Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-09-08
FAIR COMES TO
An END; MAKES
EXPENSE EASILY
Crowds Last day Approx
mate $500 and all Have
a Good Time on the
Grounds.
HOLD PIG CLUB SALE
List of Twenty Animals Sold
in Prize Ring at
Pavilion.

The Hamilton county exposition clos
ed Friday with crowds and interest
in it's various features maintained tC
the moment the switch was turned al
night and the last light glimmered out
Then, too, the assurance felt all dur
ing the week that the fair would pay
out. became certainty with the at
tendance on the last day still lowering
around the $500 mark.
With the schools of the city dismiss
ed and all children admitted to the
exposition grounds free, and the last
big feature-the boys and girls SOW
and litter club sale in the stock pavil
ion scheduled-the crowd lacked No
whit of enthusiasm and holiday making
spirit previously observed.
The fact that definite figures have
not as yet been announced in the fair
receipts in no way changes the opinion
of officials that the second annual Ham.
ilton county exposition paid out. Elk.
penses will be met and more, is the
hint of men in authority. Even the ii.
nancial end of the fair will set a new
record for Hamilton county events OF
this kind, it is said. The best fair
the best crowds and clean sheet IL
financially may justly be adopted as a
future slogan of the fair association
Pig Club Sale.
The outstanding event Of the day was
the Hamilton County Pure Bred Sow
and Litter club sale in the new sales
pavilion with A. G. Satire, Chester
Whites; G. o. Satire, Duroc Jerseys; NJ
L. Mccullough, Hampshires; Z. w
Marvel, Poland Chinas, acting as auc-
tiOneers.
The sale, as a whole, was regarded
as successful, an average price of 500
an animal being secured. However.
bidders seemed to want only the best
products offered, good pigs :;"ing a..
most begging for purchasers. The sale
was closed before all the stock was SOL!
by those in charge after an incident
was noted in which one pig was sold in
the ring at $75 and resold by the buyer
within five minutes for 5000. The sea-
son is early yet for spirited buying, it
is said.
List of Sales.
Twenty animals of the thirty eight
offered were sold, as follows:
Tracy Jaycox sold the Poland Chinas,
Grand Giant and Susie Half Ton and
4 litter mate of the latter for $3.50, 500
and $3.50 respectively. All We're bred
by James I. Hoag.
Elmer Westwick sold Oakland's
Jones and two other Poland China
boars for 500, $65 and $25. All three
were bred by William Oakland.
Alfred Hill of Williams sold three
Duroc Jersey pigs to b. j. Johnston, E.
A. Morris and Charles Rutledge for
1925, $75 and $50. The animals were
bred by Il. A. Morris.
Two Chester Whites, owned by vir-
gil Womeldorff and bred by J. II. Lach-
miller, sold for $50 and $50.
Five Chester Whites, owned by Carl
Evans and bred by Ed +. Evans,
brought total of 1855. One was sold
to c. v. Day for $50, another to An
strom of Duncombe for $3.50 and three
went to man by the name of Willard
son for $47.5O each.
In the Hampshires, Howard Mikel
sold two pigs, one to Boyd Weidlein
for $3.50 and another to Clarence
Stone for $25. The pigs were bred by
Ray Mikel.
Beauty" and Princess Wildwood"
two Hampshire sows, owned by Leslie
Bourne and bred by Il. f. Cheever, were
sold to Mr.. Cheever for $50 and $40,
respectively. y
At the close Of the club sale, Fred
Hahne sold pony to w. J. Monroe
for $3.50.
Vaudeville acts, the ball game, band
concerts and the various concessions
occupied the attention Of the crowd
during the remainder of the afternoon
and despite the long chung to theory
that the last night of a fair is no night
at all, the crowd and fair attractions
palled not at all and the band was
peppier than ever and jazzed cheer
fully for the gay crowd that thronged
through the buildings and swung back
and forth between the vaudeville ut.
fractions and the merry go-round with
pauses for red lemonade, cracker jack
and pop
Altogether, the final day of the expo
sition marked the elimination of a four
days event that has been remarkably