Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-08-17
VALLEY FAIR TO
START MONDAY
PREP PARATORY CALL FOR
BIGGEST FAIR EVER

pie from throughout the entire Wis
consin river valley will come to Wau-
sau next week to attend the annual
| Wisconsin Valley Fair and Exposition,
which commences on Monday, August
Fl, and continues through Friday, Au-
gust 25th. A five day fair this year,
with entry day falling on Monday,
greater, more elaborate exhibits than
ever before with premiums of $13,500,
harness and saddle races, the best
free attractions and midway with
| twelve high class attractions! That's
the program offered this year by the
Marathon County Agricultural soci-
ETY. and the booster trips taken by
the Lions club and the Wausau Ad-
vertising Mems club will assure big
attendance from outside the county as
we'll as from within-but our own peo-
pie never fail to attend a fair.
The editor of The Pilot has received
the following letter from Arthur w.
Prehn, secretary of the Agricultural
society:
"As the time draws near for the
holding of our Annual Wisconsin Val
ley Fair and Exposition, greater in
terest than ever before is being
evinced by the people.
"The fair last year in spite of the
heavy rains was a signal success and
this year the officers have doubled
their efforts to make it even greater
than ever before
Marathon county has been en-
dowed with an unusually fine and at
tractive fair grounds. Nowhere in the
statewill there be found one to COM
pare with its natural beauty And now
these grounds have been made into
park with an expenditure of around
$90000.00 in moderniZing and beauti-
flying them, Marathon county has one
of the most beautiful fair grounds in
the central west
"A fair primarily is an educational
feature. 1t is held first of all to en-
courage progress in agriculture along
| its broad lines, which is the basic
industry of the county. And this year
, the inducements to exhibitors to COM
pete with their best ofTerings in
breeding, and growing results, have
been made unusually attractive.
"A greatly enlarged premium bud
get makes it worth while for every
farmer to exhibit
/ Besides this no effort has been
spared to make the annual fair larger,
better and finer in every way. Better
attractions have been offered. The
new concrete Grand stand is another
much appreciated feature. The new
stock pavilion and cattle barn are
boon to live stock exhibitors. All
in all the Wisconsin Valley Fair and
Exposition under the careful and con-
! GaiQnfinnc diraofiny, of fho 4
officers of the Marathon County Agri-
cultural society is one of the largest
and best fairs in the state. Are you
helping to make it so?
The committees and officers can
build beautiful show place for the
handiwork of the county, they can Sc
cure the best talent to amuse the peo-
pie. They can secure the finest edu-
cational features but the one thing left
to the residents of the county is TO
furnish the exhibits-their very best
and to furnish record breaking at
tendance. Good exhibits and a good
crowd. They will set the final meas
ure of success to the greatest fair
ever held in Marathon county.
will you help?
I'VE ask your cooperation! Boost!
Very Truly yours,
"a. w. PREHN, Sec'y.
Marathon County Agricultural
Society"
The races will be unusually appeal
ing. DR.. G.. A. Mills, superintendent
or speed, already has seventy-two
horses entered in the fray.
Better, more interesting and spec
tacular, is the massive display of gor-
geous fireworks to- be given as the
night attraction this year. Observers
critics, newspaper men, fair officials
old in the game, and the general pub
lie who have attended fireworks dis
plays all agree with one accord that
the Thearle-Duffield fireworks exhibit
tions this year are far superior to any
ever heretofore given.
Aerial shells, rockets, new tourbil-
lions and illuminations of every de-
scription will light the heavens
i Ground pieces, including Mark Twain s
"Huckleberry Finn" picturesquely
fishing on the bridge, will take the
older folks back to childhood days
and at the same time amuse the
younger generation. pioneer Days,
'The Water Wagon Special" "The
Eruption of Mt. vesuvious," "The
Flowing Aloe Tree" and "Niagara
Falls" with its laundering magnesi-
um shower Illuminating the entire
grounds, will all contribute to make
this exhibition one of the most bril-
liant ever attempted at fair
This has been hard year." said
one of the directors of the fair asso-
citation when asked for a word, "and
hope every farmer will drop his
tasks for just single day. We want
them to bring in exhibits, too, and
believe that they will be well pleased
with the accommodations that are
now offered at Marathon park"
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