The Ely miner., 1930-08-01
SPEEDY DRIVERS
At COUNTY FAIR
AUTO RACES ON LAST DAY OF
ST. LOUIS COUNTY FAIR WILL
ATTRACT SOME OF THE FAST
EST DIRT AUTO RACERS OF
THE COUNTRY4-FINE PLATFORM
ACTS.

Some of the fastest dirt automobile
racers in the United States will be
entered in the automobile racing card
to be staged the last day of the St.
Louis County Fair in Hibbing on Tues
day, August 26.
Fair directors recently closed con-
tracts with a number of speed demons
including Frank Sands, formerly a
Hibbing bus driver, who will drive a
Fronty car in the contests here. Sands
is today recognized as one of the
country's fastest automobile drivers
and his range friends will greet him
in large numbers when he appears
here. Sands parents live at Orr.
Other drivers and cars they will use
follows: George Quits with his North
land from Grand Forks, N D.; Bob
Settler with his front drive from St.
Paul: Jack Kmecik with his Chevy
special from Grand Forks; Emory Col
Inns with his Frontenac from Sioux
Falls; Jimmy Woods with his Chevro-
let from Sioux Falls; Swede Larson
with his Frontenac from Huron, s. D.;
Swede Anderson, Dusenberg, Iron
Mountain, Mich; Jimmy Trainor,
Frontenac, Reno Nevada; and Sig
Haugdahl, Miller 8, from Daytona
Beach, Florida.
Sig Haugdahl is considered Ameri-
cas- premier racing driver and he is
an attraction in himself.
The six events to be raced here are
not exhibitions. They are bonafide
matches, with the winners sharing in
the money offered by the fair manage
ment. The pries will be attractive
enough to warrant real competition.
In addition to the big automobile
races on the last day of the fair, there
will be a program of horse races on
| the two first days of the exposition.
Platform acts that promise to be the
| most clever and entertaining ever
staged, have been signed UP for the
Fair.
With Byrd at the South Pole" will
be novelty number of the Duffield
| fireworks. This will be one of the
most realistic attractions of the dis
play every night of the exposition.
The leading attraction will be the
Three Royals, known as the Village
| BlacksmithS, in marvellous display Of
| iron jaw and feats of strength and
| endurance which has no equal This
trio is an importation from Germany
| and since its first arrival in America
| it has been a great feature wherever
it has appeared. The Royals do SEN
sational acts of athletic balancing and
equilibristic feats that are considered
marvels of the age in their specific
line.
Montambo and Nap will give two
riotous comedy numbers in an aero
batic fun fest AS wflirlwind aero
batic comedians, they give entertain
ment every moment.
An outstanding novelty will be the
Ling Tey troupe of two women and
one man, who do extraordinary foot
| juggling and Chinese equilibristic
work. Effective costuming will add to
the act. The group is now on tour
of the country and will leave for China
soon to appear for engagements in
| theatres of that nation.
( Masses of people will be entertained
afternoons and evenings with the
| famous comedian and pantomimist
Tom Mills, whose appearance in
Moyietone and Vitaphone productions
| has made millions of auditors shake
with laughter at his various antics and
sense of real comedy and humor. Mills
| will work with a trick bicycle that is
a laugh-getting riot from the begin
ming to the finish.
Rex Comedy Circus tent on the