Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-08-29

sept. lOtn 10 lStn. Eacn year the Falr
management endeavors to improve up
on the proceeding Fair and there is no
doubt but that the 1919 Fair will eclipse
:. all former Fairs.
For some time past the Fair Associa-
ton has realized that its entrance was
entirely inadequate and this was
brought home to them so strongly in
1918, when there was line of cars ex-
tending from the Fair grounds clear to
\ Main Street, waiting their turn to get
into the grounds that it has decided to
remedy this condition at once. AT the
present time the new entrance is under
construction and it is so arranged that
there will be separate entrances and
exits for autos and for passengers,
place for the jitneys to unload their
passengers without interfering with
autos desiring to enter the grounds,
new ticket office and safety zone in
front of it. The ticket office will be
larger than the old one, permitting Of
faster handling of the crowds and
there will also be at least two other
ticket offices placed down town and
along the road to the Fair grounds.
This will be much appreciated by the
patrons OF the Fair who will this year
have no difficulty in getting onto the
grounds.
An addition to the educational build
ing is also under construction which
will more than double the capacity of
the present building. This addition
will provide room for an audience OF at
least five hundred people, will permit
placing OF exhibits from city schools to-
gether in the old part of the building
and leaving the new part for the coun-
try schools. The south wing of the
building will be a Model Standard
School and should create a great deal
OF interest in this type of school house
throughout the county and will un-
doubtedly be an incentive to many
school districts to replace their made
quate school buildings with a Model
Standard School. 1t is expected that
the citizens of the county will donate
literally toward this addition as the
school exhibit for many years has been
great incentive to better school work
in the county. The school exhibit this
year will surpass by far any school ex-
hibit Of former years and in addition to
the work exhibited there will be con-
test in oral arithmetic between the
winners of the township contests, held
last winter, to determine the county
champion, in this form of school work
There will also be contests between
defamation and four minute Grafton
contestants to determine the county
champion in these divisions. Miss
Stewart has secured speakers of ma
fional reputation on educational sub
jects.
Another new building on the Fair
grounds will be that of the Loeb farms,
which they are putting up for the pur-
pose of exhibiting the best of their
registered cattle, horses and swine.
This will be building thirty-four by
sixty feet with feeding trough in the
middle and walk around the outside.
The exhibit which the Loeb farm will
put in it will be well worth going miles
to see. Mr.. Loeb offered to put up
this building to help make the Fair at
tractive and of educational value and
his action is very much appreciated by
the Fair management and the people
Of Charlevoix County.
The Association is also constructing
new judges stand for the judges of
the horse racing, has worked on the
race track all summer SO that il will be
in first class condition for fast and ex-
citing races.
The Collins Amusement Company of
Grand Rapids are under contract to
furnish Merry o-Round and Ferris
Wheel and will bring with them at least
twenty concessions which with the un-
precedented demand for concession
lots will insure first class midway. In
addition to the usual concessions there
will be at least half dozen side shows
and one big tent show. The big tent
show requires a one hundred foot front
= he on the midway for their tent and
= j]ill be regular circus. The Fair AS
ssociation is spending more money for
free attractions this year than ever be-
fore and have secured entirely differ
ent attractions from anything which
has been offered to the patrons OF the
Fair. Carlisle's Frontier Wild West
Shows have a program Of six different
acts which they will put between the