of con-
tinual doings would not be necessary
to give one a general idea of the af-
fairs as seen by an observer on the
grounds. The attendance on every
day of the Fair with the exception
of Thursday were record breaking
and the grounds were at all times
crowded with large numbers of visit
ors from all over the Northwest. The
grounds as customary were divided
into various sections, displaying ex-
hibits from all parts of the state,
Kandiyohi County included. A feat
ure section was the War exhibit, an
educational exhibit which> attracted
thousands. Guns of German make and
of all descriptions, helmets, and other
weapons and equipments were on dis
play. Real enlarged photographs of
the conditions "over there" were
prominent on the walls revealing the
horrors of warfare and the prepare
lions being made by the Yanks to
push this thing thru. One old gentle
man whom the observer CHANGED to
hear about, thot at first glance at one
of the pictures that he saw his sons
face among a number of his comrades
| firing a gun. To assure himself he
| hot Nh, ~ h io
pocket and compared it with the face
on the wall picture and he was over
joyed to notice that they were indenti-
cally similar.
| Another splendid exhibit was to be
found at the Bee and Honey building
where both strained and unstrained
honey, the best in the state was to
be seen in large display windows.
| This exhibit drew an unusual attend
ance during the seven days Of the
Fair.
AS pleasing and interesting was the
Dairy section where the best dairy
products of our state were on exhibi-
ton. A novel feature of this exhibit
was statue of creamery butter rep:
resenting two German soldiers cap
tured and being driven by an Ameri'
can with his bayonet, to the Allied
trenches.
The Horticultural and Agricultural
exhibits presented some of the most
clever and artistic arrangements OF
garden, orchard and field products.
Machinery Hill was literally buzzine
and humming with machinery and
showed new ideas practically demon
strated. Several lodges had their cozy
homes placed along the principal
streets of the grounds and were
welcome sight to many member.
Dunwoody Institute clearly reveal
ed to those who visited their exhibit
what splendid work the aviation stu
dents are accomplishing. A large
hydro-aeroplane was feature OF th1'
section. The students were at work
explaining various facts about thu
fundamentals of successful flying.
The Horse Show, Poultry Exhibi
and Cattle Show were clearly some
. the best ever shown at State Fai
. and had continuous stream OF V1s1
!. tors each day.
Dining halls and lunch counter
were plentiful and rushing business
t marked the entire day. Many OF tn
churches had their dining halls an
were literally patronized.
Three bands were continually play
ing either at some band stand or II
, front of the grand stand. Those sold
Ter bows are musicians without gain
, say and they were heartily applauded
? At the grandstand the usual hors
and auto races took place and adde'
, a new thrill to the splend0r OF IN
| II, fo
I contested and close finishes were tn
usual results. Six alrplanes roare
several thousand feet above the grand
stands with two of the avlators amaz
l ing the audience with their deft manll
r ulations and skill in turning incl
l craft as they pleased. The prize VIII
: ming cattle and horses passed In re
l view before the audience and som
splendid specimens were to be seen
Several companies of troops gave snal
by drills and bayonet practice VIII
} Major Larkin demonstrating his bayc
2 net skill as an additional feature. IN
? beautiful display of fireworks attract
! ed additional thousands during tn
evening and the heavens were lit VI
for long periods with sparkling star
and bursting bombs. In the Saturda,
auto races, the favorite speeder Bal
new Oldfield came out triumphant an
a roar of cheers greeted him as b.
crossed the winning line.
Thus the State Fair of 1918, al
equal to previous fairs and with
good margin of advantages besides
offered to the people of the state AM
the northwest as well, seven day
program complete with run of event
and constituting fair which the i'm
mense throngs present regarded a
setting a standard distant from prev
ious fair held in the northwest.