Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-07-27
FAIR ASSOCIATION NOT
TO BE OUTDONE IN
GOOD ATTRACTIONS

The annual Marathon County Fair,
which is to be held in Wausau ON Au-
| gust "a, 25, 26 and 27. is not to be out
stripped in attractions this year by
other fairs of central Wisconsin coun-
| ties, even though the local agricultural
association is up against the difficulty
of no grandstand. Everything is ar
ranged for one of the largest fairs,
with the biggest premiums, ever staged
| in Wausau.
AT a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Marathon County Agricul-
tural society held last Friday morning,
| the grand stand was disposed of for
J $3.50, the sale being necessary because
| of its recent condemnation by state
| inspectors, to William Buntrock. who
will use the material to construct
several small dwellings on the west
side. The contract calls for the dis
mantling of the stand by August 10th
so as to allow several days in which
to get the grounds about the race
track in readiness for the opening of
the fair on August oath. Races, as
already announced, are to be held on
Wednesday to Friday of fair week as
usual, and to accommodate those at
tending, a temporary grand stand will
be constructed, according to A. III.
Zimmerman, treasurer of the society.
Donations totaling $1,000 have been
received to go into race purses, and
another $1,000 has been voted for this
use by the association. A purse of
500 will be given in an Indian pony
race which the directors are trying to
arrange.
The Official Premium List has just
been completed by The Pilot Printing
and Publishing company and is now at
the office of A w Prehn, secretary,
ready for distribution. 1t is a book
of ninety pages containing premiums
offered on horses, cattle, sheep, swine,
poultry and pet stock, grains and
grasses, vegetables, creamery produce,
cheese, bees and honey, fruit, flowers,
culinary and on the domestic work of
housewives. Premiums are offered on
a number of other things which have
not been mentioned. Several new fea-
lures have been added The township
exhibit, which was considered quite
success last year, will be continued.
That it has been adopted in other
counties of the state, and Lincoln
county, next door, is a sign that this
group of village exhibits has created
a desirable competitive spirit. Books
will be mailed from the Office of the
secretary to many Marathon county
farmers, whose addresses are at hand,
and the association will send a copy
or give one to others. Merchants and
manufacturers, as well as some indi-
vidual citizens, have responded gen
erously to an appeal of the agricul-
tural association and over $1,000 has
been subscribed to enlarge premiums
offered. The Official Premium list an
nounces that the association is offer
ing $6,337 this year in premiums.
The Free Attractions" which of
| late years have come to be more and
more drawing card to the fair, will
be more extensive than usual. There
will be more entertainments on the
midway, it is anticipated, and Secre-
tary Prehn announces that Mrs. Pot
ters aeroplane exhibitions have been
engaged. Several novelty acts, an
acrobatic act. roller skating and Mar
tins Fireworks program. with which
Wausau and Marathon county people
are familiar, are also listed. The new
Iregimental band of the Wisconsin Ma
| tional Guard will give several con-
certS.
And so the Marathon County Fair,
the Importance of which at first looked
dubious, will be as large and enter
! prising as ever. The Pilot will con-
| tain other announcements as to its
| character from week to week.