The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-09-28
Fair Officials Hopeful of Successful Year
Financially After Profitable Day Wednesday
Massed Band Concert Slated for
This Evening; Final Races
This Afternoon
EXHIBITS TOTAL 5000
Weather Improves Wednesday
Bringing Best Crowd in
Several Seasons

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A full program this afternoon and
evening viii conclude the sixtieth an
nual Redwood county fair, fair that
eclipsed all recent fairs in number Of
exhibits and variety of entertainment
and one which appears likely to pay
expenses and possibly leave some pro-
fit to apply on deficits Of other
years.
/ Although no figures on receipts and
expenses were available Wednesday
night, fair officials were reasonably
certain that normal crowd today
will put the fair on the safe side Of
the ledger. While expenses run above
last season in many instances, the
investment in better attractions has
had a favorable reaction on the at
tendance which is certain to eclipse
records for depression years. We'd
nesday's crowd was the biggest in re-
cent years.
Although the evenings have been
chilly, the weather throughout the
first two days was good to excellent
and rain and extreme cold predicted
! failed to materialize.
Massed Band Tonight
Today's program includes concerts
| by the Seaforth band and a massed
band concert with 200 musicians be-
fore the grand stand tonight. Belview
furnished the music Tuesday and
Walnut Grove, Wednesday.
The race program includes the
northwest three year old stake trot
and the free-for-all besides the novel;
| ty Ford and pig race. The excellent
Wintergarden revue, Fred Reckless
and the Yashida Japanese troupe will
| perform before the grandstand both
this afternoon and tonight. The re-
vue orchestra will play for another
dance this evening.
/ The women carry away the prize
for total entries this year with 1,194
exhibits in the culinary department,
727 in the fancy work division and
174 in the arts and flowers section.
Members of All clubs in the county
are showing SAB animals, articles or
projects. The open class barns are
damned with 81 cattle, 81 sheep and
1916 swine. There are PIT exhibits in
the poultry building, 400 exhibits of
field crops, ten of dairy products and
SO of horticulture. The grand total
Of $500 exhibits is 1882 more than
last year.
Meanwhile judges wound-up their
work and clerks in the secretary's Of
flee began the big job Of entering
winners names from numbers on the
judges sheets. Below are smatter-
ing of what returns were available
Wednesday.
Win Flour Prizes
Mrs. Otto Melges of Redwood Falls
won the sack of -four donated by Red
wood Grocery company for the best
loaf of bread made from Gold Medal
flour. Mrs. John Kohler of Redwood
Falls exhibited the best loaf made of
Fairway flour to win a similar prize
donated by the Fairway Grocery and
Mrs. M. B. Swigart of Redwood Falls
showed the best loaf made of Daniel
Webster flour to win sack of that
-four from the City Market. -{rs.
Frank Perdue won the So in trade
prize offered by Gallea Bakery for the
best loaf made of any -four.
Mrs. A. G. Hagberg of Redwood
Falls won first in the best display of
baking class, with Mrs. Floyd Trent
of Delhi, second.
Poultry Champions
Grand champions in the poultry
show announced Wednesday include
Mrs. Clark Sponaugle of Renville who
showed the grand champion hen,
White Minorca. The grand champion
cock, Partridge Wyandotte, was
shown by Mrs. John Damhof of Rose
land and the best pullet, a single
comb Buff Orpington, by Mrs. Wesley
Mckay of Redwood Falls. C. E. Good
year Of Redwood Falls showed the
champion cockerel, a single comb
Rhode Island Red, and John Morgan
of Marshall carried off grand ribbons
in both the young and old pen class
es. He showed White Rocks.
In the Duroc Jersey swine class,
Paul Current Of Comfrey won all six
grand championships. His firsts in
cluded junior yearling boar, senior
boar pig, aged herd and young herd
and he took first and second in the
junior boar pig, senior yearling sow.
senior sow pig and junior yearling
SOW classes. Richard Jacobson won
the junior SOW pig first with Current
taking second and third and H. w.
Armitage won third in the junior
boar pig class.
Park Has Seven Firsts
A. w. Park and Son Of Redwood
Falls and Lee Swennes of Sleepy Eye
divided honors in the Hampshire
swine classes with Park taking seven
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