Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-08-25
BIGGEST PROGRAM
EVER ATTEMPTED
IS SCHEDULED FOR COUNTY FAIK
AT LITTLE FALLS ON
AUG. 29-3O-31.

over $2,OOO Will be offered IN pre-
miums at the county fair of the Morr1-
son County Cooperative Agricultural
Society, to be held at the fair grounds
in Little Falls next Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday, Aug. 29; 80 and 81.
1t the weather man metes out good
brand Of weather for those days the
fair should be the most successful in
the history of the society.
An elaborate program Of entertain-
ment has been arranged for the fair Wis
itors. The Little Falls band will give
concerts both afternoon and evening
On Wednesday and Thursday. Chas. L.
Flanagan, one of the world s greatest
marksmen, will give exhibitions of
fancy shooting with rifle and shotgun.
An effort is also being made to bring
another famous marksman, J. H. Stair,
hereto give exhibitions.
The society has secured as a feature
attraction the st. Paul Pioneer-Press
Flying Circus. Aeroplanes are not an
uncommon sight here but few have seen
the fancy stunts that can be performed
by an aeroplane and its occupants.
Some thrilling exhibitions are promised
by these entertainers.
Hon. Harold Knutson, representative
in Congress from the Sixth district,
will deliver an address the afternoon of
the 3lst. Every resident Of the county
should hear what Hon. knutson has to
say regarding the big questions con-
fronting tie nation today.
On Wednesday and Thursday eve
nings mammoth pageant depicting the
history of Morrison county will be put
on by Morrison county talent. Some
five hundred people will take part in
this production.
real thriller will be staged. Two
large and powerful automobiles will
race from given opposite points, COM
ing together at break-neck speed for
a demolishing crash. Two expert pilots
will be assigned to these cars and when
they have throttled them into the high
est available speed they will jump for
their lives.
The fair management is making an
effort to have a powerful radio rece1v-
ing station set up on the fair grounds,
thus enabling the fair visitors, most Of
them for the first time, to see and hear
the latest invention in telephony, the
wireless station.
Real Indians will be in evidence at
the fair and they will entertain the Wis
itors with pow vows, war dances, etc.
There will be three or four families OF
the Redskins from Leech Lake ana
Ponsford. They will pitch their tents
and live on the fair grounds.
Several educational exhibits will be
put on at the fair. The Morrison Coun-
ty Sportsmen Club will have an ex-
hibit of various specimens of wild game
and fish. J. w. Totten, game warden,
will have charge of same and he will
distribute literature and answer ques-
tions. The county weed inspector will
have an exhibit Of noxious weeds
which it will pay everyone to visit.
Admission prices for the fair are as
follows:
Exhibitors tickets $1.50.
Season adult tickets $1.00.
Season Children s tickets SOC.
Single admissions, adults over IA
years soc.
Single admissions, children, 6 to IA
years, Csc.
Children under years free if accom-
panied by parent or guardian.
Grandstand seats Is cents.
Auto and motorcycle admissions 25c.
i Admission to, pageant, adults SOC,
children over 5 to II years Soc; under
5 years free. Season and exhibitors
tickets do not admit to pageant.
On, Wednesday, the 30th, second day
of the fair, the second Community Sale
Day will be held in Little Falls.