The border vidette., 1927-09-24
STATE FAIR OPEN NOV. 7IH

Phoenix, Arizona, Sept 22.-
Arizona's twenty third annual
State Fair, Offering more than
$25, 600 in premium money, will
be held November 7th to 18th,
Secretary j. P. Dillon announc-
ed today. The grounds will be
open from 8 a. IN. until midnight
while all buildings will remain
open until 9 p M
This years State Fair will
offer the greatest amusement and
sport program ever attempted in
the southwest. Five days of
harness races with the fastest
trotters and PAGERS in the west
in action. auto races, on -Satur-
day, football games, dozen cir.
Gus acts, airplane exhibitions,
parachute jumping and half
million dollar livestock parade
on Tuesday of fair week, are just
part of the menu to be dished
up to visitors to the fair.
Sharing attention with the pre-
Itentious sport and amusement
program will be more than Is
exhibition buildings and tents
displaying Arizona's resources in
every shape and form The good
part of the news comes in the
early reports from the superin-
tendents of all departments that
this year will be a record break
| ing one of all exhibits. DIR. Bart
lett, in charge of the agriculture
and horticulture departments, is
the authority for the statement
that not less than 10 counties will
have farm products on display.
Fourteen departments will be
represented at the State Fair:
Cattle, dairy, swine. sheep and
goats, poultry, boys and girls
club work, apiary, fine arts, do
mestic art, domestic science.
agriculture and horticulture,
manufacturing, minerals and In
dian. There will also be i spe-
cially arranged flower show, it
was announced.
A pretentious grandstand pro-
gram, the greatest in the history
of the State Fair, will include
the following acts and attractions
Amusement: The world fam
Gus Nelson family, acrobats and
wire walkers who were featured
with Ringling Bros, circus for
five years; VIM. Morris, clown
bicyclist, featured on the Keith
and Orpheum circuits; Joe Mel
vim and Co., diabolo and boom
erang experts; Nathal, the man.
monkey, the greatest foreign
novelty of recent years; the Van
De Velde Troupe, a Company of
picturesque singers and acrobats
and Mile. Florence who performs
daring stunts on a 75-foot high
rigging.
A special added dSattraction will
be Phoenix's own daredevil, John
S. Shaw, Jr., who performs all
sorts of crazy stunts on a slack
wire. Shaw, who is a student at
the University of Arizona, broke
into the limelight on July 9th
of this year when he walked on
a slack wire for nine hours, 20
minutes in front of the RialtO
Theater at Los Angeles. He will
present a new and novel stunt
every day of the fair.
Bernardi's Shows, with many.
new rides and attractions, will
occupy the big gladway.
The G. w. Mayse aerial circus
will present daring stunts, such
as changing from one plane to
another, jumping from an air.
plane to an auto and also par
achute jumping.
Sports; Daily harness races
with the fastest trotters and
PAGERS in the west. The horses
have been feature attractions at
all the California fairs and are
coming here direct from the
Southern California Fair at Riv-
erside. Three races, nine heats,
will be run daily.
The southwest's star auto racers
will compete for approximately
$1,000 in prizes on Saturday,
November 18th, the last day of
the State Fair.
In addition to the above amuse-
ment and sport features there
will undoubtedly be several more
attractions contracted for, by
Secretary Dillon.
Special excursion rates to the
State Fair will again be offered
by all railroads of the southwest,
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