Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-06
GOVERNOR TO
TALK AT FAIR
Minneapolis Mayor and We
fald Other Speakers at
Pine County Event.
Artillery Battle and Base
ball Games Also Among
Features.

III arranging one of the best nro-
grams ever to be presented at the pino
county fair in Pine City, the manage-
Lheht or that exhibition has obtained
as special feature. the annear.noo
Oh three outstanding public men Cow
efnor Floyd B. Olson, Mayor William
"A. anderson of Minneapolis and Knute
"elald secretary to the Commission
Vi administration and Finance ubo
VIII give short addresses in front of
the grandstand Friday afternoon. Aue
Ii, at o'clock
Governor Olson needs no introduc-
tlon. He has spoken in this section
vi the state on numerous occasions
III the past and has many friends who
VIII welcome the opportunity TO hear
MIN ON his first official visit as gov
ernor of the state.
Inc 1alr engagement will be Mavor
Ahderson's first public appearance on
the platform in Pine county Mr.
anderson is the first Farmer-I aborita
10 serve as mayor of Minneapolis and
was elected last June by the largest
majority ever given a mayorality can.
dldate in the Mill City.
This will also be Mr.. Wefa1d,s fret
appearance as speaker in Pine
county. Mr.. Wefald, who is a former
congressman from his district. is edi-
tor or one of the leading Norwegian
newspapers in the country. He will
talk on economic questions, especially
as they relate to the farm situation.
Excellent Program.
The program of free attractions
for this years fair, Friday and Sat-
urday, both afternoon and night sbowe
Is one of the best to be offered at the
Pine County fair. There are seven
big acts, all first class numbers.
The Flying Beckmans, in two acts.
is an aerial flying return casting act.
Their rigging is 80 feet high and the
net used is over so feet in length.
This attraction has been featured with
Barnum and Bailey and Sells-Floto
and many other big tops and has Just
completed tour of fairs in Western
Canada.
Basset and Bailey have two acts
an acrobatic act and a novelty table
and chair balancing act. They are
exceptionally clever artists in feats
OF prod1gious strength and graceful
motion.
Roscoe Armstrong and Company
have three acts, one of which is a
leaping, skidding, bucking, exploding
trick automobile that will perform
on the race track in front of the
grandstand. The trick automobile at
the state fair last year made big hit.
1t is very funny act and will keep
the crowd in an uproar. This COM
pany also has high trapeze act and
slack wire act, both of which are
very good
Artillery Battle.
Captain Jorgensen has completed
the plans for the big artillery battle
to be staged by Battery E and it will
be spectacle seldom seen at a county
fair. The artillery battle will take
place, following the grandstand pro-
gram on Friday evening. Two big
field artillery guns, firing three inch
shells, blank ammunition, and the
machine guns firing blank ammuni-
ton, will be used in the battle. There
will be lots of regular army bombs,
signal flares and rockets, smoke
bombs, etc.
Two baseball games have been
booked for the fair The American
Legion junior baseball teams from
Mora and Hinckley will play on Fri
day afternoon and Sturgeon Lake and
Pine City will play Saturday afternoon
for a purse of SIS.
There will be a carnival dance and
Mardi Gras on Saturday evening. The
dancing will be held in the main
building. Exhibits will be released
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. The
tables and exhibit bins and shelves
will be removed from the building
and the floor will be thoroughly swept
and waxed for the dance.
The Harry L. Hines Amusement
Company will be here again this year
with four rides-ferris wheel. merry
go-round, chair-o-plane and kiddie
swing. A number of sideshows have
also been booked and there will be
shetland ponies for the little tots to
ride.
Children Admitted Free.
All children Is years and under
will be admitted free if accompanied
by their parents. Adult admission in
the day is soc and at night the adj
mission has been cut to Csc. Dance
tickets are SOC. Automobiles will be
admitted free to the grounds.