Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-16

prize Of $4,000 has been offered BY
the Fargo Commercial club.
Teams entered, it should be snii,
will In every case be properly cared
for on the ground, stables provided,
and each entry will be required to
rlow. prepare and seed 1t.acre plot.
Prospective entrnnts should communi-
cate at once with Il. r. Whaley, Man.
ager Tractor Demonstration, Fargo.
First Year Trucks Shown.
An outstanding feature of this DEM
Onstration will be the inclusion Of
farm and other motor trucks, in addi-'
tion to the line of agricultural tractors
usually comprising almost the entire
display in exhibitions of this kind.
Besides these, Also the plans being
perfected contemplate the display Of
much other tractor and belt-driven
farm machinery. Notable, too, will he
the display of road graders. in actual
operation. For purposes of general
machinery exhibits, huge tent Is be-
ing provided; while an adjoining plot
is expected to be obtained. upon which
manufacturers may exhibit heavy farm
implements Of every kind.
No Discrimination Practiced.
Among tractor exhibits, it is par-
ticularly provided that no d!scrlmina-
ton will be shown against machines
produced by manufacturers not MEM
hers of the association under which
tire exhibition is being held. That
this association comprises upward Of
81 per cent of all the manufacturers
in this line in the country assures pros
pective visitors that an exceptionally
representative showing of these imple-
ments will be made. The educational
value Of such an exhibition, to old and
young. regardless Of occupation, can
hardly by too strongly understood.
Commercial Club Very Active.
Approaching fully the heavy de-
mand that will be made upon the city
for accommodations, due to this re-
markable event, the local commercial
club, under direction of Secretary w.
P. Chestnut, is bending every effort to
secure ample rooming facilities for
those who are here. Persons requiring
rooms during these dates-June % to
30-should send in requests for reser.
vations Mt once. Great care will be
exercised to see that no ekorbitart
rates are charged Private rooming
places will be provided wherever they
can be had, to augment facilities avail
able ut the hotels, which may he con-
siderably overturned.
Test Drive for Trucks.
An interesting sideliglt of tile show
is the fact that numerous; makers eof
motor trucks. (Which nre now being
first exhibited hereabouts at a tractor
SNOWY are preparing to drive their
vehicles over the road from manufac-
turing points to Fargo unt:er their own
power, careful record of cost, fuel
and oil consumption being maintained.
Many of these trucks will come from
Chicago, Milwaukee and the Twin Cit
les, If not from more distant points.
Arrangements at the Grounds.
Concessions for eating pnvilions and
the parking of automobiles Mt the
grounds have been most carefully
made under direction Of Mr.. August
Hanson, well-known local tractor and
implement man. Those furnishing
meals are all under agreement with
the association as to prices that may
be charged for service, rates being as
nominal as possible In view Of the
provisional nature OF prepare lions re-
CURED. Automobile parking on the
grounds is the only service under i'm
mediate direction Of the organization
itself, for which any charge will be
made. The fee for this service will,
be only nominal and Is designed to
cover cost Of cnreful policing and a
system Of checking which will insure
that each man gets his own machine
without Impairment or delay. To I'm
sure the effectiveness Of this part of
the work, the management has placed
the regulation Of traffic and parking
under the personal direction If Sheriff
Fred KraemcF of Cass county, who
will be efficiently assisted by q large
corps Of special police.
Particular pains will be taken to
provide parking space and convent
ences for those who wish to bring
their own autos and camping equip
mai,t, thereby making for themselves
a most agreeable outing while seeing
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