The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-30

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normal times the Fair was q hug
success and from conditions as the,
exist at this time its success is moth
I ing short Of phenominal. Had Botti
seAn County been blessed with = per
iod Of good crops instead of the re
verse order Of things, it is doubtful
1 il all who would attend could be &C
comodated with standing room on tn
Y Fair grounds. As it was this yea
Grand Stand facilities for viewing th'
sports were entirely inadequate.
The managers Of the Fair Associa
tion were blessed with good weather
all three days Of the Fair. Thursda!
June 23rd was the largest day Of th'
\ three and it is estimated that ovel
5000 people attended on that day. Ths
last. day was also good with about
] 1900 attending. The first day, viewet
from the association standpoint, wal
also successful day. Total receipts
1 were larger than any Fair in our his.
tory.
Exhibits in all departments were VI
to, or better than any previous year
We are unable to get list Of awards
at this time as some time will be re
quired before the secretary will be
able to get all the prize winning AMI
mails or articles checked over and list
ed for publication. This list win at
ford interesting reading for Fair ex-
hibitors and patrons. Comment will be
made on each department Of the Fair
along with the list Of awards.
The full program Of sports as ad-
vertised by the Fair Management was
carried out on every day OF the Fair.
In fact some special features not ad-
vertised were thrown in for good
measure. We have yet to hear from 9
visitor who was not well pleased with
the program Of Free Acts and sports
from beginning to end. The Horse
Races were the best ever seen -on the
Bottineau track. The Ford relay race
was feature that received a big hand
from the audience and q great deal Of
interest manifested on account Of the
race being staged by local speed de-
mons.
Rube Lehman was one of the big
show. In fact some 60 lot further
in giving Rube credit for keeping the
crowd in good humor and for his clev-
er announcing Of all races and free
acts at the opportune 6ue. With
Rube, his whole makeup is q natural
nothing fictitious about him or
his manners. He is the one and only
natural Rube Lehman. His services
are inestimable to any well conducted
Fair big or little. Rube made many
friends while in Bottineau, and we un-
derstand will be with us again next
year if possible. Rube is the kind that
will stand repeating. He has booked
the Minnesota State Fair for the fifth
time this year. Very few County Fairs
are fortunate enough to be able to en-
gage his services. Come again Rube.
The Horse Races were q great event
this year. "A list Of entrants and their
winnings will be published next week.
Every horse was out to win the monty
and it is doubtful if as good races will
be seen anywhere in the Northwest
this year. The races were staged with
out much scoring and weer peppy all
the way through and lovers OF this
sport wede more than pleased.
The Free Acts were really better
than any idea conveyed by any Fair
poster advertising could convey. The
DeLemead Troupe in their Statuary
Posing Acts were beyond all expecta-
tions and it is seldom such fine acts
can be seen at even the larger Fairs
of the country. The manager, Mr..
Werner, his wife, and balance OF
troupe appear to Be very fine people
and did everything in their power to
make their part Of the program sue
cess. The Ferris Wheel and other acts
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