The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-09-23


Through the courtesy of
Frank OiGara the returns of the
Dempsey-Tuney prize fight at
Philadelphia this Thursday eve-
ming will be broadcasted from
the fair ground, starting prompt
ly at 1880, Sank Centre time.
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Stearns county's biggest fair
opened Tuesday with the largest at
tendance in the history of the organ
ization for opening day.
Tuesday was Children's Day, and
every child of school age was admit
cd free. 1t was also the day of the
Spelling Contest for the champion
ship of Stearns county and every
township presented one aspirant for
county honors. The parents and
friends who accompanied them help
ed to make up a happy crowd. Spec
ial music was furnished by the Boys
band of 127 pieces of St. Cloud.
A full fedged midway greeted
the visitor never before were the con-
cessions as numerous as this year. At
the north end of THE Midway the
cash customers met up with couple
interest to the younger set.
| The exhibits in every department
were most gratifying. In some OF
! the buildings the quantity was not
quite so heavy as in previous years,
but the quality was there. In other
departments there were more en-
tries, with the high quality maintain
ed. On the whole there were more
entries at this years fair than ever
before.
The exhibit of the Boys and Girls
Clubs of the county located in the
horse barn building supervised by
George Minette, was splendid illus.
| tration what young people can and
will do when they are properly en-
couraged. Sylvester Botz and Esther
| and Evelyn Guelsow of the Sank
Centre Club will be sent to the jun
ior Live Stock Show at South ST..
Paul in November. They will take
their entry of hogs and sheep with
them. Raymond Kreuger of Paynes-
vile won the free trip to the Uni
versity Short Course to be held next
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Probably no county fair in, the
state offered finer display of dairy
cattle than is being shown at the
Stearns county Fair this year. The
Holsteins were particularly strong
with displays by the Monarchial
Stock Farm of Getty township, own
ed by Mrs. Jennisen; Herman Mel
son, Sank Centre; the Norris Land
Co., Glenwood. The Far View Brown
Swiss dairy herd of F. P. Minette &
Son, Sank Centre; the milking Short
Horns Were from B. H. Cites Oak
land Stock Farm, Sank Centre and
Pfau Bros, Glen Oak Farm, Free
port; Frank Pesheck of Getty had a
fine exhibit of Red Poled cattle, and
the Guernsey herd of Walter Kreug-
er and Albert Book of Paynesville
| filled the cattle barn to overlooking
Every animal exhibited was a pure
bred tuberculin tested animal.
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The Swine Department was repre-
scented by exhibits by the following
Monarchial Stock Farm, Sank Centre,
and Rice Lake Stock Farm, Paynes-
vile, Poland Chinas; Frank Minette
and Frank Schmessing, Sank Centre,
Yorkshires; Frank Minette, Sank
Centre and Leutmer Bros, St. Jo-
seph, Chester Whites.
Splendid Club exhibits were shown
I'M the Agricultural Department by
the Progressive Farmers Club of
this section and Farmers Club OF
Freeport.
The Sank Centre business men are
realizing the value of exhibiting at
the fair more extensively each year !.
Among the local firms exhibiting this
year are the Blue Valley Creamery,
M. Werning & Co., G. Hillerud, Geo.
r. Borgmann & Co., V. L. Burgess,
Central Minnesota Power & Milling
Co, Wedge Hardware Co., The North
western Bell Telephone Co, CaliIns
Hardware, III. S. Halverson & Co.,
Bishop Co., Land OIakes Dreamer
les Co., Brown-Urness, Howard Nc
Chez, Sturr Motor Co., c. d. Marshall
& Co., and others.
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- The entertainment feature de luxe
of the entire fair is the Historical
Pageant of Stearns county, produced
w CIlS JdiIlcS d. IOOSCIS w., VI - oo-
toria, Ohio, directed by Howard Per-
kins of St. Paul. The cast of 500
making up the production were as
sembled together in body for the
first time Monday evening at the
dress rehearsal. When the first per-
Torrance was presented to packed
grand stand and bleacher audience
Tuesday evening, from the introduc-
ton and welcome address by Miss
Junglin of ST. Cloud as Miss Steaf1as
County, down through the early pro-
neer episodes to the grand finale OF
the Melting Pot every section worked
with a percision and efficiency that
was a credit Ito the director and cast.
The Pageant opened with the en-
try of Miss Stearns County and her
eight attendants who cordially well
coined Miss Columbia impersonated
by Mrs. George Berggreen and the AZ
states. After a prophecy by Father
Time 81. A. Falk, came the Dawning