Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-10-01
COUNTY FAIR
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AFTERMATH
Result of Fridays Races and
Base Ball Game.-BOth
Interesting
LIST OF EXHIBITORS
AND PRIZE WINNERS
Many Ride I'm AerOplane Over
Grounds. Farm Fine
Attraction

The fair was a success. The free
attractions were good and well re-
ceiyed.
While the live stock exhibit was
SMALL it was because the entries were
Open to residents of the county only.
While this is a good thing to encourage
settlers to bring out their stock, free
fOr-all brings more stock to the fair.
Both of these systems have their ad-
vantages and disadvantages. These
columns are open for your opinion ii
you want to voice it.
Chick0ry roots. probably the first
ever grown in Rusk county, were
part of the Louis Radiker display at
the fair. ChickOry roots are used to
make coffee essence"
Five of Mr. Radiker's potatoes
weighed u pounds.
Mr.. Radiker was given an aerOplane
ride Friday by the fair association
and is now carrying the title OF the
Flying Dutchman.
Mr. Radiker is already planning on
his exhibit for next year, and says he
will send for seed for 100 different
varieties of things that will grow to
add to his next display.
The baby alligator at the Hoffman
animal show was ten years old. The
proprietor stated that it took 800
years for them to get full grown and
some of them lived LOO years.
The miniature farm kept everyone
guessing as to how the animals and
machinery were kept going. The farm
editor was invited to inspect the III
ner workings of the plant and we
found a network of the finest kind of
machinery under the platform the farm
stood on. The owner built the whole
thing himself. requiring six years
time. a lot of mechanical skill and pa
tience to get it together, and make it
work so perfectly.
One thing we heard exceptions to-
was the dirty gypsy fortune tellers
and their kids
Fair Warning
G.. W. Churchill says to take third
money at the fair for the exhibit OF
his town cot his dander up, and while
he has no kick coming ON the Judge
he gives warming that he is going af-
ter the first prize on town exhibit next
wear George says he will get his
whole town to help him if possible. and
if they .4lo they can surely put up a
fine exhibit of enormous size and good
quality.
Big SunfiOWer
/ sunflower. II inches across the
face and eight feet tall. was among the
articles i'm the excellent exhibit of the
TOWN of Stubbs at the county fair.
There are few farmers who planted
sunflOwers in their corn to be used as
silage this fall.
If YOU had better live stock at home
than was exhibited at the fair don't
fail to bring it out next year The
men who exhibited this year are well
pleased with their winnings.
The settlers along the Big Falls road
will have exhibits of pure bred and
high grade live stock. and booth full
of grain. grass and vegetables at the
county fair next year This is a FER
tile section of new country, that is anX-
i0us to show its metal
The Races
The racing events of the afternoon,
on Friday, attracted a large crowd TO
the grandStand and there were some
real contests which brought the peo-
nle TO their feet time and again While
the time was not fast. the horses were
SO closely punched in some of the heats
that excitement was evident.
In the free-fOr-all with four en-
tries three different horses captured
heats. so that it was anyb0dys race
until the last heat was fought out
The county free-fOrall with three
entries. proved to be almost as eXclt-
inc as the open free-for-all, there be-
inc one dead heat between W. .. Is.
nd Importer.
Free-for-all. 3 in ), purse $3.50
The Birdman. Gus Mitchell, Lady
smith. owner, first; Miss Newsure, F.
w. Covey. Black River Falls. owner,
second: A. d. c.. c. c. Ellingson,
Hawkins. owner, third; Teddy Bear.
f. Dyer. Ladysmith. owner, fourth.
Best time. :2312.
County free-for-an. 3 in 3, purse
w. O. B.. V. V Miller, Ladysmith,
1wner. first; Importer, Jas. Mitchell,
.adysmith, owner, second; Irene Pat
ick, John Wood, Ironwood, Mich,
wner. third. Best time, :26.