The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-07-17
THRILL DAY IS
SOMETHING NEW
VISITORS TO NORTH MONTANA
STATE FAIR WILL WITNESS
HAIR-RAISING STUNTS
Airplane Crash Into Specially Built
House From Altitude of 1000 Feet;
Rat Man Plummeting 5000 Feet With
Web Wings, and Many Others Listed.

Swinging into action with a daily
entertainment program that is va
ried in every detail, the North
Montana State fair is less than
to the state will be the special
Thrill Day that climaxes the weeks
daytime activities. On that after
noon Capt. F. F. Frakes will per-
form his sensational house crash
ing stunt, diving his airplane from
an altitude of 1900 feet and riding
with it into the side of a house
built ON the infield. Frakes per-
formed this stunt last year at the
Minnesota State fair, where he
thrilled thousands, as they watched
him slowly crawl out of the wreck
age just ar instant before the mass
of debris burst into flames.
On the same afternoon program will
be Diavolo, the Bat Man, who trusts
himself to web wings fastened to his
sDooy as ne plummetS out OF an airplane
at 5000 feet and makes his way to
earth in a series of Spirals, loops and
dives that leave spectators speeches.
Tight-wire, casting and other aerial
acts performed by master artists with
out the precautiOn of nets, will run
chiIs through the grandStand and
sDieecher sections.
A completely different type of enter
talnment schedule has been arranged
for the 1896 show, including more than
tWo dozen OF the country'S leading Va
riety acts. Acrobatic, animal, thrill,
comedy, illusion and novelty numbers
Will be seen between the seven thor
'Oughbred horse races each afternoon.
Then at night an entirely different
show will be arranged, dominated by
the Ernie Young night show Trip
Around the World and concluded by
g super fireworks display by the Thearle
Duffield Co.
World championship wrestling will
three evening exhibitions Of this
sport, in which the Montana champion
will meet the Alberta champion on
Thursday; winner of this match to
meet Lord Lansdowne on Friday, and
winner Of that match to meet the
present worlds welterweight champion,
Jack Reynolds, on Saturday in a con-
test in which the belt is at stake.
For the second consecutive year the
United Shows of America have been
contracted with to bring their 40 dou-
bie-!ength railway cars Of midway at
fairgrounds in Great Falls. This is one
OF the two largest shows on the North
American continent, and offers the
most sensational riding devices as well
as the latest shows.
Admission prices for the 1886 fair
are based on the same schedule as in
past years, with the use of one dollar
strip tickets instead of two dollar sea-
son tickets as in the past. These strip
tickets are to be purchased before the
opening day of the fair, and entitle
the holder to five general admissions
% the fair grounds, used at any time
and in any manner he wishes.
Grandstand seat reservations for
! inclusive program can be made in
advance, and letters r arriving daily
at the North Montana State Fair office
In Great Falls from all sections of the
state, making specific section reserva-
tons for definite day and night SHOWS,
Dates Of the North Montana fair
are Monday through Saturday, Aug. 3
70 8. Every day will be complete in
ttsef: Exhibits will be in place through
out the show, and while emphasis will
. placed on certain events on snecial