Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-05

IN 81 MONTANA counties will fairs
De held this fall. With exception of
TWO, all OF them will take place be-
lore The state fair, which opens Sept.
~. Commissioner A. H. Stafford of the
state department Of agriculture urges
thai the management of each of the
county fairs send its choicest exhibits
TO the state fair. For the advertising
value and the inspiration and educa-
ton which is provided by seeing the
best products of the entire state on
display the county fairs are asked to
cooperate to the end that the 1929
State fair may be the best and biggest
ever held" says Mr.. Stafford.
Last year 80 counties held fairs. The
$500 cash award for the highest scor-
ing county collective exhibit at the
State fair was awarded to Ravalli
county. This prize was in addition to
the district prizes.
OF those which have announced the
dates, the first of the county fairs
was held at LeWistoWn, August % to
80, A. l.. Fitton, secretary. Fallon,
Prairie and valley counties held
fairs Sept. 2 to- 4, at Baker, Larry
Busch, secretary; at Terry, Grover
Lewis secretary; and at Glasgow, Fred
Weigai, secretary, respectively. The
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Bresnahan. secretary, is dated Sept. 2
to 6. Next in order, Sept. 6 to 8, is
Phillips county at Dodson, S. Kodalen,
secretary; and Sept. 8 and 10 are an
nounced for the Big Horn fair at
Hardin, r. C. Thompson, secretary.
James S. Griffin is secretary of the
Blaine county fair at Chinook, Sept.
10 and IL.
The Richland county fair at Sid
ney. H. F.. DePue, secretary; the In
~termountain fair, Gallatin county at
Bozeman, H. p. Griffin, secretary, and
the Rosebud county fair at Forsyth,
Ralph d. Mercer. secretary, come on
Sept. 10 to Is. The Musselshell county
Sept. IL to 13. The Sanders county
fair at Plains, S. E. Lee, secretary, and
Garfield county fair at Jordan, Tom
Harvey, secretary, are set for Sept. IL
to IA. Hill county will hold its fair
at Havre, Sept. l3 and ID, Ben Dag
gett, secretary Then ome the West
ern Montana fair at Missoula, Sept.
16 to 10, w. G.. Peat, secretary. Custer
county is next. The Eastern Montana
fair at Miles City will be on Sept. II
to 20, j. H. Boiling, secretary.
Beaverhead county will put on its
fair at Dillon Sept. l8 to 20, while the
IOOle county ana County,
fairs, located at Shelby and Fort Ben
ton, respectively, will be held Sept. 10
and 20. The Roosevelt county fair will
be held at Culbertson, Sept. 26 to %,
A. w. Warden, secretary.
The Flathead county fair at Kalis-
pell, J.. C. Peasley, secretary, will be
held Oct. l to 4, and the Ravalli coun-
ty fair at Hamilton. D. j. Goiman,
secretary, will come Oct. 2 to 4. The
latest date SO far announced is the
Pondera county fair at Williams, H. L.
Barber, secretary, Oct. 3 to S.
Fairs will be held in the following
counties upon dates yet to be fixed:
Carter at Ekalaka, o. A. Dahl, secre-
tary; Cascade at Great Falls, Herb
Winner, secretary; Golden Valley at
Rygate, L. A. Wilson, secretary; Judith
Basin at Windham, r. G. Bricker, Sec
rotary; Lake, at Poison, Mr.. TaSso. sec
rotary; McCone at Circle, w. H. Fous-
sart, secretary; Powder River, at
Broadus, S. A. Holt, secretary; Sheri-
dan, at Plentywood, E. G. Ferguson,
secretary; Wibaux, at Wibaux, w. O.
organ, secretary; Carbon, at From
berg; Glacier; Jefferson at Whitehall,