Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-09-24
ATTENDANCE
RECORD BROKEN
Wet Weather on Third Day of
County Fair Did Not
Gum Receipts
ATTRACTIVE DISPLAYS
INTERESTING RACES

Sky the Limit In Amusements Wher
AerOpIane Succeeds Ferris Wheel
and Merry-gO- Round
In point of attendance on the first
day at which admission is charged
Wednesday broke all records Of the
Rusk county fair, when fully 5000 peO-
pie visited the county exposition. Paid
admissions tOtalIed 1925, hundreds OF
school children were admitted free and
several hundred others were admitted
on membership tickets.
The grand-stand was packed for the
afternoon program. The vaudeville
acts were literally applauded and the
races were thoroughly enjoyed. One
pleasing feature was the absence of de
lays in carrying through the program,
which often inficts tedious waits up
on fair crowds.
9 The baseball game between Glen
Flora and EXeland was a very inter-
esting exhibition of the national game
Glen Flora scored first and held the
advantage throughout the contest. but
the Exeland team fought hard all the
way Glen won the game in the second
inning by scoring two runs, which
proved enough to via, although they
added another later in the game.
EXeIands lone tally was secured in
the eighth inning. Jim Van Patter
pitched for Glen Flora and Tom Fox
for EXeland.
Score by innings:
Exeland- o 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1
Glen Flora o , 0 0 0 1 0 0 X-3
This game was played for a purse Of
800 of which Glen Flora received
$50
The Races
2.30 pace or trot; purse $500; 3 III
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Franklin Girl. W. II. Galbraith
Black River Falls, owner first; Red
King, G. l.. King. Rice Lake, owner,
second; Ben X, b. w. Davis, Gales
vile, owner, third Claude Direct, T..
II. Florence. Phillips, owner fourth !;
Irene Patrick IrOnwOod Mich, own
er. withdrawn. Time > :23A , :29A :;
> %.
Special purse $75; in 3.
The Birdman. Gus Mitchell, Ladysmith
owner. first; w. o. b., Y. V. Miller,
Ladysmith. owner. second; Irene Pat
rick. John Woods, owner, third. Time
, :2GH :34A 2:26A.
Or. c. T. Wheeler, of Evanston, ILL.,,
Sal, alton Army speaker, spoke before
the grandstand on the work of the ar
my Thursday afternoon. DR.. Wheeler
is a very able speaker and make a
great impression on his audience.
Township Displays
Only three township displays are
made this year-by Grant. Stubbs and
Richland The arrangement OF the
Stubbs display. in charge of o. n.
Bierke, is particularly pleasing. and
the booth is a splendid advertisement
for the town of Stubbs. Grant also
has Il splendid display of her products.
The Richland display is particularly
noteworthy because of the fact that it
is entirely the work of one man, Louis
Radiker. who not only got the exhibit
together but raised every specimen on
his own farm. Despite the fact that he
has passed the 50 mark in age. lie has
grown and selected a wonderful as
sOrtment. including $50 varieties ana
ranging from the common vegetables,
fruits, grains. grasses, Towering plants,
and canned fruits, to peanuts, tobacco
and many unusual varities.
II would take but few men like Mr..
Radikef to make great fair and he
is deserving of liberal commcndation
for his spirit and ambition, as evl-
denced by the display he has made for
the town of Richland.
Two aerOpIancs were here Wednes
dav forenoon. one pilot bringing his
machine here, expecting to wild cat
the fair and make enough carrying
Messengers TO make the trip here pay
He left for the east after being here
few hours and learning that the
acroplane rights at the fair were con
racted for.
II. \. Drake was the first passenger
to make fight in the aeroplane
Others who enjoyed the thrills O
fight on wednesday were Dewey Clari
and Elsa Dietze, of Sheldon, DIR. r
NJ Lea. A. p. King, Walter Corbet
Miss Gertrude Johnson, Mrs. NJ. A
Peoples.
Attendance Thursday was surpris
ingly large in view of the Threatening
weather. which developed into heav.
down pour early in the afternoon am
continued intermittently for the re
mainder of the day. Paid admission
ran over 5000.
Only one inning of Thursdays base
ball game between Hawkins and Gle
Flora could be played. Glen Flor'