Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-09-11
Villas CO. FAIR ATTENDANCE.
BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORDS
Event Brings Out Splendid Exhibits In Spite of
Adverse Growing Season---Entertainment Program Is
Best Ever Given---Fine Weather Assures Success.

mission that is very attractive and
freely admired by everyone.
The Villas County School exhibit is
one of the best ever shown both in
quantity and quality of workmanship.
County Nurse Christmann has a
booth on the grounds, also used as a
rest room for mothers and babies and
invites attention by a small Ferris
wheel in constant revolution with the
! cars filled with hourly reminders for
properly caring for infants Her dental
wagon which will soon start on a tour
If visiting the rural schools is there
20 be seen also.
A complete line of Ford cars is
shown by Strong e Manley while the
Jewett and Oakland cars are on dis
play by their respective agencies.
The new recreation building is a de.
,ided Improvement in offering shelter
nd seating room to the fair patrons
nd the entertainment features are
given there
G. ]. Eliason of Sayner has booth
devoted to his line of lightning rod
equipment and close by is a complete
electric lighting plant in operation.
AT both entrance gates a miniature
ottage of the type sold by the Eagle
River Lbr. Co., affords comfortable
place for the ticket sellers.
Half dozen lunch and refreshment
lands are doing a thriving business
md a merry-go-round is busy giving
/ .ides to both children and adults.
All in all, it is surely some fair and
0ne that the fair Officials can well
feel proud of in presenting.
In the amusement line the 1924 fair
ar surpasses any previous one for
high class entertainment. First on
The program of free attractions is the
Cleora-Miller Quartette, a vaudeville
number direct from the Orpheum cir
cult, including instrumental and vo-
cal novelties of character seldom
seen off the big stages. Their work
afternoon and evenings wins the
greatest applause from most enthusiasts
tic audiences. Next comes the Great
Lester, without question the worlds
ocsit liz the ventriloquism line. He is
akI1g the place of a roller skating
comedy act that failed to put in their
appearance, and it may be asserted
hat the substitution is giving fair
yisitors far greater entertainment than
my roller skating act could do The
Great Lester is not stranger to
Eagle River people, bat appearing at
he county fair a great many people
rom other towns in the county are
fearing him for the first time, and ac-
claim his act as one that is absolutely
he leader.
Concerts by the Eagle River Band
lnder the direction of Mr. Miller of
The Cleora-Miller quartette are given
hree times daily, and the Tamboritza
Orchestra of Ironwood, the Frisco
Orchestra from the Town of Wash
ngton, and the Eagle River Orchestra
supply the music for the free dancing
which occupies every spare minute of
he day when the big new pavilion is
lot being used for the other acts.
At the time of going to press the
county spelling bee which is being
leld this morning has not been de-
,ided. A full report Of that will be
given in our next issue.
AS a grand wind-up of one of the
most successful fairs the Association
as ever put on their will be monster
display Of fireworks this evening in
charge of an expert from the factory,
which assures a demonstration well
worth waiting to see.