The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-10-04
Big County Fair
Closes Friday
FOUR BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS OF
FUN ATTRACT THOUSANDS TO
REDWOOD FALLS.
EXHIBITS AND RACES
BEAT ALL RECORDS
FREE ADJUSTMENTS, DANCES
AND SHOWS ENTERTAIN; FAIR
- FREE FROM ACCIDENT.
EXHIBITS AND RACES
BEAT ALL RECORDS

Minnesota's Biggest County Fair
closed at Redwood Falls Friday even
ing after five days of almost perfect
weather, slight shower during the
races Friday afternoon being the only
exception. Wednesday and Thursday
the fair was attended by many thou
sands, the attendance Thursday being
conservatively fixed at twenty thou
sand persons. This was one of the
largest, if not the largest attendance
any fair here has ever had and the
crowd taxed the grounds to the limit.
That the immense crowd was so well
handled and that there were so few un-
pleasant happenings speaks well for
President F. G.. Hubbard and his Board
of Directors and for the special police
men who worked under the direction
of this Board.
The exhibits of all kind were plenti-
full and very attractive. The main
exhibit building contained a wonder
full display of baked foods, canned
goods, fancy and plain neddlework,
painted china and pictures, a fine dis
play Of garden and field products and
a very good horticulture collection.
Several special exhibits also attracted
much attention in this building among
them being the two township displays
made by the Farmers Clubs of Red
wood Falls and Paxton. Both of these
clubs showed a splendid collection of
farm and household products, the
Paxton exhibit winning by fifteen
points. Il
Stock barns were crowded with
many very fine specimens of cattle of
both beef and dairy breeds and nine
ty-nine pens in the hog barn contained
fine hogs of the five leading breeds.
The cattle exhibit contained a hundred
and thirteen animals, all of Redwood
County stock with the exception Of
those shown by five exhibitors from.
Brown County. Horses were not
shown and only a few sheep were to
be seen. The winners of prizes in the
stock contests as well as in all other
departments will be published entire
as soon as Secretary Hauck's list is
available.
The school building under the direc-
tion of Miss Fern Kennedy, superin-
tendent of the Redwood County
schools, held splendid display of
work done by the various schools of
the county, both graded, semi-graded
and rural. Practically every school in
the County was represented and the
display crowded the building to cap
acity. Demonstrations of club work
were given at the booth in the main
exhibit building, and baby-beef and
dairy calves, corn and poultry raised
by club members made an interesting
display in one of the large barns.
The names of the prize winners in all
school and club contests will be pub
lished with the other winners.
The attractions on the track and
the vaudeville acts given each after
noon and evening were of high merit
and won the approval of the scores
who attended every program. The
free attractions included four very
good "stunt acts, the one put on by the
"Three Alecks" proving most popular.
The goat, monkey and dog show also
proved big attraction to the chill
dren and young people. Each even
ing's program closed with a splendid
display of fireworks. A well conduct
ed dance in the pavilion on the
grounds also attracted large numbers
both afternoons and evenings.
Too much cannot be said for the
"clean" shows on the pike these shows
with the approval of all persons who
are interested in clean amusements.
For this the Board of Management
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