The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-09-29
THE FAIR
One Of the M St Successful County
Fairs Ever Held in Mellette County
Held at Wood This Week.


was held at Wood, Tuesday, Wednes-
dav and Thursday OF this week is
acknowledged To have been one Of the
most successful Fairs ever held in
the county. The exhibits in the agri-
cultural department and the ladies
ncedlowork and cooking department
were said To have been far above the
average OF like exhibits IN nelghbor-
IN" counties, and some mighty fine
products were shown. There was also
fine exhibit Of live stock, consld-
criny that this was the first time such
show was attempted by the Fair
association, there were three breeds
of hogs represented -Hampshlres,
Chester Whites and Duroc Jerseys,
and two breeds Of cattle-lIerefords
and ShorthoIns, and there was very
good exhibit in the poultry depart
mcnt, consisting Of chickens, ducks,
geese and pigeons Taken all in all the
exhibits were mighty fine and we heard
many visitors from distance marvel
at the fine showing. Col. c. p. Jor-
- dan fine exhibit Of apples, includ-
mo fourteen different kinds of apples
and crab apples, attracted lot OF
attention, and even number OF our
own people marvelled at the fine ex-
hibit. This apple exhibit was as fine
as you would be likely to find in an
old settled apple country, as far as
size and quality of the fruit was con-
cerncd. The Boys Corn Club exhibit
also was very attractive and every
visitor to the agricultural exhibit
spent more or less time eXamJning TINS
wonderful show put on by the Corn
Club bows. 1t was fine, but only
about half TIE boys in the club got
in with their exhibits.
The high wind, both Tuesday and
Wednesday no doubt was responsible
for keeping away many exhibitors
who would have been represented had
the weather been decent, but the
weather man did so much blowing the
first two days of our Fair that caused
many to stay at home and it cut down
the number of exhibits and the attend
ance considerably. The demonstra-
ton put on by the Cedarbutte Sewing
Club in the agricultural pavilion, on
Wednesday was well attended and
held the interest Of the ladies who
were i'm attendance The high wind
Monday night and Tuesday night
blew down the large tent that had
been provided to house the ladies de-
partment of the big show, and as re-
suit this department was transferred
to the school building, where the
ladies certainly did themselves proud
with one of the finest exhibits OF
their handiwork that has ever been
shown in the county. Mrs. P. V.
Tuell. our photographer, had most
beautiful collection of hand painted
photographs Of Indian life and scenes
on display. We can tell you little OF
the program Of sports and amuse-
ments, as this editor was kept very
busy at the agricultural pavilion all
during the Fair and did not get
peep at any of the. attractions. We
understand they were very good, in
Guiding horse racing, ball games and
broncho and steer riding. 1t was
very windy the first two days and the
crowd that witnessed these sports
had to eat considerable dust, which
made it very disagreable and marred
their enjoyment to very great ex-
tent The first day pickup band,
mostly from Winner, provided plenty
of good music and the last two days
the Cowboy Band from White River
assisted by some of our local musi-
clans, livened up things with plenty of
good music. They were not in the
least stingv with their music and
their efforts were appreciated and en-
loved by the Fair visitors. We can
not compliment the band boys too
highly for what they did to make the
Fair n success.
There was speaking each day but
owing to the high wind and disagree
able weather, the speaking was held
up town. The first day Mr.. Smith
explained the effect of the new pro-
posed law establishing state bank
would have and strongly urged his
hearers to vote no on the proposition.
The second day Lieutenant Governor
Gunderson was here, and the last day
Mr.. Grill, the Democratic candidate
for governor was here. None of the
speeches drew as large crowd as
they deserved, but Fair crowd is a
pretty hard bunch to get to settle
down and listen to speeches. There
was picture show and dance at