The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-09-16

fair grounds of the Blue Mound
band, the eighteenth annual Stearns
County Fair opened at the fair
grounds in Sank Centre at 1870
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Early in the day people from tae
neighboring townships began flock
ing into the city to get on the
grounds early, ,eat hog dogs and rub
elbows with their neighbors.
This was children's day, and The
little folks who visited the grounds
were the guests of the fair assocl2-
ton in every sense of the word. They
were allowed free admission to the
grounds and to the grand-stand, and
the entertainments of the day were
adapted to their enjoyment. =
AS early as Tuesday afternoon,
the big freight carrying airplane OF
the Dayton company, arrived on the
grounds, and during the opening pro-
gram at the. grounds, performed a
number of difficult aerial stunts.
This is one of the largest planes IN
captivity, and the machine WHICH
recently made trip from New York
to Minneapolis carrying 800 pounds
of express.
At the fair grounds, the program
opened Wednesday afternoon with a
band concert in front of the grand
stand. This was followed by the free
acts on the platform and the first OF
the race series.
Of the free acts, the Crane family,
acrobats, opened the bill. They were
followed by the Lindman-Nelson
troupe of aerial performers and Tile
Clifford Clayton act.
Perhaps the most interesting 1eal.
ure of this show bill is the work OF
little Billy Crane, the six-year-old
acrobatic wonder. Billy is clever
little performer and his experiences
on the stage and under canvass dur
ing the few short years OF his career
has made him something OF a boy
celebrity.
Thursday is St. Cloud day, and It
is expected that the county seat wiH
send healthy delegation to the fatf
on this day. The keys to the grounds
will be turned over to the vlsltors
and the program so arranged as TO
make the visit interesting to the
out-of-town guests.
The races Wednesday were the
PIT pace and the 2:25 troS.
The evening fair program was in
augurated here Wednesday night.
The night fair was we'll patronizet,
and the program, with the air OF the
Gordon Fireworks, was unusually
good.
The stock show and exhibits this
year, although not large, are unus-
ally good. Perhaps the most inter-
esting stock in the barns at the
grounds are the prize winning Brown
Swiss cattle exhibited by F. ?. Min
cite & Son. These cattle won firs-
prize at the state fair last week.
The school exhibits were large end
fne.S Most every rural school in the
county is represented in the school
department. The list of prize win
ners in the rural schools is published;
in another section of this paper.
A high wind which visited the city
and vicinity late Tuesday night,
failed to do much damage to tentage
at the grounds. Only one tent suf-
fered from the windstorm.
Friday, the closing. day OF the lalr.
will be long remembered event II
the plans of the association carry
out. Carnival night which will bring
the annual event to close, is ex-
pected to be a beaten, and on this
occasion Sank Centre and Stearns
county in general will be expected 70
cut loose with the regular Mardl
Gras spirit.
Tuesday Was Entry Day
Tuesday was a day of activity at
the fair grounds. 1t was entry day,
and everybody worked, just as on
every day that followed, everybody
played.
Concession men begin arriving on
the grounds early n the day., and
tents went up in every direction With
in a very few hours, while IN the
buildings, the various local displays
were being placed and the interior
decorated.
There was no attempt made Tues
day to stage performance OF any
kind. The entry day was given
over to getting ready for the pig
event. -,
The professional hamburger, de1l-
ers was early on the scene true -
form, was soon on the job handing
out hot dogs and coffee.
Over in the "areaa" the free az
people put in their time gathering