River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1921-09-15
ALI Set For The
Pierce County Fair

for the annual Pierce County Fair, the
| big exposition of our county's re-
/ sources, which opens next Wednesday
morning and continues Thursday and
Friday. Entries are coming in rapid
ly and every department. promises to
offer something new and novel in the
way of exhibits.
The exhibits of purebrei cattle will
be the largest ever and not only re-
present every part of Pierce County
| but st. Croix county as well. The
best herds that have been big factor
in the development of the dairy indus
| try in Pierce county to its present
high state will be shown, as will also
| the best beef herds which have placed
/ this county on the map as beef pro-
ducing center The livestock show
this year is simply going to eclipse
anything ever before attempted in this
line in this county.
| The hog show is going to be well
worth seeing. Besides the regular hog
exhibit there are going to be two fut
| urity shows, one for Duroc-Jerseys
| and one for Poland Chinas. Eighty
| hogs have been entered in these two
classes.
/ Burlie Dobson of Lancaster will
Judge beef cattle, hogs and sheep.
Prof. George Humphrey of the state
university will judge dairy cattle and
horses.
One of the features of the fair this
year that should by no means be over
looked is the show of the activities of
the boys and girls of Pierce county
in the way of club work. A tent. so
xs0, allowing 1000 square feet of ex-
hibit space, has been secured and will
house these exhibits. Even though the
tent is large every foot of available
space will be filled. Among the things
to be seen in this tent will be nearly
| fifty head of dairy and beef calves,
| thirty hogs, great quantities of corn
in both the ten-ear and acre contests,
poultry, potato and garden stuff ex-
hibits, the educational exhibit, school
booths, cow testing association exhih
its, etc. ! This exhibit will show in a
very concrete way what the boy md
girls of Pierce county are doing in an
| agricultural way under the direction
| of capable club leaders.
w. A. MeKerrow, one of the best
known men in the state in an agricul-
tural way, former head of Farmers
| Institutes in this state and now head
of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, viii
give an address Thursday afternoon
on some live topic. There is lot a
man in the state who is q letter
| friend of the farmer than, Mr.. McKer-
row. He will surely have message
to deliver that hould be heard by
everyone interested in agriculture,
/ and that means US all.
Hon. James A. Frear, member of
congress from this district, who is
spending his vacation at his home at
Hudson, will also speak Thursday
afternoon.
In the way of amusements there is
going to be something to please every
one. The ball games, of course, will
be a big feature Maiden Rock and
Spring Valley clash Thursday and the
winners of this game play Bay City
for the county championship on Fri
day. 1t has been reported here that
all business places at Maiden Rock,
Plum City and Spring Valley are
going to close Thursday so that all
fans may come and see the game. No
doubt the same thing will happen at
Bay City for the Friday game.
There will be horse races both
Thursday and Friday and some close
contests ere going to be staged.
Ten high grade vaudeville acts will
take place on a platform each after
noon before the grandstand.
There will be musical programs
each afternoon in floral hall and the
pavilion. Dancing afternoon and
evening in the Fair Ground pavilion
will attract many. Movies will also
be shown at Firemen's Opera House
each evening.
Band concerts will take place both
morning and afternoon of each day.
Members of the 10th Ammunition
Train, w. n. G., of River Falls, will
be present with full equipment, among
which is a number of auto trucks. and
give their snappy drills. This military
outfit will also take part in the stock
parade on Friday.
There will be no dearth of conces-
sions, shows, eating stands and the
like. In fact, the midway, or pike
will be lined with conceSsiOnairieS