The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-19
RECORD CROWDS
TO ATTEND FAIR
NORTH MONTANA FAIR ATTRAC-
TONS TO BRING PEOPLE FROM
ALL SECTIONS

Thousands and thousands Of people
are coming to the North Montana fair
in Great Falls this year. Fair dates
are Aug. 5 to 10, and these six days
include one of the largest and most
colorful shows the west has ever
experienced: There's a place for every
thing at this gigantic fair. Starting
with exhibits, the show covers the
field from agriculture to zinc. Live
stock, agriculture, culinary. needle
work. art, flowers, automobile, mer-
camille, school and club work all
come in for extensive display and
large sums in cash prizes.
One leading division of exhibits is the
National Hereford show and bull sale
which is to be held in connection with
the fair. This is the first time that
this important meet has ever been
brought to the northwest.
Turning to the entertainment pro-
gram it is difficult to select those
cause the show has so many highlights.
The pari-mutuel horse racing begins
Monday of fair week and continues at
the rate OF seven races a day through
Friday. In addition one chariot and
one Roman race will be run on both
Thursday and Friday afternoons. Com
mlality saddle horse races are also
scheduled for these two afternoons.
The professional auto races will be
Saturday afternoon only, with a full
schedule of events contested by the
States and Canada. Gus Schrader, for
the past three years worlds dirt track
automobile racing champion, will drive
his record making 220-horsepower Mil
Ter racing car in these races. Some
special improvements have been made
on the half-mile track this year max
ing it more suitable for automobile
racing, and as usual points won here
count toward the 1885 worlds cham
pionship.
An up and coming rodeo will be stag
ed the first three days Of fair week,
crowding into these days all the activity
Of the former weeks program. There
will be from rs to 100 rodeo events in
front of the grandstand each afternoon,
including bronc riding, calf rpping,
wild COW milking, and trick riding and
roping as done by Monte Montana, the
movie actor.
Professional wrestling will be seen ON
Thursday, Friday and Saturday after
Moons on the stage, when a Montana
state champion will be determined to
meet Lord Landsdowne, former worlds
welterweight champion, and again m
SlidSA 4O4 C1ldV SIOW1, Ol odGuIudy.
Four bands will be used during the
fair, including Phil Sheridan's Daven-
pert hotel orchestra from Spokane, the
Plenytwood high school band, the
Blackfeet tribal band and the Great
Falls municipal band. Thrill acts and
speciality numbers that vary from
shooting a man out of a cannon to a
sister dance team, will be fitted into
each daytime presentation between
major events.
A brilliant cast of IS people will pre-
sent this years night show in the form
of Presentations of 1885," Modernistic
costumes specially designed to register
under neon lights, chrome plated seem
OF specialties combine to make this
Barnes & Carruther's musical comedy
the greatest night show that the North
Montana fair has v had. A COM
plete costume and routine change in
two of the four ensemble numbers will
me made at midweek to vary the show.
The fireworks program which will
conclude each evenings grand stand
performance, will be greatly enlarged
this year. Spectacular effects will be
created both in the air and in set
pieces.
Action and entertainment on the
midway is being provided this year by
he United Shows of America, a 40 rail-
road q show, that is one of the larg-
est and best midway attractions on the
North American continent. The con
cession privileges have been let to the
Goodman Concession company who
have a sterling reputation for providing
neat, attractive stands, operated on q
strictly merchandise basis. Fourteen
riding devices will be in place, center
ing a midway that is second in size
only to Barnum e. Bailey and Ringl.
ing's combined circus.
Everybody at the North Montana fai,
in Great Falls this year will have an on.
portunity to share in $3,60l offered a:
attendance premiums. The system O
years, with $500 in cash awarded eacf
afternoon Of the fair at 4:45 in front O.
the grandstand. The evening award!
include $50 in cash each of the frs