The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-09-14
NEARLY 10000 PEOPLE.
VISIT Ward CO, FAIR

De seen,
The Avery Co. has a good exhibit
OF tractors, threshers and road
-maintainer, in operation. ~
The Case Threshing Machine Co.
has seven threshing machines, all diff
ferent models, on the ground, together
with the various models of tractors.
fine exhibit of De Laval cream separ-
ators, Allis-C Chalmers tractors, har-
ness, etc. -.--~
The International Harvester Co.
have a big display of seasonable ma
chinery, including tractors, threshers,
tensilage cutters and potato diggers.
l.. G. Eby of the Pence Auto Co.,
has arranged an attractive display of
Buick cars in large tent, with floor,
showing the $1O40 four cylinder and
the $1375 six-cylinder models. A
neat office has been arranged in one
corner of the tent.
The Dodge and Chevrolet autos are
also on display.
The Farmers Implement and Sup
ply Co. have a good display Of Wallis
tractors.
The Westlie- Charbonneau Co. have
a large exhibit of Ford cars, all the
various models, the big Lincoln car
ana OTUSOn LraCCOrS.
The Piper-Howe Lumber Co. built
an attractive building for displaying
roofing paper, and building materials
of various sorts.
The Rogers Lumber Co. have a spe-
cial building for displaying the vari-
-Sous lines handled by the concern, a
silo being an important part of their
display.
Burt Stewart, manager of the Mi
not Hide & Tanning Co., has gotten
together one of the most interesting
exhibits on the grounds. 1t COM
prises robes, rugs, fur coats, fur nit
tens, rolls of leather and fur neck
pieces. There is one beaver coat on
display, valued at $4,000 but Stew
v art keeps his eagle eye on it and locks
it in Vault at night.
The Dakota Hardware Co. gives a
daily demonstration with its Laun-
Dry-ette, the company sending a spe-
cial representative here from the east.
The WHY'S Overland Co. have a
very attractive display Of Overland
and Willys-Knight cars in large
tent. @ Z, ~
One Of the most interesting me-
chanical exhibits at the Minot Fair
is a new machine for cutting seed
potatoes, invented by w. L. Walton
of Bantry, N. Oak, town about fifty
miles northeast of Minot.
The machine has been in use the
past two seasons and is proving to
be very popular with experienced po-
tato growers, who state it does better
work than is done by hand, in fact
practically perfect work.
An entirely new principle is incor-
tod fh1 II.
potato adjusts the knives and plungers
according to the size of the potato
as it passes thru the machine Each
potato is automatically divided into
two, four, six, eight or twelve equal
. parts, no matter what it's size, as de-
sired by the operator.
1t surely fills long felt want in the
potato growing industry and is being
manufactured and sold by the Walton
Mfg. Co., 419 South Fifth Street,
Minneapolis, MINI. --.,
The Kiwanian rest room for wo-
men is one of the most appreciated
buildings on the grounds. It is a
very attractive building and is much
appreciated.
The Rotary information building, a
beautiful octagonal shaped structure
is in charge of Miss Dwire, who has
been called upon to give information
on most every subject under the sun.
The buildings are all brilliantly
lighted with electricity at night and
appearance. Many people unable to
get away in the afternoons have at
tended the fair at night. The lights
are not turned off until near midnight.
The first two days of the fair were
not so we'll attended on account of
cloudy weather, but the sun appeared
today and an immense crowd gather
!. ed this afternoon. 1t was estimat-
ed by many that today's crowd near
ed the 10000 mark. The crowd would
Z have been much larger but for the
fact that the weather was threaten
ing all forenoon. Many however,
drove in from long distances and felt
well repaid.
The business houses in Minot closed
this afternoon permitting employees
and their families to attend the fair.
This was Minot day at the big EXPOSE
ton
Last nights program was a dandy.
It included the most brilliant display
of fireworks ever seen in this sec
ton of the state, far exceeding expec-
tations.
A livestock parade was put on this
afternoon to show the people just
what North Dakota can produce in the
way of horses and cattle. This state
takes back seat for no other in the
matter of live stock.
Tonight's program was very inter-
esting. It included the second lap of
five mile motorcycle race, at seven
!, O'Clock Clever acrobatic stunts were
enjoyed. The Marriott Troupe. has q