New Ulm review., 1920-09-01
COUNTY FAIR ON
IN FULL BLAST
EXHIBITION HALL, LIVE STOCK
AND PouLTRYs DEPART
MENTS FILLED.
BIG ATTENDANCE YESTERDAY.
IDEAL WEATHER BRINGS
RECORD CROWDS.

As this is being written, The big
Brown County Fair and Exposition
is in full blast and all indications point
to asrecord- breaking event. Early
Monday. morning the influx of farmers
and city, residents, bringing live stock,
farm, garden and home productions,
began and the local merchants also
started taking their displays of various
wares out to the Fair Grounds to
arrange them ini time for yesterday
afternoons big crowds which num-
bered several thousand people.
III All Departments Filled.
This years fair is one of the largest
and most interesting, as far as the
various exhibition departments are
concerned. Exhibition hall is filled
to capacity with products Of the
orchard, garden, home, ETC., and every
available space for mercantile dis
plays is taken. The same is also true
in the live stock and poultry depart
ments, and quite number of local
firms and Individual dealers have
erected tents and booths on the grounds
for the purpose of displaying tn cir
wares.
Entries Are Numerous.
There are "a entries in the horse de-
partment, eight in the baby beef de-
partment and 1852. in the poultry de-
partment. The latter figure repre-
sents an increase of more than 25 per.
cent over last years showing. The
excellent new hog shed, erected just
a few days prior to the opening of the
County Fair, is filled to capacity, 122
porkers being entered, and number of
them could not even be quartered in
the structure. This shed has 60 pens,
in most of which there are two or more
hogs each. Among the exhibitors in
the hog department. are: Airdale
Farm, Morgan, Mimi, Chester Whites;
Dr.. B. J. Lattimer, Springfield, Duroc
Jerseys; H. H. Meier, Chester Whites.
In the poultry building, kennel Of
full-blooded fox hounds is on exhibit
tion, as well as % cages of pigeons,
18 cages of rabbits, 80 cages of chickens
and Is cages of ducks and geese
Mercantile Displays.
Aside from the usual exhibits of
orchard, garden and home products,
ladies' and children's handiwork,
which take up considerable space in
the Exhibition Hall, the following
merchants have displays there: Gull
den & Vercoe, plumbing; G. A. Stolz,
hardware; Pioneer Drug Store, Col
umbia monographs; Carl Pfaender,
very artistic oil paintings; C. G. REIN
and John H. Forster, Pathe phono-
graphs; The Modern Art Studio,
|lVogel & Windhorn), an exquisite dis
play Of the very latest show window
trimmings and fixtures; New Ulm
Greenhouse, florists; Schaefer Bros,
Waterbury furnaces; New Ulm Music
Store, Brooks monographs; F. H.
Retzlaff, hardware. There is also a
Republican Women's booth, a Red
Cross booth and very interesting
exhibit Of the handiwork of students
Of the the Sleepy Eye public schools.
y, On The Grounds.
Among the exhibits on the grounds
are the following: st. Peter Electric
Co, Delco light and accessories; S. P.
NELSON Auto Co., four Bethlehem
trucks and two Oldsmobile cars;
Ulrich Electric Co., electrical supplies;
saffert- -Gugisberg Cement Construc-
tion Co., concrete products; New Ulm
Brick & Tile Yards, clay nd.concrete
products; Robert Radke, Moline
tractor u and farm implements; Robert
Fesenmllaier, tractor, ecars and trucks;
Fl HI1 fRetzlaf, studebaker, Dodge and
Buick cars; a. J.. Vogel Lumber Co.,
building material; Crafts Garage.
Paige cars and Acme trucks.
Programs as Announced.
The program Of free attractions, as
well as the grand fireworks displays
are being carried out as per schedule.
The big golden jubilee County Fair
will close this wednesday, eyening
with the; final gorgeous fireworks dis
play The free attractions are eA-
ceptionally good.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward schaefaer of
Lafayette township are rejoicing over
the arrival of bouncing baby boy at
their home recentlv.