Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-09-29
MANY EXHIBITS
ARE PROMISED
ANNUAL FAIR NEXT WEEK PROM
ISES TO BE THE BEST EVER
HELD HERE
FAIR BUILDING ABOUT COMPLETE
Free Auction Sales To Be Held Fri
day and Saturday.

o. A. Phillips, manager of the 1921
Boundary County Fair to be held at
the fair grounds on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week, states that
he has been assured by many of the
stockmen, fruitgrowers and farmers
of the county that they will bring in
exhibits to the fair this year and he
and the officers of the fair association
anticipate that there will be twice
as many exhibits this year as were
made last fall
The premium lists were mailed out
this week to all parts of the county
and Manager Phillips is desirous of
having one in the hands of every per-
son in the county interested in the
fair. If you did not get yours. write
Mr. Phillips and he will mail it at
once.
Work on the new permanent exhibit
tion building was started Monday and
Contractor Martin Estlund has large
crew of carpenters at work and hopes
to have the building practically COM
pleted by Saturday night.
This week w. c. Reid, l.. n. Brown,
w. H. Heathershaw and o. H. Camp
bell went to Creston to visit the Cres-
ton business men in the interests of
the fair to be held next week and to
extend to them an invitation to at
tend. Arrangements were made for
the Bonners Ferry baseball team to
go to Creston next Wednesday to play
a game of ball on the day of the
Creston fair. On Friday the Creston
team will come here to play ball All
4. EN-
sibly do so are urged to attend the
Creston fair.
On Thursday afternoon, the opening
day of the fair, there will be ball
game between teams from the Elk and
l. 0. O. F. lodges. The Bonners Ferry
Creston game is scheduled for Friday
afternoon and on Saturday afternoon
the green and dry lumber crews of
the Bonners Ferry Lumber Company
plant will play ball. 1t is possible
that the sawmill Of the local mill will
be closed down so that all employees
may attend the fair and the ball game.
Most of the business houses of Bon
ners Ferry have agreed to close part
of Friday afternoon so that all bust
ness men and their employees may at
tend the fair and the Bonners Ferry
Creston ball game.
Secretary Brown has contracted for
the Northern Amusement Company to
bring its carnival attractions here for
the fair and the manager of the com
pany promises all kinds of amuse-
ments for the children.
One of the features of the fair this
year will be a free auction of all farm
implements, stock and farm produce
This sale will be conducted by Auc-
tioneer Causton who has generously
donated his services to the fair asso-
ciation The sale will be held Friday
and Saturday afternoons and if neces-
sary sales will be held the mornings
of these two days. There will be no
charges for articles or stock sold at
these sales but everything put up for
sale must be sold without any reserve.
Arrangements have been made to
have several concerts daily during the
fair by Walden's Band. The members
of the band have been rehearsing new
selections for several weeks and are
prepared to give excellent concerts.
Among the new subscriptions to the
fair association which have not yet
been given publicity in the Herald is
that of the Great Northern Railway
Company, amounting to $95; the Nc
Clintock-Trunkey Co., of Spokane, SIS
cash. Swift & Co., of Spokane, one
premium ham; Sperry Flour Co, Spo-
kane, one barrel of Drifted Snow
flour; Spokane Flour Mills, Spokane,
one barrel of Victory flour