, 1923-08-14
FAIR EXHIBITS
At DOUGLAS TO
BELARGE AGAIN
Wyoming Industries VIII
Receive Great Boost .
Through Displays g

DOUGLAS. wyo-. Aug. 1.-THE
plans for the Nineteenth Annual State
Fair are rapidly nearing completion
and the management is endeavoring to
combine the educational, entertain
ment and service features in such 4
way hat exhibitors. producers and
visitors win fully appreciate the value
to Wyoming OF this great educational
institution
Only such changes a. would increase
their Importance have been made In
the live stock departments. and judy
ing by the requests being made for
entry blanks, these departments viii
have more han their usual quota OF
entries. The Brauer Pure Bred Duroo
Co.. OF Colorado Springs plan on an
tering about 2b head of their best
show stock. The Acme Firm Polands
of Lusk VIII enter many Poland Chi
mas c. @. Cochran & Co. of Hay
Center. Kan. arc entering some OF
their best Charming English" Here
fords and 'Rose of Sharon" shore-
horns. d. warnock q Sons Of Love-
land. Colo. will show their Model
Type" shorthorns and A D.. McGm-
vray viii show the best Of his famoua
Poland hin Hogs. As keen compe-
tition is what the breeders of pure
bred stock want, many additional en-
tries by well known breeders will no
u be sent In Oklahoma, Utah,
Montana, Iowa and Illinois breeders
arc requesting entry blanks. indicat-
ing n revived interest IN the Wyoming
State Fair In the part Of outside
breeders.
Important and beneficial changes
have been made in the agricultural
division. Ths ann Of displaying
county booths will be such that these
exhibits. as a whole. will present an
inspiring sight to those visiting Agri-
cultural Hall and will Impress every<
ono. citizen nnd stranger alike, with
h productiveness and quality OF
Mornings agriculture. And those
wyoming counties making up this
large display Of wyoming's Develop
ment Will reap those benefits usually
attendant upon advertising to the
people in a concrete way. The work
OF collecting. planning and displaying
n county's has usually been
put into the hands OF the respective
county agents. those counties having
no agents remaining away. With a
view to having every county in tho.
state represented this year. a rule has
, been made allowing two or more in
| dividuals of a county to combine their
efforts and display the OF
their county ns q county exhibit.
Ths entertainment program win be-
: an unusual one. A wild West show
l embracing all those stunts wherein
the cowboy clan can display it's SKIN
and daring and sense OF humor win
be held daily. Added to this win b
the Reewah Berkus, contributed and
= managed by tho Kiwanis Club OF
I Douglas. In addition to real automo.
BILE races, the eerius viii include pie
eating contests. creased pig races.
I indian squaw rnces and many other
: m-irth-provokinE stunts, with somo-i
thing new each day.
Plans have been completed for
holding state championships for rolf.
tennis and horseshoe pitching, and as
the "bugs' of these various species
are located in every section OF 10.
state, II is believed that overy county
In tho state will be represented In
this gathering Of sportsmen. The
old fiddlers contest ia, according to
Secretary Hale. creating tho greatesx
amount of enthusiasm. There viii b
many contestants for tho prizes Of
fered and It will DO n treat to hear
the old boys fiddle such old-timo
pieces rs Annie Roonio," 'rhe Blu
and the Gray" and 80 on, adding that
wit and humor which many OF them
nre noted for.
In the way OF -Eervfce,- tho man
agement OF the Fair is now working
out plans for holding a pure bred 1.-Two
stock and feeders sale Two regis
tered pure-bred live stock nuctioneer,
OF national reputation have agreed
20 conduct the sale without cost To
the fair n n number of breeders Of
pure bred stock have agreed to enter
one or more car loads in tho sale. This
will Civ h breeders of wyoming an
opportunity TO personally inspect and
purchase at competitive prices herd
bulls. rams and boars and such other
breeding stock as they may need.
As for the feeder sale. It is plan
ned to bring the feeder buyers OF tn,
middle western states and tho grow
ers OF Wyoming together at the fair.
thereby enabling buyers and sellers
to trade at n saving of time and
money to both. The time in which
to develop this plan is limited. but Il
is believed that some constructive
work can be done between now ana
September II. n that many sales
can DO made during the four days
OF tho fair. The livestock rowe OF
wyoming who ave feeders for sale
should write to A r. Hale, Box SIS.
Douglas. Wyoming. asking to be kept
advised Of the progres being made
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